स्थालीस्थमग्नीसंयोगादुद्रेकिसलिले यथ । तथेन्दुवृद्धौ सलिलमंभोधौ मुनिसत्तम ॥ २,४.
Just as water increases in a pot when fire is applied, so too does water in the ocean rise with the waxing of the moon, O best of sages.
अन्यूनानतिरिक्ताश्च वर्धन्त्यापो ह्रसंति च । उदयास्तमनेष्विन्दोः पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः ॥ २,४.
The waters neither fall short nor exceed; they increase and decrease with the rising and setting of the moon, during the bright and dark fortnights.
दशोत्तराणि पञ्चैव ह्यङ्गुलानां शतानि वै । अपां वृद्धिक्षणो दृष्टौ सामुद्रीणां महामुने ॥ २,४.
O great sage, the moment of increase in the ocean waters is observed to be five hundred and ten finger-breadths.
भोजनं पुष्करद्वीपे तत्र स्वयमुपस्थितम् । षड्रसं भुञ्जते विप्र प्रजाः सर्वाः सदैव हि ॥ २,४.
In Puṣkara island, food appears of its own accord; O brāhmaṇa, all the people there always partake of food with six tastes.
स्वादूदकस्य परितो दृस्यते लोकसंस्थितिः । द्विगुणा काञ्चनी भूमिः सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिता ॥ २,४.
Beyond the sweet-water ocean, there is a region called Lokasaṃsthiti, double in size and golden, devoid of all living beings.
लोकालोकस्ततः शैलो जोजनायुतविस्तृतः । उच्छ्रायेणापि तावन्ति सहस्राण्यचलो हि सः ॥ २,४.
Beyond that is the mountain called Lokāloka, ten thousand yojanas wide and just as many thousands high.
ततस्तमः समावृत्य तं शौलं सर्वतः स्थितम् । तमश्चाण्डकटाहेन समन्तात्परिवेष्टितम् ॥ २,४.
Then, darkness enveloped that shell, which was established all around; and that darkness was itself surrounded on every side by the fierce shell of the cosmic egg.
पञ्चशत्कोटिविस्तारा सेयमुर्व महामुने । सहैवाण्डकटाहेन सद्वीपाब्धिमहीधरा ॥ २,४.
This earth, O great sage, together with the shell of the cosmic egg, the continents, oceans, and great mountains, extends five hundred million leagues.
सेयं धात्री विधात्री च सर्वभूतगुणाधिका । आधारभू६ आ सर्वेषां मैत्रेय जगतामिति ॥ २,४.
This is the supporter and sustainer, surpassing all beings in qualities; it is the foundation of all worlds, O Maitreya.
पराशर उवाच ततश्च नरका विप्र भुवोधः सलिलस्य च । पापिनो येषु पात्यन्ते ताञ्छृणुष्वमहामुने ॥ २,६.
Parāśara said: Next, O sage, listen to the hells beneath the earth and the waters, into which sinners are cast.
रौरवः सूकरो रोधस्तालो विशसनस्तथा । महाज्वालस्तप्तकुम्भो लवणेथ विलोहितः ॥ २,६.
Raurava, Sūkara, Rodha, Tāla, Viśasana, Mahājvāla, Taptakumbha, Lavaṇa, and Vilohita—
रुधिराम्भो वैतरणिः क्रिमिशः क्रिमिभोजनः । असिपत्रवनं कृष्णो लालाभक्षश्च दारुणः ॥ २,६.
Rudhirāmbha, Vaitaraṇī, Krimiśa, Krimibhojana, Asipatravana, Kṛṣṇa, and the dreadful Lālābhakṣa—
तथा पूयवहः पापो वह्निज्वालो ह्यधः शिराः । संदंशः कालसूत्रश्च तमश्चावीचिरेव च ॥ २,६.
Also Pūyavaha, Pāpa, Vahnijvāla, Adhaḥśirā, Saṃdaṃśa, Kālasūtra, Tamaḥ, and Avīci—
श्वभोजनोथाप्रतिष्ठश्चाप्रचिश्च तथा परः । इत्येवमादयश्चान्ये नरका भृशदारुणाः ॥ २,६.
Śvabhojana, Athāpratiṣṭha, Āpraci, and others—thus, there are many other hells, exceedingly terrible.
यमस्य विषये घोराः शस्त्राग्निभयदायिनः । पतन्ति येषु पुरुषाः पापकर्मरतास्तु ये ॥ २,६.
In the realm of Yama, these dreadful places bring fear from weapons and fire, into which those devoted to sinful acts fall.
कूटसाक्षी तथासम्यक्पक्षपातेन यो वदेत् । यश्चान्यदनृतं वक्ति स नरो याति रौरवम् ॥ २,६.
He who gives false testimony, or speaks with partiality, or utters other lies, that man goes to Raurava.
भ्रूणहा पुरहन्ता च गौघ्नश्च मुनिसत्तम । यान्ति ते नरकं रोधं यश्चोच्छ्वासनिरोधकः ॥ २,६.
He who kills a fetus, destroys a city, slays a herd of cows, or restrains another's breath, O best of sages, they go to the hell called Rodha.
सुरापो ब्रह्महा हर्ता सुवर्णस्य च सूकरे । प्रयान्ति नरके यश्च तैः संसर्गमुपैति वै ॥ २,६.
One who drinks liquor, kills a Brāhmaṇa, steals gold, or associates with such, goes to Sūkara hell.
राजन्यवैश्यहन्ता च तथैव गुरुतल्पगः । तप्तकुण्डेस्वसृगामी हन्ति राजभटांश्च यः ॥ २,६.
He who kills a Kṣatriya or Vaiśya, violates his teacher's bed, sheds blood in heated vessels, or slays royal guards, goes to hell.
साध्वीविक्रयकृद्बन्धपालः केसरिविक्रयी । तप्तलोहे पतन्त्येते यश्च च भक्तं परित्यजेत् ॥ २,६.
One who sells a virtuous wife, a jailer, a seller of lion's manes, or one who abandons his devotee—all these fall into heated iron.
स्नुषां सुतां चापि गत्वा महाज्वाले निपात्यते । अवमन्ता गुरूणां यो यश्चाक्रोष्टा नराधमः ॥ २,६.
He who approaches his daughter-in-law or daughter is cast into the great flame; one who insults teachers or abuses others, O worst of men—
वेददूषयितायश्च वेदविक्रयकश्च यः । अगम्यगामी यश्च स्यात्ते यान्ति लवणं द्विज ॥ २,६.
He who corrupts the Veda, sells the Veda, or goes to forbidden women, O twice-born, they go to Lavaṇa hell.
चोरो विलोहे पतति मर्यादादूषकस्तथा ॥ २,६.
A thief falls into molten iron, as does one who violates boundaries.
देवद्विजपितृद्वेष्टा रत्नदूषयिता च यः । स याति क्रिमिभक्षे वै क्रिमीशे च दुरिष्टकृत् ॥ २,६.
He who hates gods, Brāhmaṇas, or ancestors, or corrupts gems, goes to Krimibhakṣa or Krimīśa, the hell of worms, O doer of evil.
पितृदेवातिथींस्त्यक्त्वा पर्यश्नाति नराधमः । लालाभक्षे स यात्युग्रे शरकर्ता च वेधके ॥ २,६.
The lowest of men, who eats without first honoring ancestors, gods, and guests, eats only saliva and goes to a terrible place pierced by arrows and stakes.
करोति कर्णिनो यश्च यश्च खङ्गादिकृन्नरः । प्रयान्त्येते विशसने नरके भृशदरुणे ॥ २,६.
He who cuts off ears, and he who kills with a sword or similar weapon—these all go to a very dreadful hell of torture.
असत्प्रतिगृहीता तु नरके यात्यधोमुखे । अयाज्ययाजकश्चैव तथा नक्षत्रसूचकः ॥ २,६.
One who accepts improper gifts goes to a hell where he hangs head down; so too the priest who performs sacrifices for the unworthy, and the one who points out stars for omens.
वेगी पूयवहे चैको याति मष्टान्नभुङ्गरः ॥ २,६.
He who eats black gram with pus, or eats alone with speed, goes to hell.
लाक्षामासरसानां च तिलानां लवणस्य च । विक्रेता ब्रह्मणो याति तमेव नरकं द्विज ॥ २,६.
O twice-born, a Brahmin who sells lac, meat, liquids, sesame seeds, or salt goes to that very hell.
मार्जारकुक्कुटच्छाग श्ववराहविहङ्गमान् । पोषयन्नरकं याति तमेव द्विजसत्तम ॥ २,६.
O best of the twice-born, one who keeps cats, cocks, goats, dogs, pigs, or birds for livelihood goes to that same hell.