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.
देहदग्धोऽपि तद्वज्रैरनाहारश्च शब्दकृत् । ताडितो यमदूतैश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
Even if his body is burned by those thunderbolts, left without food, making cries, and beaten by Yama's messengers, then the man is purified.
रौप्यगव्यांशुकानां च यश्चौरः सुरविप्रयोः । तप्तपाषाणकुण्डेच स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever steals silver, cows, or cloth from gods or Brahmins dwells in the Heated Stone Pit for a period equal to the growth of body hair.
त्रिजन्मनि च कंसोऽपि श्वेतरूपस्त्रिजन्मनि । जन्मैकं श्वेतचिह्नश्च ततोऽन्ये श्वेतपक्षिणः
For three births, he is born as a goose; for three births, he is white in form; for one birth, he bears white marks; after that, he becomes a white bird.
ततो रक्तविकारी च शूली वै मानवो भवेत् । सप्तजन्मसु चाल्पायुस्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
After that, he becomes a man afflicted with blood disorders and impaled; for seven births, he has a short life, and then the man is purified.
रैतं कांस्यमयं पात्रं यो हरेद्देवविप्रयोः । तीक्ष्णपाषाणकुण्डे च स्वलोमाब्दं वसेन्नरः
Whoever steals a vessel made of bronze from a god or Brahmin dwells in the Sharp Stone Pit for a period equal to the growth of body hair.
स भवेदश्वजातिश्च भारते सप्तजन्मसु । ततोऽधिकाङ्गजातिश्च पादरोगी ततः शुचिः
He is then born as a horse in Bharata for seven births; after that, he is born with extra limbs, then with a foot disease, and finally becomes pure.
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भद्रे पुंश्चलीजीव्यजीविनः । स्वलोममानवर्षं च लालाकुण्डे वसेद् ध्रुवम्
O auspicious one, whoever eats the food of an unchaste woman, or lives by the earnings of such a woman, will certainly dwell in the Lālākuṇḍa for a period measured by the number of his own body hairs.
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र दुःखितः । ततश्चक्षुःशूलरोगी ततः शुद्धः क्रमेण सः
There, beaten by the messengers of Yama, the eater of such food suffers greatly; then he becomes afflicted with eye diseases, and gradually he is purified.
म्लेच्छसेवी मसीजीवी यो विप्रो भारते भुवि । वसेत्स्वलोममानाब्दं मसीकुण्डे स दुःखभाक्
A Brāhmaṇa in the land of Bhārata who serves foreigners or lives by ink (writing for hire) must dwell in the Masīkuṇḍa, suffering, for a period equal to the number of his body hairs.
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ततस्त्रिजन्मनि भवेत्कृष्णवर्णः पशुः सति
Beaten by the messengers of Yama, he remains there eating that (food); then, for three births, he is born as a black-skinned animal, and after that, if he survives, he is purified.