स्वधर्म्मनिरतैर्वाऽपि विरतैर्वा स्वतन्त्रकैः
Or even those devoted to their own dharma, or those who have renounced, or those who are independent,
एतत्ते कथितं साध्वि कुण्डसंख्यानिरूपणम्
Thus, O virtuous one, the enumeration of the pits has been described to you.
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे नारदनारायणसंवादे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे सावित्र्युपाख्याने यमसावित्रीसंवादे नरककुण्डसंख्यानं नामैकोनत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, named 'Enumeration of the Hellish Pits,' in the dialogue between Yama and Sāvitrī, within the narrative of Sāvitrī, in the second book, Prakṛti-khaṇḍa, of the great Purāṇa, the Brahma-vaivarta, in the conversation between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa.
2.30 यम उवाच तपस्वी ब्रह्मचारी च न याति नरकं यतिः
Yama said: The ascetic, the celibate, and the renunciant do not go to hell.
कटुवाचा बान्धवांश्च खलत्वेन च यो नरः
A man who speaks harshly to his relatives, or behaves wickedly,
गात्रलोमप्रमाणाब्दं तत्र स्थित्वा हुताशने
Having remained there for a period measured by the time it takes for hair to grow, in the fire,
ब्राह्मणं तृषितं क्षुब्धं प्रतप्तं गृहमागतम्
A brāhmaṇa, thirsty, agitated, tormented, having come to the house,
तत्र लोमप्रमाणाब्दं स्थित्वा तत्र च दुःखितः
There, having remained for a period measured by the time it takes for hair to grow, and suffering there,
रविवारार्कसंक्रान्त्याममायां श्राद्धवासरे
On Sundays, during the sun’s transition, in the month of Māgha, or on the day of a śrāddha ceremony—
स याति क्षारकुण्डं च सूत्रमानाब्दमेव च
—whoever commits such acts goes to the pool of brine and remains there for a year.
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा ब्रह्मवृत्तिं हरेत्तु यः
Whoever takes for himself the livelihood of a brāhmaṇa, whether given by himself or by another—
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विड्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
—he dwells there as an eater of excrement for six thousand years.
परकीयतडागे च तडागं यः करोति च 2.30.
Whoever constructs a pond in another’s pond—
तद्रेणुमानवर्षं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
—he remains there, eating the dust of that pond, for as many years as there are particles of dust.
एकाकी मिष्टमश्नाति श्लेष्मकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
He who eats delicious food alone goes to the phlegm-filled pool.
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव स प्रेतो भारते भवेत्
He becomes a preta in Bhārata for a full hundred years.
पितरं मातरं चैव गुरुं भार्य्यां सुतं सुताम्
Whoever harms father, mother, teacher, wife, son, or daughter—
पूर्णमब्दसहस्रं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
—remains there, eating, for a full thousand years.
दृष्ट्वातिथिं वक्रचक्षुः करोति यो हि मानवः
A man who looks upon a guest with a crooked eye—
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च
—whatever sins there are, including the killing of a brāhmaṇa—
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
—he remains there, eating, for a full hundred years.
दत्त्वा द्रव्यं च विप्राय चान्यस्मै दीयते यदि
If, after giving wealth to a brāhmaṇa, it is given to someone else—
ततो भवेत्स चण्डालस्त्रिजन्मनि ततः शुचिः ततो भवेन्मानवश्च दरिद्रोऽल्पायुरेव च ।।2.30.
—then he becomes a caṇḍāla in his next birth, then pure, then a man who is poor and short-lived.
पुमांसं कामिनी वाऽपि कामिनीं वा पुमानथ
If a man approaches a woman, or a woman a man, with lust—
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
—he remains there, eating, for a full hundred years.
सन्ताड्य च गुरुं विप्रं रक्तपातं च कारयेत्
If one strikes a teacher or a brāhmaṇa, or causes blood to flow—
ततो भवेद्व्याधजन्म सप्तजन्मसु भारते
Then, he is born as a diseased person for seven births in the land of Bharata.
अश्रु स्रवन्तं गायन्तं भक्तं दृष्ट्वा च गद्गदम्
Seeing a devotee singing with tears flowing and a choked voice—
स वसेदश्रुकुण्डे च तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
He dwells at the Ashru-kunda and eats there for a hundred years.
करोति खलतां शश्वदशुद्धहृदयो नरः
A man whose heart is always impure becomes wicked.