यो मूढो मधु गृह्णाति हत्वा च मधुमक्षिकाः
The fool who takes honey, having killed honeybees—
भक्षितो गरलैर्दग्धो यमदूतेन ताडितः 2.30.
is eaten, burned by their poison, and struck by a messenger of Yama.
दण्डं करोत्यदंड्ये च विप्रे दण्डं करोति च
Whoever inflicts punishment on one who should not be punished, or punishes a Brahmin—
तल्लोममानवर्षं च तत्र तिष्ठत्यहर्निशम्
he remains there day and night for as many years as there are hairs on that person.
अर्थलोभेन यो भूपः प्रजादण्डं करोति च
A king who, out of greed for wealth, punishes his subjects—
ततो वृश्चिकजातिश्च सप्तजन्मसु जायते
after that, he is born in the species of scorpions for seven lifetimes.
ब्राह्मणः शस्त्रधारी यो ह्यन्येषां धावको भवेत्
A Brahmin who bears arms or runs for others—
स तिष्ठति स्वलोमाब्दं कुण्डादिषु शरादिषु
he remains for as many years as there are hairs on his body, in pits or among arrows.
कारागारे सान्धकारे निबध्नाति प्रजाश्च यः
Whoever imprisons people in a dark prison—
तत्कुण्डं तप्ततोयाक्तं सान्धकारं भयङ्करम्
that pit, filled with scalding water, dark and terrifying—
कीटैर्विद्धो वसेत्तत्र प्रजालोमाब्दमेव च
Pierced by insects, he remains there for a year, covered in hair.
ततो नक्रादिजातिश्च भवेन्नद्यादिषु ध्रुवम्
After that, he is surely born as a crocodile or similar creature in rivers and such places.
वक्षः श्रोणीस्तनास्यं च यः पश्यति परस्त्रियाः
He who looks at the chest, hips, breasts, or face of another man's wife—
स वसेत्काककुण्डं च काकैश्च क्षुण्णलोचनः
He dwells in a pit of crows, his eyes plucked out by crows.
सप्तजन्मदरिद्रश्च महाक्रूरश्च पातकी
He becomes poor for seven births, exceedingly cruel, and a sinner.
यो भारते ताम्रचौरो लौहचौरश्च सुन्दरि
O beautiful one, whoever is a copper thief or an iron thief in the land of Bharata—
तत्रैव वज्रविड्भोजी वज्रैश्च क्षुण्णलोचनः
There, he eats excrement mixed with thorns, his eyes crushed by thorns.
भारते देवचौरश्च देवद्रव्यादिहारकः
In Bharata, whoever steals from the gods or takes divine property—
देहदग्धो हि तद्वज्रैरनाहारश्च शब्दकृत्
His body is burned by those thorns, he remains unfed, uttering cries.
त्रिजन्मनि बकः सोऽपि श्वेतहंसस्त्रिजन्मनि 2.30.
He becomes a crane for three births, and a white swan for three births.
ततो रक्तविकारी च शूली वै मानवो भवेत्
After that, he becomes a man afflicted with blood disorders and suffering from spear wounds.
रैत्यकांस्यादिपात्रं च यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः
Whoever steals a vessel of bronze or similar metal from a god or a Brahmin—
स भवेदश्वजातिश्च भारते सप्तजन्मसु
He is born as a horse in Bharata for seven births.
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भुंक्ते पुंश्चलीजीव्यजीवनः
Whoever eats the food of a prostitute, or lives by the earnings of a prostitute—
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
Beaten by a messenger of Yama, he who eats thus remains there.
म्लेच्छसेवी मषीजीवी यो विप्रो भारते भुवि
A Brahmin in Bharata who serves foreigners or lives by ink—
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
Beaten by a messenger of Yama, he who eats thus remains there.
त्रिजन्मनि भवेच्छागः कृष्णसर्पस्त्रिजन्मनि
He becomes a goat for three births, and a black serpent for three births.
धान्यादि सस्यं ताम्बूलं यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः
Whoever steals grain, crops, or betel from the gods or Brahmins,
शताब्दं तत्र निवसेद्यमदूतेन ताडितः 2.30.
Shall reside there for a hundred years, struck by the servants of Yama.