वराहपशुवेतालमहिषास्यास् तथा परे नानारूपधरा घोराः सर्वप्राणिभयंकराः
Some have the faces of boars, cattle, ghosts, and buffaloes; others take on many fearsome forms, terrifying to all living beings.
दीर्घमुष्काः करालास्या वक्रनासास् त्रिलोचनाः महाहनुकपोलास्याः प्रलम्बदशनच्छदाः
They have long testicles, fierce mouths, crooked noses, three eyes, enormous jaws and cheeks, with hanging, protruding teeth.
निर्गतैर् विकृताकारैर् दशनैर् अङ्कुरोपमैः मांसशोणितदिग्धाङ्गा दंष्ट्राभिर् भृशम् उल्बणैः
With deformed teeth like hooks, their bodies smeared with flesh and blood, their fangs exceedingly dreadful.
मुखैः पातालसदृशैर् ज्वलज्जिह्वैर् भयंकरैः नेत्रैः सुविकृताकारैर् ज्वलत्पिङ्गलचञ्चलैः
With mouths like the netherworld, tongues blazing and terrifying, eyes deformed, flickering and fiery-gold.
मार्जारोलूकखद्योतशक्रगोपवद् उद्धतैः केकरैः संकुलैस् स्तब्धैर् लोचनैः पावकोपमैः
Their eyes are wide, rigid, and fiery like cats, owls, fireflies, and beetles, filled with wild, piercing cries.
भृशम् आभरणैर् भीमैर् आबद्धैर् भुजगोपमैः शोणासरलगात्रैश् च मुण्डमालाविभूषितैः
Adorned with dreadful ornaments, bound with snake-like jewels, their limbs stained with blood, decorated with garlands of skulls.
कण्ठस्थकृष्णसर्पैश् च फूत्काररवभीषणैः वह्निज्वालोपमैः केशैः स्तब्धरुक्षैर् भयंकरैः
With black serpents around their necks, terrifying with their hissing roars, hair like blazing fire, stiff, dry, and fearsome.
बभ्रुपिङ्गललोलैश् च कद्रुश्मश्रुभिर् आवृताः भुजदण्डैर् महाघोरैः प्रलम्बैः परिघोपमैः
Covered with tawny, reddish, and bristling hair like Kadru’s offspring, with massive, dreadful arms, hanging like iron clubs.
केचिद् द्विबाहवस् तत्र तथान्ये च चतुर्भुजाः द्विरष्टबाहवश् चान्ये दशविंशभुजास् तथा
Some have two arms, others four; some have eight, others twenty arms.
असंख्यातभुजाश् चान्ये केचिद् बाहुसहस्रिणः आयुधैर् विकृताकारैः प्रज्वलद्भिर् भयानकैः
Others have countless arms, some with a thousand arms, holding blazing, terrifying weapons of strange shapes.
शक्तितोमरचक्राद्यैः सुदीप्तैर् विविधायुधैः पाशशृङ्खलदण्डैश् च भीषयन्तो महाबलाः
With spears, maces, discs, and other brilliant weapons, with nooses, chains, and staffs, these mighty beings inspire terror.
आगच्छन्ति महारौद्रा मर्त्यानाम् आयुषः क्षये ग्रहीतुं प्राणिनः सर्वे यमस्याज्ञाकरास् तथा
These exceedingly fierce beings come at the end of a mortal’s life to seize all living creatures, obeying the commands of Yama.
यत् तच् छरीरम् आदत्ते यातनीयं स्वकर्मजम् तद् अस्य नीयते जन्तोर् यमस्य सदनं प्रति
That body, which is assumed for suffering and is born of one's own actions, is carried away from the being to the abode of Yama.
बद्ध्वा तत् कालपाशैश् च निगडैर् वज्रशृङ्खलैः ताडयित्वा भृशं क्रुद्धैर् नीयते यमकिंकरैः
Bound with the nooses of Time, with fetters and adamantine chains, beaten severely by the enraged servants of Yama, he is led away.
प्रस्खलन्तं रुदन्तं च आक्रोशन्तं मुहुर् मुहुः हा तात मातः पुत्रेति वदन्तं कर्मदूषितम्
Stumbling, weeping, and crying out again and again—'Alas, father! Mother! Son!'—the one tainted by his deeds is dragged along.
आहत्य निशितैः शूलैर् मुद्गरैर् निशितैर् घनैः खड्गशक्तिप्रहारैश् च वज्रदण्डैः सुदारुणैः
Struck with sharp spears, with heavy, keen mallets, with blows from swords and lances, and with terrible adamantine rods—
भर्त्स्यमानो महारावैर् वज्रशक्तिसमन्वितैः एकैकशो भृशं क्रुद्धैस् ताडयद्भिः समन्ततः
Terrified by great roars, accompanied by thunderbolt-like weapons, he is struck all around, one by one, by those who are intensely enraged.
स मुह्यमानो दुःखार्तः प्रतपंश् च इतस् ततः आकृष्य नीयते जन्तुर् अध्वानं सुभयंकरैः
Overwhelmed by pain, fainting, and burning, the being is dragged here and there along the dreadful path by terrifying beings.
कुशकण्टकवल्मीकशङ्कुपाषाणशर्करे तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्षारवज्रशतोत्कटे
Through thickets of grass, thorns, anthills, spikes, stones, and gravel, and also through blazing fires, caustic substances, and a hundred adamantine horrors—
प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्तेन दह्यमानस् तदंशुभिः कृष्यते यमदूतैश् च शिवासंनादभीषणैः
Burned by the rays of blazing, sun-heated fires, he is dragged by Yama's messengers, whose terrifying shouts are dreadful to hear.
विकृष्यमाणस् तैर् घोरैर् भक्ष्यमाणः शिवाशतैः प्रयाति दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमालयम्
Dragged by those fearsome beings, devoured by hundreds of fierce spirits, the evil-doer travels the terrible path to Yama's abode.
क्वचिद् भीतैः क्वचित् त्रस्तैः प्रस्खलद्भिः क्वचित् क्वचित् दुःखेनाक्रन्दमानैश् च गन्तव्यः स महापथः
At times with the frightened, at times with the terrified, at times stumbling, at times crying out in pain, one must go along that great path.
निर्भर्त्स्यमानैर् उद्विग्नैर् विद्रुतैर् भयविह्वलैः कम्पमानशरीरैस् तु गन्तव्यं जीवसंज्ञकैः
Harassed by the distressed, scattered, and panic-stricken, with trembling bodies, those called 'the living' must proceed along the way.
कण्टकाकीर्णमार्गेण संतप्तसिकतेन च दह्यमानैस् तु गन्तव्यं नरैर् दानविवर्जितैः
On a path strewn with thorns, with burning sand, and while being scorched, men bereft of virtue must go.
मेदःशोणितदुर्गन्धैर् बस्तगात्रैश् च पूगशः दग्धस्फुटत्वचाकीर्णैर् गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः
Through heaps of bodies with foul fat and blood, with bladders and limbs, scattered with burned, split skin, the killers of living beings must go.
कूजद्भिः क्रन्दमानैश् च विक्रोशद्भिश् च विस्वरम् वेदनार्तैश् च सद्भिश् च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः
Amid those who wail, cry out, and scream in discordant voices, and those tormented by pain, the killers of living beings must proceed.
शक्तिभिर् भिन्दिपालैश् च खड्गतोमरसायकैः भिद्यद्भिस् तीक्ष्णशूलाग्रैर् गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः
Pierced by spears, sling-stones, swords, javelins, and arrows, and by sharp-tipped spikes, the killers of living beings must go.
श्वानैर् व्याघ्रैर् वृकैः कङ्कैर् भक्ष्यमाणैश् च पापिभिः
Devoured by sinful dogs, tigers, wolves, and vultures—
कृन्तद्भिः क्रकचाघातैर् गन्तव्यं मांसखादिभिः महिषर्षभशृङ्गाग्रैर् भिद्यमानैः समन्ततः
Torn apart by saws, they must go, eaten by flesh-eaters, and pierced all around by the horns of buffaloes and bulls.
उल्लिखद्भिः शूकरैश् च गन्तव्यं मांसखादकैः सूचीभ्रमरकाकोलमक्षिकाभिश् च संघशः
Scratched by boars, they must go, devoured by flesh-eaters, and swarmed by needles, bees, crows, and flies.