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.
ततः उच्चैःश्रवाः सप्तजन्मस्वेव ततः शुचि । विषेण जीवनं हन्ति निर्दयो यो हि मानवः
Afterwards, for seven births, he is born as a horse of the Uchchaihshravas type, and then is purified; but the man who mercilessly kills life with poison—
विषकुण्डे च तद्भोजी सहस्राब्दं च तिष्ठति । ततो भवेन्नृघाती च व्रणी च शतजन्मसु
He who eats in a cauldron of poison remains there for a thousand years; then, for a hundred births, he becomes a murderer and one afflicted with sores.
सप्तजन्मसु कुष्ठी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद् धुवम् । दण्डेन ताडयेद् गां हि वृषञ्च वृषवाहकः
For seven births he is a leper, and then is certainly purified; one who strikes a cow or a bull with a stick—
भृत्यद्वारा स्वतन्त्रो वा पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते । प्रतप्ते तैलकुण्डेऽग्नौ तिष्ठति स्म चतुर्युगम्
Whether through a servant or by his own hand, even in a holy land of Bharata, he stands in a heated cauldron of oil in fire for four ages.
गवां लोमप्रमाणाब्दं वृषो भवति तत्परम् । कुन्तेन हन्ति यो जीवं वह्निलोहेन हेलया
For as many years as there are hairs on a cow, he becomes a bull in that state; and he who kills a living being with a spear or hot iron, out of contempt—
कुन्तकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि वर्षाणामयुतं सति । ततः सुयोनिं सम्प्राप्य चोदरे व्याधिसंयुतः
He dwells in a cauldron of spears for ten thousand years; then, having attained a good womb, he is afflicted with disease in the belly.
जन्मनैकेन क्लेशेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः । यो भुङ्क्ते च वृथा मांसं मांसलोभी द्विजाधमः
With suffering in a single birth, then the man is purified; but the lowest of twice-born who eats meat without cause, out of greed for flesh—
हरेरनैवेद्यभोजी कृमिकुण्डं प्रयाति सः । स्वलोममानवर्षं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
He who eats the offerings not meant for Vishnu goes to the worm cauldron; he remains there for as many years as there are hairs on his body.
ततो भवेन्म्लेच्छजातिस्त्रिजन्मनि ततो द्विजः । ब्राह्मणः शूद्रयाजी च शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजकः
Then he is born in a mleccha family for three births, and after that as a twice-born; a Brahmin who performs sacrifices for Shudras or eats food from a Shudra's funeral offering—
शूद्राणां शवदाही च पूयकुण्डे वसेद् ध्रुवम् । यावल्लोमप्रमाणाब्दं यमदण्डेन सुव्रते
He who burns the corpses of Shudras certainly dwells in a cauldron of pus, for as many years as there are hairs on his body, struck by Yama's rod, O virtuous one.
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ततो भारतमागत्य स शूद्रः सप्तजन्मसु
Struck by the messengers of Yama, he remains there consuming that food; then, coming to Bharata, he is born as a Shudra for seven lifetimes.
महारोगी दरिद्रश्च बधिरो मूक एव च । कृष्णं पद्मं च के यस्य तं सर्पं हन्ति यो नरः
Afflicted with severe disease, poor, deaf, and mute; whoever kills the snake whose lotus and Krishna are present, that man is destroyed.
स्वलोममानवर्षं च सर्पकुण्डं प्रयाति सः । सर्पेण भक्षितः सोऽथ यमदूतेन ताडितः
He goes to the snake pit for a year measured by his own hair; then, eaten by a snake and struck by Yama's messengers.
वसेच्च सर्पविड्भोजी ततः सर्पो भवेद् ध्रुवम् । ततो भवेन्मानवश्च स्वल्पायुर्दद्रुसंयुतः
He dwells eating snake excrement; thereafter, he certainly becomes a snake; then, he becomes a human with little lifespan and afflicted by leprosy.
महाक्लेशेन तन्मृत्युः सर्पेण भक्षिताद् ध्रुवम् । विधिप्रदत्तजीव्यांश्च क्षुद्रजन्तूंश्च हन्ति यः
His death comes with great suffering, certainly after being eaten by a snake; whoever kills small creatures allotted life by fate.
स दंशमशयोः कुण्डे जन्तुमानाब्दमेव च । दिवानिशं भक्षितस्तैरनाहारश्च शब्दवान्
He stays in the pit of biting creatures for a year, being eaten day and night by them, without food, making sounds.
हस्तपादादिबद्धश्च यमदूतेन ताडितः । ततो भवेत्क्षुद्रजन्तुर्जातिश्च यावनी भवेत्
Bound by hands and feet, struck by Yama's messengers; then he becomes a small creature, as long as its species lasts.
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च सोऽङ्गहीनस्ततः शुचिः । यो मूढो मधुमश्नाति हत्वा च मधुमक्षिकाः
Then he becomes a human, but lacking limbs, and pure thereafter; the fool who eats honey after killing honeybees.
स एव गारले कुण्डे जीवमानाब्दकं वसेत् । भक्षितो गरलैर्दग्धो यमदूतेन ताडितः
He dwells alive for a year in a pit of poison; eaten and burned by poisons, struck by Yama's messengers.
ततो हि मक्षिकाजातिस्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः । दण्डं करोत्यदण्ड्ये च विप्रे दण्डं करोति च
Then he becomes of the bee species; thereafter, the man becomes purified; one who punishes the innocent or punishes a Brahmin.