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.
शतमानवमानं च गभीरं ध्वान्तसंयुतम्
It measures a hundred units, is deep, and filled with darkness.
नानाचर्मकषायोदैः परिपूर्णं धनुःशतम्
It is completely filled for a hundred dhanus with various skins and bitter liquids.
शूर्पाकारमुखं कुण्डं धनुर्द्वादशमानकम्
The pit has a mouth shaped like a winnowing basket, and its length is twelve bows.
अन्तरा ऽग्निशिखानां च ज्वालाव्यात्तमुखं सदा
Within, among the flames, its mouth is always open, filled with fire.
ज्वालाभिर्दग्धगात्रैश्च पापिभिर्व्याप्तमेव यत्
It is entirely occupied by sinners whose bodies are scorched by the flames.
पातमात्राद्यत्र पापी मूर्छितो व्यथितो भवेत्
As soon as the sinner falls in, he becomes unconscious and afflicted.
धूमान्धकारयुक्तं च धूमान्धैः पापिभिर्युतम्
It is filled with smoke and darkness, and surrounded by sinners blinded by smoke.
पातमात्राद्यत्र पापी नागैस्संवेष्टितो भवेत् 2.33.
As soon as the sinner falls in, he is entwined by serpents.
षडशीतिश्च कुण्डानि मयोक्तानि निशामय
I have described eighty-six pits; listen attentively.
सावित्र्युवाच त्वत्तः सर्वं श्रुतं देव नावशिष्टोऽधुना मम
Savitri said: O Lord, I have heard everything from you; nothing remains unknown to me now.
किंचित्कथय मे धर्मं श्रीकृष्णगुणकीर्त्तगम्
Tell me something about dharma that proclaims the virtues of Shri Krishna.
कारणं मुक्तिकार्याणां सर्वाशुभनिवारणम्
It is the cause of liberation and removes all inauspiciousness.
मुक्तयः कतिधा सन्ति किं वा तासां च लक्षणम्
How many kinds of liberation are there, and what are their characteristics?
तत्त्वज्ञानविहीना च स्त्रीजातिर्विधिनिर्मिता
Women, created by rule, are devoid of knowledge of reality.
सर्वदानं ह्यनशनं तीर्थस्नानं व्रतं तपः
All charity, fasting, bathing at sacred places, vows, and austerity—
पितुः शतगुणा माता गौरवेणातिरिच्यते
The mother surpasses the father a hundredfold in honor.
यम उवाच अधुना हरिभक्तिस्ते वत्से भवतु मद्वरात्
Yama said: Now, by my boon, devotion to Hari shall be yours, O child.
श्रोतुमिच्छसि कल्याणि श्रीकृष्णगुणकीर्त्तनम्
You wish to hear, O auspicious one, the praise of Shri Krishna's virtues.
शेषो वक्त्रसहस्रेण नहि यद्वक्तु मीश्वरः 2.34.
Even the Lord cannot describe the remainder with a thousand mouths.
धाता चतुर्णां वेदानां विधाता जगतामपि
He is the creator of the four Vedas and the arranger of the worlds.