गुरूणामवमंता यचो महाज्वाले निपात्यते ३९.
He who shows disrespect to teachers is cast into the great blazing fire.
कृमिभक्ष्ये देवद्वेष्टा कृमिशे तु दुरिष्टकृत् ३९.
The hater of gods is consumed by worms; the doer of evil is also cast among worms.
मिथ्याजीवविरोधी विशसने कूटशस्त्रकृत् ३९.
One who opposes righteous livelihood, or forges false weapons, is thrown into the place of torture.
मार्ज्जारकुक्कुटश्वानपक्षिपोष्टा प्रयाति च ३९.
He who nourishes cats, cocks, dogs, or birds, also goes there.
नक्षत्ररंगजीवी च याति वैतरणीं नरः ३९.
A man who lives by astrology goes to the river Vaitaraṇī.
असिपत्रवनं याति वृक्षच्छेदी वृथैव यत् ३९.
He who cuts down trees without reason goes to the forest of sword-leaves.
परस्त्रीं च परान्नं च गच्छन्संदंशमेति च ३९.
One who approaches another's wife or eats another's food attains the torment of the iron pincers.
शरीरमदमत्ताश्च यांति चैते श्वभोजनम् ३९.
Those intoxicated by the pride of the body also go to the place where they are eaten by dogs.
इत्येवमादिभिः पापैरशास्त्रौघस्य सेवनैः ३९.
Thus, by engaging in such sins and following the flood of unrighteous acts,
तस्माद्य इच्छेदेतेभ्यो विमोक्षं बुद्धिमान्नरः ३९.
Therefore, whoever desires liberation from these should be wise.
नरकाणामधोभागे स्थितः कालाग्निसंज्ञकः ३९.
Beneath the hells stands the one called Kālāgni, the fire of time.
यस्यैतत्सकलं विश्वं मूर्धाग्रे सर्षपायते ३९.
For whom this entire universe, at the tip of his head, appears as small as a mustard seed.
दिशां गजास्तत्र पद्मकुमुदांजनवामनाः ३९.
There, the elephants of the directions are dwarfed like lotuses, water-lilies, or collyrium sticks.
चतुर्लक्षसहस्राणि नवतिश्च शतानि च ३९.
There are four hundred thousand and ninety hundred such beings.
तदधो नरकाः कोट्यो द्विकोट्योऽग्निस्ततो महान् ३९.
Below that are crores of hells; twice as many fires, and then a great one.
चत्वारिंश्च्चकोट्यस्तु चतस्रश्च ततः पराः ३९.
There are forty crores, and then four more beyond that.
तदधोंऽडकटाहोथ कोटिमात्रस्तथापरः ३९.
Below that is the egg-shaped vessel, measuring a crore, and another likewise.
देवीनां कोटिकोटीभिः संवृता तत्र पालिनी ३९.
It is enclosed by crores upon crores of goddesses, who guard it there.
कालाग्निं प्रेरयत्येव कल्पांते दह्यते जगत् ३९.
At the end of the aeon, she sends forth the fire of time, and the world is burned.
मध्यसूत्रे कटाहे च पालकांस्ताञ्छृणुष्व मे ३९.
Hear from me about the guardians in the central thread and in the vessel.
तक्षकेशः स्थितः पश्चादुत्तरे केतुमानिति ३९.
Takṣakeśa stands at the rear, and Ketumān is in the north.
कोटिकोटी युता देवी देवीनां पालयत्यदः ३९.
That goddess, joined with crores upon crores, guards the goddesses.
नमामि तानहं नित्यं ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरान् ३९.
I always bow to them: Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshvara.
तं च वर्णयितुं ब्रह्मा शक्तो नैवास्मदादयः ३९.
Even Brahma is not able to describe him, nor are others like us.
ब्रह्मांडं संवृतं ह्येतत्कटाहेन समंततः ३९.
This universe is enclosed entirely by the vessel.
दशोत्तरेण पयसा वृतं तच्चापि तेजसा ३९.
It is covered by ten layers of water, and that too by radiance.
अहंकारश्च महता तं चापि प्रकृतिः परा ३९.
Ego and the great principle, and also the supreme nature.
प्राकृतं चरणं पार्थ तदनंतं प्रकीर्तितम् ३९.
The primal foot, O Partha, is said to be endless.
ईदृशानां तथा चात्र कोटिकोटिशतानि च ३९.
Likewise, here there are hundreds of crores of such as these.
यस्यैवं वैभवं पार्थ तं नमामी सदाशिवम् ३९.
O Partha, I bow to Sadashiva, whose glory is thus.