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.
गोजातिर्म्लेच्छजातिश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः । जलं पिबन्तीं तृषितां गां वारयति यः पुमान्
After that, he is born as a cow or among foreigners, and then, purified; the man who prevents a thirsty cow from drinking water—
नरकं गोमुखाकारं कृमितप्तोदकान्वितम् । तत्र तिष्ठति सन्तप्तो यावन्मन्वन्तरावधि
He goes to a hell shaped like a cow's mouth, filled with water heated by worms, and remains there, tormented, until the end of a manvantara.
ततो नरोऽपि गोहीनो महारोगी दरिद्रकः । सप्तजन्मान्त्यजातिश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
After that, the man is born without cows, greatly diseased, poor, and for seven births of the lowest caste; then, he becomes purified.
गोहत्यां ब्रह्महत्यां च करोति ह्यतिदेशिकीम् । यो हि गच्छत्यगम्यां च यः स्त्रीहत्यां करोति च
He who commits the killing of a cow, the killing of a Brahmin, or the most severe transgressions, who approaches the forbidden, or who kills a woman—
भिक्षुहत्यां महापापी भ्रूणहत्यां च भारते । कुम्भीपाके वसेत्सोऽपि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
He who, being a great sinner, kills a mendicant or an embryo in the land of Bharata, dwells in the Kumbhipāka hell until fourteen Indras have passed.
ताडितो यमदूतेन चूर्ण्यमानश्च सन्ततम् । क्षणं पतति वह्नौ च क्षणं पतति कण्टके
Beaten by the messengers of Yama and constantly crushed, for a moment he falls into fire, for a moment onto thorns.
क्षणं पतेत्तप्ततैले तप्तो येन क्षणं क्षणम् । क्षणं च तप्तलोहे च क्षणं च तप्तताम्रके
For a moment he falls into boiling oil, then for a moment into heated iron, and for a moment into heated copper.
गृध्रो जन्मसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरः । काकश्च सप्त जन्मानि सर्पश्च सप्तजन्मसु
He is born as a vulture for a thousand births, as a pig for a hundred births, as a crow for seven births, and as a snake for seven births.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः । नानाजन्मसु स वृषस्ततः कुष्ठी दरिद्रकः
For sixty thousand years, he is born as a worm in excrement; after many births, he becomes an ox, then a leper, and poor.
सावित्र्युवाच विप्रहत्या च गोहत्या किंविधा चातिदैशिकी । का वा नृणामगम्या च को वा संध्याविहीनकः
Savitri said: What is the nature of the killing of a Brahmin, the killing of a cow, and the most severe transgressions? What is the forbidden woman for men, and who is one neglectful of the twilight rites?
अदीक्षितः पुमान्को वा को वा तीर्थप्रतिग्रही । द्विजः को वा ग्रामयाजी को वा विप्रोऽथ देवलः
Who is the man without initiation, who accepts gifts at holy places, which twice-born is a village priest, and who is a Brahmin or a temple priest?
शूद्राणां सूपकारश्च प्रमत्तो वृषलीपतिः । एतेषां लक्षणं सर्वं वद वेदविदां वर
Among Shudras, who is a cook, who is careless, and who is the husband of an outcaste woman? O best among those versed in the Vedas, describe all their characteristics.
धर्मराज उवाच श्रीकृष्णे च तदर्चायामन्येषां प्रकृतौ सति । शिवे च शिवलिङ्गे च सूर्ये सूर्यमणौ तथा
Dharmaraja said: In the worship of Shri Krishna, or in other forms, in Shiva or the Shiva lingam, and likewise in the solar gem representing Surya,
गणेशे वाथ दुर्गायामेवं सर्वत्र सुन्दरि । यः करोति भेदबुद्धिं ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
In Ganesha, or in Durga, and in all places, O beautiful one, whoever makes distinctions in understanding, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
स्वगुरौ स्वेष्टदेवे च जन्मदातरि मातरि । करोति भेदबुद्धिं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever makes distinctions regarding one's own guru, chosen deity, father, or mother, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
वैष्णवेषु च भक्तेषु ब्राह्मणेष्वितरेषु च । करोति भेदबुद्धिं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever makes distinctions among Vaishnavas, devotees, or other Brahmins, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
विप्रपादोदके चैव शालग्रामोदके तथा । करोति भेदबुद्धिं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever makes distinctions regarding the water from a Brahmin's feet or the water from a Shalagrama stone, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
शिवनैवेद्यके चैव हरिनैवेद्यके तथा । करोति भेदबुद्धिं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever makes distinctions regarding the offerings to Shiva or the offerings to Vishnu, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
सर्वेश्वरेश्वरे कृष्णे सर्वकारणकारणे । सर्वाद्ये सर्वदेवानां सेव्ये सर्वान्तरात्मनि
In Krishna, the Lord of all lords, the cause of all causes, the origin of all, the one served by all gods, the inner self of all,
माययानेकरूपे वाप्येक एव हि निर्गुणे । करोतीशेन भेदं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whether manifesting in many forms through Maya or as the one beyond qualities, whoever makes distinctions in the Lord, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.