कुत्सितोनाम विख्यातो द्विजायं चाष्टमोऽधमः
The eighth hell, known as Kutsita, is infamous for twice-born men.
गुरुदेवातिथिभ्यश्च स्वभृत्येभ्यो विशेषतः
Especially for those who wrong teachers, gods, guests, and their own servants.
एष दुर्गमनामा च नवमो द्विजसत्तम
This ninth hell is called Durgama, O best of twice-born.
एकसार्थप्रयाताय क्षुत्क्षामायावसीदते
It is for one who lets a starving traveler, emaciated by hunger, perish.
दशमोऽयं सुविख्यातो नरको नामदुः सहः
This tenth hell is well-known as Duhsaha.
ये पापाः परदारेषु रक्ता मिष्टामिषेषु वा
Those sinners who are attached to others' wives or to delicious meats—
एकादशोऽपरश्चायमाकर्षाख्यः प्रकीर्तितः
This is the eleventh, called Akarsha.
स्त्रीविप्रगुरुदेवानां वित्तं चाश्नंति ये नराः ६.२६.
Those men who consume the wealth of women, Brahmins, teachers, or gods—
संदंशो द्वादशश्चायं तथाऽभक्ष्यप्रभक्षकाः
This twelfth hell is called Samdamsa, for those who eat forbidden food.
एष त्रयोदशोनाम सुविख्यातो नियंत्रकः
This thirteenth hell is well-known as Niyantraka.
न्यासापहारकाः पापास्तत्र बद्धाश्च बंधनैः
Those sinful ones who steal sacred objects are bound there with fetters.
तथा चतुर्दशोनाम नरकोऽधोमुखः स्थितः
Likewise, there is a hell called 'Fourteen', situated facing downward.
अत्र चाधोमुखा बद्धा वृक्षशाखावलंबिताः
Here, those bound face downward, hanging from the branches of trees.
यूकामत्कुणदंशाद्यैः संकीर्णोऽयं द्विजोत्तम
This place is infested with lice, bugs, and biting insects, O best of twice-born.
कूटसाक्ष्यरतानां च तथैवानृतवादिनाम्
It is likewise for those devoted to false testimony and those who speak lies.
एष षोडश उद्दिष्टो नरको नाम क्षुद्रदः
This sixteenth hell is named 'Kṣudrada', as has been described.
तथा सप्तदशश्चायं क्षाराख्यो नरकः स्मृतः ६.२६.
Similarly, the seventeenth hell is known as 'Kṣāra', so it is remembered.
व्रतभंगकरा ये च ये च पाषण्डिनो नराः
Those who break vows and those men who are heretics,
एष चाष्टादशो नाम कथितश्च निदाघकः
This eighteenth hell is called 'Nidāgha', as has been told.
दूषयंति च ये शास्त्रं काव्यं विप्रं च कन्यकाम्
Those who corrupt scripture, poetry, a Brahmin, or a maiden,
एकोनविंशतिश्चायं प्रख्यातः कूटशाल्मलिः ॥ सुतीक्ष्णकंटकाकीर्णः समंताद्द्विजसत्तम ।ा
This nineteenth hell is renowned as 'Kūṭaśālmalī', O best of twice-born, filled everywhere with sharp thorns.
नास्तिका भिन्नमर्यादा ये च विप्रस्य घातकाः
Those who are atheists, who violate boundaries, and who kill a Brahmin,
एष विंशतिमो नाम नरको द्विजसत्तम
This twentieth hell is named, O best of twice-born.
अत्र यांति नरा विप्र पररंध्रनिरीक्षकाः
Here, O Brahmin, go those men who gaze upon another's wife.
एकविंशतिमा चैषा नाम्ना वैतरणी नदी
This twenty-first is called by name the river Vaitaraṇī.
मृत्युकाले समुत्पन्ने धेनुं यच्छंति ये नराः
At the time of death, those men who give a cow,
अदत्त्वा गां च ये मर्त्या म्रियंते द्विजसत्तम ६.२६.
Those mortals who die without giving a cow, O best of twice-born,
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि द्विजोत्तम
All this has been told to you, as you asked, O best of twice-born.
तस्माद्गच्छ गृहं शीघ्रं यावद्गात्रं न दह्यते
Therefore, go quickly to your house before your body is burned.
ब्राह्मण उवाच यदि देव मया सम्यग्गंतव्यं निजमंदिरम्
The Brahmin said: O Lord, if I must indeed return properly to my own home,