शारीरं मानसं दुःखं प्राप्नुवन्ति पुनःपुनः
They repeatedly experience bodily and mental suffering.
कुक्ष्यामयं तथा तीव्रं प्राप्नुवंति नराधमाः
Those most wicked among men suffer severe abdominal disease.
एकपक्षहताः काणाः कुनखाश्चामयाविनः
Those who are maimed in one wing, one-eyed, with deformed nails, and afflicted by disease,
गलत्कुष्ठाः श्वित्रकुष्ठा भवन्ति स्वैश्च कर्मभिः
Those with leprosy that causes flesh to fall away, those with white leprosy, are born according to their own deeds.
योनिशूलाक्षिशूलाश्च श्वास हृद्गुह्यशूलिनः 203.
Those with pain in the womb, pain in the eyes, those suffering from asthma, heart pain, and pain in the private parts,
बहुभिर्दारुणैर्घोरैर्व्याधिभिः समनुद्गताः
Are afflicted by many harsh and terrible diseases.
मिथ्याप्रलापिनो दूतान्पाचयन्तु यथाक्रमम्
Let the messengers punish, in due order, those who speak falsely.
एषां चतुर्विधा भाषा या मिथ्याप्यभिधीयते
There are four kinds of speech among them that are considered false.
अरहस्यं रहस्यं वा पैशुन्येन तु निन्दनात्
Whether a secret or not a secret, by slander and by reviling,
स्नेहक्षयकरां रूक्षां भिन्नवृत्तविभूषिताम्
Speech that destroys affection, is harsh, marked by broken conduct,
स्वरहीनामसंख्येयां भाषंते च निरर्थकम्
Speech lacking proper tone, countless in form, and meaningless,
दूषयन्ति हि जल्पन्तोऽनृजवो निष्ठुराः शठाः
Indeed, those who babble, who are unjust, harsh, and deceitful, corrupt others.
न मर्षयंति येऽन्येषां कीर्त्यमानाञ्छुभान्गुणान्
Those who cannot endure hearing others' good qualities praised,
ततस्तिर्यक्प्रजायन्ते बहुधा कीट पक्षिणः
Then are born among lower creatures, in many forms, as insects and birds.
तत्र कालं चिरं घोरं पच्यन्ते पापकारिणः 203.
There, evil-doers are cooked for a long and dreadful time.
परिभूता अविज्ञाता नष्टचित्ता अकीर्त्तयः
They are despised, unrecognized, their minds lost, and without reputation.
त्यक्त्वा मित्राणि मित्रेषु ज्ञातिभिश्च निराकृताः
Abandoning friends, rejected by their own kin,
अन्यैरपि कृतं पापं तेषां पतति मस्तके
The sin committed by others falls upon their heads.
मिथ्याप्रलापिनामेषामुक्ता क्लेशपरम्परा
This is the succession of suffering for those who speak falsely.
स्तेयकर्माणि कुर्वन्ति प्रसह्य हरणानि च
They commit acts of theft and seize things by force.
पीडयन्ति जनान् सर्वान्कृपणान्ग्रामकूटकान्
They oppress all people, the wretched and the village deceivers.
समये कृतहर्त्तारो लोकपीडाकरा नराः
At the appointed time, those who steal and cause suffering to the world—such men—
भूतनिष्ठाभियोगज्ञा व्यवहारेष्वनर्थकाः
Those who are skilled in false accusations concerning beings, and who bring harm in legal matters,
न्यासार्थहारका ये च सम्मोहनकराश्च ये
Those who misappropriate deposits and those who cause delusion,
निरयेष्व प्रतिष्ठेषु दारुणेषु ततस्ततः 203.
They are established again and again in dreadful hells.
कर्मक्षयो यदा तेषां मानुष्यं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते
When their actions are exhausted, they obtain human birth.
यस्मिंश्चौरभयं देशे क्षुद्भयं राजतो भयम्
In whatever land there is fear of thieves, fear of hunger, or fear from the king,
ईतयो यत्र देशेषु लुब्धेषु नगरेषु च
Where there are calamities in the lands, and greed in the cities,
बहुदुःखपरिक्लिष्टा गर्भवासेन पीडिताः
Afflicted by much suffering, tormented by dwelling in the womb,
शिराविवृतगात्राश्च हीनाङ्गा वातरोगिणः
With bodies exposed at the veins, or deformed, or afflicted by wind-diseases,