वाक्प्रदत्तां हि कन्यां च यश्चान्यस्मै ददाति च
He who gives away a maiden promised by word, or gives her to another,
दत्तापहारी यः साध्वि पाशवेष्टं शताब्दकम्
Or who steals what has been given, or a virtuous woman, is bound like a beast for a hundred years.
न पूजयेद्यो हि भक्त्या शिवलिङ्गं च पार्थिवम्
Whoever does not worship with devotion the earthen emblem of Shiva,
स्थित्वा शताब्दं तत्रैव श्वापदः सप्तजन्मसु
Having remained there for a hundred years, he becomes a wild animal for seven births.
करोति दण्डं यो विप्रे यद्भयात्कम्पते द्विजः
He who punishes a Brahmin, or at whose fear a Brahmin trembles,
प्रकोपवदना कोपात्स्वामिनं या च पश्यति
Or a woman who, out of anger, looks at her master with a wrathful face,
उल्कां ददाति वक्त्रे च सततं यमकिङ्करः 2.31.
The servant of Yama constantly places a meteor in her mouth.
ततो भवेन्मानवी च विधवा सप्तजन्मसु
After that, she is born as a widow among humans for seven births.
या ब्राह्मणी शूद्रभोग्या साऽन्धकूपं प्रयाति च
A Brahmin woman who is enjoyed by a Shudra goes to a dark well.
निवसेदतिसन्तप्ता यमदूतेन ताडिता
She dwells there, greatly tormented, struck by a messenger of Yama.
काकी जन्मसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरी
She is born as a crow for thousands of births, as a sow for a hundred births,
पारावती सप्तजनौ वानरी सप्तजन्मसु
As a pigeon for seven births, or as a monkey for seven births.
ततो भवेच्च रजकी यक्ष्मग्रस्ता च पुंश्चली
Then she becomes a washerwoman, afflicted with consumption, and a promiscuous woman.
वेश्या वसेद्वेधने च युग्मी वै दण्डताडने
She lives as a prostitute in poverty, and as a woman with two husbands, suffering beatings.
स्वैरिणी दलने चैव धृष्टा वै शोषणे तथा
As an unchaste woman she is torn apart, and as an audacious one, she is subjected to torment.
विण्मूत्रभक्षणं तत्र यावन्मन्वन्तरं सति
There, she eats excrement and urine for as long as a manvantara endures.
ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेत्क्षत्त्रियामपि क्षत्रियः 2.31.
A brāhmaṇa should approach a brāhmaṇī, and a kṣatriya likewise a kṣatriyā.
स्ववर्णपरदारी च कषं याति तया सह
But one who goes to another's wife of his own varṇa goes to hell together with her.
ततो विप्रो भवेच्छुद्धश्चैवं च क्षत्रियादयः
Afterwards, the brāhmaṇa becomes pure, and so too the kṣatriya and the others.
क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेद्वैश्यो वाऽपि पतिव्रते
If a kṣatriya approaches a brāhmaṇī, or a vaiśya a chaste wife,
शूर्पाकारैश्च कृमिभिर्ब्राह्मण्या सह भक्षितः
He is eaten together with the brāhmaṇī by worms shaped like winnowing baskets.
तत्रैव यातनां भुंक्ते यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
There he endures torment for as long as the fourteen Indras reign.
करे धृत्वा च तुलसीं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत्
One who, holding tulasī in his hand, does not keep his vow,
गङ्गातोयं करे धृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत्
One who, holding Ganges water in his hand, does not keep his vow,
दत्त्वा च दक्षिणं हस्तं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत्
One who, after giving his right hand as a pledge, does not keep his vow,
मित्रद्रोही कृतघ्नश्च यो हि विश्वासघातकः 2.31.
One who betrays a friend, is ungrateful, or breaks trust,
एते तत्र वसन्त्येव यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
All these remain there for as long as the fourteen Indras reign.
चण्डालस्तुलसीस्पर्शी सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः
A caṇḍāla who touches tulasī becomes pure for seven births.
शिलास्पर्शी विट्कृमिश्च सप्तजन्मसु सुन्दरि
One who touches a stone or is a worm in excrement, O beautiful one, for seven births—
दक्षहस्तप्रधाता च सर्पस्स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु
And one who gives with his right hand becomes a serpent for seven births.