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.
मिथ्यासाक्ष्यं यो ददाति कामात्क्रोधात्तथा भयात्
Whoever gives false testimony out of desire, anger, or fear,
पुण्यमात्रं चापि राजन्यो हन्ति स कृतघ्नकः
And even a king who destroys virtue—he is an ingrate.
मिथ्यासाक्ष्यं पाक्षिकं वा भारते वक्ति यो नृप
O king, whoever speaks false or partial testimony in Bharata,
सन्ततं वेष्टितः सर्पैर्भीतो वै भक्षितस्तथा 2.52.
He is continually surrounded by snakes, terrified, and devoured likewise.
कृकलासो भवेत्तत्र भारते सप्तजन्मसु
There, in Bharata, he becomes a lizard for seven births.
ततो भवेद्वै वृक्षश्च महारण्ये तु शाल्मलिः
After that, he becomes a śālmalī tree in the great forest.
आस्तीक उवाच नराणां मातृगमने प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते
Āstīka said: For men who approach their mothers, there is no expiation.
भारते च नृपश्रेष्ट यो दोषो मातृगामिनाम्
O foremost of kings, in Bharata, what is the fault of those who go to their mothers?
ब्राह्मण्यास्तावदेव स्याद्दोषः शूद्रेण मैथुने
The fault is only as much as with a Brahmin who has intercourse with a Śūdra woman.
सगर्भभ्रातृपत्नीना भगिनीनां तथैव च
So too with pregnant sisters-in-law and with sisters likewise.