Garuda Purana

सूकरे ब्रह्महा मज्जेत्सुरापः स्वर्णतस्करः । ताले पतेत्क्षत्त्रहन्ता हत्वा वैश्यं च दुर्गतिः ॥ २,३.

A Brahmin-killer sinks in Śūkara; a drinker of liquor, a gold thief, and a slayer of a kṣatriya fall into Tāla; one who kills a vaiśya meets a miserable fate.

ब्रह्महत्यां च यः कुर्याद्यश्च स्याद्गुरुतल्पगः । स्वसृगामी तप्तकुम्भी तथा राजभटोऽनृती ॥ २,३.

Whoever commits Brahmin-murder, or violates the teacher's wife, or approaches his own sister, goes to Taptakumbha, as does a royal officer who lies.

तप्तलोहैश्च विक्रेता तथा बन्धनरक्षिता । माध्वी विक्रयकर्तां च यस्तु भक्तं परित्यजेत् ॥ २,३.

A seller of heated iron, a prison guard, one who sells honey, and one who abandons a devotee—all these fall into hell.

महाज्वाली दुहितरं स्नुषां गच्छति यस्तु वै । वेदो विक्रीयते यैश्च वेदं दूषयते तु यः ॥ २,३.

He who approaches his daughter or daughter-in-law, or sells the Veda, or corrupts the Veda, falls into Mahājvāla.

गुरुं चैवावमन्यन्ते वाक्शरैस्ताडयन्ति च । अगम्यागामी च नरो नरकं शबलं व्रजेत् ॥ २,३.

Those who disrespect their teacher, strike him with words or letters, or approach forbidden women, go to the hell called Śabala.

विमोहे पतते शूरे मर्यादां यो भिनत्ति वै । दुरिष्टं कुरुते यस्तु कृमिभक्षं प्रपद्यते ॥ २,३.

He who falls into Vimohana is a warrior who breaks boundaries, one who does wicked deeds, or one who eats what is forbidden, and thus enters Krimibhakṣa.

देवब्राह्मणविद्वेष्टा लालाभक्षे पतत्यपि । कुण्डकर्ता कुलालश्च न्यासहर्ता चिकित्सकः ॥ २,३.

One who hates gods or Brahmins falls into Lālābhakṣa; a maker of pits, a potter, one who misappropriates deposits, or a physician—

आरामेष्वग्निदाता च एते यान्ति विषञ्जने । असत्प्रतिग्रही यस्तु तथैवायाज्ययाजकः ॥ २,३.

Those who give fire in gardens, those who administer poison, those who accept improper gifts, and those who perform sacrifices with forbidden offerings—these all go to the realm of poison.

न क्षत्त्रैर्जोवते यस्तु नरो गच्छेदधोमुखम् । क्षीरं सुरां च मासं लाक्षां गन्धं रसं तिलान् ॥ २,३.

A man who trades with warriors, or who sells milk, liquor, meat, lac, perfumes, juices, or sesame seeds, will go with his face downward.

एवमादीनि विक्रीणन् घोरे पूयवहे पतेत् । यः कुक्कुटान्निबध्नाति मार्जारान् सूकरांश्च तान् । पक्षिणश्च मृगांश्छा गान्सोऽप्येवं नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ २,३.

Whoever sells such things as these, and other dreadful, pus-bearing items, falls into a terrible place. Whoever ties up chickens, cats, pigs, birds, or deer, or sells cows, also goes to hell.

आजाविको माहिषिकस्तथा चक्री ध्वजी च यः । रङ्गोपजीविको विप्रः शाकुनिर्ग्रामयाजकः ॥ २,३.

A shepherd, buffalo-keeper, charioteer, standard-bearer, one who lives by the arena, a Brahmin who is a gambler, or a village priest—

अगारदाही गरदः कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयी । सुरापो मांसभक्षी च तथा च पशुघातकः ॥ २,३.

One who burns houses, a poisoner, one who eats from a pit, a seller of Soma, a drinker of liquor, an eater of meat, and a killer of animals—

रुधिरान्धे पतन्त्येते पतन्त्येते एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः । उपविष्टन्त्वेकपङ्क्त्यां विषं सम्भोजयन्ति ये ॥ २,३.

These fall into blood-filled hells—so say the wise. Those who make others eat poison while sitting together in a single row also fall there.

पतन्ति निरये घोरे विड्भुजे नात्र संशयः । मधुग्राहो वैतरणीमाक्रोशी मूत्रसंज्ञके ॥ २,३.

They fall into the dreadful hell of the eater of excrement—there is no doubt of this. The honey-thief, the one who insults others, and the one who drinks urine cross the Vaitarani river.

असिपत्रवनेऽसौची क्रोधनश्च एतेदपि । अग्निज्वालां मृगव्याधो भोज्यते यत्र वायसैः ॥ २,३.

In the Asipatravana hell, the impure and the angry also go; there, the hunter is devoured by crows in the blazing fire.

इज्यायां व्रतलोपाच्च सन्दंशे नरके पतेत् । स्कन्दन्ते यदि वा स्वप्ने यतिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥ २,३.

For neglect of sacrifice or breaking a vow, one falls into the hell of pincers. If ascetics or celibates fall, even in a dream, they too go there.

पुत्रैरध्यापिता ये च पुत्रैराज्ञापिताश्च ये । ते सर्वे नरकं यान्ति निरयं चाप्यभोजनम् ॥ २,३.

Those who are taught by their sons, or who are commanded by their sons, all go to hell and to the realm of deprivation.

वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धानि क्रोधहर्षसमन्विताः । कर्माणि ये तु कुर्वन्ति सर्वे निरयवासिनः ॥ २,३.

Those who perform acts contrary to their class and stage of life, driven by anger or joy, all dwell in hell.

उपरिष्टात्स्थितो घोर उष्णात्मा रौरवो महान् । सुदारुणः सुशीतात्मा तस्या धस्तामसः स्मृतः ॥ २,३.

Above stands the dreadful, hot, great Raurava hell; below it is remembered the most terrible, extremely cold hell of darkness.

एवमादिक्रमेणैव सर्वेऽधोऽधः परिस्थिताः । दुः खोत्कर्षश्च सर्वेषु कर्मस्वपि निमित्ततः ॥ २,३.

In this way, in order, all are situated lower and lower; and in all these, the intensity of suffering is due to the cause of their actions.

सुखोत्कर्षश्च सर्वत्र धर्मस्येहनिमिततः । पश्यन्तिनरकान्देवा ह्यधोवक्त्रान्सुदारुणान् ॥ २,३.

And everywhere, the intensity of happiness is due to the cause of righteousness here; the gods see the hell-dwellers, whose faces are turned downward, in their terrible state.

नारकाश्चापि ते देवान्सर्वान्पश्यन्ति ऊर्ध्वगान् । एतान्यान्यानि शतशो नरकाणि वियद्गते ॥ २,३.

And the hell-dwellers also see those gods, all who have gone upward. There are hundreds of such and other hells in the sky.

दिनेदिने तु नरके पच्यते दह्यतेन्यतः । शीर्यते भिद्यतेऽन्यत्र चूर्यते क्लिद्यतेन्यतः ॥ २,३.

Day after day in hell, one is cooked, burned, and tormented; elsewhere, one is torn, split, crushed, or soaked.

क्वथ्यते दीप्यतेऽन्यत्र तथा वातहतोऽन्यतः । एकं दिनं वर्षशतप्रमाणं नरके भवेत् ॥ २,३.

Elsewhere, one is boiled, set on fire, or struck by wind; a single day in hell is equal to a hundred years.

ततः सर्वेषु निस्तीर्णः पापी तिर्यक्त्वमश्नते । कृमिकीटपतङ्गेषु स्थावरैकशफेषु च ॥ २,३.

Then, having crossed all these, the sinner is born among animals—worms, insects, moths, immobile beings, or one-hoofed creatures.

गत्वा वनगजाढ्येषु गोष्वषु तथैव च । खरोऽश्वोऽश्वतरो गौरः शरभश्चमरी तथा ॥ २,३.

Going among wild animals in the forest, and likewise among cows, the ass, the horse, the mule, the gaur, the sharabha, and the chameleon as well.

एते चैकशफाः षट्च शृणु पञ्चनखानतः । अन्यासु बहुपापासु दुः खदासु च यो निषु ॥ २,३.

These are the six single-hoofed animals; now hear about the five-clawed ones. Among other creatures, in those with much sin and in those that are hard to digest.

मानुष्यं प्राप्यते कुब्जो कुत्सितो वामनोऽपि वा । चण्डालपुक्कसाद्यासु नरयोनिषु जायते ॥ २,३.

One attains human birth as a hunchback, a deformed person, or a dwarf; among the lowest castes such as the Chandala and Pukkasa, one is born in human form.

मुहुर्गर्भे वसन्त्येव म्रियन्ते च मुहुर्मुहुः । अवशिष्टेन पापेन पुण्येन च समन्वितः ॥ २,३.

They remain in the womb repeatedly and die again and again; with the residue of sin and also endowed with some merit.