निजधर्मप्रसादात्स कुलं पुण्यं प्रयाति वै । ब्राह्मणस्य सुपुण्यस्य क्षत्रियस्य तथैव च
Through the grace of his own righteousness, he attains a virtuous family; whether a Brahmin of great merit or likewise a Kshatriya.
धनाढ्यस्य सुपुण्यस्य वैश्यस्यैव महामते । धर्मेण मोदते तत्र पुनः पुण्यं करोति सः
Or a wealthy and highly meritorious Vaishya, endowed with wisdom; he delights in righteousness there and again performs meritorious deeds.
सोमशर्मोवाच- पापिनां मरणं भद्रे कीदृशैर्लक्षणैर्युतम् । तन्मे त्वं विस्तराद्ब्रूहि यदि जानासि भामिनि
Somaśarman said: O gentle one, what are the signs accompanying the death of sinners? Please tell me in detail, if you know, O beautiful lady.
सुमनोवाच- श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि तस्मात्सिद्धाच्छ्रुतं मया । पापिनां मरणे कांत यादृशं लिंगमेव च
Sumana said: Listen, I shall describe what I have heard from the accomplished; regarding the death of sinners, O beloved, and the marks thereof.
महापातकिनां चैव स्थानं चेष्टां वदाम्यहम् । विण्मूत्रामेध्यसंयुक्तां भूमिं पापसमन्विताम्
I will tell you the place and actions of great sinners: a ground polluted with excrement, urine, and filth, filled with evil.
सतां प्राप्य सुदुष्टात्मा प्राणान्दुःखेन मुंचति । चांडालभूमिं संप्राप्य मरणं याति दुःस्थितः
Having reached the ground of the outcast, the wicked-souled one departs life with great suffering, attaining the place of the Chandala, dying in distress.
गर्दभाचरितां भूमिं वेश्यागेहं समाश्रितः । कल्पपालगृहं गत्वा निधनायोपगच्छति
He dwells in a place frequented by donkeys, or in a prostitute's house; entering the house of a sweeper, he approaches death.
अस्थिचर्मनखैः पूर्णमाश्रितं पापकिल्बिषैः । तां प्राप्य च स दुष्टात्मा मृत्युं याति सुनिश्चितम्
Residing in a place filled with bones, skins, and nails, polluted by evil and sin; upon reaching it, the wicked-souled one certainly meets death.
अन्यां पापसमाचारां प्राप्य मृत्युं स गच्छति । अथ चेष्टां प्रवक्ष्यामि दूतानां तु तमिच्छताम्
Upon reaching another place of sinful conduct, he goes to death; now I will describe the actions of the messengers who desire him.
भैरवान्दारुणान्घोरानतिकृष्णान्महोदरान् । पिंगाक्षान्पीतनीलांश्च अतिश्वेतान्महोदरान्
Fierce, dreadful, terrifying, extremely dark, with huge bellies; tawny-eyed, yellow and blue, exceedingly pale, with huge bellies.
अत्युच्चान्विकरालांश्च शुष्कमांसवसोपमान् । रौद्रदंष्ट्रान्करालांश्च सिंहास्यान्सर्पहस्तकान्
Very tall and monstrous, resembling dried flesh; with fierce fangs and terrible faces, lion-mouthed and snake-handed.
सतान्दृष्ट्वा प्रकंपेत खिद्यते च मुहुर्मुहुः । शिवासंनादवद्घोरान्महारावान्महामते
Seeing them, he trembles and is repeatedly distressed; they utter dreadful, terrifying roars, O wise one.
मुंचंति दूतकाः सर्वे कर्णमूले तु तस्य हि । गले पाशैः प्रबद्ध्वा ते कटिं बद्ध्वा तथोदरे
All the messengers seize him at the root of his ear; binding him with ropes at the neck, waist, and abdomen.
समाधृष्य निपात्यंते हाहेति वदते मुहुः । म्रियमाणस्य या चेष्टा तामेवं प्रवदाम्यहम्
Having seized him, they throw him down, repeatedly crying 'Alas!'; I will now describe the actions of one dying in this manner.
परद्रव्यापहरणं परभार्याविडंबनम् । ऋणं परस्य सर्वस्वं गृहीतं यत्तु पापिभिः
Theft of another's property, violation of another's wife, and the taking of another's entire wealth as a loan by sinners—
पुनर्नैव प्रदत्तं हि लोभास्वादविमोहतः । अन्यदेवं महापापं कुप्रतिग्रहमेव च
—and not returning it again, due to greed, taste, or delusion; such acts, and wrongful acceptance of gifts, are great sins.
कंठमायांति ते सर्वे म्रियमाणस्य तस्य च । यानिकानि च पापानि पूर्वमेव कृतानि च
All these come to the throat of the one who is dying, along with whatever other sins he has committed previously.
आयांति कंठमूलं ते महापापस्य नान्यथा । दुःखमुत्पादयंत्येते कफबंधेन दारुणम्
They reach the base of the throat of the great sinner without fail, causing severe suffering by obstructing the phlegm.
पीडाभिर्दारुणाभिस्तु कंठो घुरघुरायते । रोदते कंपतेऽत्यर्थं मातरं पितरं पुनः
Afflicted by terrible pains, his throat makes a gurgling sound; he cries, trembles greatly, and again calls for his mother and father.
स्मरते भ्रातरं तत्र भार्यां पुत्रान्पुनःपुनः । पुनर्विस्मरणं याति महापापेन मोहितः
There he remembers his brother, his wife, and his sons again and again; then, deluded by great sin, he falls into forgetfulness once more.
तस्य प्राणान गच्छंति बहुपीडासमाकुलाः । पतते कंपते चैव मूर्च्छते च पुनःपुनः
His life-breaths depart, overwhelmed by much suffering; he falls, trembles, and loses consciousness again and again.
एवं पीडासमायुक्तो दुःखं भुंक्तेति मोहितः । तस्य प्राणाः सुदुःखेन महाकष्टैः प्रचालिताः
Thus, afflicted by suffering, he endures pain in delusion; his life-breaths are shaken by intense distress and great hardship.
अपानमार्गमाश्रित्य शृणु कांत प्रयांति ते । एवं प्राणी महामुग्धो लोभमोहसमन्वितः
Taking the path of the downward breath, hear, dear one, how they depart; thus, the living being, greatly deluded by greed and ignorance—
नीयते यमदूतैस्तु तस्य दुःखं वदाम्यहम्
—is led away by the messengers of Yama; I will tell you of his suffering.
सुमनोवाच- अंगारसंचये मार्गे घृष्यमाणो हि नीयते । दह्यमानः स दुष्टात्मा चेष्टमानः पुनः पुनः
Sumanā said: Dragged along a path strewn with embers, he is led away, burning, that wicked soul, struggling again and again.
यत्रातपो महातीव्रो द्वादशादित्यतापितः । नीयते तेन मार्गेण संतप्तः सूर्यरश्मिभिः
Where the heat is extremely intense, scorched by the blaze of twelve suns, he is led along that path, tormented by the rays of the sun.
पर्वतेष्वेव दुर्गेषु छायाहीनेषु दुर्मतिः । नीयते तेन मार्गेण क्षुधातृष्णाप्रपीडितः
On mountains that are difficult and without shade, that evil-minded one is led along that path, tormented by hunger and thirst.
स दूतैर्हन्यमानस्तु गदाखड्गैः परश्वधैः । कशाभिस्ताड्यमानस्तु निंद्यमानस्तु दूतकैः
There, beaten by the messengers with clubs, swords, and axes, struck with whips, and reviled by the messengers—
ततः शीतमये मार्गे वायुना सेव्यते पुनः । तेन शीतेन दुःखी स भूत्वा याति न संशयः
Then, on a path filled with cold, he is again assailed by the wind; from that cold, he becomes miserable, without doubt.
आकृष्यमाणो दूतैस्तु नानादुर्गेषु नीयते । एवं पापी स दुष्टात्मा देवब्राह्मणनिंदकः
Dragged by the messengers, he is led through various difficult places; thus, that sinner, the wicked soul, who reviled gods and Brahmins.