यातनादेह आवृत्य पाशैर्बद्ध्वा गले बलात् । नयतो दीर्घमध्वानं दण्ड्यं राजभटा यथा ॥ २० ॥
yatana-deha avrtya pasair baddhva gale balat nayato dirgham adhvanam dandyam raja-bhata yatha
- yatana
- for punishment
- dehe
- his body
- avrtya
- covering
- pasaih
- with ropes
- baddhva
- binding
- gale
- by the neck
- balat
- by force
- nayatah
- they lead
- dirgham
- long
- adhvanam
- distance
- dandyam
- a criminal
- raja-bhatah
- the king’s soldiers
- yatha
- as.
As a criminal is arrested for punishment by the constables of the state, a person engaged in criminal sense gratification is similarly arrested by the Yamadutas, who bind him by the neck with strong rope and cover his subtle body so that he may undergo severe punishment.