अन्नं विष्ठा जलं मूत्रं विप्राणां वृषवाहिनाम्
Food, excrement, water, and urine of brāhmaṇas who ride bulls—
लालाकुण्डे वसत्येव यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
He dwells in a pit of saliva as long as the moon and sun endure.
त्रिसन्ध्यं ताडयेत्तं च शूलेन यमकिङ्करः
At the three junctions of the day, Yama's servant strikes him with a spear.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां च कृमिर्भवेत्
For sixty thousand years, he becomes a worm in excrement.
पञ्चजन्मसु गृध्रश्च शृगालः सप्तजन्मसु
For five births one becomes a vulture, and for seven births a jackal.
भारद्वाज उवाच वयःप्रमाणां राजेन्द्र ब्रह्महत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
Bhāradvāja said: O king, one certainly incurs the sin of killing a Brahmin by measuring age or stature.
तत्तुल्ययोनिभ्रमणात्तत्तुल्यनरकाच्छुचिः
By wandering in wombs of similar kind, and from similar hells, one becomes pure.
तावदेव भवेद्दोषः शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजने
The fault remains only as long as one eats food from a Śūdra's śrāddha offering.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच अहं वक्ष्यामि वेदोक्तं सावधानं निशामय ।।2.51.
Markandeya said: I will now speak what is declared in the Veda; listen attentively.
कृतघ्नानां प्रधानश्च यो विप्रो वृषलीपतिः
Among the ungrateful, the chief is the Brahmin who is the husband of a low-caste woman.
कृमिभक्ष्यो भवेद्विप्रो विह्वलो यमकिङ्करैः
Such a Brahmin, tormented by Yama's attendants, becomes food for worms.
ततश्च पुंश्चलीयोनौ कृमिर्भवति निश्चितम्
Then, certainly, he is born as a worm in the womb of a promiscuous woman.
सुयज्ञ उवाच श्लाघ्यो मे ब्राह्मशापश्च कस्य सम्पद्विनाऽऽपदम्
Suyajña said: Praiseworthy to me is the curse of a Brahmin—whose fortune is without misfortune?
धन्योऽहं कृतकृत्योऽहं सफलं जीवनं मम
I am blessed, I have accomplished my purpose, my life is fruitful.
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच तेषां किमूचुर्मुनयो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः
Śrī Pārvatī said: What did those sages, accomplished in the Veda and its branches, say?
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच तत्र प्रवक्तुमारेभे ऋषिर्नारायणो महान्
Śrī Maheśvara said: There, the great sage Nārāyaṇa began to speak.
श्रीनारायण उवाच स कृतघ्न इति ज्ञेयः फलं च शृणु भूमिप
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: He is to be known as ungrateful; hear, O king, the result.
यावन्तो रेणवः सिक्ता विप्राणां नेत्रबिन्दुभिः
As many as the dust particles moistened by the tears of Brahmins—
तप्ताङ्गारं च तद्भक्ष्यं पानं वै तप्तमूत्रकम्
—so many times must he eat hot coals and drink scalding urine.
तदन्ते च महापापी विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः
At the end of that, the great sinner is born as a worm in excrement.
ततो भवेद्भूमिहीनः प्रजाहीनश्च मानवः
After that, he becomes a man deprived of land and offspring.
नारद उवाच स कृतघ्न इति ख्यातस्तत्फलं च निशामय
Nārada said: He is known as ungrateful; listen to the result of that.
अन्धकूपे वसेत्सोऽपि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
He dwells in the pit of darkness for as long as fourteen Indras reign.
तप्तक्षारोदकं पापी नित्यं पिबति वै ततः 2.52.
The sinner constantly drinks water heated with copper there.
देवल उवाच स कृतघ्न इति ज्ञेयो महापापी च भारते
Devala said: He is to be known as an ingrate, a great sinner in Bharata.
अवटोदे वसेत्सोऽपि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
He dwells in the pit for as long as fourteen Indras reign.
जैगीषव्य उवाच वाचाऽपि ताडयेत्तांश्च स कृतघ्र इति स्मृतः
Jaigīṣavya said: Even by words, if one strikes them, he is remembered as an ingrate.
सा कृतघ्नीति विख्याता भारते पापिनी वरा
She is renowned as an ingrate, O noble one, a sinner in Bharata.
तत्र वह्नौ वसत्येव यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
There, she dwells in fire for as long as the moon and sun endure.
वाल्मीकिरुवाच तथा कृतघ्नता राजन्सर्वपापेषु वर्त्तते
Vālmīki said: Thus, ingratitude, O king, persists among all sins.