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.
शक्तिभक्ते द्वेषबुद्धिं शक्तिशास्त्रे तथैव च । द्वेषं यः कुरुते मर्त्यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever harbors hatred towards devotees of Shakti or towards the scriptures of Shakti, whoever expresses hatred, being mortal, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
पितृदेवार्चनं यो वा त्यजेद्वेदनिरूपितम् । यः करोति निषिद्धं च ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever abandons the worship of ancestors and gods as prescribed by the Vedas, or commits prohibited acts, attains the sin of killing a Brahmin.
यो निन्दति हृषीकेशं तन्मन्त्रोपासकं तथा । पवित्राणां पवित्रं च ज्ञानानन्दं सनातनम्
Whoever reviles Hrishikesha, or the worshipper of his mantra, or the most pure among the pure, the eternal source of knowledge and bliss,
प्रधानं वैष्णवानां च देवानां सेव्यमीश्वरम् । ये नार्चयन्ति निन्दन्ति ब्रह्महत्यां लभन्ति ते
The chief among Vaishnavas, the god worshipped by the gods, those who do not worship and who revile him, they attain the sin of killing a Brahmin.
ये निन्दन्ति महादेवीं कारणब्रह्मरूपिणीम् । सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपां च प्रकृतिं सर्वमातरम्
Those who revile the great Goddess, the embodiment of causal Brahman, the form of all powers, the primal nature, the mother of all,
सर्वदेवस्वरूपां च सर्वेषां वन्दितां सदा । सर्वकारणरूपां च ब्रह्महत्यां लभन्ति ते
The form of all gods, always worshipped by all, the embodiment of all causes, they attain the sin of killing a Brahmin.
कृष्णजन्माष्टमीं रामनवमीं च सुपुण्यदाम् । शिवरात्रिं तथा चैकादशीं वारे रवेस्तथा
Krishna's birthday, Rama's birthday, the highly auspicious Shiva night, Ekadashi, and the day of the Sun,
पञ्च पर्वाणि पुण्यानि ये न कुर्वन्ति मानवाः । लभन्ति ब्रह्महत्यां ते चाण्डालाधिकपापिनः
Those humans who do not observe these five holy festivals, they attain the sin of killing a Brahmin and are more sinful than outcastes.
अम्बुवाच्यां भूखननं जलशौचादिकं च ये । कुर्वन्ति भारते वर्षे ब्रह्महत्यां लभन्ति ते
Those who, in the land of Bharata, perform digging of the earth or acts such as defecation in water, incur the sin of killing a Brahmin.
गुरुञ्च मातरं तातं साध्वीं भार्यां सुतं सुताम् । अनिन्द्यां यो न पुष्णाति ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
Whoever does not support his guru, mother, father, virtuous wife, son, or daughter—who are blameless—incurs the sin of killing a Brahmin.