एवं वै बोधयन्तीह श्रावयन्ति पुनःपुनः
Thus, instructing him in this way, she makes him hear it again and again.
ज्ञानिनां च सहस्रेषु जातं जातं तथा स्त्रियः
Among thousands of the wise, such women are born again and again.
वृषलीर्बहुलैर्दुःखैः किं क्रन्दसि पुनः पुनः
"Why do you cry out again and again, O wretch, suffering many torments from low-born women?"
दशधा त्वं मया पाप नीयमानः पुनःपुनः
"Tenfold, O sinner, I shall drag you again and again."
न मोक्ष्यसे मया पाप कुतो गच्छसि मूढ वै 199.
"You will not be released by me, O sinner; where do you think you are going, truly deluded one?"
तत्र तत्रैव पाप त्वां न त्यक्ष्ये पारदारिकम्
"Wherever you go, O sinner, I will not abandon you, adulterer."
गोपाला इव दण्डेन कालयन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः
Like cowherds with sticks, they drive him on again and again.
भक्ष्यन्ते श्वापदैरन्यैः श्वभिः काकैस्तथाऽपरे
He is devoured by other beasts of prey, by dogs, and by crows as well.
दावाग्निसदृशाकारं प्रदीप्तं सर्वतोऽर्चिषा
He sees a blazing fire, resembling a forest conflagration, with flames on every side.
दह्यमानान्सुतप्तांश्च संश्रयन्ते द्रुमान्पुनः
Burned and scorched, they again take refuge under trees.
तत्र छिन्नाश्च दग्धाश्च हन्यमानाश्च सर्वशः
There, some are cut, some are burned, and some are being killed in every way.
असितालवनद्वारि ये तिष्ठन्ति महारथाः
At the entrance to the Asitālavanā, the great chariot-warriors stand.
भो भो पापसमाचारा धर्मसेतुविनाशकाः
"O you of wicked conduct, destroyers of the bridge of righteousness—"
भोगैश्च पीडिता नित्यं उत्पत्स्यथ सुदुर्गताः 199.
Afflicted constantly by torments, you will be born into great misery.
पक्षिणश्चायसैस्तुण्डैर्व्याघ्राश्चैव सुदारुणाः
There are birds with iron beaks and tigers exceedingly fierce.
खादंति रुषितास्तत्र बहवो हिंसका नरान्
Many enraged, violent beings there devour people.
असितालवने विप्रा बहुदुःखसमाकुले
In the Asitālavanā, O Brāhmaṇas, filled with much suffering—
असिपत्र सुभग्नाङ्गाः शूललग्नास्तथाऽपरे
Some, their limbs shattered by sword-leaves, others impaled upon spikes—
पुष्करिण्यश्च वाप्यश्च ह्रदा नद्यस्तथैव च
There are ponds, tanks, lakes, and also rivers—
पूतिमांसकृमीणां च अमेध्यस्य तथैव च
Full of putrid flesh, worms, and filth as well.
तत्र क्लिश्यन्ति ते पापास्तस्मिन्मध्ये सहस्रशः
There, thousands of sinners suffer in the midst of that.
अस्थिपाषाणवर्षाणि रुधिरस्य बलाहकाः
Showers of bones and stones, and clouds of blood—
धावतां प्लवतां चैव हा हतोऽस्मीति भाषिणाम्
Of those running and swimming, crying out, 'Alas, I am slain!'
क्रन्दतां करुणोन्मिश्रं दिशोऽपूर्यन्त सर्वशः 199.
The directions were filled everywhere with their wailing, mixed with lamentation.
क्वचित्स्थूलैस्तथा बद्धः उद्बद्धश्च क्वचित्तथा
Some were bound with thick cords, and others tied up in different ways.
अपश्यं पुनरन्यत्र यत्स्मृत्वा चोद्विजेन्नरः
Elsewhere I saw things which, if remembered, would terrify a man.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे संसारचक्रे यातनास्वरूप वर्णनं नाम नवनवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa, the one hundred and ninety-ninth chapter named 'Description of the Forms of Torment in the Cycle of Existence.'
पुनः नरकयातनास्वरूपवर्णनम् तप्तं चैव महातप्तं महारौरवरौरवौ
Again, the description of the forms of torment in hell: the heated and the intensely heated, Mahāraurava and Raurava.
अन्धकारश्च नरको अन्धकारवरस्तथा
There is the hell called Andhakāra, and also one even darker than Andhakāra.
प्रथमे प्रथमं विद्याद्द्वितीये द्विगुणं तथा
In the first, know the darkness as single; in the second, it is said to be double.