वृक्षशाखावलम्बोऽत्र ह्यधःशीर्षः प्रजायते
Here, he is born hanging from a tree branch, with his head downward.
ततो वर्षशते पूर्णे मुच्यते स पुनः पुनः 202.
Then, after a full hundred years, he is released again and again.
पूर्वैश्च सूकरो भूत्वा नकुलो जायते पुनः
Having previously become a boar, he is then born again as a mongoose.
धिक्कृतः सर्वलोकेन कूटसाक्ष्यनृतव्रतः
Reviled by all people, he is one who gives false testimony and is devoted to lying.
इमं ह्यानृतिकं दुष्टं क्षेत्रहारकमेव च
Indeed, this wicked liar is also a land usurper.
कर्मण्येकैकशश्चायं स तु तिष्ठत्वयं पुनः
Let him remain for each and every deed, and let him stay again.
ततो जातीः स्मरेत्सर्वास्तिर्यग्योनिं समाश्रितः
Then, remembering all his previous births, he takes refuge in the wombs of animals.
सर्वकामविमुक्तस्तु सर्वदोषसमन्वितः
Deprived of all desires, yet endowed with every fault.
क्वचिन्मूकश्च काणश्च क्वचिद्व्याधिसमन्वितः
At times he is mute, at times one-eyed, and sometimes afflicted with disease.
जात्यन्तरसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च
Thousands, tens of thousands, and crores of other births.
तीव्रैरन्तर्गतैर्दुःखैर्भूमिहर्त्ता नराधमः
The lowest of men who steals land suffers intense inner pains.
प्रबद्धः सुचिरं कालं मम लोकं गतो नरः 202.
Bound for a very long time, the man goes to my world.
तीव्रक्षुधापरिक्लिष्टो बद्धो बन्धनयन्त्रितः
Afflicted by severe hunger, bound and restrained in captivity.
सप्तधा सप्त चैकां च जातिं गत्वा स पच्यते
Having gone through sevenfold and also a single birth, he is cooked.
ततः कुक्कुटतां यातु विड्भक्षश्च दुरात्मवान्
After that, let the wicked soul become a cock and an eater of excrement.
जातिकर्म सहस्रं तु ततो मानुषतां व्रजेत्
After a thousand births and deeds, then he attains human birth.
वर्षाणां च सहस्रं तु धावमानं ततस्ततः
And after running thus for a thousand years,
तस्माद्देशात्ततो मुक्तस्ततः सूकरतां व्रजेत्
Then, released from that region, he takes birth as a boar.
यां यां याति पुनर्जातिं तत्र भक्ष्यो भवेत्तु सः
Whatever birth he attains, in that form he becomes food for others.
प्राप्य मानुषतां पश्चात्पुनर्व्याधो भविष्यति
After obtaining human birth again, he will become a hunter once more.
उच्छिष्टान्नप्रदातारं पापाचारमधार्मिकम्
One who gives leftover food, who behaves sinfully and unrighteously,
भिन्नचारित्रदुःशीला भर्त्तुर्व्यलीककारिणी 202.
A woman of bad conduct, with broken character, who deceives her husband,
ततः शुनी भवेत्पश्चात्सूकरी च ततः परम्
She then becomes a female dog, and after that, a female pig.
न च सौख्यमवाप्नोति तेन दुःखेन दुखिता
She does not attain happiness, suffering with that misery.
भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च पानं च न तेषामुपपादितम्
Food, eatables, and drink are not provided to them.
एवं कुरुत भद्रं वो मम पार्श्वे तु दुर्मतिः
Therefore, act in this way for your welfare; but near me is an evil-minded one.
सर्वकर्माणि कुर्वाणं क्षपयध्वं दुरासदम्
Destroy that wicked one who performs all actions.
प्रक्षिप्यतामयं पश्चाद्दस्युजातौ दुरात्मवान्
Afterwards, cast him into the birth of a robber, who is evil-minded.
ततः पश्चाद्भवेत्पापश्चेतरः सर्वपापकृत्
Then, after that, he becomes sinful, the doer of all evils.
हस्त्यश्वश्च शृगालश्च सूकरो बक एव च
He becomes an elephant, a horse, a jackal, a boar, or even a crane.