नरक-निर्णयः, पाप-कर्म-फल-व्यवस्था, प्रायश्चित्त-क्रमः, तथा हरि-स्मरण-परमत्वम्
साध्वीविक्रयकृद् बन्धपालः केसरिविक्रयी तप्तलोहे पतन्त्य् एते यश् च भक्तं परित्यजेत्
sādhvīvikrayakṛd bandhapālaḥ kesarivikrayī taptalohe patanty ete yaś ca bhaktaṃ parityajet
نیک سیرت عورت کی خرید و فروخت کرنے والا، قیدیوں کا نگہبان، شیروں کا بیوپاری، اور جو اپنے بھکت/وفادار زیرِکفالت کو چھوڑ دے—یہ سب پگھلے ہوئے لوہے میں گرتے ہیں۔
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya on dharma and consequences of adharma)
It is a vivid Naraka-image used to stress that severe exploitation and betrayal of trust ripen into severe karmic suffering, reinforcing dharma as the basis of cosmic order upheld under Vishnu.
By listing it alongside grave abuses, Parāśara frames abandonment of a devoted dependent as a serious breach of duty and protection, not merely a personal failing.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the teaching assumes a Vishnu-governed moral cosmos: dharma sustains the world, and adharma inevitably returns as suffering through the lawful order of karma.