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.
दण्डेन मुसलेनैव मम दूतैश्च ताडिताः
Struck by my messengers with rods and pestles,
अवटः कूपभेदश्च यत्रोदं च तदाकृति
There is a chasm, a kind of well, and water of that form.
व्याप्तं महापापिभिश्च दग्धगात्रैश्च सन्ततम्
It is always filled with great sinners, their limbs scorched.
यत्तोयस्पर्शमात्रेण सर्व व्याधिश्च पापिनाम्
By the mere touch of its water, all diseases afflict the sinners.
सर्वे रुद्धाः पापिनश्च व्यथन्ते यत्र सन्ततम्
All the sinners are confined and constantly suffer there.
तप्तपांसुभिराकीर्णं ज्वलद्भिस्तु सुदग्धकैः
It is strewn with burning sand and scorched by blazing flames.
पततां पापिनां यत्र भवेदेव प्रकम्पनम्
Where sinners fall, there is indeed trembling.
क्रोशमाने च कुण्डे वै विदुस्तत्पाशवेष्टनम् 2.33.
When they cry out in the pit, they recognize the binding by ropes.
पातमात्रेण पापी च शूलेन ग्रथितो भवेत्
At the very moment of falling, the sinner is bound with a spear.
अतीव हिमतोये च क्रोशार्द्धं च प्रकम्पनम्
In water extremely cold, there is trembling for half a krosha.
धनुर्विंशतिमानं च तदुल्काभिश्च संकुलम्
It measures twenty dhanus and is crowded with meteors.
नानाप्रकारक्रिमिभिः संयुक्तं च भयानकैः
It is filled with various kinds of terrifying worms.
तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिर्युक्तं न पश्यद्भिः परस्परम् ध्वान्तेन चक्षुषा चान्धैरन्धकूपं प्रकीर्तितम्
It is inhabited by sinners who are eaten by those worms, unable to see each other, blinded by darkness; this is called the blind well.
नानाप्रकारशस्त्रौघैर्यत्र विद्धाश्च पापिनः
Where sinners are pierced by hosts of various weapons.
दण्डेन ताडिता यत्र मम दूतैश्च पापिनः
Where sinners are struck by my messengers with sticks.
निबद्धाश्च महाजालैर्यथा मीनाश्च पापिनः
Where sinners are bound in great nets like fish.
पततां पापिनां कुण्डे देहाश्चूर्णीभवन्ति च
In the pit where sinners fall, their bodies are reduced to powder.
गभीरं ध्वान्तयुक्तं च धनुर्विंशतिमानकम् 2.33.
It is deep, filled with darkness, and measures twenty dhanus.
दलिताः पापिनो यत्र मद्दूतैर्मुसलैः सदा
Where sinners are always crushed by my messengers with pestles.
पातमात्रे यत्र पापी शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुकः
At the very moment of falling, the sinner's throat, lips, and palate become dry.