Shloka 7
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
एतावदेव ते पापं नान्यत् किञ्चन विद्यते ।
तदेहि गच्छ पुण्यानामुपभोगाय पार्थिव ॥
etāvadeva te pāpaṃ nānyat kiñcana vidyate / tadehi gaccha puṇyānāmupabhogāya pārthiva
Tội của ngài chỉ có bấy nhiêu, không gì khác. Vậy hãy đến—giờ đây, hỡi bậc quân vương, hãy đi thọ hưởng quả báo công đức của ngài.
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FAQs
Karmic justice is portrayed as proportionate and finite: punishment exhausts a specific demerit, after which accumulated merit bears fruit. The verse also reinforces accountability—precise causation rather than vague guilt.
A dharma/karmaphala resolution within narrative; not one of the five-lakṣaṇa topics.
The ‘exhaustion’ model suggests samsāric experiences as purification-through-experience: once a particular knot is paid out, the being moves to a higher experiential domain corresponding to puṇya.