क्षारताम्रादिभिर्दीप्तैर्दह्यंते बहुशः पुनः
They are repeatedly burned by caustic substances, copper, and other blazing metals.
भवंति बहुशः कष्टाः पाणिपादसमुद्भवाः
Many severe torments arise, originating from their hands and feet.
समुत्सृजंति ये पापाः पुरीषं मूत्रमेव वा
Those sinners who discharge excrement or urine in improper places—
सूचीभिरग्निवर्णाभिस्ततश्चापूर्यते पुनः आखन्यते गुदे तेषां यावन्मूर्ध्नि विनिर्गतः
They are then pierced with needles glowing like fire, and their bodies are filled again; they are struck in the anus until the matter emerges from the head.
ततः क्षारेण महता ताम्रेण त्रपुणा पुनः
After that, with strong alkali, copper, and again with lead,
मनः सर्वेन्द्रियाणां च यस्मादुक्तं प्रवर्त्तकम्
Because the mind is declared as the instigator of all the senses,
धने सत्यपि ये दानं न प्रयच्छंति तृष्णया
Those who, though possessing wealth, do not give charity due to greed,
ते लोहतोरणे बद्धा हस्तपादावताडिताः 4.6.
They are bound at an iron gateway, their hands and feet beaten.
हस्तपादललाटेषु कीलिता लोहशंकुभिः
Their hands, feet, and foreheads are pierced with iron spikes.
कृमिभिः प्राणिभिश्चोग्रैर्लोहदंडैश्च वायसैः
They are tormented by fierce worms, animals, and crows with iron rods.
आपीड्यंते जिह्वामूले निबध्य शृंखलाः पुनः
Chains are fastened at the root of their tongues, and they are pressed again.
स्निग्धे च वृषणे नद्धे लोहभारद्वयं पुनः
Heavy iron weights are tied to their oily testicles.
ततः स्वमांसमुत्कृत्य तिलमात्रप्रमाणतः
Then, their own flesh is cut off in pieces the size of sesame seeds.
यदा निर्मांसतां प्राप्ताः कालेन महता पुनः
When, after a long time, they have become devoid of flesh,
सिच्यंते वर्षधाराभिः शोष्यंते वायुना पुनः
They are drenched with streams of water, or dried again by the wind.
पश्चात्ते वह्निना भूयो दूरस्थेन शनैः शनैः
Afterwards, they are slowly and repeatedly burned by fire from a distance.
भृशं बुभुक्षया पीडा मूर्च्छयातिपिपासया
They are afflicted with intense hunger, pain, fainting, and extreme thirst.
एवमादिमहाघोरा यातनाः पापकारिणः 4.6.
In this way, such extremely terrible torments befall the doers of evil.
प्रत्येकं यातनाश्चित्राः सर्वेषु नरकेषु च
Each one endures diverse and remarkable torments in all the hells.
एते च विविधैर्घोरैर्यात्यमानाश्च कर्मभिः
And these beings, driven by their various terrible deeds, are led through them.
महाघोराभिघोराख्या कालाग्निसदृशोपमाः
They are called extremely dreadful and supremely terrifying, comparable to the fire of time.
ततस्तेनात्र कथिताः पापा गच्छंति तान्स्वयम्
Therefore, here it is said that sinners themselves go to those places.
एकाकी दह्यते तेन न च पश्यति तानि सः
Alone, he is burned there, and he does not see those things.
तत्किमन्योपघातार्थं मूढ पापं कृतं त्वया
So, deluded one, for what purpose have you committed sin, causing harm to another?
कियंतं केन पापेन कालमत्रायते नरः पापात्सर्वेषु पच्यंते नरकेष्वामहाक्षयात्
For how long, and by what sin, does a man remain here? All are cooked in hell by their sins, until the great destruction.
महापातकिनश्चापि सर्वेषु नरकेष्विह
And even those guilty of great sins are in all these hells here.
महापातकिनश्चान्ये नरकार्णवकोटिषु
Other great sinners are in the millions of ocean-like hells.
उपपातकिनश्चापि तदर्थं यांति मानवाः 4.6.
And those guilty of secondary sins also go there for that reason.
तस्मात्पापं न कुर्वीत चंचले जीविते सति
Therefore, one should not commit sin while life is unstable.
यः करोति नरः पापं तस्यात्मा ध्रुवमप्रियः
The man who commits sin, his own self surely becomes unpleasant to him.