पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । कृमियोनिं शताब्दं च व्रजेद्भूत्वा ततः शुचिः
There, for a full hundred years, he remains eating that; then, after being born as a worm for a hundred years, he is purified.
सन्ताड्य च गुरुं विप्रं रक्तपातं च कारयेत् । स च तिष्ठत्यसृक्कुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
Whoever strikes a teacher or Brahmin, or causes blood to flow, remains in the pit of blood, eating that for a hundred years.
ततो लभेद्व्याघ्रजन्म सप्तजन्मसु भारते । ततः शुद्धिमवाप्नोति मानवश्च क्रमेण ह
After that, he obtains birth as a tiger in India for seven births; then, gradually, the man attains purification.
योऽश्रु तत्याज गायन्तं भक्तं दृष्ट्वा सगद्गदम् । श्रीकृष्णगुणसङ्गीते हसत्येव हि यो नरः
Whoever, seeing a devotee singing the qualities of Shri Krishna with a choked voice, abandons tears or laughs at him—
स वसेदश्रुकुण्डे च तद्भोजी शतवर्षकम् । ततो भवेच्च चाण्डालस्त्रिजन्मनि ततः शुचिः
He shall dwell in the Ashru-kunda and eat its food for one hundred years; thereafter, he will be born as a Chandala for three births, and then become pure.
करोति शठता तद्वन्नित्यं सुहृदि यो नरः । कुण्डं गात्रमलानां च स प्रयाति शताब्दकम्
A man who always acts deceitfully toward a friend, and who bathes in the pool of bodily filth, remains there for a hundred years.
ततः स गार्दभीं योनिमवाप्नोति त्रिजन्मनि । त्रिजन्मनि च शार्गालीं ततः शुद्धो भवेद् ध्रुवम्
After that, for three births he attains the womb of a she-ass; for three births, that of a female jackal; then, he surely becomes pure.
बधिरं यो हसत्येव निन्दत्येवाभिमानतः । स वसेत्कर्णविट्कुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
Whoever laughs at or insults a deaf person out of pride shall dwell in the Karna-vit-kunda, eating its food for one hundred years.
ततो भवेत्स बधिरो दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु । सप्तजन्मन्यङ्गहीनस्ततः शुद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम्
After that, he becomes deaf and poor for seven births; for seven births he is born with defective limbs, and then he certainly attains purification.
लोभात्स्वभरणार्थाय जीविनं हन्ति यो नरः । मज्जाकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि तद्भोजी लक्षवत्सरम्
A man who, out of greed for his own ornaments, kills a living being, dwells in the Majja-kunda, eating its food for one hundred thousand years.
ततो भवेच्च शशको मीनश्च सप्तजन्मसु । त्रिजन्मनि वराहश्च कुक्कुटः सप्तजन्मसु
After that, for seven births he becomes a hare and a fish; for three births, a boar; for seven births, a cock.
एणादयश्च कर्मभ्यस्ततः शुद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम् । स्वकन्यापालनं कृत्वा विक्रीणाति च यो नरः
Because of his actions, he is also born as a deer and other animals; then he surely attains purification. A man who, after raising his own daughter, sells her—
अर्थलोभान्महामूढो मांसकुण्डं प्रयाति सः । कन्यालोमप्रमाणाब्दं तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
That extremely deluded man, out of greed for wealth, goes to the Mamsa-kunda; he remains there, eating its food, for as many years as the number of hairs on the girl's body.
तस्य दण्डप्रहारं च कुर्वन्ति यमकिङ्कराः । मांसभारं मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा रक्तभारं लिहेत्क्षुधा
The servants of Yama strike him with rods; carrying a load of flesh on his head, he licks a mass of blood out of hunger.
ततो हि भारते पापी कन्याविट्कृमिगो भवेत् । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि व्याधश्च सप्तजन्मसु
After that, in Bharata, the sinner is born as a worm in the girl's excrement for sixty thousand years, and as a hunter for seven births.
त्रिजन्मनि वराहश्च कुक्कुटः सप्तजन्मसु । मण्डूको हि जलौकाश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते
For three births, he becomes a boar; for seven births, a cock; for seven births in Bharata, a frog and a leech.
सप्तजन्मसु काकश्च ततः शुद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम् । व्रतानामुपवासानां श्राद्धादीनां च सङ्गमे
For seven births, he is a crow; then he surely attains purification. At the time of vows, fasts, and śrāddha rites—
करोति यः क्षौरकर्म सोऽशुचिः सर्वकर्मसु । स च तिष्ठति कुण्डे च नखादीनाञ्च सुन्दरि
Whoever performs shaving at such times is impure in all actions; O beautiful one, he dwells in the Kunda of nails and the like.
तद्दैवदिनमानाब्दं तद्भोजी दण्डताडितः । सकेशं पार्थिवं लिङ्गं यो वार्चयति भारते
He remains there, eating its food and beaten with rods, for as many days as are counted by the gods. Whoever worships a linga made of earth with hair in Bharata—
स तिष्ठति केशकुण्डे मृद्रेणुमानवर्षकम् । तदन्ते यावनीं योनिं प्रयाति हरकोपतः
He stays in the Kesha-kunda for as many years as there are hairs, covered with dust; after that, by Shiva's wrath, he enters the womb of a Yavana woman.
शताब्दाच्छुद्धिमाप्नोति राक्षसः स भवेद् ध्रुवम् । पितॄणां यो विष्णुपदे पिण्डं नैव ददाति च
After a hundred years, he attains purification; he surely becomes a Rakshasa.
स च तिष्ठत्यस्थिकुण्डे स्वलोमाब्दं महोल्बणे । ततः सुयोनिं सम्प्राप्य कुखञ्जः सप्तजन्मसु
Whoever does not offer the rice-ball to the ancestors at Vishnu's abode dwells in the terrible Asthi-kunda for as many years as his own body hair; then, attaining a good birth, he is born lame and crippled for seven births.
भवेन्महादरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धो हि देहतः । यः सेवते महामूढो गुर्विणीं च स्वकामिनीम्
He who, being greatly deluded, serves a woman who is pregnant or his own lover, becomes extremely poor, though his body is purified.
प्रतप्ते ताम्रकुण्डे च शतवर्षं स तिष्ठति । अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते ऋतुस्नातान्नमेव च
He stands for a hundred years in a heated copper cauldron; and he who eats food from the impotent or from a woman in her period, as well.
लोहकुण्डे शताब्दं च स च तिष्ठति तप्तके । स व्रजेद्रजकीं योनिं काकानां सप्तजन्मसु
He stands for a hundred years in a heated iron cauldron; then he goes to the womb of a washerwoman or is born as a crow for seven births.
महाव्रणी दरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धी भवेन्नरः । यो हि चर्माक्तहस्तेन देवद्रव्यमुपस्मृशेत्
He becomes afflicted with great sores and poverty, and then is purified, who touches divine offerings with a hand smeared with leather.
शतवर्षप्रमाणं च चर्मकुण्डे स तिष्ठति । यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातो भुङ्क्ते शूद्रान्नमेव च
He remains for a hundred years in a cauldron of leather; and he who, having been permitted by a Shudra, eats food of the Shudra.
स च तप्तसुराकुण्डे शताब्दं तिष्ठति द्विजः । ततो भवेच्छूद्रयाजी ब्राह्मणः सप्तजन्मसु
That twice-born, too, stands for a hundred years in a cauldron of heated liquor; then, for seven births, a Brahmin becomes one who performs sacrifices for Shudras.
शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद्ध ्रुवम् । वाग्दुष्टः कटुको वाचा ताडयेत्स्वामिनं सदा
He who eats food from a Shudra's funeral offering is then purified in the same way; one who is harsh in speech, always striking his master.
तीक्ष्णकण्टककुण्डे स तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ताडितो यमदूतेन दण्डेन च चतुर्गुणम्
Such a one remains in a cauldron filled with sharp thorns, and, struck by the rod of Yama's attendant, receives fourfold punishment.