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.
ततो भवेद्भूमिहीनो दरिद्रश्च ततः शुचिः । ततः स्वयोनिं सम्प्राप्य शुभं कर्माचरेत्पुनः
Then he is born without land, poor, and then pure; after attaining his own birth, he again performs virtuous deeds.
नानाकर्मविपाकफलवर्णनम् यम उवाच छिनत्ति जीवं खड्गेन दयाहीनः सुदारुणः । नरघाती हन्ति नरमर्थलोभेन भारते
Yama said: One who, devoid of compassion, cruelly slays a living being with a sword, or kills a man out of greed for wealth in Bhārata,
असिपत्रे वसेत्सोऽपि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश । तेषु यो ब्राह्मणान् हन्ति शतमन्वन्तरं वसेत्
He dwells on a sword-leaf as long as fourteen Indras reign; but one who kills a brāhmaṇa dwells there for a hundred manvantaras.
छिन्नाङ्गः संवसेत् सोऽपि खड्गधारेण सन्ततम् । अनाहारः शब्दमुच्चैर्यमदूतेन ताडितः
With limbs severed, he dwells constantly on the edge of a sword, without food, crying out loudly, struck by the messenger of Yama.
मन्थानः शतजन्मानि शतजन्मानि सूकरः । कुक्कुटः सप्त जन्मानि शृगालः सप्तजन्मसु
For a hundred births he is a churner, for a hundred births a boar; for seven births a rooster, for seven births a jackal.
व्याघ्रश्च सप्त जन्मानि वृकश्चैव त्रिजन्मसु । सप्तजन्मसु मण्डूको यमदूतेन ताडितः
For seven births a tiger, for three births a wolf; for seven births a frog, struck by the messenger of Yama.
स भवेद्भारते वर्षे महिषश्च ततः शुचिः । ग्रामाणां नगराणां वा दहनं यः करोति च
Then, in the land of Bhārata, he becomes a buffalo, and then pure; one who sets fire to villages or cities,
क्षुरधारे वसेत्सोऽपि छिन्नाङ्गस्त्रियुगं सति । ततः प्रेतो भवेत्सद्यो वह्निवक्त्रो भ्रमन्महीम्
He dwells on the edge of a razor, with limbs severed, for three ages; then he immediately becomes a preta, wandering the earth with a mouth of fire.
सप्तजन्मामेध्यभोजी कपोतः सप्तजन्मसु । ततो भवेन्महाशूली मानवः सप्तजन्मनि
For seven births he eats impure food as a pigeon; then, for seven births, he becomes a human with great pain.
सप्तजन्म गलत्कुष्ठी ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः । परकर्णे मुखं दत्त्वा परनिन्दां करोति यः
For seven births he is afflicted with leprosy, then he becomes pure; one who, placing his mouth to another's ear, speaks slander.
परदोषे महाश्लाघी देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकः । सूचीमुखे वसेत्सोऽपि सूचीविद्धो युगत्रयम्
One who greatly boasts of others' faults and reviles the gods or brāhmaṇas, dwells in the eye of a needle, pierced by needles for three ages.
ततो भवेद् वृश्चिकश्च सर्पश्च सप्तजन्मसु । वज्रकीटः सप्तजन्म भस्मकीटस्ततः परम्
Then he becomes a scorpion and a snake for seven births; for seven births a diamond insect, and then an ash-eating worm.
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च महाव्याधिस्ततः शुचिः । गृहिणां हि गृहं भित्त्वा वस्तुस्तेयं करोति यः
Then, he becomes a human afflicted with severe disease, and after that, purified; for one who, breaking into the house of a householder, commits theft of property.
गाश्च छागांश्च मेषांश्च याति गोकामुखे च सः । ताडितो यमदूतेन वसेत्तत्र युगत्रयम्
He who steals cows, goats, or sheep from a cowshed is struck by the messengers of Yama and remains there for three ages.
ततो भवेत्सप्तजन्म गोजातिर्व्याधिसंयुतः । त्रिजन्मनि मेषजातिश्छागजातिस्त्रिजन्मनि
After that, for seven births, he is born as a cow, afflicted with disease; for three births as a sheep, and for three births as a goat.
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च नित्यरोगी दरिद्रकः । भार्याहीनो बन्धुहीनः सन्तापी च ततः शुचिः
Then, he becomes a human, always sick and poor, without wife or relatives, afflicted by suffering, and after that, purified.
सामान्यद्रव्यचौरश्च याति नक्रमुखं च सः । ताडितो यमदूतेन वसेत्तत्राब्दकत्रयम्
A common thief of property goes to the mouth of a crocodile, is beaten by the messengers of Yama, and remains there for three years.
ततो भवेत्सप्तजन्म गोपतिर्व्याधिसंयुतः । ततो भवेन्मानवश्च महारोगी ततः शुचिः
After that, for seven births, he becomes a cowherd, afflicted with disease; then, he is born as a human, greatly diseased, and after that, purified.
हन्ति गाश्च गजांश्चैव तुरगांश्च नगांस्तथा । स याति गजदंशं च महापापी युगत्रयम्
He who kills cows, elephants, horses, or trees goes to the mouth of an elephant, being a great sinner, for three ages.
ताडितो यमदूतेन नागदन्तेन सन्ततम् । स भवेद्गजजातिश्च तुरगश्च त्रिजन्मनि
Struck continuously by the messengers of Yama with elephant tusks, he becomes an elephant and a horse for three births.