बलीवर्दो मृतश् चापि जायते ब्रह्मराक्षसः ब्रह्मरक्षस् तु मासांस् त्रींस् ततो जायेत ब्राह्मणः
When the ox dies, it is born as a Brahma-rakshasa; the Brahma-rakshasa lives for three months, then is born as a Brahmana.
पतितं याजयित्वा तु कृमियोनौ प्रजायते तत्र जीवति वर्षाणि दश पञ्च च भो द्विजाः
Having performed sacrifices for the fallen, one is born in the womb of worms; there, O twice-borns, he lives for ten and five years.
क्रिमिभावाद् विनिर्मुक्तस् ततो जायेत गर्दभः गर्दभः पञ्च वर्षाणि पञ्च वर्षाणि शूकरः
Released from the state of being a worm, he is then born as a donkey; the donkey lives for five years, and the pig for five years.
कुक्कुटः पञ्च वर्षाणि पञ्च वर्षाणि जम्बुकः श्वा वर्षम् एकं भवति ततो जायेत मानवः
The rooster lives for five years, the jackal for five years; the dog lives for one year, then is born as a human.
उपाध्यायस्य यः पापं शिष्यः कुर्याद् अबुद्धिमान् स जन्मानीह संसारे त्रीन् आप्नोति न संशयः
If a foolish disciple commits sin against his teacher, he undergoes three births in this cycle, without doubt.
प्राक् श्वा भवति भो विप्रास् ततः क्रव्यात् ततः खरः प्रेत्य च परिक्लिष्टेषु पश्चाज् जायेत ब्राह्मणः
First he becomes a dog, O Brahmins, then a flesh-eater, then an ass; after dying in those painful states, he is born as a Brahmana.
मनसापि गुरोर् भार्यां यः शिष्यो याति पापकृत् उदग्रान् प्रैति संसारान् अधर्मेणेह चेतसा
If a sinful disciple even desires his teacher's wife in his mind, he proceeds to elevated cycles of existence through unrighteousness in this world.
श्वयोनौ तु स संभूतस् त्रीणि वर्षाणि जीवति तत्रापि निधनं प्राप्तः क्रिमियोनौ प्रजायते
Born in the womb of a dog, he lives for three years; after dying there, he is born in the womb of worms.
कृमिभावम् अनुप्राप्तो वर्षम् एकं तु जीवति ततस् तु निधनं प्राप्य ब्रह्मयोनौ प्रजायते
Having attained the state of a worm, he lives for one year; after dying there, he is born in the womb of a Brahmana.
यदि पुत्रसमं शिष्यं गुरुर् हन्याद् अकारणम् आत्मनः कामकारेण सो ऽपि हिंस्रः प्रजायते
If a teacher kills a disciple who is like his own son without cause, acting from his own desire, he too is born as a violent being.
पितरं मातरं चैव यस् तु पुत्रो ऽवमन्यते सो ऽपि विप्रा मृतो जन्तुः पूर्वं जायेत गर्दभः
If a son disrespects his father and mother, O Brahmins, after dying, that creature is first born as a donkey.
गर्दभत्वं तु संप्राप्य दश वर्षाणि जीवति संवत्सरं तु कुम्भीरस् ततो जायेत मानवः
Having attained the state of a donkey, he lives for ten years; then, for one year as a crocodile, after which he is born as a human.
पुत्रस्य मातापितरौ यस्य रुष्टाव् उभाव् अपि गुर्वपध्यानतः सो ऽपि मृतो जायेत गर्दभः
If both parents of a son are angry due to the disrespect of the teacher, after dying, he is born as a donkey.
खरो जीवति मासांश् च दश चापि चतुर्दश बिडालः सप्त मासांस् तु ततो जायेत मानवः
The donkey lives for ten and fourteen months; the cat lives for seven months, after which he is born as a human.
मातापितराव् आक्रुश्य सारीकः संप्रजायते ताडयित्वा तु ताव् एव जायते कच्छपो द्विजाः
By shouting at his mother and father, a person is born as a starling; but by striking them, O twice-born, he is born as a turtle.
कच्छपो दश वर्षाणि त्रीणि वर्षाणि शल्यकः व्यालो भूत्वा तु षण् मासांस् ततो जायेत मानुषः
The turtle lives for ten years, the porcupine for three years; then, after becoming a snake for six months, he is born as a human.
भर्तृपिण्डम् उपाश्नीनो राजद्विष्टानि सेवते सो ऽपि मोहसमापन्नो मृतो जायेत वानरः
One who eats the food offered to the husband and serves those hated by the king, being deluded, is born as a monkey after death.
वानरो दश वर्षाणि सप्त वर्षाणि मूषकः श्वा च भूत्वा तु षण् मासांस् ततो जायेत मानवः
The monkey lives for ten years, then for seven years as a mouse; after being a dog for six months, he is then born as a human.
न्यासापहर्ता तु नरो यमस्य विषयं गतः संसाराणां शतं गत्वा कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
A man who steals from those who have renounced, having gone to Yama's realm and passed through a hundred cycles of rebirth, is born in the womb of worms.
तत्र जीवति वर्षाणि दश पञ्च च भो द्विजाः दुष्कृतस्य क्षयं कृत्वा ततो जायेत मानुषः
There, O twice-born, he lives for fifteen years; after exhausting his evil deeds, he is then born as a human.
असूयको नरश् चापि मृतो जायेत शार्ङ्गकः विश्वासहर्ता च नरो मीनो जायेत दुर्मतिः
A man who is envious is born as a heron after death; and one who betrays trust, being wicked-minded, is born as a fish.
भूत्वा मीनो ऽष्ट वर्षाणि मृगो जायेत भो द्विजाः मृगस् तु चतुरो मासांस् ततश् छागः प्रजायते
Having been a fish for eight years, he is born as a deer, O twice-born; the deer lives for four months, then is born as a goat.
छागस् तु निधनं प्राप्य पूर्णे संवत्सरे ततः कीटः संजायते जन्तुस् ततो जायेत मानुषः
When the goat dies after a full year, then it is born as an insect; after that, the creature is born as a human.
धान्यान् यवांस् तिलान् माषान् कुलित्थान् सर्षपांश् चणान् कलायान् अथ मुद्गांश् च गोधूमान् अतसीस् तथा
He who steals grains, barley, sesame, black gram, horse gram, mustard, chickpeas, peas, green gram, wheat, or flax—
सस्यान्य् अन्यानि हर्ता च मर्त्यो मोहाद् अचेतनः संजायते मुनिश्रेष्ठा मूषिको निरपत्रपः
—or any other crops, O best of sages, such a heedless mortal is born as a shameless mouse.
ततः प्रेत्य मुनिश्रेष्ठा मृतो जायेत शूकरः शूकरो जातमात्रस् तु रोगेण म्रियते पुनः
Then, O best of sages, after dying, he is born as a pig; and the pig, as soon as it is born, dies from disease again.
श्वा ततो जायते मूकः कर्मणा तेन मानवः भूत्वा श्वा पञ्च वर्षाणि ततो जायेत मानवः
After that, he is born as a mute dog; by that action, he becomes a human. Having been a dog for five years, he is then born as a human.
परदाराभिमर्शं तु कृत्वा जायेत वै वृकः श्वा शृगालस् ततो गृध्रो व्यालः कङ्को बकस् तथा
By committing adultery, one is born as a wolf, then as a dog, a jackal, a vulture, a snake, a heron, and a crane.
भ्रातुर् भार्यां तु पापात्मा यो धर्षयति मोहितः पुंस्कोकिलत्वम् आप्नोति सो ऽपि संवत्सरं द्विजाः
A sinful man who, deluded, violates his brother's wife attains the state of a male cuckoo, O twice-born, for one year.
सखिभार्यां गुरोर् भार्यां राजभार्यां तथैव च प्रधर्षयित्वा कामात्मा मृतो जायेत शूकरः
He who, driven by desire, violates the wife of a friend, a teacher, or a king, after death is born as a pig.