Shloka 19
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
मृतेभ्यः प्रमृता यान्ति दरिद्राः पापकर्मिणः ।
गतिं नानाविधां यान्ति जन्तवः कर्मबन्धनात् ॥
mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtā yānti daridrāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ / gatiṃ nānāvidhāṃ yānti jantavaḥ karmabandhanāt
مردہ سے گویا ‘زیادہ مردہ’ پیدا ہوتے ہیں—یعنی مفلس اور بدکردار۔ کرم کے بندھن میں جکڑے ہوئے جاندار طرح طرح کی گتیاں پاتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
Destiny (gati) is not uniform; it varies with one’s karmic pattern. The verse frames poverty and deprivation as karmically conditioned states, urging ethical reform rather than fatalism.
Dharma/karma teaching (didactic layer). It is not a direct treatment of Sarga or Vaṃśa; it functions as ethical philosophy within the narrative framework.
‘Pramṛta’ suggests spiritual inertia—life lived without dharma is likened to a living death. Karma-bandha is the subtle chain binding consciousness to repeated states and births.