कल्पान्ते प्रलयस्तेषां निगद्येत महाभुज
At the end of a kalpa, their dissolution is declared, O mighty-armed one.
पैशाचमाश्रिता धर्मं कर्मान्ते ते विनाशिनः
Those who resort to demonic conduct perish at the end of their deeds.
दुर्दर्शः शौचरहितो घोरः कर्मान्तनाशकृत्
Difficult to behold, devoid of purity, terrible, and causing destruction at the end of actions.
रौरवाद्यास्ततो रौद्रः पुष्करो घोरदर्शनः
Then come the hells beginning with Raurava, fierce, and Pushkara, dreadful to behold.
कियन्मात्राणि मार्गेण का च तेषु स्वरूपता
What are their extents along the path, and what is their nature among them?
सर्वेषां रौरवादीनां संख्या या त्वेकविंशतिः
The total number of all the hells beginning with Raurava is twenty-one.
रौरवो नाम नरकः प्रथमः परिकीर्त्तितः
The hell named Raurava is described as the first.
द्वितीयो द्विगुस्तस्मान्महारौरव उच्यते
The second, which is twice as great as that, is called Maharaurava.
अन्धतामिस्रको नाम चतुर्थो द्विगुमः परः
The fourth, called Andhatāmisra, is a terrible double-gated hell.
अप्रतिष्ठं च नरकं घटीयन्त्रं च सप्तमम्
The seventh is the hell known as Apratiṣṭha and also the Ghaṭīyantra.
योजनानां परिख्यातमष्टमं नरकोत्तमम्
The eighth, renowned as Narakottama, is measured in yojanas.
करपत्रस्तथैवोक्तस्तथान्यः श्वानभोजनः
Karapatra is likewise named, and another is Śvānabhojana.
तथाष्टादशमी प्रोक्ता घोरा वैतरणी नदी
The eighteenth is said to be the dreadful river Vaitaraṇī.
संशोषणो नाम तथाप्यनन्तः प्रोक्तास्तवैते नरकाः सुकेशिन्
There is also Saṃśoṣaṇa, and Ananta is named; these, O Sukeśin, are your hells.
एतद् वदन्तु विप्रेन्द्राः परं कौतूहलं मम
O best of Brāhmaṇas, tell me this; my curiosity is great.
स्वकर्मफलभोगार्थं नरकान् मे शृणुष्व तान्
Hear from me about those hells which are for the experience of the fruits of one's own actions.
ये पुराणेतिहासार्थान् नाभिनन्दन्ति पापिनः
Those sinners who do not honor the meanings of Purāṇas and Itihāsas—
याज्योपाध्याययोर्यैश्च कृतो भेदो ऽधमैर्मिथः
And those lowly ones who cause division between the sacrificer and the teacher—
करपत्रेण पाट्यन्ते ते द्विधा यमकिङ्करैः
They are split in two by the servants of Yama with a saw called Karapatra.
बालव्यजनहर्त्तारः करम्भसिकताश्रिताः
Those who steal a child's fan or take food mixed with sand—
स द्विधा कृष्यते मूढस्तीक्ष्णतुण्डैः खगोत्तमैः
That deluded one is cut in two by birds with sharp beaks.
तस्योपरि तुदन्तस्तु तुण्डैस्तिष्ठन्ति पत्त्रिणः
Above him, the birds stand and strike with their beaks.
वज्रतुण्डनखा जिह्वामाकर्षन्ते ऽस्य वायसाः
Crows with beaks and claws like thunderbolts tear at his tongue.
मज्जन्ते पूयविम्मूत्रे त्प्रतिष्ठे ह्यधोसुखाः
They sink, facing downward, into filth, pus, and urine.
अभुक्तवत्सु ये ऽश्नन्ति बालपित्रग्निमातृषु
Those who eat before feeding children, fathers, fire, or mothers—
सूचीमुखाश्च जायन्ते क्षुधार्त्ता गिरिविग्रहाः
They are born as Sūcīmukhas, tormented by hunger, with bodies like mountains.
विड्भोजनं राक्षसेन्द्र नरकं ते व्रजन्ति च
O king of the Rākṣasas, those who eat excrement go to hell.
असंविभज्य भुञ्जन्ति ते यान्ति श्लेष्मभोजनम्
Those who eat without sharing are consigned to food made of phlegm.
क्षिप्यन्ते हि करास्तेषां तप्तसुम्भे सुदारुणे
Their hands are cast into terribly heated iron cauldrons.
तेषां नेत्रगतो वह्निर्धम्यते यमकिङ्करैः
Fire is blown into their eyes by the servants of Yama.