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.
योजनानां सहस्रे द्वे रौरवो हि प्रमाणतः । जानुमात्रप्रमाणं तु तत्र गर्तं सुदुस्तरम् ॥ २,३.
Raurava measures two thousand yojanas; there is a pit there, knee-deep, extremely difficult to cross.
तत्राङ्गारचयौघेन कृतं तद्धरणीसमम् । तत्राग्निना सुतीव्रेण तापिताङ्गारभूमिना ॥ २,३.
There, a mass of burning coals is spread out, level with the ground, and the earth is heated by intense fire.
तन्मध्ये पापकर्माणं विमुञ्चन्ति यमानुगाः । स दह्यमानस्तीव्रेण वह्निना परिधावति ॥ २,३.
In the midst of that, the attendants of Yama cast those who have committed evil deeds; burning with intense fire, they run about.
पदेपदे च पादोऽस्य स्फुट्यते शीर्यते पुनः । अहोरात्रेणोद्धरणं पादन्यासेन गच्छति ॥ २,३.
At every step, their feet burst and fall apart again; in a day and night, by placing their feet, they move forward.
एवं सहस्रं विस्तीर्णं योजनानां विमुच्यते । ततोऽन्यत्पापशुद्ध्यर्थं तादृङ्निरयमृच्छति ॥ २,३.
Thus, for a thousand yojanas in extent, one is released; then, for the purification of other sins, he reaches another such hell.
रौरवस्ते समाख्यातः प्रथमो नरको मया । महारौरवसंज्ञं तु शृणुष्व नरकं खग ॥ २,३.
I have described to you Raurava, the first hell; now, O bird, listen to the hell called Mahāraurava.
योजनानां सहस्राणि सन्ति पञ्च समन्ततः । तत्र ताम्रमयी भूमिरधस्तस्या हुताशनः ॥ २,३.
There, five thousand yojanas in every direction, is a land of copper below which is blazing fire.
तया तपन्त्या सा सर्वा प्रोद्यद्विद्युत्समप्रभा । विभाव्यते महारौद्रा पापिनां दर्शनादिषु ॥ २,३.
That land, burning and shining like a flashing lightning, appears exceedingly terrifying to sinners in all their perceptions.
तस्यां बद्धकराभ्यां च पद्भ्यां चैव यमानुगैः । मुच्यते पापकृन्मध्ये लुण्ठमानः स गच्छति ॥ २,३.
There, with hands and feet bound by the servants of Yama, the sinner is cast into the midst and dragged about.
काकैर्बकैर्वृकोलूकैर्मशकैर्वृश्चिकैस्तथा । भक्ष्यमाणैस्तथा रौद्रैर्गतो मार्गे विकृष्यते ॥ २,३.
On the way, he is dragged while being devoured by crows, herons, wolves, owls, mosquitoes, and scorpions, all fierce.
दह्यमानो गतमतिर्भ्रान्तस्तातेति चाकुलः । वदत्यसकृदुद्वग्नो न शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥ २,३.
Burning, his mind bewildered, he cries out in distress, 'Father!' again and again, tormented and never finding peace.
एवं तस्मान्नरैर्मोक्षस्त्वतिक्रान्तैरवाप्यते । वर्षायुतायुतैः पापं यैः कृतं दुष्टबुद्धिभिः ॥ २,३.
In this way, release from that hell is obtained by men whose evil deeds, committed with wicked minds, have been exhausted over tens of thousands of years.
तथान्यस्तु ततो नाम सोऽतिशीतः स्वभावतः । महारौरववद्दीर्घस्तथान्धतमसा वृतः ॥ २,३.
Next, there is another hell by name, which is extremely cold by nature, long like Mahāraurava, and enveloped in utter darkness.
शीतार्तास्तत्र बध्यन्ते नरास्तमसि दारुणे । परस्परं समासाद्य परिरभ्याश्रयन्ति ते ॥ २,३.
There, men tormented by cold are bound in that dreadful darkness; coming together, they embrace each other for support.
दन्तास्तेषां च भज्यन्ते शीतार्तिपरिकम्पिताः । क्षुतृषातिबलाः पक्षिन्नथ तत्राप्युपदवाः ॥ २,३.
Their teeth, chattering from the pain of cold, are broken; suffering greatly from hunger and thirst, O bird, there too are further torments.
हिमखण्डवहो वायुभिनत्त्यस्थीनि दारुणः । मज्जासृगस्थिगलितमश्रन्त्यत्र क्षुधान्विताः ॥ २,३.
A cruel wind carrying pieces of ice shatters their bones; there, exhausted and afflicted by hunger, their marrow, blood, and flesh ooze out.
आलिङ्ग्यमाना भ्राम्यन्ते परस्परसमागमे । एवं तत्रापि सुमहान्क्लेशस्तमसि मानवैः ॥ २,३.
Clinging to each other, they wander about in that darkness; thus, even there, great suffering is experienced by men.
प्राप्यते शकुनिश्रेष्ठ यो बहूकृतसञ्चयः । निकृन्तन इति ख्यातस्ततोऽन्यो नरकोत्तमः ॥ २,३.
That is attained, O best of birds, by one who has accumulated many evil deeds; next, listen to the hell called Nikṛntana, renowned as supreme.
कुलालचक्राणि तत्र भ्राम्यन्त्यविरतं खग । तेष्वापाष्ये निकृष्यन्ते कालसूत्रेण मानवाः ॥ २,३.
There, potter's wheels spin ceaselessly, O bird; on them, men are cut by the thread of time.
यमानुमाङ्गुलिस्थेन आपादतलमस्तकम् । न चैषां जीवितभ्रंशो जायते पक्षिसत्तम ॥ २,३.
By the servants of Yama, with a thread at their fingers, from foot to head, yet, O best of birds, their life does not depart.