असिपत्रवनं नाम नरकं वेशयन्ति च । कशया प्रहरन्त्येव नारकी तद्गतस्तदा
—is cast into the hell called Asipatravana, where the hell-guards strike him with whips.
इतस्ततो धावमान उत्तालमतिवेगतः । असिपत्रैश्छिद्यमान उभयत्र च धारभिः
Running here and there at great speed, he is cut by the sharp edges of sword-leaves on both sides.
संछिद्यमानसर्वाङ्गो हाहतोऽस्मीति मूर्च्छितः । वेदनां परमां प्राप्तः पतत्येव पदे पदे
With all his limbs being cut, he cries out, 'I am struck!' and faints; experiencing extreme pain, he falls at every step.
स्वधर्मानुगतं भुङ्क्ते पाखण्डफलमल्पधीः । यो राजा राजपुरुषो दण्डयेद्वै त्वधर्मतः
A king or royal official who punishes according to unrighteousness, even while following his own duty, reaps the fruit of heresy, O dull-minded one.
द्विजे शरीरदण्डं च पापीयान्नारकी च सः । नरके सूकरमुखे पात्यते यमकिङ्करैः
He who inflicts bodily punishment on a twice-born is more sinful and becomes a denizen of hell, thrown by Yama's servants into the hell called Sūkaramukha.
विनिष्यिष्टावयवको बलवद्भिस्तथेक्षुवत् । आर्तस्वरेण स्वनयन्मूर्च्छितः कश्मलङ्गतः
There, his limbs are crushed by strong beings, like sugarcane in a press; he cries out in pain, faints, and is overcome by distress.
स पीड्यमानो बहुधा वेदनां यात्यतीव हि । विविक्तपरपीडो योऽप्यविविक्तपरव्यथाम्
Tormented in many ways, he suffers intense pain; one who causes suffering to others, whether openly or secretly—
ईश्वराङ्कितवृत्तीनां व्यथामाचरते स्वयम् । स चान्धकूपे पतति तदभिद्रोहयन्त्रिते
—and who himself inflicts pain on those marked by the Lord, falls into the dark pit, bound by the machinery of betrayal.
तत्रासौ जन्तुभिः क्रूरैः पशुभिर्मृगपक्षिभिः । सरीसृपैश्च मशकैर्यूकामत्कुणजातिभिः
There, he is tormented by cruel creatures: animals, wild beasts, birds, reptiles, mosquitoes, lice, and bugs.
मक्षिकाभिश्च तमसि दन्दशूकैश्च पीड्यते । परिक्रामति चैवात्र कुशरीरे च जन्तुवत्
He is afflicted by flies, darkness, and venomous snakes; he wanders there, with a wretched body, like another creature.
यस्तु संविहितैः पञ्चयज्ञैः काकैश्च संस्तुतः । अश्नाति चासंविभज्य यत्किंञ्चिदुपपद्यते
But whoever, though the five sacrifices are duly arranged and praised by crows, eats anything that comes without sharing it—
स पापपुरुषः क्रूरैर्याम्यैश्च कृमिभोजने । नरकाधमके दुष्टकर्मणा परिपात्यते
That sinful man, by his cruel and wicked deeds, is cast by Yama's servants into a hell where worms are the food.
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णे कृमिकुण्डे भयङ्करे । कृमिरूपं समासाद्य भक्ष्यमाणश्च तैः स्वयम्
In a terrifying pit of worms, vast as a hundred thousand leagues, he takes the form of a worm and is devoured by them himself.
अप्रत्ताप्रहुतादो यः पातमाप्नोति तत्र वै । यस्तु स्तेयेन च बलाद्धिरण्यं रत्नमेव च
Whoever falls there because of food or offerings not given, or who by theft or force takes gold or jewels—
ब्राह्मणस्यापहरति अन्यस्यापि च कस्यचित् । अनापदि च देवर्षे तममुत्र यमानुगाः
Stealing from a Brahmin or from anyone else, without cause or emergency, the servants of Yama seize him there—
अयस्मयैरग्निपिण्डैः सदृशैर्नित्कुषन्ति च । योऽगम्यां योषितं गच्छेदगम्यं पुरुषं च या
And strike him with lumps of burning iron; whoever approaches a forbidden woman, or a woman who goes to a forbidden man—
तावमुत्रापि कशया ताडयन्तो यमानुगाः । तिग्मया लोहमय्या च सूर्म्याप्यालिङ्गयन्ति तम्
Those two, too, are beaten there with whips by Yama's servants, and are embraced by sharp, iron-hot saws.
तां चापि योषितं सूर्म्यालिङ्गयन्ति यमानुगाः । यस्तु सर्वाभिगमनः पुरुषः पापसञ्चयी
That woman, too, is embraced by Yama's servants with those saws; and the man who approaches all forbidden women, accumulating sin—
निरयेऽमुत्र तं याम्याः शाल्मलीं रोपयन्ति तम् । वज्रकण्टकसंयुक्तां शाल्मलीं तामयस्मयीम्
In hell, Yama's servants plant him upon a śālmalī tree, made of iron and covered with diamond thorns.
राजन्या राजपुरुषा ये वा पाखण्डवर्तिनः । धर्मसेतुं विभिन्दन्ति ते परेत्य गता नराः
Kings, royal officials, or those who follow heretical paths, who break the bridge of righteousness—such men, after death—
वैतरण्यां पतन्त्येव भिन्नमर्यादपातकाः । नद्यां निरयदुर्गस्य परिखायां च नारद
Fall into the Vaitaraṇī river, those who have transgressed boundaries and committed grave sins, into the moat of the fortress of hell, O Nārada.
यादोगणैः समन्तात्तु भक्ष्यमाणा इतस्ततः । नात्मना वियुजन्त्येव नासुभिश्चापि नारद
There, surrounded on all sides by hosts of aquatic creatures, they are devoured from every direction, yet do not part from their bodies or their lives, O Nārada.
स्वीयेन कर्मपाकेनोपतपन्ति च सर्वतः । विण्मूत्रपूयरक्तैश्च केशास्थिनखमांसकैः
They are tormented everywhere by the ripened fruits of their own actions, with excrement, urine, pus, blood, hair, bone, nail, and flesh.
मेदोवसासंयुतायां नद्यामुपपतन्ति ते । वृषलीपतयो ये च नष्टशौचा गतत्रपाः
They fall into a river filled with fat and marrow, those who are lords of outcastes, who have lost purity and shame.
आचारनियमैस्त्यक्ताः पशुचर्यापरायणाः । तेऽत्रानुकष्टगतयो विण्मूत्रश्लेष्मरक्तकैः
Abandoning rules of conduct, devoted to the ways of beasts, they fall here into a miserable state, with excrement, urine, phlegm, and blood.
श्लेष्ममलसमापूर्णे निपतन्ति दुराग्रहाः । तदेव खादयन्त्येतान्यमानुचरवर्गकाः
Falling into a mass filled with phlegm and filth, those stubborn ones are devoured by the hosts of Yama's attendants.
ये श्वानगर्दभादीनां पतयो वै द्विजातयः । मृगयारसिका नित्यमतीर्थे मृगघातकाः
Those twice-born who are masters of dogs, donkeys, and the like, always fond of hunting, killing animals even at sacred places—
परेतांस्तान्यमभटा लक्षीभूतान्नराधमान् । इषुभिश्च विभिन्दन्ति तांस्तान्दुर्नयमागतान्
Yama's attendants, taking the form of ghosts, pierce those wicked men who have come to an evil end with arrows.
ये दम्भा दम्भयज्ञेषु पशून्घ्नन्ति नराधमाः । तानमुष्मिन्यमभटा नरके वैशसे तदा
Those lowest of men who, out of hypocrisy, kill animals in pretentious sacrifices—at that time, the fierce servants of Yama cast them into the hell called Vaiśasa.
निपात्य पीडयन्त्येव कशाघातैर्दुरासदैः । यो भार्यां च सवर्णां वै द्विजो मदनमोहितः
There, those difficult to endure, torment them with blows from whips; and the twice-born who, maddened by desire, has intercourse with a woman of his own caste—