हीनजातौ प्रजायेत रत्नानामपहारकः । पत्रं च शाखिनो हृत्वा गन्धांश्छुच्छुन्दरी पुमान् ॥ २,२.
A thief of jewels is born in a low caste; one who steals leaves from a tree becomes a shucchundari; a man who steals fragrance is born as a shucchundari.
मूषको धान्यहारी स्याद्यानमुष्ट्रः फलं कपिः । निर्मन्त्रभोजनात्काको गृध्रो हृत्वा ह्युपस्करम् ॥ २,२.
A mouse is born from stealing grain; a camel from stealing a vehicle; a monkey from stealing fruit; a crow from eating food without mantra; a vulture from stealing utensils.
मधुदंशः फलं गृध्रो गां गोधाग्निं बकस्तथा । स्याच्छ्वेतकुष्ठी स्त्रीवस्त्र ह्यरुची रसहारकः ॥ २,२.
A bee is born from stealing honey; a vulture from stealing fruit; a cow from stealing earth; a monitor lizard from stealing fire; a crane from stealing water; one with white leprosy from stealing women's clothes; one with tastelessness from stealing flavor.
कांस्यहारी तु हंसः स्यात्परस्वस्य च हारकः । अपस्मारी गुरोर्हन्ता क्रूरकृद्वामनो भवेत् ॥ २,२.
A swan is born from stealing bronze; a dwarf from stealing others' property; an epileptic from killing a teacher; a cruel person from committing violence.
धर्मपत्नीं त्यजञ्छब्दवेधी प्राणी भवेत्क्षितौ । देवविप्रस्वापहारी पाण्डुरः परमांसभुक् ॥ २,२.
One who abandons his lawful wife becomes a creature sensitive to sound; one who steals the property of gods or Brahmins becomes pale and eats excessive meat.
भक्ष्याभक्ष्यो गण्डमाली महारोगी प्रजायते । न्यासापहारी काणः स्यास्त्रीजीवः खञ्जको भवेत् ॥ २,२.
One who eats forbidden food becomes afflicted with glandular disease and great illness; a thief of deposits becomes one-eyed; one who lives off women becomes lame.
कौमारदारत्यागी च दुर्भगोऽथै कमिष्टभुक् । वातगुल्मी विप्रयोषिद्गामी वा जम्बुको भवेत् ॥ २,२.
One who abandons a wife in youth becomes unfortunate and eats impure food; one afflicted with wind disease who goes to a Brahmin's wife becomes a jackal.
शय्याहर्ता क्षपणकः पतङ्गो वस्त्रहारकः । मात्सर्यादपि जात्यन्धो कपाली दीपहारकः ॥ २,२.
A thief of bedding becomes a mendicant; a thief of clothes becomes a moth; one blinded by envy becomes a skull-bearer; a thief of lamps becomes blind from birth.
कौशिको मित्रहन्ता च क्षयी पित्रादिनिन्दकः । स्खलद्वागनृतवादी कूटसाक्षी जलोदरी ॥ २,२.
A weaver becomes a killer of friends; one who wastes away insults his father and others; one who speaks faltering or false words becomes a false witness and suffers dropsy.
मशकः सोऽथ चछिन्नोष्ठो विवाहे विघ्नकृद्भवेत् । स्याद्वाथ वृषलः सोऽयं चत्वरे वै विण्मूत्रकृत् ॥ २,२.
A mosquito is born from causing obstacles in marriage; one with a split lip becomes a troublemaker; a low-caste person defecates and urinates in public squares.
मूत्रकृच्छ्री दूषकस्तु कन्यायाः क्लीबतामियात् । द्वीपी स्याद्वेदविक्रेता वराहोऽयाज्ययाजकः ॥ २,२.
One who pollutes urine becomes impotent towards women; a thief of Vedas becomes a jackal; one who performs unauthorized rituals becomes a boar.
यतस्ततोऽश्रन्मार्जारो खद्योतो वहदाहकः । कृमिः पर्युषितादः स्यान्मत्सरी भ्रमरो भवेत् ॥ २,२.
A cat is born from eating leftovers; a firefly from carrying fire; a worm from eating stale food; an envious person becomes a bee.
अग्न्युत्सादी तु कुष्ठी स्याददत्ताऽदानतो वृषः । सर्पो गोहारकोऽन्नस्य हारकः स्यादजीर्णवान् ॥ २,२.
One who destroys fire becomes a leper; one who takes what is not given becomes a bull; a thief of cows becomes a snake; a thief of food becomes one with indigestion.
जलहारी तु मत्स्यः स्यात्क्षीरहारी बलाकिका । अन्नं पर्युषितं विप्रे प्रददत्कुब्जतां व्रजेत् ॥ २,२.
A fish is born from stealing water; a heron from stealing milk; a Brahmin who gives stale food becomes hunchbacked.
फलानि हरते यस्तु सन्ततिर्म्रियते खग । अदत्त्वा भक्ष्यमश्राति ह्यनपत्यो भवेन्नरः ॥ २,२.
One who steals fruit causes the death of his offspring as a bird; one who eats without giving food becomes childless.
प्रवज्यागमनाद्राजन् भवेन्मरुपिशाचकः । चातको जलहर्ता स्याज्जन्मान्धः पुंस्तकं हरन् ॥ २,२.
O king, one who comes after renouncing becomes a ghost; a chataka is born from stealing water; one who steals a book becomes blind from birth.
प्रतिश्रुत्य द्विजेभ्योर्ऽथमददज्जम्बुको भवेत् । परिवादादिजातीनां लभते काच्छपीं तनुम् ॥ २,२.
If one promises wealth to Brahmins but does not give it, he becomes a jackal; those born of slander and similar faults obtain the body of a tortoise.
दुर्भगः फलविक्रेता वृकश्च वृषलीपतिः । मार्जारोऽग्निं पदा स्पृष्ट्वा रोगवान्परमांसभुक् ॥ २,२.
An unfortunate fruit seller, a wolf, the husband of a low-caste woman, a cat who touches fire with its foot, and one who eats the flesh of others—all become diseased.
जलप्रस्त्रवणं यस्तु भिन्द्यान्मत्स्यो भवेन्नरः । हरेः कथां न शृण्वन्ति ये न साधुजनस्तवम् ॥ २,२.
Whoever breaks a water channel becomes a fish; those who do not listen to the stories of Hari or praise of the virtuous are not counted among the good.
तान्नरान्कर्णमूलोऽयं व्याप्नुयान्नेतराञ्जनान् । परस्याननसंस्थं यो ग्रासं हरि मन्दधीः ॥ २,२.
This root of the ear afflicts those men who do not listen, while the dull-witted one who snatches food from another's mouth becomes a monkey.
देवोपकरणान्येनं गण्डमालिनमीहते । दम्भेनाचरते धर्मं गजचर्मा भवेत्तु सः ॥ २,२.
He who covets the offerings meant for the gods, or who performs religious acts out of hypocrisy, becomes one wearing an elephant's hide.
शिरोऽर्तिप्रमुखा रोगा यान्ति विश्वासघातकम् । लिङ्गपीडी शिवस्वं च शिवनिर्माल्यमेव च ॥ २,२.
Headaches and other chief diseases afflict the betrayer of trust; one who harms the liṅga, Shiva's property, or Shiva's remnants also suffers.
स्त्रियोऽप्यनेन मार्गेण हृत्वा दोषमवाप्नुयुः । एतेषामेव जन्तूनां भार्यात्वमुपजायते ॥ २,२.
Women, too, by following this path and committing such faults, incur sin; they are born as the wives of these very creatures.
भोगान्ते नरकस्यैतत्सर्वमित्यवधारय । खघ प्रदर्श्यमेतत्तु मयोक्तं ते समासतः । द्रव्यप्रकारा हि यथा तथैव प्राणिजातयः ॥ २,२.
Know that all these things come at the end of enjoyment in hell; O bird, I have shown you this in summary, just as there are various kinds of substances, so too are there various kinds of living beings.
एवं विचित्रैर्निजकर्मभिर्नृणां सुखस्य दुः खस्य च जन्मनामपि । वैचित्र्यमुक्तं शुभकर्मतः शुभं तथाशुभाच्चाशुभमीरयन्ति ॥ २,२.
Thus, by their own diverse actions, people experience the variety of happiness and suffering in their births; from good deeds comes good, and from evil deeds comes evil.
एतत्ते सर्वंमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽहमिह त्वया ॥ २,२.
All this I have told you, as you asked me here.
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ३ सूत उवाच । एवमुत्साहितः पक्षी स्वरूपं निरयस्य तु । पप्रच्छनरकाण्येवं श्रुत्वा चोत्कूलितान्तरः ॥ २,३.
Sūta said: Thus inspired, the bird, his heart stirred after hearing this, asked about the forms of hell.
गरुड उवाच । नरकाणां स्वरूपं मे वद येषु विकर्मिणः । पात्यन्ते दुः खभूयिष्ठास्तेषां भेदांश्च कीर्तय ॥ २,३.
Garuḍa said: Tell me the nature of the hells where wrongdoers are cast down, and describe their varieties.
श्रीभगवानुवाच । नरकाणां सहस्राणि वर्तन्ते ह्यरुणानुज । शक्यं विस्तरतो नैव वक्तुं प्राधान्यतो ब्रुवे ॥ २,३.
The Blessed Lord said: There are thousands of hells, O younger brother of Aruṇa; it is not possible to describe them all in detail, but I will tell you the principal ones.
रौरवं नाम नरकं मुख्यं तद्वैनिबोध मे । रौरवे कूटसाक्षी तु याति यश्चानृती नरः ॥ २,३.
Know from me that Raurava is the chief hell; in Raurava, the false witness and the liar go.