इत्युक्त्वा वै दैत्यगुरुः स्वर्गे मन्दाकिनीतटे 2.58.
Having spoken thus, the preceptor of the Daityas was on the banks of the Mandākinī in heaven.
विष्णुपादाब्जजातेन तन्नैवेद्यं शुभप्रदम्
The offering born from the lotus feet of Viṣṇu bestows auspiciousness.
क्रोडे कृत्वा तु तं भीतं सज्जितं पापकर्मणा
Taking that fearful one, afflicted by sinful deeds, into his lap,
शुक्र उवाच सत्यं व्रतफलं चैव सत्यं सत्यवचः फलम्
Śukra said: Truly, the fruit of vows is truth, and the fruit of truthful speech is also truth.
तीर्थस्नानफलं सत्यं सत्यं दानफलं यदि
If the fruit of bathing at holy places is truth, then the fruit of giving is also truth.
विप्रं त्रिसन्ध्याहीनं या विष्णुपूजाविही नकम्
A Brahmin who neglects the thrice-daily sandhyā and the worship of Viṣṇu—
स्वभार्य्यावञ्चनं कृत्वा यः प्रयाति परस्त्रियम्
Who, deceiving his own wife, goes to another woman—
वाचा वा ताडयेत्कान्तं दुश्शीला दुर्मुखा च या
A woman of bad conduct and harsh speech who injures her husband with words—
अनैवेद्यं वृथान्नं च यश्च भुङ्क्ते हरेर्द्विजः
A twice-born who eats food not offered to Hari, or eats useless food—
अम्बुवाच्यं भूखननं यः करोति नरा धमः
A man who does what should be done by water or digs the earth—
स्वकान्तं वञ्चयित्वा च या याति परपूरुषम् 2.58.
A woman who, deceiving her own husband, goes to another man—
कीर्त्तिं करोति रजसा परकीर्त्तिं विलुप्य च
One who gains fame through passion, or destroys another's reputation—
पितरं मातरं भार्य्यां यो न पुष्णाति पातकी
He who does not support his father, mother, or wife is a sinner.
कुलटान्नमवीरान्नमृतुस्नातान्नमेव च
Food from an adulteress, food from a coward, and food from one who bathes during her period—
स यातु तेन पापेन कुम्भीपाकं चतुर्युगम्
By that sin, let him go to Kumbhīpāka hell for four ages.
दिवसे यो ग्राम्यधर्मं महापापी करोति च
Whoever, during the day, commits worldly acts of unrighteousness is a great sinner.
तं यातु चन्द्रपापं च महाघोरं च पापिनम्
Let that most wicked sinner go to Candrapāpa, a terrible hell.
मुखं श्रोणीं स्तनं चापि यः पश्यति परस्त्रियाः
He who looks at the face, hips, or breasts of another man's wife—
स यातु लालाभक्षं च चन्द्रपापाच्चतुर्युगम्
Let him eat saliva and go to Candrapāpa for four ages.
कुरुते ग्राम्यधर्मं च यातु तं चन्द्रकिल्बिषम् 2.58.
He who engages in worldly acts of unrighteousness, let him go to Candrakilbiṣa.
तस्मादुत्तीर्य्य चाण्डालीं योनिमाप्नोति पातकी
Therefore, having passed from there, the sinner attains the birth of a caṇḍāla woman.
एकादश्यां च यो भुङ्क्ते कृष्णजन्माष्टमीदिने
Whoever eats on the eleventh day or on the day of Kṛṣṇa's birth—
स यातु कुम्भीपाकं च यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
Let him go to Kumbhīpāka as long as there are fourteen Indras.
ताम्रस्थं दुग्धमाध्वीकमुच्छिष्टे घृतमेव च
Milk, honey, or ghee left in a copper vessel—
पीतशेष जलं चैव भुक्तशेषं तथौदनम्
Water left after drinking, and rice left after eating—
तं यातु चन्द्रपापं च दुर्निवारं च दारुणम्
Let him go to Candrapāpa, dreadful and hard to escape.
स्वकन्याविक्रयी विप्रो देवलो वृषवाहकः
A brāhmaṇa who sells his own daughter, a false ascetic, or one who makes a bull carry loads—
अश्वत्थतरुघाती च विष्णुवैष्णवनिन्दकः
One who cuts down an aśvattha tree, or reviles Viṣṇu or his devotees—
स यातु तस्मात्पापाच्च तप्तसूर्मीं च पातकी
Let that sinner go to the hell of burning waves because of that sin.
तस्मादुतीर्य्य चाण्डालीं योनिमाप्नोति पातकी 2.58.
Therefore, having passed from there, the sinner attains the birth of a caṇḍāla woman.