शश्वज्ज्वलद्भिः संयुक्तं पापिभिर्भस्मभक्षितैः । तप्तपाषाणलोहानां समूहैः परिपूरितैः
Constantly blazing, joined with sinners who consume ashes, filled with masses of heated stones and metals.
पापिभिर्दग्धगात्रैश्च युक्तञ्च शुष्कतालुकैः । क्रोशमानं ध्वान्तयुक्तं गम्भीरमतिदारुणम्
Joined with sinners whose bodies are burned and whose throats are dry, crying out, enveloped in darkness, deep and exceedingly dreadful.
ताडितैश्च प्रदग्धैश्च दग्धकुण्डं प्रकीर्तितम् । अतीवोर्मियुतं तोयं प्रतप्तक्षारसंयुतम्
Struck and burned, the burning pit is described, with water full of huge waves, mixed with heated alkaline substances.
नानाप्रकारैर्विरुतैर्जलजन्तुभिरन्वितम् । द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणं च गम्भीरं ध्वान्तसंयुतम्
Filled with aquatic creatures making various cries, with a depth equal to twice the height of a cow, deep and enveloped in darkness.
तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिर्युक्तं दंशितैर्जलजन्तुभिः । ज्वलद्भिः शब्दकृद्भिश्च न पश्यद्भिः परस्परम्
Joined with sinners devoured by aquatic beings, bitten by them, blazing and making sounds, unable to see one another.
प्रतप्तसूचीकुण्डञ्च कीर्तितं च भयानकम् । असीव धारापत्रस्याऽप्युच्चैस्तालतरोरधः
The burning needle-pit is described as terrifying, like the stream of a sword-blade, beneath the tall palm tree.
क्रोशार्धमानं कुण्डं च पतत्पत्रसमन्वितम् । पापिनां रक्तपूर्णं च वृक्षाग्रात्पततां ध्रुवम् । ७२ परित्राहीति शब्दं च कुर्वतामसतामपि । गम्भीरं ध्वान्तयुक्तं च रक्तकीटसमन्वितम्
A pit half a krosha in size, filled with falling leaves, always full of blood of sinners falling from the tree-top, making cries of 'Save us!' even from the wicked, deep, enveloped in darkness, and filled with blood-red insects.
तदसीपत्रकुण्डं च कीर्तितं च भयानकम् । धनुःशतप्रमाणं च क्षुरधारास्त्रसंयुतम्
That sword-leaf pit is described as terrifying, with the measure of a hundred bows, joined with razor-sharp blades.
पापिनां रक्तपूर्णं च क्षुरधारं भयानकम् । सूचीमुखास्त्रसंयुक्तं पापिरक्तौघपूरतम्
Filled with the blood of sinners, the razor-blade pit is dreadful, joined with needle-pointed weapons, filled with streams of sinful blood.
पञ्चाशद्धनुरायामं क्लेशदं सूचिकामुखम् । कस्यचिज्जन्तुभेदस्य गोकाख्यस्य मुखाकृति
Fifty bows in length, causing torment, with needle-pointed mouths, and the face of a certain creature called 'go'.
कूपरूपं गभीरं च धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम् । महापातकिनां चैव महत्क्लेशप्रदं परम्
A pit shaped like a well, deep, measuring twenty bows, causing great suffering to great sinners.
तत्कीटभक्षितानां च नम्रास्यानां च सन्ततम् । कुण्डं नक्रमुखाकारं धनुःषोडशमानकम्
Constantly filled with those devoured by insects, with bent mouths, a pit shaped like a crocodile's mouth, measuring sixteen bows.
गम्भीरं कूपरूपं च पापिनां सङ्कुलं सदा । धनुःशतप्रमाणं च कीर्तितं गजदंशनम्
Deep, well-shaped, always crowded with sinners, measuring a hundred bows, described as having elephant bites.
धनुस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणं च कुण्डं च गोमुखाकृति । पापिनां क्लेशदं शश्वद् गोमुखं परिकीर्तितम्
Measuring thirty bows, a pit shaped like a cow's mouth, always causing torment to sinners, the cow-mouth is renowned.
कालचक्रेण संयुक्तं भ्रममाणं भयानकम् । कुम्भाकारं ध्वान्तयुक्तं द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणकम्
Joined with the wheel of time, whirling in a terrifying manner, shaped like a pot, filled with darkness, and measuring twice the length of a cow.
लक्षपौरुषमानं च गम्भीरं विस्मृतं सति । कुत्रचित्तप्ततैलं च ताम्रादिकुण्डमेव च
Having the measure of a hundred thousand men, deep and forgotten, where somewhere heated oil and copper cauldrons are found.
पापिनां च प्रधानैश्च मूर्च्छितैः कृमिभिर्युतम् । परस्परं च नश्यद्भिः शब्दकृद्भिश्च सन्ततम्
Filled with the foremost sinners, fainting, together with worms, constantly perishing and making sounds.
ताडितैर्यमदूतैश्च मुसलैर्मुद्गरैस्तथा । घूर्णमानैः पतद्भिश्च मूर्च्छितैश्च क्षणं क्षणम्
Struck by the messengers of Yama with pestles and hammers, spinning, falling, fainting again and again.
पातितैर्यमदूतैश्च रुदन्त्यस्मात्क्षणं पुनः । यावन्तः पापिनः सन्ति सर्वकुण्डेषु सुन्दरि
Cast down by Yama's messengers, they weep again and again; all the sinners present in every pit, O beautiful one.
ततश्चतुर्गुणाः सन्ति कुम्भीपाके च दुःखदे । सुचिरं वध्यमानास्ते भोगदेहा न नश्वराः
Thereafter, fourfold suffering exists in Kumbhipaka, the place of pain; for a long time, they are tormented, their bodies for enjoyment not perishing.
सर्वकुण्डप्रधानं च कुम्भीपाकं प्रकीर्तितम् । कालनिर्मितसूत्रेण निबद्धा यत्र पापिनः
Among all pits, Kumbhipaka is declared the chief; where sinners are bound by the thread woven by time.
उत्थापिताश्च दूतैश्च क्षणमेव निमज्जिताः । निःश्वासबद्धाः सुचिरं तथा मोहं गताः पुनः
Raised by the messengers and then submerged again, bound by breath for a long time, and again falling into delusion.
अतीव क्लेशसंयुक्ता देहभोगेन सुन्दरि । प्रतप्ततोययुक्तं च कालसूत्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
Endowed with extreme suffering through bodily experience, O beautiful one; the thread of time is said to be joined with heated water.
अवटः कूपभेदश्च मत्स्योदः स उदाहृतः । प्रतप्ततोयपूर्णं च चतुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम्
There is the pit, the well-like division, and the fish-water, so it is said; filled with heated water, measuring twenty-four units.
व्याप्तं महापातकिभिर्व्यादग्धाङ्गैश्च सन्ततम् । मद्दूतैस्ताडितैः शश्वदवटोदं प्रकीर्तितम्
Filled with great sinners, their limbs constantly burned, always struck by my messengers, the fish-water pit is declared.
यत्रोदस्पर्शमात्रेण सर्वव्याधिश्च पापिनाम् । भवेदकस्मात्पततां यस्मिन्कुण्डे धनुःशते
Where, by mere touch of the water, all diseases afflict the sinners; suddenly falling into the pit measuring a hundred bows.
अरुन्तुदैर्भक्षितैस्तु प्राणिभिर्यच्च सङ्कुलम् । हाहेति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिस्तदेवारुन्तुदं विदुः
Crowded with creatures called Aruntuda, devouring those who fall, making cries of 'ha ha', thus it is known as Aruntuda.
तप्तपांसुभिराकीर्णं ज्वलद्भिस्तुषदग्धकैः । तद्भक्षैः पापिभिर्युक्तं पांसुभोजैर्धनुःशतम्
Filled with heated sand, blazing and burned by chaff, joined with sinners who are eaten by sand-eaters, measuring a hundred bows.
पातमात्रेण पापी च पाशेन वेष्टितो भवेत् । क्रोशमात्रेण कुण्डं च तत्पाशवेष्टनं विदुः
By merely falling, the sinner becomes bound by a noose; at a distance of a krosha, the pit is known for binding with that noose.
पातमात्रेण पापी च शूलेन वेष्टितो भवेत् । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च शूलप्रोतं प्रकीर्तितम्
By merely falling, the sinner becomes bound by a spear; measuring twenty bows, the pit pierced with spears is declared.