भर्तृपिण्डमुपाश्नन् यस्तदिष्टं न निषेवते । सोऽपि मोहसमापन्नो जायते वानरो मृतः ॥ १५.
He who eats the funeral offering of his husband but does not perform the prescribed rite, being deluded, is born as a monkey after death.
न्यासापहर्ता नरकाद्विमुक्तो जायते कृमिः । असूयकश्च नरकान्मुक्तो भवति राक्षसः ॥ १५.
He who steals a deposit, when released from hell, is born as a worm; and one who is envious, when freed from hell, becomes a demon.
विश्वासहन्ता च नरो मीनयोनौ प्रजायते । धान्यं यवांस्तिलान्माषान् कुलत्थान् सर्षपांश्चणान् ॥ १५.
A man who betrays trust is born in the womb of a fish; one who steals grain, barley, sesame, black gram, horse gram, mustard, or chickpeas—
कलायान कलमान्मुद्गान् गोधूमानतसीस्तथा । शस्यान्यन्यानि वा हृत्वा मोहाज्जन्तुरचेतनः ॥ १५.
—or who steals peas, rice, green gram, wheat, or lentils, or any other crops out of delusion, is born as an insentient creature.
सञ्जायते महावक्त्रो मूषिको बभ्रुसन्निभः । परदाराभिमर्षात्तु वृको घोरोऽभिजायते ॥ १५.
He is born as a large-mouthed mouse, tawny in appearance; but one who covets another's wife is born as a fierce wolf.
श्वा शृगालो वको गृध्रो व्याडः कङ्कस्तथा क्रमात् । भ्रातृभार्याञ्च दुर्बुद्धिर्यो धर्षयति पापकृत् ॥ १५.
A wicked man who violates his brother's wife is born, in order, as a dog, jackal, crane, vulture, snake, or heron.
पुंस्कोकिलत्वमाप्नोति स चापि नरकाच्च्युतः । सखिभार्यां गुरोर्भार्यां राजभार्याञ्च पापकृत् ॥ १५.
He attains the state of a male cuckoo after falling from hell, if he violates the wife of a friend, a teacher, or a king.
प्रधर्षयित्वा कामात्मा शूकरो जायते नरः । यज्ञदानविवाहानां विघ्रकर्ता भवेत्कृमिः ॥ १५.
After violating them out of lust, a man is born as a boar; one who disrupts sacrifices, gifts, or marriages becomes a worm.
पुनर्दात्च कन्यायाः कृमिरेवोपजायते । देवतापितृविप्राणामदत्वा योऽन्नमश्नुते ॥ १५.
One who gives away a girl and then takes her back is also born as a worm; whoever eats food without offering it to gods, ancestors, or Brahmins—
प्रमुक्तो नरकात्सोऽपि वायसः सम्प्रजायते । ज्येष्ठं पितृसमं वापि भ्रातरं योऽवमन्यते ॥ १५.
—even after being released from hell, is born as a crow; one who disrespects his eldest brother or a brother equal to his father—
नरकात्सोऽपि विभ्रष्टः क्रौञ्चयोनौ प्रजायते । शूद्रश्च ब्राह्मणरिं गत्वा कृमियोनौ प्रजायते ॥ १५.
—even after falling from hell, is born in the womb of a curlew; and a Shudra who harms a Brahmin is born in the womb of worms.
तस्यामपत्यमुत्पाद्य काष्ठान्तः कीटको भवेत् । शूकरः कृमिको मद्गुश्चण्डालश्च प्रजायते ॥ १५.
After producing offspring with her, he becomes a worm inside wood; he is born as a boar, a worm, a waterfowl, or a Chandala.
अकृतज्ञोऽधमः पुंसां विमुक्तो नरकान्नरः । कृतघ्रः कृमिकः कीटः पतङ्गो वृश्चिकस्तथा ॥ १५.
A man who is ungrateful and ignorant, after being released from hell, is born as a worm, insect, moth, or scorpion.
मत्स्यस्तु वायसः कूर्मः पुक्कसो जायते ततः । अशस्त्रं पुरुषं हत्वा नरः सञ्जायते खरः ॥ १५.
One who kills a fish, crow, or tortoise is born as an outcaste; a man who kills another without weapons is born as a donkey.
कृमिः स्त्रीवधकर्ता च बालहन्ता च जायते । भोजनं चोरयित्वा तु मक्षिका जायते नरः ॥ १५.
A killer of women or children is born as a worm; a man who steals food is born as a fly.
तत्राप्यस्ति विशेषो वै भोजनस्य शृणुष्व तत् । ह्त्वान्नन्तु स मार्जारो जायते नरकाच्च्युतः ॥ १५.
There is also a distinction regarding food—listen to this: one who steals cooked rice is born as a cat after falling from hell.
तिलपिण्याकसंमिश्रमन्नं हृत्वा तु मूषिकः । घृतं हृत्वा च नकुलः काको मद्गुरजामिषम् ॥ १५.
One who steals food mixed with sesame cake is born as a mouse; one who steals ghee becomes a mongoose; a crow is born from stealing waterfowl meat.
मत्स्यमांसापहृत्काकः श्येनो मार्गामिषापहृत् । वीचीकाकस्त्वपहृते लवणे दधनि कृमिः ॥ १५.
A crow who steals fish or meat, an osprey who steals meat from the road, and a sandpiper who steals salt or curd, are born as worms.
चोरयित्वा पयश्चापि बलाका सम्प्रजायते । यस्तु चोरयते तैलं तैलपायी स जायते ॥ १५.
One who steals milk is born as a crane; one who steals oil is born as an oil-drinker.
मधु हृत्वा नरो दंशः पूपं हृत्वा पिपीलिकः । चोरयित्वा तु निष्पावान् जायते गृहगोलकः ॥ १५.
A man who steals honey is born as a biting insect; one who steals cakes becomes an ant; one who steals split pulses is born as a house lizard.
आसवं चोरयित्वा तु तित्तिरित्वमवाप्नुयात् । अयो हृत्वा तु पापात्मा वायसः सम्प्रजायते ॥ १५.
One who steals liquor becomes a partridge; but a wicked soul who steals iron is born as a crow.
हृते कांस्ये च हारीतः कपोतो रुप्यभाजने । हृत्वा तु काञ्चनं भाण्डं कृमियोनौ प्रजायते ॥ १५.
He who steals bronze becomes a green bird; one who steals a silver vessel is born as a pigeon; but one who steals a golden vessel is born among worms.
पत्रोर्णं चोरयित्वा तु क्रकरत्वञ्च गच्छति । कोषकारश्च कौषेये हृते वस्त्रेऽभिजायते ॥ १५.
By stealing a leaf-cup, one attains the state of a woodpecker; and a weaver, by stealing silk cloth, is born again in that form.
दुकूले शार्ङ्गकः पापो हृते चैवांशुके शुकः । तथैवाजाविकं हृत्वा वस्त्रं क्षौमं च जायते ॥ १५.
A sinner who steals fine linen becomes a heron; and by stealing muslin, he becomes a parrot; likewise, by stealing goat's wool or linen, he is born as flax.
कार्पासिके हृते क्रौञ्चो वाल्कहर्ता बकस्तथा । मयूरो वर्णकान् हृत्वा शाकपत्रं च जायते ॥ १५.
He who steals cotton cloth becomes a curlew; the stealer of bark cloth becomes a crane; and one who steals colored garments is born as a peacock, and as a vegetable leaf.
जीवज्जीवकतां याति रक्तवस्त्रापहृन्नरः । छुच्छुन्दरिः शुभान् गन्धान् वासो हृत्वा शशो भवेत् ॥ १५.
A man who steals a living garment becomes a jivajivaka bird; one who steals a red garment becomes a mongoose; and one who steals fragrant clothes becomes a hare.
षण्ढः फलापहरणात्काष्ठस्य घुणकीटकः । पुष्पापहृद्दरिद्रश्च पङ्गुर्यानापहृन्नरः ॥ १५.
By stealing fruit, one becomes a eunuch; by stealing wood, a wood-boring insect; by stealing flowers, one becomes poor; and by stealing vehicles, a lame man.
शाकहर्ता च हारीतस्तोयहर्ता च चातकः । भूहर्ता नरकान् गत्वा रौरवादीन् सुदारुणान् ॥ १५.
He who steals vegetables becomes a green bird; he who steals water becomes a cātaka bird; but one who steals land, after passing through terrible hells like Raurava, is born in dreadful forms.
तृणगुल्मलतावल्लित्वक्सारतरुतां क्रमात् । प्राप्य क्षीणाल्पपापस्तु नरो भवति वै ततः ॥ १५.
He gradually attains the forms of grass, bush, creeper, vine, bark, and saline trees; and when his sin is diminished and small, he is born as a human again.
कृमिः कीटः पतङ्गोऽथ पक्षी तोय चरो मृगः । गोत्वं प्राप्य च चण्डालपुक्कसादि जुगुप्सितम् ॥ १५.
He becomes a worm, an insect, a moth, a bird, an aquatic animal, a beast; then, after being born as a cow, he attains the despised state of an outcaste, such as a Caṇḍāla or Pukkasa.