ततो भवेन्महापापी सूकरः सप्तजन्मसु 2.51.
After that, he becomes a great sinner, a pig, for seven births.
बृहस्पतिरुवाच लक्षवर्षं महाघोरे कुम्भीपाके वसेद्ध्रुवम्
Bṛhaspati said: For one hundred thousand years, he certainly dwells in the dreadful Kumbhīpāka.
ततो भवेन्महापापी विष्ठाकीटः शताब्दकम्
After that, he becomes a great sinner, a worm in excrement, for one hundred years.
राजोवाच कृतघ्नः कतिधा प्रोक्तः केषु को दोष एव च
The king said: In how many ways is the ungrateful one described, and in which cases, and what is the fault in each?
ऋष्यशृङ्ग उवाच सर्वः प्रत्येकदोषेण प्रत्येकं फलमश्नुते
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga said: Each one, according to each fault, experiences the corresponding result.
कृते सत्ये च पुण्ये च स्वधर्मे तपसि स्थिते
When one stands firm in truth, virtue, one's own duty, and austerity,
गुरुकृत्ये देवकृत्ये काम्यकृत्ये द्विजार्चने
In the duties toward the teacher, the gods, in desired actions, and in honoring the twice-born,
एतान्यो हन्ति पापिष्ठः स कृतघ्न इति स्मृतः
Whoever destroys these, that most sinful one is called ungrateful.
यान्यांश्च नरकांस्ते च यान्ति राजेन्द्र पापिनः
And, O king, those sinners go to whatever hells there are.
सुयज्ञ उवाच प्रत्येकं श्रोतुमिच्छामि वक्तुमर्हसि मे प्रभो 2.51.
Suyajña said: I wish to hear each one in detail; you should speak to me, O lord.
कात्यायन उवाच स कृतघ्नः कालसूत्रे वसेदेव चतुर्युगम्
Kātyāyana said: That ungrateful one dwells in Kālasūtra for four yugas.
सप्तजन्मसु काकश्च सप्तजन्मसु पेचकः
For seven births he is a crow, and for seven births a vulture.
श्रीसनन्दन उवाच स कृतघ्नस्तप्तसूर्म्यां वसत्येव युगत्रयम्
Śrī Sanandana said: That ungrateful one dwells in the heated waves for three yugas.
पञ्चजन्मसु मण्डूकस्त्रिषु जन्मसु कर्कटः
For five births he is a frog, and for three births a crab.
सनातन उवाच अतर्पयंश्च यः स्नाति विष्णुनैवेद्यवर्जितः
Sanātana said: Whoever bathes without offering satisfaction, and without Viṣṇu's consecrated food,
विष्णुपूजाविहीनश्च विष्णुमन्त्रविहीनकः
And who is without Viṣṇu worship, and without Viṣṇu mantras,
शिवरात्रौ च यो भुङ्क्ते श्रीरामनवमीदिने
Whoever eats on Śivarātri or on the day of Śrī Rāma Navamī—
कुम्भीपाके वसत्येव यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
He dwells in the hell called Kumbhīpāka as long as the fourteen Indras exist.
शतजन्मनि गृध्रश्च शतजन्मनि सूकरः
For a hundred births he is a vulture, and for a hundred births a boar.
ततो भवेज्जन्म सप्त ब्राह्मणो वृषवाहकः ।। 2.51.
After that, for seven births, he is a brāhmaṇa who carries a bull.
द्विजो भूत्वा सप्तजनौ भारते वृषलीपतिः
Becoming a twice-born, for seven births in Bhārata he is the husband of a low-caste woman.
पुनः पुनः पापयोनिं नरकं च पुनः पुनः
Again and again he is born in sinful wombs, and again and again in hell.
पञ्चजन्मसु मण्डूको भवेच्छुद्धस्ततः क्रमात्
For five births he becomes a frog, and then, gradually, he is purified.
सुयज्ञ उवाच शूद्रान्नभोजने वाऽपि शूद्रस्त्रीगमनेऽपि च
Suyajña said: What fault is there for brāhmaṇas in eating food of a śūdra, or in intercourse with a śūdra woman?
ब्राह्मणानां च को दोषो वृषाणां वाहने तथा
And what fault is there for brāhmaṇas in carrying bulls?
पराशर उवाच असिपत्रे वसत्येव युगानामेकसप्ततिः
Parāśara said: He dwells in the Asipatra hell for seventy-one yugas.
ततो भवेद्गर्दभश्च मूषिकः सप्तजन्मसु
After that, for seven births, he becomes a donkey and a mouse.
जरत्कारुरुवाच स कृतघ्न इति ख्यातः प्रसिद्धो भारते नृप
Jaratkāru said: He is known as ungrateful, renowned thus in Bhārata, O king.
ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापं तन्नित्यं वृषताडने
The sin of striking a bull is always equal to the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa.
सूर्य्यातपे वाहयेद्यः क्षुधितं तृष्टितं वृषम् 2.51.
Whoever drives a hungry or thirsty bull under the heat of the sun—