Shloka 138
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
अपश्यद्यददूतान् वै पाशहस्तान् भयावहान् ।
तैः संगृहीतमात्मानं नीयमानं तदा बलात् ॥
apaśyad yamadūtān vai pāśahastān bhayāvahān |
taiḥ saṃgṛhītam ātmānaṃ nīyamānaṃ tadā balāt ||
اس نے یم کے قاصدوں کو دیکھا جو ہاتھوں میں پھندے لیے ہوئے نہایت ہیبت ناک تھے؛ اور اس نے اپنے آپ کو بھی دیکھا کہ وہ اسے پکڑ کر زبردستی لے جا رہے ہیں۔
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FAQs
Moral law is depicted as enforceable: the noose-bearing Yamadūtas symbolize inevitability—one cannot ‘argue away’ consequences once actions mature into results.
Outside pancalakṣaṇa; it is a dharma narrative illustrating the mechanics of karmic recompense.
The ‘noose’ can be read as attachment and wrongdoing tightening around the self; Yamadūtas are the personified forces that pull consciousness toward the appropriate experiential realm.