Shloka 30
Karma, Non-Violence, Tīrtha & Gaṅgā Merit, Vaiṣṇava Protection, Śālagrāma Worship, and Ekādaśī as Deliverance
भूतानि येऽत्र हिंसंति जलस्थलचराणि च । जीवनार्थं च ते यांति कालसूत्रं च दुर्गतिम्
bhūtāni ye'tra hiṃsaṃti jalasthalacarāṇi ca | jīvanārthaṃ ca te yāṃti kālasūtraṃ ca durgatim
جو لوگ اس دنیا میں پانی اور خشکی میں چلنے والے جانداروں پر—روزگار کی خاطر بھی—ہنسا کرتے ہیں، وہ کالسوتر اور بدگتی کو پہنچتے ہیں۔
Unspecified (narratorial instruction within Svarga-khaṇḍa context)
Concept: Hiṃsā toward beings of water and land leads to severe karmic retribution, even when justified as livelihood.
Application: Choose non-violent livelihood where possible; reduce harm in diet and work; cultivate compassion toward animals and aquatic life; practice prāyaścitta and devotion to reform tendencies.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A shadowed threshold to Kālasūtra opens beneath a storm-dark sky, where a spectral judge gestures toward a path of iron-black cords and burning stones. On one side, silhouettes of fish and land-creatures appear like accusing constellations, while the condemned figure hesitates, clutching tools of livelihood that now look like weapons.","primary_figures":["Yama (as distant presiding presence)","Yamadūtas","a condemned hunter/fisher figure","symbolic aquatic and terrestrial creatures"],"setting":"Infernal gateway with iron pathways, scorched ground, and a distant tribunal-like dais; faint outlines of water and land merging to show universality of harm.","lighting_mood":"smoky gloom with harsh ember-glow highlights","color_palette":["iron black","ember orange","ash gray","blood maroon","sulphur yellow"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Yama enthroned in a stern tribunal above the Kālasūtra gateway, gold leaf embellishment on crown and ornaments contrasting with a dark infernal arch; rich reds and greens for divine regalia, gem-studded jewelry, traditional South Indian iconography, with Yamadūtas leading a trembling figure holding a net and spear as symbols of violent livelihood.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: a lyrical yet ominous landscape where a narrow black path labeled Kālasūtra winds through rocky ravines; delicate brushwork shows tiny fish and deer as witness-spirits in the air, cool slate and indigo shadows, refined faces of Yamadūtas, distant mountains replaced by jagged infernal cliffs.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines and natural pigments depict Yama with large expressive eyes and ornate crown, flanked by Yamadūtas; the condemned stands at the threshold, aquatic and land creatures rendered as emblematic motifs; red/yellow/green palette with dark soot background like temple-wall narrative panels.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a moral tableau framed by intricate floral borders and lotus motifs turned dark; central path to Kālasūtra with stylized attendants, deep blues and gold accents; symbolic animals arranged in concentric rings like a cosmic witness, Nathdwara-inspired ornamentation adapted to a didactic scene."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["low temple drum","distant conch shell","crackling fire","heavy silence between pādas"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: येऽत्र = ये + अत्र; जलस्थलचराणि = जल-स्थल-चराणि (द्वन्द्व-समास); जीवनार्थं = जीवनार्थम् (अं/म्); कालसूत्रं = कालसूत्रम्.
FAQs
Kālasūtra is described in Purāṇic literature as a hellish realm (naraka) associated with severe consequences for harmful actions; here it is the destination for those who injure creatures.
Yes. It explicitly includes harm committed “for the sake of livelihood” (jīvanārtham) and still states it leads to Kālasūtra and durgati, emphasizing strict accountability in karma.
It teaches ahiṃsā (non-violence) as a binding moral principle: harming living beings—whether aquatic or terrestrial—produces grave negative karmic outcomes.