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.
एवं बहुविधैर्वाक्यैरुपालब्धा यमेन ते
Thus, with many such words, they were reproached by Yama.
इति धर्मं समादिश्य नृपाणां धर्मराट् पुनः
Having thus instructed them in righteousness, the Lord of Justice again—
भोभोश्चण्ड महाचण्ड गृहीत्वा नृपतीनिमान्
O fierce and most terrible one, seize these kings—
ततः शीघ्रं समुत्थाय नृपान्संगृह्य पादयोः
Then, rising quickly, he grasped the kings by their feet—
सर्वप्राणेन महता सुतप्ते तु शिलातले
With all their life force, on a greatly heated stone slab—
ततः स रक्तस्रोतोभिः स्रवते जर्जरीकृतः
Then, torn apart, he oozes with streams of blood—
ततः स वायुना स्पृष्टः शनैरुजीवते पुनः
Then, touched by the wind, he slowly comes back to life again—
अष्टाविंशतिरेवाधः क्षितेर्नरककोटयः
Twenty-eight levels below the earth are the pits of hell—
रौरवप्रभृतीनां च नरकाणां शतं स्मृतम् 4.6.
It is said there are a hundred hells, beginning with Raurava—
येषु पापाः प्रपच्यंते नराः कर्मानुरूपतः
In which sinners are cooked according to the measure of their deeds—
आ मलप्रक्षयाद्यद्वदग्नौ धास्यंति धातवः
Until their impurities are destroyed, just as metals are placed in fire—
सुगाढहस्तया बाढं तप्तशृंखलया नराः
Firmly bound with strong, heated chains, the men—
ततस्ते सर्पयंत्रेण क्षिप्ता दोल्यंति किंकरैः
Then, by the machinery of serpents, they are cast and swung by the servants—
अंतरिक्षस्थितानां च लोहभारशतं ततः
For those who are suspended in the air, a hundred weights of iron—
तेन भारेण महता भृशमातर्द्दिता नराः
By that great weight, the men are severely tormented—
ज्वालाभिरग्निवर्णाभिर्ल्लोहदंडैः सकंटकैः
With flames like fire and iron rods with thorns—
ततः क्षारेण दीप्तेन वह्नेरपि विशेषतः
Then, with caustic alkali, and especially with blazing fire,
पुनर्विदार्य चांगेषु शिरसःप्रभृति क्रमात्
Again, their limbs are torn open, beginning with the head, in succession.
विष्ठापूर्णे ततः कूपे कृमीणां निचये ततः 4.6.
Then, in a well filled with excrement, in a mass of worms,
भक्ष्यंते क्रिमिभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्लोहतुण्डैश्च वायसैः
They are devoured by sharp-toothed worms and by crows with iron beaks.