भ्रंशनं निजधर्माणां चतुर्थं नरकं स्मृतम्
Abandoning one's own duties is remembered as the fourth hell.
मिष्टौकाशनमित्युक्तं पञ्चमं तु नृपाचनम्
Eating sweet food is said to be the fifth, and so is the punishment of kings.
यानयुग्यस्य हरणं षष्ठमुक्तं नृपाचनम्
Taking away a vehicle or its harness is declared as the sixth punishment of kings.
राज्ये त्वहितकारित्वं सप्तमं निरयं स्मृतम्
Acting harmfully in governance is remembered as the seventh hell.
लालासंकीर्णमेवोक्तमष्टमं नरकं स्मृतम्
It is said that mixing with saliva is remembered as the eighth hell.
विरोधं बन्धुभिश्चोक्तं नवमं नरपाचनम्
Opposition with relatives is declared as the ninth punishment of men.
शास्त्रस्तेयं धर्मनाशं दशमं परिकीर्तितम्
Stealing scriptures and destroying dharma is proclaimed as the tenth.
एकादशममेवोक्तं नरकं सद्भिरुत्तमम्
The eleventh hell is declared by the virtuous as the highest.
संस्कारपरिहीनत्वमिदं द्वादशमं स्मृतम्
Lack of proper rites is remembered as the twelfth.
संभेदः संविदामेतत् त्रयोदशममुच्यते
Division among agreements is called the thirteenth.
चतुद्र्दशममोवोक्तं नरकं तद् विगर्हितम्
The fourteenth hell is declared as that which is condemned.
स्मृतं तत् पञ्चदशममस्त्यवचनानि च
The fifteenth is remembered as such, and there are also other unspoken ones.
सर्वस्य चाततायित्वलमावासेष्वग्निदीपनम्
The kindling of fire in all dwellings is the mark of universal hospitality.
ईर्षर्याभावश्च सत्येषु उद्धृत्तं तु विगर्हितम्
The absence of envy in those who are truthful, but arrogance is censured.
संयुक्तः प्रीणयेद् देवं संतत्या जगतः पतिम्
One who is endowed with these should please the Lord of the universe through continuity.
पुंनामनरकं घोरं विनाशयति सर्वतः
He destroys the dreadful hell named after men, in every way.
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि शेषपापस्य लक्षणम्
Now I shall declare further the characteristics of the remaining sin.
पितृणां च द्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्वर्वणेषु चैकता
And, O best of twice-born, the unity of all castes with the ancestors.
मत्स्यादश्च महापापमगम्यागमनं तथा
Eating fish and the like, and the great sin of going to forbidden places.
स्वदोषाच्छादनं पापं परदोषप्रकाशनम्
Concealing one's own faults is sinful, as is exposing the faults of others.
टाकित्वं तालवादित्वं नाम्ना वाचाप्यधर्मजम्
Mockery, beating time with the palm, and unrighteous speech by name.
एतैश्च पापैः संयुक्तः प्रीणयेद् यदि शङ्करम्
If one, joined with these sins, seeks to please Śaṅkara—
शारीरं वाचिकं यत् तु मानसं कायिकं तथा
Whatever is bodily, verbal, mental, or physical—
भ्रातृभिर्बान्धवैश्चापि तस्मिन् जन्मनि धर्मज
By brothers and relatives also, in that birth, O righteous one—
विपरीते भवेत् साध्य विपरीतः पदक्रमः
If the order is reversed, the result will be contrary.
सेषात् तारयते शिष्यः सर्वतो ऽपि हि पुत्रकः
From the remainder, the disciple saves, and above all, the son.
त्रिः सत्यं तव पुत्रो ऽहं देव योगं वदस्व मे
"I am truly your son, O Lord; tell me the union (yoga)."
दास्येते च ततः सूनुर्दायादो मे ऽसि पुत्रक
"Then, the son will receive; you are my heir, O son."
येयं हि भवता प्रोक्ता तां मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
"That which has been spoken by you, you should explain to me."
प्राह प्रहस्य भगवान् क्श्रुणु वत्सेति नारद
The Blessed One, smiling, said: "Listen, O Nārada, my child."