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.
स कुण्डं वज्रदंष्ट्राणां कीटानां याति सत्वरम् । स तल्लोमप्रमाणाब्दं तत्र तिष्ठत्यहर्निशम्
He quickly goes to the pit of insects with diamond-like fangs; he stays there for a year measured by his own hair, day and night.
शब्दकृद्भक्षितस्तैस्तु यमदूतेन ताडितः । करोति रोदनं भद्रे हाहाकारं क्षणे क्षणे
Eaten by those who make noise, struck by Yama's messengers; he cries out, O gentle one, with lamentation at every moment.
पुनः सूकरयोनौ च जायते सप्तजन्मसु । त्रिजन्मनि काकयोनौ ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
Again, he is born in the womb of a pig for seven lifetimes; for three births in the womb of a crow, then the man becomes purified.
अर्थलोभेन यो मूढः प्रजादण्डं करोति सः । वृश्चिकानां च कुण्डं च तल्लोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
The fool who, out of greed for wealth, punishes the people; he certainly dwells in the pit of scorpions for a year measured by his own hair.
ततो वृश्चिकजातिश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते । ततो नरश्चाङ्गहीनो व्याधिशुद्धो भवेद् ध्रुवम्
Then he becomes of the scorpion species for seven lifetimes in Bharata; thereafter, the man becomes without limbs, and certainly purified from disease.
ब्राह्मणः शस्त्रधारी यो ह्यन्येषां धावको भवेत् । सन्ध्याहीनश्च यो विप्रो हरिभक्तिविहीनकः
A Brahmin who bears weapons or runs for others; a Brahmin who neglects the twilight rituals and lacks devotion to Hari.
स तिष्ठति स्वलोमाब्दं कुण्डेषु च शरादिषु । विद्धः शरादिभिः शश्वत्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
He stays for a year measured by his own hair in pits among arrows and the like; constantly pierced by arrows and so forth, then the man becomes purified.
कारागारे सान्धकारे प्रणिहन्ति प्रजाश्च यः । प्रमत्तः स्वस्य दोषेण गोलकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
One who, in prison and darkness, harms the people; heedless due to his own fault, he goes to the pit of balls.
स पङ्कतप्ततोयाक्तं सान्धकारं भयङ्करम् । तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रैश्च कीटैश्च संयुक्तं गोलकुण्डकम्
There is a pit filled with muddy, heated water, enveloped in darkness and terror, swarming with insects bearing sharp fangs—this is the Golakunda.
कीटैर्विद्धो वसेत्तत्र प्रजालोमाब्दमेव च । ततो भवेत्प्रजाभृत्यस्ततः शुद्धो भवेत्क्रमात्
Pierced by those insects, one dwells there for a measure of time equal to the growth of body hair; thereafter, one becomes a servant of the people, and then, gradually, is purified.
सरोवरादुत्थितांश्च नक्रादीन्हन्ति यो नरः । नक्रकण्टकमानाब्दं नक्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
Whoever kills crocodiles or other creatures that have emerged from a lake goes to the Crocodile Pit for a period equal to the growth of body hair.
ततो नक्रादिजातीयो भवेन्नक्रादिषु ध्रुवम् । ततः सद्यो विशुद्धो हि दण्डेनैव पुनः पुनः
Thereafter, he is born among crocodiles and similar beings, remaining among them certainly; then, through repeated punishment, he is quickly purified.
वक्षः श्रोणीस्तनास्यञ्च यः पश्यति परस्त्रियाः । कामेन कामुको यो हि पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते
Whoever, driven by lust, gazes at the chest, hips, breasts, or mouth of another's wife in the sacred land of Bharata, being a passionate man—
स वसेत्काककुण्डे च काकैः संचूर्णलोचनः । ततः स्वलोममानाब्दं भवेद्दग्धस्त्रिजन्मनि
He dwells in the Crow Pit, his eyes crushed by crows; then, for a period equal to the growth of body hair, he is born as a woman burned in her previous birth.
स्वर्णस्तेयी च यो मूढो भारते सुरविप्रयोः । स च मन्थानकुण्डे वै स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
The fool who steals gold from a god or a Brahmin in Bharata certainly dwells in the Churning Pit for a period equal to the growth of body hair.
ताडितो यमदूतेन मन्थानैश्छन्नलोचनः । तद्विड्भोजी च तत्रैव ततश्चान्धस्त्रिजन्मनि
Beaten by Yama's messengers, his eyes covered with churning rods, he eats excrement there, and in his next birth, he is born blind.
सप्तजन्म दरिद्रश्च महाक्रूरश्च पातकी । भारते स्वर्णकारश्च स च स्वर्णवणिक् ततः
For seven births, he is poor, extremely cruel, and sinful; in Bharata, he becomes a goldsmith, and then a gold merchant.
यो भारते ताम्रचौरो लोहचौरश्च सुन्दरि । स च स्वलोममानाब्दं बीजकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
O beautiful one, whoever steals copper or iron in Bharata goes to the Seed Pit for a period equal to the growth of body hair.
तत्रैव बीजविड्भोजी बीजैश्च छन्नलोचनः । ताडितो यमदूतेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
There, eating seeds and excrement, his eyes covered with seeds, beaten by Yama's messengers, the man is then purified.
भारते देवचौरश्च देवद्रव्यापहारकः । स दुस्तरे वज्रकुण्डे स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever steals divine property or takes the wealth of gods in Bharata certainly dwells in the difficult-to-cross Thunderbolt Pit for a period equal to the growth of body hair.