Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
परपत्रेण पाट्यन्ते कस्मादेतेऽतिदुःखिताः ।
करम्भवालुकास्वेते पच्यन्ते तैलगोचराः ॥
parapatreṇa pāṭyante kasmād ete ’ti-duḥkhitāḥ / karambha-vālukāsv ete pacyante taila-gocarāḥ //
یہ مخلوقات اتنی شدید تکلیف میں کیوں ہیں—انہیں 'پترپتر' (تیز دھار پتوں) سے کیوں کاٹا جا رہا ہے؟ اور انہیں کھار اور ریت میں کیوں پکایا جا رہا ہے، اور تیل میں کیوں گھمایا جا رہا ہے؟
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Purāṇic hell-imagery functions as moral deterrent: cruelty, exploitation, and causing pain ‘returns’ as pain with analogous textures—cutting, burning, boiling.
Not a pañcalakṣaṇa core (like sarga/manvantara), but a dharma-oriented excursus illustrating karmaphala within the narrative frame.
‘Cutting’ and ‘cooking’ symbolize the soul being processed by its own tendencies (saṃskāras): sharpness (violence) and heat (anger/greed) mature into experiential suffering.