चण्डालः शतजन्मानि भारते सूकरो भवेत्
For a hundred births he is born a caṇḍāla, and in Bhārata he becomes a pig.
व्याघ्रश्च सप्तजन्मानि वृकश्चैव त्रिजन्मनि
He becomes a tiger for seven births and a wolf for three births.
ग्रामं वा नगरं वाऽपि दाहनं यः करोति च
Whoever sets fire to a village or a city,
ततः प्रेतो भवेत्सद्यो वह्निवक्त्रो भ्रमेन्महीम्
He immediately becomes a preta, with a mouth of fire, wandering the earth.
ततो भवेन्महाशूली मानवः सप्तजन्मसु
After that, he is born as a great spear-bearer among men for seven births.
परकर्णोपजापेन परनिन्दां करोति यः
Whoever slanders others by whispering in another's ear,
सूचीमुखे स च वसेत्सूचीविद्धो युगत्रयम्
He dwells in the needle-mouth hell, pierced by needles for three ages.
वज्रकीटः सप्तजनौ भस्मकीटस्ततः परम्
He becomes a thunderbolt-insect for seven births, and then a cinder-insect thereafter.
गृहिणां च गृहं भित्त्वा वस्तुतेयं करोति यः
Whoever breaks into a householder's home and steals property,
ततो भवेत्सप्तजनौ गोजातिर्व्याधिसंयुतः 2.30.
He is born for seven births as cattle, afflicted with disease.
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च नित्यरोगी दरिद्रकः
After that, he is born as a man, always sick and poor.
सामान्यद्रव्यचौरश्च याति नक्रमुखं युगम्
A thief of common goods goes to the crocodile-mouth hell for an age.
हन्ति गाश्च गजांश्चैव तुरगांश्च नरांस्तथा
He who kills cows, elephants, horses, and also men,
ताडितो यमदूतेन गजदन्तेन सन्ततम् गोजातिम्लेच्छजातिश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
Is constantly beaten by Yama's messenger with an elephant's tusk; then, being born as cattle or among outcastes, the man becomes purified.
जलं पिबन्तीं तृषितां गां वारयति यो नरः
Whoever prevents a thirsty cow from drinking water,
नरकं गोमुखाकारं कृमितप्तोदकान्वितम्
He goes to a hell shaped like a cow’s mouth, filled with water heated by worms.
ततो नरोऽपि गोहीनो महारोगी दरिद्रकः
After that, even as a human, the cow-hater becomes afflicted with great disease and poverty.
गोहत्यां ब्रह्महत्यां च यः करोत्यतिदेशिकीम्
Whoever commits the great sins of killing a cow or killing a Brahmin,
प्रतिग्राही च तीर्थेषु ग्रामयाजी च देवलः
Or who accepts gifts at holy places, or performs village sacrifices, or is a false priest,
गोहत्यां ब्रह्महत्यां च स्त्रीहत्यां च करोति यः 2.30.
Whoever commits the killing of a cow, a Brahmin, or a woman,
कुम्भीपाके स च वसेद्यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
He dwells in the hell called Kumbhīpāka for as long as the fourteen Indras reign.
क्षणं पतति वह्नौ च क्षणं पतति कण्टके
For a moment he falls into fire, for a moment onto thorns,
क्षणं च तप्तपाषाणे तप्तलोहे क्षणं ततः
For a moment onto heated stones, then for a moment onto heated iron.
काकश्च सप्तजन्मानि सर्पस्स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु
He becomes a crow for seven births, and a snake for seven births.
ततो भवेत्स वृषणो गलत्कुष्ठी दरिद्रकः
After that, he is born as a castrated man, afflicted with leprosy and poverty.
सावित्र्युवाच का वा नृणामगम्या वा को वा सन्ध्याविहीनकः
Savitri said: Who among men is considered unapproachable, and who is one who neglects the twilight worship?
अदीक्षितः पुमान्को वा को वा तीर्थे प्रतिग्रही
Who is an undedicated man, who accepts gifts at holy places?
शूद्राणां सूपकारः कः प्रमत्तो वृषलीपतिः
Who is a cook for Shudras, who is careless, and who is the husband of a low-caste woman?
यम उवाच शिवे च शिवलिङ्गे वा सूर्य्ये सूर्य्यमणौ तथा
Yama said: Whether in Shiva or the Shiva-liṅga, or in the Sun or the solar jewel,
गणेशे वा तदर्च्चायामेवं सर्वत्र सुन्दरि 2.30.
Or in Ganesha, or in their images—so it is everywhere, O beautiful one.