अष्टौ धनुः सहस्राणि योजनं तु विधीयते
Eight thousand dhanus are prescribed as a yojana.
एतत्सहस्रं विज्ञेयं शक्रकोशान्तरं तथा
A thousand of these is to be known as the distance between the abodes of Indra.
एतेन योजनाग्रेण शृणुध्वं ब्रह्मणोंऽतरे
By this foremost yojana, listen now of the intervals of Brahmā.
दिवाकरात्सहस्रे तु शते चौर्द्ध्वं निशाकरः
A thousand times a hundred above the sun is the moon.
नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नमुपरिष्टात्प्रकाशत
Above that, the entire circle of stars shines.
ग्रहान्तरमथैकैकमूर्द्ध्वं नक्षत्रमण्डरात्
Then, above the circle of stars, each planet in order.
तस्योर्द्ध्वं चरते शुक्रस्तस्मादूर्द्ध्वं च लोहितः
Above that moves Venus, and above Venus is Mars.
उर्द्ध्वं शतसहस्रं तु योजनानां शनैश्चरात्
A hundred thousand yojanas above Mars is Saturn.
ऋषिभ्यस्तु सहस्राणां शतादूर्द्ध्वं विभाष्यते
It is declared to be above a hundred thousand sages.
उत्तानपादपुत्रो ऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
Dhruva, the son of Uttānapāda, has become fixed in the heavens.
मन्वन्तरेषु देवानामिज्या यत्रैव लौकिकी
In the Manvantaras, there is the worldly worship of the gods there.
सर्वासां देवयोनीनां स्थितिहेतुः स वै स्मृतः
He is remembered as the cause of the stability of all divine lineages.
ध्रुवादूर्द्ध्वं महर्लोको यस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः
Above Dhruva is the Maharloka, where those who dwell for a kalpa reside.
द्वीकोट्यां तु महर्लोकाज्जनलोको व्यवस्थितः
At a distance of twenty million from Maharloka is established Janaloka.
यत्र ते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा दक्षाद्याः साधकाः स्मृताः
There are remembered the sons of Brahmā, such as Dakṣa, who are accomplished.
षड्गुणं तु तपोलोकात्सत्यलोकान्तरं स्मृतम्
It is remembered that between Tapoloka and Satyaloka is a sixfold distance.
यस्मिन्न च्यवते भूयो ब्रह्मणं य उपासते
Those who worship Brahman there do not fall again.
ऊर्द्ध्वभागस्ततोंऽडस्य ब्रह्मलोकात्परः स्मृतः
Above that, in the upper part of the egg, is said to be Brahmaloka, the highest.
स चौर्द्ध्व संप्रचारो ऽस्य गत्यन्तश्चपरः स्मृतः
And its movement is upward; its final destination is said to be beyond.
अधोगतीनां वक्ष्यामि भूतानां स्थानकल्पनाम्
I shall now describe the arrangement of the abodes for beings of downward movement.
नरको रौरवो घोरः शूकरस्ताल एवं च
There are the terrible hells: Raurava, Śūkara, Tāla, and others.
कृमी च कृमिभक्षश्च लालाभक्षो विशंसनः
Also Kṛmi, Kṛmibhakṣa, Lālābhakṣa, and Viśaṃsana.
विष्टाकीर्णश्च नरको मूत्रकीर्ण स्तथैव च
And the hells Viṣṭākīrṇa and Mūtrakīrṇa as well.
अग्निज्वालो महाघोरः संदंशो ऽथाश्वभोजनः
Agnijvāla, exceedingly terrible, Saṃdaṃśa, and Āśvabhojana.
अप्रतिष्ठो ऽथ वीचिश्च नरका ह्येवमादयः
Apratiṣṭha and Vīci are also hells, and so are others like these.
येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पतन्तीह वृथक्पृथक्
In these, those who perform evil deeds fall, each one separately.
रौरवे कूटसाक्षे तुमिथ्या यश्चाभिशसति
In the hell called Raurava, one who gives false witness and one who curses falsely shall reside.
राधो गोध्रो भ्रूणहा च ह्यग्निदाता पुरस्य च
The one who steals, the one who eats the flesh of the iguana, the killer of a fetus, the giver of fire, and the destroyer of a city.
ताले पतेत्क्षत्रियहा हत्वा वैश्यं च मज्जति
The slayer of a Kshatriya falls into Tāla, and one who kills a Vaishya sinks therein.
सप्तकुम्भेष्वसौ गामी तथा राजभटश्च यः
He who has intercourse with cows, and he who serves the king's soldiers, shall enter the hell of seven pots.