Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 19
Signs at the Death of Sinners and the Approach of Yama’s Messengers
तस्य प्राणान गच्छंति बहुपीडासमाकुलाः । पतते कंपते चैव मूर्च्छते च पुनःपुनः
tasya prāṇāna gacchaṃti bahupīḍāsamākulāḥ | patate kaṃpate caiva mūrcchate ca punaḥpunaḥ
کثیر اذیتوں میں گھِر کر اس کی جان کی سانسیں کمزور ہونے لگتی ہیں؛ وہ گر پڑتا ہے، کانپتا ہے اور بار بار بے ہوش ہو جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified narrator (contextual speaker not provided in the input excerpt)
Concept: Prāṇa departs amid torment when life is burdened by pāpa; the body’s collapse mirrors the soul’s unpreparedness.
Application: Adopt a ‘last-breath practice’ now: daily mantra at fixed times, ethical living, and periodic fasting/discipline (e.g., ekadashi) to reduce tamas and stabilize prāṇa and mind.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The body collapses to the ground beside the bed, limbs trembling, as pale breath-streams flicker and thin like a lamp about to go out. Around him, the room blurs into a dark corridor suggesting the threshold to Yama’s realm, while the repeated swoons are shown as layered silhouettes—falling, rising, falling again.","primary_figures":["a dying man","attendants/family as blurred silhouettes (optional)","threshold-shadow suggesting Yama’s path (symbolic)"],"setting":"home interior dissolving into a liminal corridor/threshold space; floor-level perspective emphasizing collapse","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["fading amber","iron gray","deep indigo","dusty rose","pale cyan"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: dynamic depiction of collapse with layered posture silhouettes, gold leaf used for the last flicker of breath as a luminous thread, rich maroon and green textiles, ornate border, symbolic dark corridor at the edge of the composition, traditional iconographic drama.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: sensitive portrayal of the failing breath as a thin pale line, the figure mid-fall with delicate shading, interior space opening into a dark passage, cool restrained palette, refined emotional realism, minimal symbolic elements.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, rhythmic repetition of the figure to show repeated fainting, strong color blocks with deep blues and reds, stylized breath-thread motif, mural-like narrative sequencing within one frame.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical scene with the breath as a fading lotus-stem thread, the threshold corridor framed by ornate floral borders, deep blue ground with gold highlights, layered silhouettes as decorative repetition, devotional symbolism emphasizing urgency of remembrance."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["slow drum pulse","conch shell (very distant)","heavy silence","wind through doorway","faint bell"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गच्छंति (पाठभेद) = गच्छन्ति; चैव = च + एव
FAQs
It depicts a person whose life-breaths are failing under intense affliction—falling down, trembling, and repeatedly fainting—showing extreme physical and mental distress.
In Bhūmi-khaṇḍa contexts, such descriptions commonly reinforce karma-phala and moral causality: harmful actions and adharma lead to suffering and loss of stability in body and mind.
From the excerpt alone, the speaker cannot be identified with certainty. The verse reads like a narrative description; identifying the precise speaker (e.g., a sage addressing a listener) requires the surrounding verses.