महापातकिभिर्युक्तं भक्षितैर्जलजन्तुभिः
Filled with great sinners, devoured by aquatic creatures,
कोटिभिर्विकृताकारैः कच्छपैश्च सुदारुणैः
With millions of deformed and terribly fierce tortoises,
ज्वालाकलापैस्तेजोभिनिर्मितं क्रोशमानकम्
Made of blazing clusters of flames, created from intense fire, resounding with cries,
क्रोशमानं गभीरं च तप्तभस्मभिरन्वितम्
Resounding with cries, deep, and filled with burning ashes,
तप्तपाषाणलोष्टानां समूहैः परिपूरितम्
Completely filled with masses of heated stones and clods of earth,
क्रोशमानं ध्वान्तमयं गभीरमतिदारुणैः
Resounding with cries, made of darkness, deep, and exceedingly terrible,
अप्यूर्मियुक्ततोयं च प्रतप्तक्षारसंयुतम्
Even containing water with waves, mixed with intensely heated alkaline substances,
द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणं च गभीरं ध्वान्तसंयुतम् 2.33.
Measuring two vyūṭis, deep, and filled with darkness.
चलद्भिः क्रन्दमानैश्च न पश्यद्भिः परस्परम्
With beings moving and wailing, unable to see one another,
असिपत्रवनस्यैवाप्युच्चैस्ताल तरोरधः
Even beneath the tall tāla trees of the very forest of sword-leaves,
पापिनां रक्तपूर्णं च वृक्षाग्रात्पततां परम्
Filled with the blood of sinners, falling in abundance from the tops of the trees,
गभीरं ध्वान्तसंयुक्तं रक्तकीटसमन्वितम्
Deep, filled with darkness, and swarming with blood-drinking insects,
धनुश्शतप्रमाणं च क्षुराकारास्त्रसंकुलम्
Measuring a hundred bows in size, crowded with weapons shaped like razors,
सूचीवाश्यास्त्रसंयुक्तं पापिरक्तौघपूरितम्
Filled with needle-like and awl-like weapons, overflowing with the blood of sinners,
गोधाह्वजन्तुभेदस्य मुखाकृति भयानकम्
With terrifying mouths in the form of the faces of monitor lizards and other creatures,
महापातकिना चैव महाक्लेशकरं परम्
And for the great sinners, it is the cause of the utmost suffering.
कुण्डं नरमुखाकारं धनुष्षोडशमानकम्
A pit shaped like a human mouth, measuring sixteen bows in length.
गजेन्द्राणां समूहेन व्याप्तं कुण्डाकृति स्थलम् 2.33.
The area in the form of a pit was filled with groups of lordly elephants.
तत्कीटभक्षितानां च दीनशब्दकृतां सदा
There, those who had been eaten by insects constantly made pitiable sounds.
धनुस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणं च कुण्डं वै गोमुखाकृति
There is also a pit, shaped like a cow’s mouth, measuring thirty bows.
भ्रमितं कालचक्रेण सन्ततं च भयानकम्
It is ceaselessly whirled by the wheel of time and is truly terrifying.
लक्षमानवमानं च गभीरमतिविस्तृतम्
It is a hundred thousand measures deep, exceedingly vast and profound.
कुत्रचित्तप्तलौहादिकुण्डं ताम्रादिकं तथा
Elsewhere, there are pits of heated iron and copper and the like.
पापिनां च प्रधानैश्च महापातकिभिर्युतम्
They are filled with the foremost sinners and those guilty of great crimes.
ताडितैर्मम दूतैश्च दण्डैश्च मुसलैस्तथा
Struck by my messengers with rods and pestles as well,
घूर्णमानं पतद्भिश्च मूर्च्छितैश्च मुहुर्मुहुः
They reel, falling down again and again, fainting repeatedly.
यावन्तः पापिनः सन्ति सर्वकुण्डेषु सुन्दरि
O beautiful one, as many sinners as there are, are in all these pits.
सुचिरं पतिताश्चैव भोगदेहविवर्जिताः 2.33.
They have fallen there for a long time, deprived of bodies fit for enjoyment.
कालनिर्मितसूत्रेण निबद्धा यत्र पापिनः
There, sinners are bound by a thread fashioned by Time.
निश्वासबन्धाः सुचिरं कुण्डानामन्तरे तथा
Within the pits, they are long held by the bond of breath.