शुनां योनिशतं गत्वा चाण्डालेषूपजायते
Having entered the womb of dogs for a hundred births, they are then born among Caṇḍālas.
तदन्ते नरकं याति युगानामेकविंशतिम्
After that, they go to hell for twenty-one yugas.
दानानां विन्घकर्त्तारस्तेषां पापफलं शृणु
Hear the sinful result for those who misappropriate gifts.
तदन्ते तत्पपाषाणग्रहणं वत्सरत्रघयम्
After that, they are made to carry that very stone of sin for a year.
शोचन्तः स्वृनिकर्माणि परद्रव्यापहारकाः
Those who grieve over their own actions, who steal the property of others,
कर्मणा तत्र पच्यन्ते नरकान्गिषु सन्ततम्
Are continually cooked by their deeds in the limbs of hell.
यावद्युगसहस्रं तु तत्पायः पिण्डभक्षणम्
For a thousand ages, they consume lumps of that boiling substance.
निरुच्छ्वासं महाघोरे कल्पार्द्धं निवसन्ति ते
Without breath, in the most dreadful place, they dwell for half a kalpa.
तत्पताम्रस्त्रियस्तेन सुरुपाभरणैर्युताः
There, copper women adorned with beautiful ornaments,
विद्ववन्तं भयेनासां गृह्णन्ति प्रसभं च तम्
Seize the learned man forcefully, out of fear.
अन्यं भजन्ते भूपाल पतिं त्यक्त्वा च याः स्त्रियः
Those women who abandon their husband, O king, and take another,
पातयित्वा रमन्ते च बहुकालं बलान्विताः
After casting him down, they enjoy themselves for a long time, empowered.
अ यः स्तम्भं समाश्सिष्य तिष्ठन्त्यब्दसहस्रकम्
They remain, holding onto a pillar, for a thousand years.
तदन्ते नरकान् सर्वान् भुञ्जते ऽब्दशतं शतम्
Afterwards, they experience all the hells for a hundred hundred years.
स चापि यातनाः सर्वा भुङ्क्ते कल्पेषु पञ्चसु
He too endures all the torments for five kalpas.
तेषां कर्णेषु दाप्यन्ते तत्पायः कीलसंचयाः
Into their ears are driven accumulations of iron spikes from that boiling substance.
पूर्यते च ततश्चापिं कुम्भीपाकं प्रपद्यते
Then, being filled up, they enter the Kumbhīpāka hell.
अब्दानां कोटिपर्यन्तं लवणं भुञ्जते हि ते
For up to ten million years, they consume salt.
भज्यन्ते पापकर्मणो ऽन्येप्येवं नराधिप
Others who commit evil deeds are also broken in this way, O king.
तत्पसूचीसहस्रेण चक्षुस्तेषां प्रसूर्यते
With a thousand needles, their eyes are pierced.
ततश्च क्रकर्चेर्घोरैर्भिद्यन्ते पापकर्ंमणः
Then, with dreadful saws, the evildoers are cut apart.
परान्नलोल्लुपानां च नरकं शृणु दारुणम्
Now hear, O king, of the terrible hell for those greedy for others' food.
नरकेषु समस्तेषु प्रत्येकं ह्यब्दवासिनः
In all the hells, each one dwells there for a year.
ये च देवलकान्नानां भोजिनस्ताञ्शृणुष्व मे
And now, listen to me about those who eat the food of the gods.
पच्यन्ते सततं पापाविष्टा भोगरताः सदा
Those always engrossed in enjoyment, filled with sin, are constantly cooked.
ततः क्षारोदकस्नानं मूत्रविष्टानिषेवणम्
Then comes bathing in briny water and consuming urine and excrement.
अन्योद्वेगरता ये तु यान्ति वैतरणीं नदीम्
Those who delight in disturbing others go to the river Vaitarani.
उपासनापरित्यागी रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत्
One who abandons worship goes to the hell called Raurava.
यातनास्वासु पच्यन्ते वावदाचन्द्रतारकम्
They are cooked in torments as numerous as the stars, the moon, and the planets.
स सहस्रकुलो भुङ्क्तेनरकं कल्पपञ्चसु
He, along with a thousand generations, suffers in hell for five aeons.