चौरो विमोहे पतति मर्यादादूषकस् तथा देवद्विजपितृद्वेष्टा रत्नदूषयिता च यः
A thief falls into Vimoha; one who violates boundaries, hates gods, Brahmins, or ancestors, or corrupts gems—
स याति कृमिभक्ष्ये वै कृमीशे तु दुरिष्टिकृत् पितृदेवातिथीन् यस् तु पर्यश्नाति नराधमः
He goes to Krimibhaksha; but one who commits grave sins, or eats before offering to ancestors, gods, or guests, O worst of men—
लालाभक्ष्ये स यात्य् उग्रे शरकर्ता च वेधके करोति कर्णिनो यश् च यश् च खड्गादिकृन् नरः
He goes to Lalabhaksha; one who wounds with arrows, pierces, mutilates ears, or wields a sword—
प्रयान्त्य् एते विशसने नरके भृशदारुणे असत्प्रतिग्रहीता च नरके यात्य् अधोमुखे
All these go to Vishasana, the exceedingly dreadful hell; and one who accepts improper gifts goes to the hell with his head downward.
अयाज्ययाजकस् तत्र तथा नक्षत्रसूचकः कृमिपूये नरश् चैको याति मिष्टान्नभुक् सदा
He who performs sacrifices for the unworthy, or predicts omens from stars, or always eats fine food—such a man goes alone to the hell of worms and pus.
लाक्षामांसरसानां च तिलानां लवणस्य च विक्रेता ब्राह्मणो याति तम् एव नरकं द्विजाः
A Brahmin who sells lac, meat, juices, sesame, or salt, O twice-born, goes to that very hell.
मार्जारकुक्कुटच्छागश्ववराहविहंगमान् पोषयन् नरकं याति तम् एव द्विजसत्तमाः
He who maintains cats, cocks, goats, horses, boars, or birds, O best of twice-born, goes to hell.
रङ्गोपजीवी कैवर्तः कुण्डाशी गरदस् तथा सूची माहिषिकश् चैव पर्वगामी च यो द्विजः
A gambler, a fisherman, one who eats from a pit, a poisoner, a needle-maker, a buffalo-keeper, and a twice-born who travels on festival days—
अगारदाही मित्रघ्नः शकुनिग्रामयाजकः रुधिरान्धे पतन्त्य् एते सोमं विक्रीणते च ये
An arsonist, a friend-slayer, a bird-catcher, a village priest, those blinded by blood, and those who sell Soma—all these fall.
मधुहा ग्रामहन्ता च याति वैतरणीं नरः रेतःपानादिकर्तारो मर्यादाभेदिनश् च ये
A honey-thief, a village-destroyer, one who drinks semen, and those who break boundaries—all these men go to the Vaitarani river.
ते कृच्छ्रे यान्त्य् अशौचाश् च कुहकाजीविनश् च ये असिपत्त्रवनं याति वनच्छेदी वृथैव यः
Those who are impure, who live by deceit, and those who cut down forests without cause, go with difficulty to the sword-leaf forest.
औरभ्रिका मृगव्याधा वह्निज्वाले पतन्ति वै यान्ति तत्रैव ते विप्रा यश् चापाकेषु वह्निदः
Sheep-keepers, hunters, and those who set fires fall into flames; and those Brahmins who set fire to others' houses go there as well.
व्रतोपलोपको यश् च स्वाश्रमाद् विच्युतश् च यः संदंशयातनामध्ये पततस् ताव् उभाव् अपि
He who obstructs vows, and he who has fallen from his own order—both fall into the midst of the torture of biting.
दिवा स्वप्नेषु स्यन्दन्ते ये नरा ब्रह्मचारिणः पुत्रैर् अध्यापिता ये तु ते पतन्ति श्वभोजने
Those celibates who emit semen in dreams by day, and those whose sons teach them, fall into the food of dogs.
एते चान्ये च नरकाः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पच्यन्ते यातनागताः
These and other hells, by the hundreds and thousands, are where those who have done evil deeds are cooked, having come to torment.
तथैव पापान्य् एतानि तथान्यानि सहस्रशः भुज्यन्ते जातिपुरुषैर् नरकान्तरगोचरैः
In the same way, these and thousands of other sins are suffered by those of various castes and men who dwell in other hells.
वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धं च कर्म कुर्वन्ति ये नराः कर्मणा मनसा वाचा निरयेषु पतन्ति ते
Those men who act against the duties of caste and order—by deed, mind, or word—fall into hell.
अधःशिरोभिर् दृश्यन्ते नारकैर् दिवि देवताः देवाश् चाधोमुखान् सर्वान् अधः पश्यन्ति नारकान्
The hell-dwellers see the gods above with their heads downward, and the gods see all the hell-dwellers below, facing downward.
स्थावराः कृमयो ऽज्वाश् च पक्षिणः पशवो नराः धार्मिकास् त्रिदशास् तद्वन् मोक्षिणश् च यथाक्रमम्
Immovable beings, worms, goats, birds, cattle, men, the righteous, the gods, and the liberated—all exist in order.
सहस्रभागः प्रथमाद् द्वितीयो ऽनुक्रमात् तथा सर्वे ह्य् एते महाभागा यावन् मुक्तिसमाश्रयाः
From the first, the second receives a thousandth part in succession; all these great beings remain until liberation is attained.
यावन्तो जन्तवः स्वर्गे तावन्तो नरकौकसः पापकृद् याति नरकं प्रायश्चित्तपराङ्मुखः
As many creatures as there are in heaven, so many dwell in hell; the doer of sin goes to hell if he turns away from atonement.
पापानाम् अनुरूपाणि प्रायश्चित्तानि यद् यथा तथा तथैव संस्मृत्य प्रोक्तानि परमर्षिभिः
Atonements for sins, corresponding to each sin, have thus been declared by the supreme seers, remembering them as such.
पापे गुरूणि गुरुणि स्वल्पान्य् अल्पे च तद्विदः प्रायश्चित्तानि विप्रेन्द्रा जगुः स्वायंभुवादयः
For great sins, great atonements; for small, small—so have the knowers declared, O best of Brahmins, beginning with Svayambhu.
प्रायश्चित्तान्य् अशेषाणि तपःकर्मात्मकानि वै यानि तेषाम् अशेषाणां कृष्णानुस्मरणं परम्
All atonements are indeed acts of austerity; but among them all, remembrance of Krishna is supreme.
कृते पापे ऽनुतापो वै यस्य पुंसः प्रजायते प्रायश्चित्तं तु तस्यैकं हरिसंस्मरणं परम्
When a man feels true remorse after committing a sin, his supreme atonement is simply the remembrance of Hari.
प्रातर् निशि तथा संध्यामध्याह्नादिषु संस्मरन् नारायणम् अवाप्नोति सद्यः पापक्षयान् नरः
By remembering Nārāyaṇa in the morning, at night, at twilight, at midday, and at other times, a person immediately attains the destruction of sins.
विष्णुसंस्मरणात् क्षीणसमस्तक्लेशसंचयः मुक्तिं प्रयाति भो विप्रा विष्णोस् तस्यानुकीर्तनात्
By remembering Viṣṇu, when all accumulated afflictions are diminished, one attains liberation, O learned ones, through the repeated praise of Viṣṇu.
वासुदेवे मनो यस्य जपहोमार्चनादिषु तस्यान्तरायो विप्रेन्द्रा देवेन्द्रत्वादिकं फलम्
For one whose mind is fixed on Vāsudeva during recitation, sacrifice, worship, and similar acts, there is no obstacle, O best of Brāhmaṇas, and he attains rewards such as the status of Indra.
क्व नाकपृष्ठगमनं पुनरावृत्तिलक्षणम् क्व जपो वासुदेवेति मुक्तिबीजम् अनुत्तमम्
What comparison is there between ascending to heaven, which is marked by return, and the supreme seed of liberation, which is the recitation of 'Vāsudeva'?
तस्माद् अहर्निशं विष्णुं संस्मरन् पुरुषो द्विजः न याति नरकं शुद्धः संक्षीणाखिलपातकः
Therefore, a twice-born man who remembers Viṣṇu day and night does not go to hell; purified, with all sins diminished.