सुदेवा नाम भद्रेयं मम जाया प्रिया सदा । केनापि कारणेनैव देशं त्यक्त्वा समागता
'Her name is Sudevā, O gentle one; she is always my beloved wife. For some reason, she left her home and has come here.'
ममदुःखेन दग्धेयं वियोगेन वरानने । मां ज्ञात्वा तु समायाता भिक्षुरूपेण ते गृहम्
'Burned by my sorrow, by separation, O beautiful-faced one, she has come to your house in the guise of a mendicant, having recognized me.'
एवं ज्ञात्वा त्वया भद्रे आतिथ्यं परिशोभितम् । कर्त्तव्यं न च संदेह इच्छंत्या मम सुप्रियम्
'Knowing this, O gentle one, you should honor her with hospitality, without any doubt, as she is most dear to me and wishes it.'
भर्तुर्वाक्यं निशम्यैव मंगला पतिदेवता । हर्षेण महताविष्टा स्वयमेव सुमंगला
Hearing her husband's words, Maṅgalā, devoted to her husband, was filled with great joy and herself became truly auspicious.
स्नानाच्छादन भोज्यं च मम चक्रे वरानने । रत्नकांचनयुक्तैश्चाभरणैश्च पतिव्रता
O beautiful-faced one, the devoted wife provided me with bathing, clothing, and food, as well as ornaments adorned with jewels and gold.
अहं हि भूषिता भद्रे तयैव पतिकाम्यया । तयाहं भूषिता देवि मानस्नानैश्च भोजनैः
Indeed, O auspicious one, I was adorned by her, desiring her husband, with ornaments, baths of the mind, and meals.
भर्त्राहं मानिता देवि जातं दुःखमनंतकम् । ममोरसि महातीव्रं सर्वप्राणविनाशनम्
O goddess, I was honored by my husband, but then an unbearable sorrow arose in my heart, a pain so intense it threatened my very life.
तस्या मानो मया दृष्टो दुःखमात्मगतं तथा । चिंता मे दारुणा जाता यया प्राणा व्रजंति मे
I saw her pride, and likewise the suffering within myself; a terrible anxiety arose in me, by which my life was departing.
कदापि वचनं दत्तं न मया पापया शुभम् । अस्यैव विप्रवर्यस्य आचरंत्या च दुष्कृतम्
Never did I, the sinful one, speak a good word, nor did I perform any righteous act for this excellent Brahmin.
पादप्रक्षालनं नैव अंगसंवाहनं नहि । एकांतं न मया दत्तं तस्यैव हि महात्मनः
I never washed his feet, nor massaged his limbs, nor did I ever give him my exclusive attention, that great-souled one.
संभाषां कथमस्यैव करिष्ये पापनिश्चया । रात्रौ चैव तदा तत्र पतिता दुःखसागरे
How could I, intent on sin, ever speak kindly to him? At night, I lay there, plunged in an ocean of suffering.
एवं हि चिंतमानायाः स्फुटितं हृदयं मम । गताः प्राणास्तदा कायं परित्यज्य वरानने
Thus, as I was thinking in this way, my heart broke, O beautiful-faced one, and then my life departed, leaving my body.
तत्र दूताः समायाता धर्मराजस्य वै तदा । वीराश्च दारुणाः क्रूरा गदाचक्रासिधारिणः
Then, messengers of Yama, the Lord of Dharma, arrived—fierce, cruel heroes armed with maces, discs, and swords.
तैस्तु बद्धा महाभागे शृंखलैर्दृढबंधनैः । नीता यमपुरं तैस्तु रुदमाना सुदुःखिता
By them, O noble lady, I was bound with strong chains and led, weeping and greatly distressed, to the city of Yama.
मुद्गरैस्ताड्यमानाहं दुर्गमार्गेण पीडिता । भर्त्स्यमाना यमस्याग्रे तैस्तत्राहं प्रवेशिता
Beaten with clubs, tormented along a difficult path, and scolded before Yama, by them I was brought inside.
दृष्टाहं यमराजेन सक्रोधेन महात्मना । अंगारसंचये क्षिप्ता क्षिप्ता नरकसंचये
I was seen by Yama, the great-souled one, filled with wrath, and thrown into a heap of embers, cast into a mass of hells.
लोहस्य पुरुषं कृत्वा अग्निना परितापितः । ममोरसि समुत्क्षिप्तो निजभर्तुश्च वंचनात्
A man of iron was made, heated by fire, and I was thrown upon his chest because I had deceived my own husband.
नानापीडातिसंतप्ता नरकाग्निप्रतापिता । तैलद्रोण्यां परिक्षिप्ता करम्भवालुकोपरि
Tormented by various severe pains, scorched by the fires of hell, I was cast into a cauldron of oil, upon sand mixed with gruel.
असिपत्रैश्च संच्छिन्ना जलमंत्रेण वाहिता । कूटशाल्मलिवृक्षेषु क्षिप्ता तेन महात्मना
I was cut by swords of leaves, carried away by a stream of water, and thrown by that great-souled one onto trees of sharp śālmalī thorns.
पूयशोणितविष्ठायां पतिता कृमिसंकुले । सर्वेषु नरकेष्वेवं क्षिप्ताहं नृपनंदिनि
I fell into pus, blood, and excrement, swarming with worms; in this way, O delight of kings, I was cast into all the hells.
पीडायुक्तेषु तीव्रेषु तेनैवापि महात्मना । करपत्रैः पाटिताहं शक्तिभिस्ताडिता भृशम्
In those hells filled with intense suffering, by that same great-souled one, I was torn apart by saws and struck repeatedly with spears.
अन्येष्वेव नरकेषु पातिता नृपनंदिनि । योनिगर्तेषु क्षिप्तास्मि पतिता दुःखसंकटे
In other hells as well, O delight of kings, I was thrown into pits of wombs, fallen into the midst of terrible suffering.
धर्मराजेन तेनाहं नरकेषु निपातिता । वल्गुनीयोनिमासाद्य भुक्तं दुःखं सुदारुणम्
By that King of Justice I was cast into hells; having attained a lowly birth, I endured suffering most terrible.
गताहं क्रौष्टुकीं योनिं शुनीयोनिं पुनर्गता । सकुक्कुटीं च मार्जारीमाखुयोनिं गता ह्यहम्
I entered the womb of a crane, then again that of a dog; I became a hen, a cat, and entered the womb of a mouse as well.
एवं योनिविशेषेषु पापयोनिषु तेन च । क्षिप्तास्मि धर्मराजेन पीडिता सर्वयोनिषु
Thus, among these various wombs, in sinful births, I was thrown by the King of Justice and tormented in all forms of existence.
तेनैवाहं कृता भूमौ शूकरी नृपनंदिनि । तवहस्ते महाभागे संति तीर्थान्यनेकशः
By him I was made a sow on earth, O delight of kings; in your hands, O noble lady, are many sacred places.
तेनोदकेन सिक्तास्मि त्वयैव वरवर्णिनि । मम पापं गतं देवि प्रसादात्तव सुंदरि
By that water, O woman of excellent complexion, you sprinkled me; my sin has departed, O beautiful one, by your grace.
तवैव तेजःपुण्येन जातं ज्ञानं वरानने । इदानीं मामुद्धरस्व पतितां नरकसंकटे
By your own power and merit, O lovely-faced one, knowledge has arisen in me; now, lift me up who have fallen into the distress of hell.
यदा नोद्धरसे देवि पुनर्यास्यामि दारुणम् । नरकं च महाभागे त्राहि मां दुःखभागिनीम्
If you do not rescue me, O goddess, I shall again go to dreadful hell; O noble lady, save me, who am afflicted by suffering.
गताहं पापभावेन दीनाहं च निराश्रया । सुदेवोवाच- किं कृतं हि मया भद्रे सुकृतं पुण्यसंभवम्
Through the force of sin I have fallen, I am wretched and without refuge. Sudeva said: What good deed, indeed, have I done, O gentle one, that brings about merit?