ततस् तु रक्तं स्रोतोभिः स्रवते जर्जरीकृतः निःसंज्ञः स तदा देही निश्चेष्टश् च प्रजायते
Then, blood flows from their wounds, their bodies shattered; at that moment, the embodied one becomes unconscious and motionless.
ततः स वायुना स्पृष्टः शनैर् उज्जीवते पुनः ततः पापविशुद्ध्यर्थं क्षिपन्ति नरकार्णवे
After that, touched by the wind, he slowly revives again; then, for the purification of his sin, they cast him into the ocean of hell.
अन्यांश् च ते तदा दूताः पापकर्मरतान् नरान् निवेदयन्ति विप्रेन्द्रा यमाय भृशदुःखितान्
At that time, those messengers present other men, devoted to sinful deeds and greatly afflicted, to Yama, O best of Brahmins.
एष देव तवादेशाद् अस्माभिर् मोहितो भृशम् आनीतो धर्मविमुखः सदा पापरतः परः
O Lord, by your command, we have brought this one here, thoroughly deluded, always turned away from righteousness and intent on sin.
एष लुब्धो दुराचारो महापातकसंयुतः उपपातककर्ता च सदा हिंसारतो शुचिः
He is greedy, of evil conduct, joined with great sins, a doer of secondary sins, always delighting in violence, and impure.
अगम्यागामी दुष्टात्मा परद्रव्यापहारकः कन्याक्रयी कूटसाक्षी कृतघ्नो मित्रवञ्चकः
He approaches forbidden women, is wicked-hearted, steals others' wealth, buys maidens, gives false testimony, is ungrateful, and deceives friends.
अनेन मदमत्तेन सदा धर्मो विनिन्दितः पापम् आचरितं कर्म मर्त्यलोके दुरात्मना
By this one, intoxicated with pride, righteousness has always been reviled; sinful actions have been performed in the mortal world by this evil-minded man.
इदानीम् अस्य देवेश निग्रहानुग्रहौ वद प्रभुर् अस्य क्रियायोगे वयं वा परिपन्थिनः
Now, O Lord of the gods, declare whether punishment or mercy should be shown to him; you are the master of his fate, and we are only your agents.
इति विज्ञाप्य देवेशं न्यस्याग्रे पापकारिणम् नरकाणां सहस्रेषु लक्षकोटिशतेषु च
Having thus informed the Lord of the gods, they place the sinner before him, among thousands and hundreds of millions of hells.
किंकरास् ते ततो यान्ति ग्रहीतुम् अपरान् नरान् प्रतिपन्ने कृते दोषे यमो वै पापकारिणाम्
Then Yama's attendants go forth to seize other men, when a fault has been committed, for Yama is the punisher of sinners.
समादिशति तान् घोरान् निग्रहाय स्वकिंकरान् यथा यस्य विनिर्दिष्टो वसिष्ठाद्यैर् विनिग्रहः
He commands those fierce attendants to punish, as prescribed by Vasiṣṭha and others, according to the specific punishment assigned for each.
पापस्य तद् भृशं क्रुद्धाः कुर्वन्ति यमकिंकराः अङ्कुशैर् मुद्गरैर् दण्डैः क्रकचैः शक्तितोमरैः
Then, greatly enraged at the sinner, Yama's attendants torment him with goads, mallets, staffs, saws, spears, and javelins.
खड्गशूलनिपातैश् च भिद्यन्ते पापकारिणः नरकाणां सहस्रेषु लक्षकोटिशतेषु च
With blows of swords and spears, sinners are torn apart in thousands and hundreds of millions of hells.
स्वकर्मोपार्जितैर् दोषैः पीड्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः शृणुध्वं नरकाणां च स्वरूपं च भयंकरम्
Afflicted by the faults earned through their own actions, they are tormented by Yama's attendants. Hear now the dreadful nature and forms of the hells.
नामानि च प्रमाणं च येन यान्ति नराश् च तान् महावाचीति विख्यातं नरकं शोणितप्लुतम्
The names and measures by which men go to them—there is a hell called Mahāvācī, renowned and flooded with blood.
वज्रकण्टकसंमिश्रं योजनायुतविस्तृतम् तत्र संपीड्यते मग्नो भिद्यते वज्रकण्टके
It is mixed with adamantine thorns and stretches ten thousand yojanas wide; there, plunged and pressed, one is pierced by adamantine thorns.
वर्षलक्षं महाघोरं गोघाती नरके नरः योजनानां शतं लक्षं कुम्भीपाकं सुदारुणम्
A person who kills a cow endures a terrible hell for a hundred thousand years, in the dreadful Kumbhipāka, stretching a hundred thousand yojanas.
ताम्रकुम्भवती दीप्ता वालुकाङ्गारसंवृता ब्रह्महा भूमिहर्ता च निक्षेपस्यापहारकः
There is a blazing cauldron filled with burning sand and coals, where the slayer of a Brahmin, the usurper of land, and the thief of deposits are cast.
दह्यन्ते तत्र संक्षिप्ता यावद् आभूतसंप्लवम् रौरवो वज्रनाराचैः प्रज्वलद्भिः समावृतः
There, those thrown in are burned until the dissolution of creation; Raurava is surrounded by blazing, adamantine arrows.
योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्टिर् आयामविस्तरैः भिद्यन्ते तत्र नाराचैः सज्वालैर् नरके नराः
In that hell, sixty thousand yojanas in length and breadth, people are pierced by flaming arrows.
इक्षुवत् तत्र पीड्यन्ते ये नराः कूटसाक्षिणः अयोमयं प्रज्वलितं मञ्जूषं नरकं स्मृतम्
There, those who bear false witness are tormented like sugarcane, in a hell remembered as an iron, blazing chest.
निक्षिप्तास् तत्र दह्यन्ते बन्दिग्राहकृताश् च ये अप्रतिष्ठेति नरकं पूयमूत्रपुरीषकम्
Those cast there are burned, as are those who imprison others; this hell, called Apratiṣṭha, is filled with pus, urine, and excrement.
अधोमुखः पतेत् तत्र ब्राह्मणस्योपपीडकः लाक्षाप्रज्वलितं घोरं नरकं तु विलेपकम्
There, one who oppresses a Brahmin falls headfirst into a dreadful hell called Vilepaka, blazing with lac.
निमग्नास् तत्र दह्यन्ते मद्यपाने द्विजोत्तमाः महाप्रभेति नरकं दीप्तशूलमहोच्छ्रयम्
There, the best of twice-born, who are immersed in drinking liquor, are burned; this hell, called Mahāprabha, is filled with towering, blazing spears.
तत्र शूलेन भिद्यन्ते पतिभार्योपभेदिनः नरकं च महाघोरं जयन्ती चायसी शिला
There, those who violate another's wife are pierced with spears; the terrible hell called Jayantī is an iron rock.
तया चाक्रम्यते पापः परदारोपसेवकः नरकं शाल्मलाख्यं तु प्रदीप्तदृढकण्टकम्
By that, the sinner who approaches another's wife is trampled; the hell called Śālmalī is filled with blazing, hard thorns.
तया लिङ्गति दुःखार्ता नारी बहुनरंगमा ये वदन्ति सदासत्यं परमर्मावकर्तनम्
There, a woman tormented by much suffering clings to him; those who always speak falsehoods undergo the cutting of their vital organs.
जिह्वा चोच्छ्रियते तेषां सदस्यैर् यमकिंकरैः ये तु रागैः कटाक्षैश् च वीक्षन्ते परयोषितम्
Their tongues are torn out by the servants of Yama in the assembly; those who look at another's wife with lustful glances—
तेषां चक्षूंषि नाराचैर् विध्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः
—their eyes are pierced with arrows by the servants of Yama.
मातरं ये ऽपि गच्छन्ति भगिनीं दुहितरं स्नुषाम् स्त्रीबालवृद्धहन्तारो यावद् इन्द्राश् चतुर्दश ज्वालामालाकुलं रौद्रं महारौरवसंज्ञितम्
Those who approach their mother, sister, daughter, or daughter-in-law, and those who kill women, children, or the elderly, as long as the fourteen Indras reign, are cast into the dreadful hell called Mahāraurava, filled with garlands of flames.