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—
ते सर्व नरकं यान्ति नियतं तु श्वभोजनम्
All these certainly go to hell, destined to be the food of dogs.
कर्माणि ये तु कुर्वन्ति सर्वे निरयवासिनः
Indeed, all who perform such actions dwell in hell.
सुदारुणस्तु शीतात्मा तस्याधस्तात्तपः स्मृतः
Among them, the most terrible is cold in nature; beneath it is known as Tapah.
भूमेरधस्तात्सप्तैव नरकाः परिकीर्त्तिताः
Beneath the earth, seven hells are described.
रौरवः प्रथमस्तेषां महारौरव एव च
Of these, the first is Raurava, and the second is Mahāraurava.
तृतीयः कालसूत्रः स्यान्महाहिर्विविधः स्मृतः
The third is Kālasūtra, said to be filled with great serpents.
लोहः षष्ठः स्मृतस्तेषामविधेयस्तु सप्तमः
The sixth among them is called Loha, and the seventh is known as Avīci.
सुदारुणस्तु शीतात्मा त्स्याधस्तात्तपो ऽधमः
The most terrible, cold in nature, is beneath that, called the lowest Tapah.
अप्रतिष्ठे स्थितिर्नास्ति भ्रमस्तस्मिन्सदा स्मृतः
In Avīci, there is no stable place; constant wandering is said to occur there.
तस्मात्सुदारुणो लोहः कर्मणां श्रयणाच्च सः
Therefore, Loha is exceedingly dreadful, both because of the deeds and the suffering found there.