क्षिप्यते तत्र दुष्टात्मा एकाकी मिष्टभुङ् नरः कुड्मलं नाम नरकं पूर्णं विण्मूत्रशोणितैः
There, the wicked soul is cast alone—one who ate sweet food—into the hell called Kudmala, filled with excrement, urine, and blood.
पञ्चयज्ञक्रियाहीनाः क्षिप्यन्ते तत्र वै नराः सुदुर्गन्धं महाभीमं मांसशोणितसंकुलम्
Those who neglected the five daily sacrifices are thrown there—into a place of terrible stench, dreadful, and filled with flesh and blood.
अभक्ष्यान्ने रतास् ते ऽत्र निपतन्ति नराधमाः क्रिमिकीटसमाकीर्णं शवपूर्णं महावटम्
Those vile men who delighted in forbidden food fall here, into a great pit swarming with worms and insects, filled with corpses.
अधोमुखः पतेत् तत्र कन्याविक्रयकृन् नरः नाम्ना वै तिलपाकेति नरकं दारुणं स्मृतम्
There, the man who sold a maiden falls headfirst into the dreadful hell known as Tilapāka.
तिलवत् तत्र पीड्यन्ते परपीडारताश् च ये नरकं तैलपाकेति ज्वलत्तैलमहीप्लवम्
There, those who delight in harming others are tormented like sesame seeds, in the hell called Tailapāka, a sea of blazing oil.
पच्यते तत्र मित्रघ्नो हन्ता च शरणागतम् नाम्ना वज्रकपाटेति वज्रशृङ्खलयान्वितम्
There, the slayer of a friend and the killer of one who sought refuge are cooked; this hell is called Vajrakapāta, bound with chains of thunderbolt.
पीड्यन्ते निर्दयं तत्र यैः कृतः क्षीरविक्रयः निरुच्छ्वास इति प्रोक्तं तमोन्धं वातवर्जितम्
There, those who sold milk are mercilessly tormented; it is called Nirucchvāsa, devoid of air and shrouded in darkness.
निश्चेष्टं क्षिप्यते तत्र विप्रदाननिरोधकृत् अङ्गारोपचयं नाम दीप्ताङ्गारसमुज्ज्वलम्
There, one who obstructed gifts to Brahmins is cast, motionless, into the hell called Aṅgāropacaya, blazing with burning coals.
दह्यते तत्र येनोक्तं दानं विप्राय नार्पितम् महापायीति नरकं लक्षयोजनम् आयतम्
There, whoever failed to give the promised gift to a Brahmin is burned; this hell is called Mahāpāyī, stretching for a hundred thousand yojanas.
पात्यन्ते ऽधोमुखास् तत्र ये जल्पन्ति सदानृतम् महाज्वालेति नरकं ज्वालाभास्वरभीषणम्
There, those who always speak falsehoods are thrown headfirst into the hell called Mahājvāla, terrifying and radiant with flames.
दह्यते तत्र सुचिरं यः पापे बुद्धिकृन् नरः नरकं क्रकचाख्यातं पीड्यन्ते तत्र वै नराः
There, for a long time, the man who devised evil is burned; this hell is called Krakaca, where men are tormented.
क्रकचैर् वज्रधारोग्रैर् अगम्यागमने रताः नरकं गुडपाकेति ज्वलद्गुडह्रदैर् वृतम्
With saws sharp as thunderbolts, those who delighted in forbidden unions are tormented in the hell called Guḍapāka, surrounded by lakes of burning molasses.
निक्षिप्तो दह्यते तस्मिन् वर्णसंकरकृन् नरः क्षुरधारेति नरकं तीक्ष्णक्षुरसमावृतम्
There, the man who causes the mixing of castes is thrown and burned; that hell is called Kṣuradhāra, enveloped by sharp razors.
छिद्यन्ते तत्र कल्पान्तं विप्रभूमिहरा नराः नरकं चाम्बरीषाख्यं प्रलयानलदीपितम्
There, men who seize the land of Brahmins are cut apart until the end of the aeon; that hell is called Ambarīṣa, blazing with the fire of dissolution.
कल्पकोटिशतं तत्र दह्यते स्वर्णहारकः नाम्ना वज्रकुठारेति नरकं वज्रसंकुलम्
There, the thief of gold is burned for hundreds of millions of aeons; that hell is named Vajrakuṭhāra, filled with thunderbolts.
छिद्यन्ते तत्र छेत्तारो द्रुमाणां पापकारिणः नरकं परितापाख्यं प्रलयानलदीपितम्
There, the wicked who cut down trees are cut apart; that hell is called Paritāpa, blazing with the fire of dissolution.
गरदो मधुहर्ता च पच्यते तत्र पापकृत् नरकं कालसूत्रं च वज्रसूत्रविनिर्मितम्
The poisoner and the honey thief, both sinners, are cooked there; that hell is Kālasūtra, constructed of adamantine threads.
भ्रमन्तस् तत्र च्छिद्यन्ते परसस्योपलुण्ठकाः नरकं कश्मलं नाम श्लेष्मशिङ्घाणकावृतम्
There, those who wander and cut others' crops are cut apart; that hell is called Kaśmala, covered with phlegm and mucus.
तत्र संक्षिप्यते कल्पं सदा मांसरुचिर् नरः नरकं चोग्रगन्धेति लालामूत्रपुरीषवत्
There, the man who always delights in flesh is confined for an aeon; that hell is called Ugragandha, filled with saliva, urine, and excrement.
क्षिप्यन्ते तत्र नरके पितृपिण्डाप्रयच्छकाः नरकं दुर्धरं नाम जलौकावृश्चिकाकुलम्
There, those who withhold ancestral offerings are thrown into hell; that hell is called Durdhara, teeming with leeches and scorpions.
उत्कोचभक्षकस् तत्र तिष्ठते वर्षकायुतम् यच् च वज्रमहापीडा नरकं वज्रनिर्मितम्
There, the eater of sharp implements remains for ten thousand years; that hell is Vajramahāpīḍā, made of adamant.
तत्र प्रक्षिप्य दह्यन्ते पीड्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः धनं धान्यं हिरण्यं वा परकीयं हरन्ति ये
There, those who steal others' wealth, grain, or gold are thrown in, burned, and tormented by Yama's servants.
यमदूतैश् च चौरास् ते छिद्यन्ते लवशः क्षुरैः ये हत्वा प्राणिनं मूढाः खादन्ते काकगृध्रवत्
There, thieves are cut to pieces by Yama's messengers with razors; those fools who kill creatures and eat them like crows and vultures.
भोज्यन्ते च स्वमांसं ते कल्पान्तं यमकिंकरैः आसनं शयनं वस्त्रं परकीयं हरन्ति ये
There, those who steal others' seats, beds, or clothes are made to eat their own flesh until the end of the aeon by Yama's servants.
यमदूतैश् च ते मूढा भिद्यन्ते शक्तितोमरैः फलं पत्त्रं नृणां वापि हृतं यैस् तु कुबुद्धिभिः
There, those fools who, with evil intent, steal fruit or leaves from men are pierced by Yama's messengers with spears and lances.
यमदूतैश् च ते क्रुद्धैर् दह्यन्ते तृणवह्निभिः परद्रव्ये कलत्रे च यः सदा दुष्टधीर् नरः
There, those men of wicked mind who always covet others' property or wives are burned by Yama's angry messengers with grass-fires.
यमदूतैर् ज्वलत् तस्य हृदि शूलं निखन्यते कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये धर्मविमुखा नराः
There, Yama's messengers drive a blazing spear into the heart of those who, by deed, mind, or speech, turn away from righteousness.
यमलोके तु ते घोरा लभन्ते परियातनाः एवं शतसहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतानि च
In Yama's realm, those terrible ones undergo wanderings; thus, hundreds of thousands and hundreds of millions.
नरकाणि नरैस् तत्र भुज्यन्ते पापकारिभिः इह कृत्वा स्वल्पम् अपि नरः कर्माशुभात्मकम्
There, hells are experienced by sinners; even by doing a little evil act here, a man partakes of hell.
प्राप्नोति नरके घोरे यमलोकेषु यातनाम् न शृण्वन्ति नरा मूढा धर्मोक्तं साधु भाषितम्
He attains torment in the dreadful hells of Yama's realm; fools do not listen to the righteous words spoken about dharma.