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.
त्रिजन्मनि भवेच्छागः कृष्णवर्णस्त्रिजन्मनि । ततः स तालवृक्षश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
For three births he becomes a goat, for three births black-skinned; then he becomes a palm tree, and after that, the man is purified.
धान्यादिसस्यं ताम्बूलं यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः । आसनं च तथा तल्पं चूर्णकुण्डे प्रयाति सः
Whoever steals grain, other crops, betel, a seat, or a bed belonging to a god or a Brāhmaṇa, goes to the Cūrṇakuṇḍa.
शताब्दं तत्र निवसेद्यमदूतेन ताडितः । ततो भवेन्मेषजातिः कुक्कुटश्च त्रिजन्मनि
There, beaten by the messengers of Yama, he dwells for a hundred years; then he is born as a sheep, and for three births as a rooster.
ततो भवेद्वानरश्च कासव्याधियुतो भुवि । वंशहीनो दरिद्रश्च स्वल्पायुश्च ततः शुचिः
After that, he is born as a monkey, afflicted with cough and disease on earth; then he is without lineage, poor, and short-lived, and after that, he becomes pure.
करोति चक्रं विप्राणां हृत्वा द्रव्यं च यो जनः । स वसेच्चक्रकुण्डे च शताब्दं दण्डताडितः
Whoever, having stolen property from Brāhmaṇas, makes a wheel (of suffering) for them, must dwell in the Chakrakuṇḍa for a hundred years, beaten with rods.
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च तैलकारस्त्रिजन्मनि । व्याधियुक्तो भवेद्रोगी वंशहीनस्ततः शुचिः
After that, he is born as a human, then as an oil-maker for three births; afflicted with disease, without lineage, and then he becomes pure.
गोधनेषु च विप्रेषु करोति वक्रतां पुमान् । प्रयाति वक्रकुण्डं स तिष्ठेद्युगशतं सति
If a man acts crookedly with cows or Brāhmaṇas, he goes to the Vakrakuṇḍa and remains there for a hundred ages.
ततो भवेत्स वक्राङ्गो हीनाङ्गः सप्तजन्मनि । दरिद्रो वंशहीनश्च भार्याहीनस्ततः शुचिः
After that, he is born with crooked limbs, disabled for seven births; poor, without lineage, without a wife, and then he becomes pure.
ततो भवेद् गृध्रजन्मा त्रिजन्मनि च सूकरः । त्रिजन्मनि बिडालश्च मयूरश्च त्रिजन्मनि
After that, he is born as a vulture, then for three births as a pig, for three births as a cat, and for three births as a peacock.
निषिद्धं कूर्ममांसं च ब्राह्मणो यो हि भक्षति । कूर्मकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि शताब्दं कूर्मभक्षितः
If a Brāhmaṇa eats forbidden tortoise meat, he dwells in the Kūrmakuṇḍa for a hundred years, being eaten by tortoises.
ततो भवेत्कूर्मजन्मा त्रिजन्मनि च सूकरः । त्रिजन्मनि बिडालश्च मयूरश्च ततः शुचिः
After that, he is born as a tortoise, for three births as a pig, for three births as a cat, then as a peacock, and after that, he becomes pure.
घृतं तैलादिकं चैव यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः । स याति ज्वालाकुण्डं च भस्मकुण्डं च पातकी
Whoever steals ghee, oil, or similar things from gods or Brāhmaṇas, that sinner goes to the Jvālākuṇḍa and the Bhasmakuṇḍa.
तत्र स्थित्वा शताब्दं च स भवेत्तैलपाचितः । सप्तजन्मनि मत्स्यश्च मूषकश्च ततः शुचिः
There, remaining for a hundred years, he is cooked in oil; for seven births he becomes a fish, then a mouse, and after that, he becomes pure.
सुगन्धितैलं धात्रीं वा गन्धद्रव्यान्यदेव वा । भारते पुण्यवर्षे च यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः
Whoever steals fragrant oil, emblic myrobalan, or other perfumed substances from gods or Brāhmaṇas in the holy land of Bhārata—
स वसेद्दग्धकुण्डे च भवेद्दग्धो दिवानिशम् । स्वलोममानवर्षं च ततो दुर्गन्धिको भवेत्
He dwells in a pit of fire, being burned day and night; then, for a year, his own hair rains down upon him, and he becomes foul-smelling.
दुर्गन्धिकः सप्तजन्म मृगनाभिस्त्रिजन्मनि । सप्तजन्मसु मन्थानस्ततो हि मानवो भवेत्
For seven births he is foul-smelling, for three births he is born as a musk deer; for seven births he is a churner, and then he becomes a human.
बलेनैव छलेनैव हिंसारूपेण वा सति । बलिष्ठश्च हरेद्भूमिं भारते परपैतृकीम्
If someone, by force, deceit, or violence, seizes ancestral land belonging to another in Bhārata, being powerful,
स वसेत्तप्तसूचिं च भवेत्तापी दिवानिशम् । तप्ततैले यथा जीवो दग्धो भवति सन्ततम्
He dwells on a heated needle, suffering day and night; just as a living being is constantly burned in hot oil.
भस्मसान्न भवत्येव भोगे देही न नश्यति । सप्तमन्वन्तरं पापी सन्तप्तस्तत्र तिष्ठति
He does not become ashes nor does his body perish in that enjoyment; the sinner remains there, tormented, for seven manvantaras.
शब्दं करोत्यनाहारो यमदूतेन ताडितः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कृमिश्च भवेत्ततः
Without food, he cries out, struck by the messenger of Yama; for sixty thousand years, he becomes a worm in excrement.