ततः स गार्दभीं योनिमवाप्नोति त्रिजन्मनि
Then, he attains the womb of a she-ass for three births.
बधिरं यो हसत्येव निन्दत्येव हि मानवः
Whoever laughs at or insults a deaf person—
ततो भवेत्स बधिरो दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु ।। 2.30.
He then becomes deaf and poor for seven births.
लोभात्स्वपालनार्थाय जीविनं हन्ति यो नरः
Out of greed, the man who kills a living being for the sake of protecting his own wealth—
ततो भवेत्स शशको मीनश्च सप्तजन्मसु
He then becomes a hare and a fish for seven births.
स्वकन्यापालनं कृत्वा विक्रीणाति हि यो नरः
The man who, after raising his own daughter, sells her—
कन्यालोमप्रमाणाब्दं तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
He remains there, eating for as many years as the number of hairs on the daughter's body.
मांसभारं मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा रक्तधारां लिहेत्क्षुधा
With a load of flesh on his head, he licks streams of blood out of hunger.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि व्याधश्च सप्तजन्मसु
For six thousand years, he is a hunter for seven births.
सप्तजन्मसु मण्डूको जलौकाः सप्तजन्मसु
For seven births, he is a frog; for seven births, a leech.
व्रतानामुपवासानां श्राद्धादीनां च संयमे
In the matter of vows, fasts, and restraint regarding śrāddha and similar rites—
स च तिष्ठति कुण्डेषु नखादीनां च सुन्दरि
He remains in pits among nails and the like, O beautiful one.
सकेशं पार्थिवं लिङ्गं यो वाऽर्चयति भारते 2.30.
Whoever worships a Śiva-liṅga made of earth, with hair upon it, in Bharata—
तदन्ते यावनीं योनिं प्रयाति हरकोपतः
At the end, by Śiva's wrath, he goes to the womb of a Yavana woman.
पितॄणां यो विष्णुपदे पिण्डं नैव ददाति च
He who does not offer the ancestral cake to the forefathers at the abode of Vishnu—
ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य खञ्जः सप्तसु जन्मसु
Then, having attained his own birth again, he is lame for seven lifetimes.
यः सेवते महामूढो गुर्विणीं च स्वकामिनीम्
That greatly deluded one who serves a woman heavy with child or his own beloved—
अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते ऋतुस्नातान्नमेव च
He who eats food not offered to the gods, or food touched by a menstruating woman—
स व्रजेद्राजकीं योनिं कर्मकारीं च सप्तसु
He goes to the birth of a menial or a laborer for seven lifetimes.
यो हि घर्माक्तहस्तेन देवद्रव्यमुपस्पृशेत्
Whoever, with hands smeared with sweat, touches offerings meant for the gods—
यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातो भुङ्क्ते शूद्रान्नमेव च
He who, having been permitted by a Shudra, eats food belonging to a Shudra—
वाग्दुष्टा कटुवाचा या ताडयेत्स्वामिनं सदा 2.30.
A woman of wicked speech, who always speaks harshly and strikes her husband—
ताडिता यमदूतेन दण्डेन च चतुर्युगम्
She is beaten by the messenger of Yama with a staff for four ages.
विषेण जीविनं हन्ति निर्दयो यो हि पामरः
The cruel and base man who kills a living being with poison—
ततो भवेन्नृघाती च व्रणी स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु
After that, he becomes a killer of men and is afflicted with sores for seven births.
दण्डेन ताडयेद्यो हि वृषं च वृषवाहकः
He who, being a bull-driver, strikes a bull with a staff—
प्रतप्ततैलकुण्डे च स तिष्ठति चतुर्युगम्
He stands in a cauldron of boiling oil for four ages.
दन्तेन हन्ति जीवं यो लौहेन बडिशेन वा
He who kills a living being with his teeth or with an iron hook—
ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य चोदरव्याधिसंयुतः
Then, having attained his own birth again, he is afflicted with abdominal disease.
यो भुंक्ते च वृथा मांसं मत्स्यभोजी च ब्राह्मणः
A Brahmin who eats meat without reason, or who eats fish—