Varaha Purana

धर्मराजस्य किं रूपं कालो वा कीदृशो मुने

What is the form of Dharmaraja? O sage, what is time like?

किंच कुर्वन्प्रमुच्येत किं वा कर्म समाचरेत्

By doing what might one be freed, or what action should one perform?

क्रोधबन्धनजं क्लेशं कर्षणं छेदनं तथा

How does one overcome the suffering born of the bonds of anger, as well as torment and cutting?

जितात्मानः कथं यान्ति कथं गच्छति पापकृत्

How do those who have mastered themselves go, and how does the doer of evil depart?

प् रणयात्सौहृदात्स्नेहादस्माभिरभिपृच्छितम्

Out of affection, friendship, and love, we have asked you.

वैशम्पायन उवाच यदुवाच महाराज शृणु तज्जनमेजय

Vaiśampāyana said: O great king, Yadu spoke; listen to this, O Janamejaya.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे संसारचक्रे नचिकेतागमनं नाम चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred ninety-fourth chapter, entitled 'The Coming of Naciketas in the Cycle of Samsara,' in the glorious Varaha Purana.

अथ यमलोकस्थपापिवर्णनम् कथ्यमानं मया विप्राः शृण्वन्तु तपसि स्थिताः

Now, the description of the sinners dwelling in Yama's realm: Let the sages established in austerity listen as I recount it.

संसारं तु यथाशक्ति कथ्यमानं निबोधत

Hear, as far as I am able to explain, about the cycle of existence.

तथा ब्रह्महणः पापा ये च विश्वासघातकाः

Likewise, those who slay a Brahmin, and those who betray trust, are sinners.

कन्यानां दूषका ये च ये च पापरता नराः

Those who defile maidens, and men devoted to wickedness,

शूद्राणां याजकाश्चैव हाहाभूता द्विजातयः

Those who act as priests for Shudras, and twice-born ones who have become a disgrace,

सुरापो ब्रह्महा चैव यो द्विजो वीरघातकः

A drinker of liquor, a Brahmin-killer, or a twice-born who slays a hero,

मातृत्यागी पितृत्यागी यः स्वसाध्वीं परित्यजेत्

One who abandons his mother, or his father, or who forsakes his virtuous wife,

गृहक्षेत्रहरा ये च सेतुबन्धविनाशकाः

Those who steal houses or fields, and those who destroy bridges,

अशौचा निर्दयाः पापा हिंसका व्रतभञ्जकाः

Those who are impure, merciless, sinful, violent, or breakers of vows,

भूम्यामनृतवादी च वेदजीवी च यो द्विजः 195.१

A liar regarding land, or a twice-born who lives off the Veda,

सर्वपापसुसङ्गाश्च चिन्तका येऽतिवैरिणः

Those who associate with all kinds of sinners, and those who harbor intense enmity,

परवित्तापहारी च राजघाती च यो नरः

One who steals another's wealth, or a man who kills a king,

शुश्रूषया च मुक्ता ये लिङ्गिनः पापकर्मिणः

Those who have abandoned service, and those wearing marks but engaged in evil deeds,

देवागारांश्च सत्राणि तीर्थविक्रयिणस्तथा

Those who sell temples, sacrificial grounds, or holy places,

मिथ्या च नखरोमाणि धारयन्ति च ये नराः

And those men who falsely wear nails or hair,

अज्ञानादव्रती यश्च यश्चाश्रमबहिष्कृतः

One who, out of ignorance, neglects vows, or who is expelled from his order,

कलही च प्रतर्क्यश्च निष्ठुरश्च नराधमः

Quarrelsome, argumentative, harsh, and the lowest among men.

स्त्रियो नराश्च गच्छन्ति यत्र तच्छृणुतामलाः

Women and men go to that place; listen to this, O pure ones.

तानि वै कथयिष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सर्व एव तपोधनाः।।195.

I will indeed describe those places; hear, O best of twice-born. Thus, having heard his words, all the ascetics,

पप्रच्छुर्विस्मयाविष्टा नाचिकेतमृषिं तदा त्वया सर्वं यथा दृष्टं ब्रूहि तत्र विदां वर

Asked the sage Naciketa, filled with wonder: 'Tell us everything as you have seen it, O best among the wise.'

यथास्वरूपः कालोऽसौ येन सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते

What is the true nature of that Time by which all things are set in motion?

वारयेत्स तदा तं तु ब्रह्मलोके च स प्रभुः

He restrains it then; and in the world of Brahma, he is the master.