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.
साध्वीविक्रयकर्त्ता च यस्तु भक्तं परित्यजेत्
One who sells a virtuous woman, and one who abandons food offered to him.
वेदं विक्रीणतेये च वेदं वै दूषयन्ति ये
Those who sell the Veda, and those who corrupt the Veda.
अगम्यगामी च नरो नरकं शबलं व्रजेत्
A man who approaches forbidden women shall go to the hell called Shabala.
दुरिष्टं कुरुते यस्तु कीडलोहं प्रपद्यते
He who commits wicked deeds shall enter the hell of insects and iron.
रत्नं दूषयते यस्तु कृमिभक्षे प्रपद्यते
He who corrupts a jewel shall enter the hell where worms are eaten.
लालाभक्षे स तिष्ठेत्तु दुर्गन्धे नरके गतः
He who eats saliva shall remain in a foul-smelling hell.
आरामे ऽप्यग्निदाता यः पतते स विशंसनि
Even in a garden, the giver of fire shall fall into the dreadful hell.
नक्षत्रैर्जीवते यश्च नरो गच्छत्यधोमुखम्
A man who lives by astrology shall go downward.
क्षीरं सुरां च लवणं लाक्षां गन्धं रसं तिलान् एवमादीनि विक्रीणन्घोरे पूयवहे पतेत्
One who sells milk, liquor, salt, lac, fragrance, juice, sesame, and such things shall fall into the terrible hell filled with pus.
पक्षिणश्च मृगाञ्छागान्सो ऽप्येनं नरकं व्रजेत्
He who kills birds, deer, and goats shall also go to hell.
रङ्गोपजीवको विप्रः शाकनिर्ग्रामयाजकः
A Brahmin who lives by the stage, who sells vegetables, or who performs village sacrifices.
सुरापो मासभक्षश्च तथा च पशुघातकः
One who drinks liquor, eats meat, and kills animals.
पर्वकारश्च मूची च यश्च स्यान्मित्रघातकः
One who makes offerings on festival days, one who is a mute, and one who kills a friend.
उपविष्टं भोक्तुमथ पङ्क्त्यां वै वञ्चयन्ति ये
Those who deceive others while eating together in a row.
मृषावादी नरो यश्च तथा प्राक्रोशको ऽशुभः
A man who speaks falsely, and likewise one who shouts abusively, is inauspicious.
मधुग्राहाभिहन्तारो यान्ति वैतग्णीं नराः
Those who destroy beehives and honeycombs go to the Vaitaraṇī river.
क्रोधना दुःखदा ये च कुहकाः कृष्णगामिनः
Those who are angry, who cause suffering, who are deceitful, and who walk in darkness—
कर्त्तनषु विकृत्यन्त मृगव्याधः सुदारुणैः
Hunters who kill animals with cruel acts are tormented in the places of cutting.
भक्ष्यन्ते श्यामशबलैरयस्तुडश्व वायसैः
They are devoured by black and spotted iron-beaked crows and dogs.
स्कन्दन्ते ये दिवास्वप्ने व्रतिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः
Those who, while observing vows or celibacy, emit semen during the day or in sleep—