यः शूद्रो ब्राह्मणीगामी कुम्भीपाके व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । वर्षाणां च त्रिलक्षं च पच्यते तत्र पीडितः
A Śūdra who approaches a Brāhmaṇa woman surely goes to the Kumbhīpāka hell; he is tormented there for three hundred thousand years.
दिवानिशं प्रदग्धश्च तप्ततैले च दारुणे । ततौ भवेद्योनिकीटः पुंश्चलीनां च पातकी
Day and night, he is burned in harsh, heated oil; then he becomes a worm in the womb, and a sinner among promiscuous women.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि चाऽऽहारं तस्य तन्मलम् । ततो भवति चाण्डालो जन्मलक्षं क्रमेण च
For sixty thousand years, his food is only filth; then he becomes a cāṇḍāla for a hundred thousand births, in succession.
ततः शूद्रो गलत्कुष्ठी जन्मैकं च ततः शुचिः । सोऽपि विप्रो व्याधिशेषस्तीर्थपर्यटनाच्छुचिः
Then, a Śūdra with falling leprosy for one birth, then pure; he too becomes a Brāhmaṇa, with remnants of disease, purified by pilgrimage.
असच्छूद्रश्च भवति सोऽस्थानेऽसूरपूजिते । दत्तवा देवाय नैवेद्यमपवित्रं च मानवः
He becomes an impure Śūdra by worshipping at the wrong place, offering impure food to the gods, and worshipping demons.
सकेशं पार्थिवं लिङ्गं संपूज्य यवनो भवेत् । दुर्बलेन भवेदन्धः कुत्सितेन च कुत्सतिः
By worshipping a royal liṅga with hair, one becomes a Yavana; with weakness, one becomes blind, and with disgrace, one becomes contemptible.
अङ्गहीनो दरिद्रश्च व्याधियुक्तश्च मानवः । अश्रद्धया च निर्माणे निर्माणसदृशं फलम्
A man who is disabled, poor, or afflicted with disease, and who lacks faith in the act of creation, receives a result similar to his effort.
मृद्भस्मगोशकृत्विण्डैस्तथा वालुकयाऽपि वा । कृत्वा लिङ्गं सकृत्पूज्य वसेत्कल्पायुषं दिवि
By making a liṅga from clay, ashes, cow dung, or even sand, and worshipping it once, one may dwell in heaven for a lifespan of a kalpa.
ततो भवति विप्रश्च महाब्रज्ञश्च भूमिमान् । राजा भवेद्भारते च लिङ्गानां शतपूजनात्
Then, by worshipping the liṅga a hundred times, one becomes a learned Brahmin, a great knower, and a possessor of land; one becomes a king in Bhārata.
सहस्रपूजनात्सोऽपि लभते निश्चितं फलम् । स्थित्वा च सुचिरं स्वर्गे राजेन्द्रो भारते भवेत्
By worshipping a thousand times, he certainly attains the result; after residing long in heaven, he becomes a king in Bhārata.
अयुते च तदीशश्च लक्षे च पृथिवीश्वरः । पूजने चातिभक्त्या चाप्यतिरिस्तं फलं लभेत्
With ten thousand worships, he becomes a lord; with a hundred thousand, a ruler of the earth; and by worshipping with great devotion, he attains an even greater result.
तीर्थस्नानेन दानेन विप्राणां भोजनेन च । नारायणार्चया चैव विप्रजातिश्च कर्मणा
Through bathing at holy places, giving gifts, feeding Brahmins, and worshipping Nārāyaṇa, one attains the status of a Brahmin by action.
अतिरिक्तेन तपसा पण्डितो ब्राह्मणो भवेत् । पण्डितो ब्राह्मणश्चैव वैष्णवश्च जितेन्द्रियः
With exceptional austerity, one becomes a learned Brahmin; and such a Brahmin, learned and devoted to Viṣṇu, is a master of his senses.
अनेकजन्मपुण्येन जायते भारते भुवि । तस्याङ्ध्रिस्पर्शनेनैव सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा
By the merit of many births, one is born on the earth of Bhārata; and by merely touching its dust, the earth is instantly purified.
तीर्थाः कुर्वन्ति तीर्थानि जीवनमुक्ताश्च वैष्णवाः । स्वपुंसां च सहस्रं च पुनन्तीति श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
Holy places create other holy places, and liberated Vaiṣṇavas purify thousands of their own people, as is heard in the scriptures.
पापेन वैद्यजन्मैव दुश्चिकित्सोऽपि ब्राह्मणः । दुश्चिकित्सस्तथा वैद्यो व्यालग्राही त्रिजन्मसु
Because of sin, a physician is born as a Brahmin who is difficult to cure; likewise, a physician who is hard to cure becomes a snake-catcher for three births.
अतिक्रूरो दुराचारो द्वेष्टा च सुरविप्रयोः । स भवेत्कुटिलव्यालो वर्षाणां च महस्रकम्
One who is excessively cruel, of bad conduct, and a hater of gods and Brahmins becomes a crooked snake for a thousand years.
पुंश्चलीलम्पटानां च दूती या कामिनी व्रज । कालमूत्रे वर्षशतं स्थित्वा च गोधिका भवेत्
Among adulterous and lustful women, the messenger who is passionate, after staying in urine for a hundred years, becomes a lizard.
जन्मैकं गोधिका भूत्वा हरिणश्च त्रिजन्मसु । जन्मैकं महिषचैव जन्मैकं भल्लुको भवेत्
After one birth as a lizard, and three as a deer, after one birth as a buffalo, and one as a jackal, one is born accordingly.
जन्मैकं गण्डकश्चैव सृगालश्च त्रिजन्मसु । परकीयतडागं च लुप्त्वा सस्यं ददाति च
After one birth as a mongoose, and three as a jackal, one who steals crops from another's pond gives them away.
स भवेन्नक्रजातिश्च कच्छपश्च त्रिजन्मसु । वृथा मांसं च यो भुङ्क्ते मत्स्यलुब्धश्च ब्राह्मणः
He becomes a crocodile, and for three births a turtle; a Brahmin who eats meat without purpose and is greedy for fish.
भुङ्क्ते मांसमदत्तं च स मीनश्च मृगो भवेत् । वर्षाणां च सहस्रं च तात भुक्त्वा च किल्बिषम्
He who eats meat not given to him becomes a fish or a deer; after eating sin for a thousand years, O dear one.
कर्मभोगाच्छुचिर्भूत्वा स पुनर्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् । एकादशीविहीनश्च ब्राह्मणः पतितोभवेत्
After experiencing the result of his actions, becoming pure, he is again born as a Brahmin; a Brahmin who neglects the Ekādaśī becomes fallen.
भक्ष्यस्य द्विगुणं दत्त्वा तेन पापेन मुच्यते । मम जन्मदिने चैव यो भुङ्क्ते मानवोऽधमः
By giving twice the amount of food, he is freed from that sin; but the lowest man who eats on my birthday—
त्रैलोक्यजनितं पापं सोऽपि भुङ्क्ते न संशयः । भुक्त्वा च नरकं सर्वं पश्चाच्चण्डालतां व्रजेत्
He certainly endures the sin generated in the three worlds; and after suffering all the torments of hell, he is then born as a caṇḍāla.
एवं च शिवरातौ च श्रीरामनवमीदिने । उपवासासमर्थश्च हविष्यान्नं समाचरेत्
Thus, on Śivarātri and on the day of Rāma Navamī, if one is unable to fast, one should partake of food suitable for offerings.
ततोऽशक्तो दुर्बलश्च भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणानपि । कृत्वा महोत्सवं पुण्यं मदीयं पातकाच्छुचिः
Then, if he is weak and incapable, he should feed even brāhmaṇas, and by celebrating a great festival, he becomes purified from my sin.
तस्माद्यत्नेन कर्तव्यं नामसंकीर्तनं मम । गृध्रः कोटिसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरः
Therefore, one must diligently perform the chanting of my names; a vulture for ten million births, a pig for a hundred births—
श्वापदः शतजन्मानि कुह्वां च निशि भोजनात् । अदीक्षितो द्विजश्चैव शङ्खश्चिल्लः
A wild beast for a hundred births, an owl from eating at night, an uninitiated twice-born, and a conch-shell worm—
अनुद्वाही द्विजश्चैव राजहंसो भवद्ध्रुवम् । चित्रवस्त्रापहारी च मयूरश्च त्रिजन्मसु
A twice-born who does not marry certainly becomes a royal swan; one who steals colorful garments becomes a peacock for three births.