छिन्नाग्रपादहस्ताश्च छिन्नकर्णौष्ठनासिकाः
With hands and feet cut off, ears, lips, and noses severed,
प्रतुद्यमानाः कुंतैश्च सायकैश्च ततस्ततः
Assailed again and again with spears and arrows,
मुद्गरैर्ल्लोहदण्डैश्च हन्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः
Struck repeatedly with mallets and iron rods,
भिंदिपालैर्विभिद्यंते स्रवंतः पूयशोणितम्
Pierced with tridents, oozing pus and blood,
याचमानाश्च सलिलमन्नं चापि बुभुक्षिताः
Begging for water and food, tormented by hunger,
दानहीनाः प्रयांत्येवं यावंतो विमुखा नराः
Thus, those men who are devoid of charity and turn away depart in this manner,
एवं पथातिकष्टेन प्राप्ता यमपुरं तदा
In this way, having reached the city of Yama by a painful path,
तत्र ये शुभकर्माणस्तांश्च संमानयेद्यमः
There, Yama honors those who have performed virtuous deeds,
धन्या यूयं महात्मान आत्मनो हितकारिणः 4.6.
Blessed are you, great souls, doers of good for yourselves,
इदं विमानमारुह्य दिव्यस्त्रीभोगभूषितम्
Ascending this celestial palace, adorned with the enjoyment of divine women,
ततो भुक्त्वा महाभोगानंते पुण्यस्य संक्षयात्
Then, after enjoying great pleasures, when their merit is exhausted,
ते चापि धर्मराजानं नराः पुण्यानुभावतः
those men, by the influence of their virtue, approach the Lord of Dharma.
ये पुनः पापकर्माणस्ते पश्यंति भयानकम्
But those who have committed evil deeds see terrifying things.
दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं भ्रुकुटीकुटिलेक्षणम्
They behold a face with fierce fangs and eyes twisted in a scowl.
अष्टादशभुजं क्रुद्धं नीलांजनचयोपमम्
Eighteen-armed, enraged, resembling a mass of dark collyrium,
महामहिषमारूढं दीप्ताग्निसमलोचनम्
mounted upon a great buffalo, with eyes blazing like fire,
प्रलयांबुदनिर्घोषं पिबंतमिव सागरम्
roaring like the thunder of a doomsday cloud, as if drinking the ocean.
मृत्युश्च तत्समीपस्थः कालानलसमप्रभः
Death stands nearby, radiant like the fire of time.
मारी चोग्रा महामारी कालरात्रिः सुदारुणा 4.6.
There is Mārī, fierce and great, and Kālarātri, exceedingly dreadful.
शक्तिशूलांकुशधराः पाशचक्रासिधारिणः
They bear spears, tridents, goads, nooses, discs, and swords.
असंख्याता महावीर्याः क्रूराश्चाञ्जनसंप्रभाः
Countless, of great strength, cruel, and shining like collyrium.
अनेन परिवारेण महाघोरेण संवृतम् निर्भर्त्सयतं चात्यन्तं यमं सदुपकारिणम्
Surrounded by this most dreadful retinue, they harshly rebuke Yama, the beneficent.
चित्रगुप्तश्च भगवान्धर्मवाक्यैः प्रबोधयन् ।। भोभो दुष्कृतकर्माणः परद्रव्यापहारिणः । गर्विता रूपवीर्येण परदारविमर्दकाः
And Citragupta, the revered, instructs with words of dharma: 'O you who have committed evil deeds, who steal others' wealth, who are proud of beauty and strength, who violate others' wives—'
यत्स्वयं क्रियते कर्म तत्स्वयं भुज्यते पुनः
Whatever action one performs, that one must experience again.
इदानीं किं प्रतप्यध्वं पीड्यमानाः स्वकर्मभिः
Why do you now suffer, tormented by your own deeds?
एते च पृथिवीपालाः संप्राप्ता मत्समीपतः
These rulers of the earth have now arrived near me.
भोभो नृपा दुराचाराः प्रजाविध्वंसकारिणः
O kings, you of evil conduct, destroyers of your people,
राज्यलोभेन मोहाद्वा बलादन्यायतः प्रजाः
Through greed for power or delusion, or by force and injustice, you oppress your subjects.
कृतं राज्यं कलत्रं च यदर्थमशुभं कृतम् 4.6.
The kingdom and the wife for whose sake evil was committed—
पश्याम तद्बलं तुभ्यं येन विध्वंसिताः प्रजाः
Let us see that power of yours by which the people were destroyed.