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.
रङ्गोपजीवी कैवर्तः कुम्डाशी गरदस्तथा । सूची माहिषकश्चैव पर्वकारी च यो द्विजः ॥ २,६.
A gambler, a fisherman, one who eats from earthen pots, a poisoner, a needle-maker, a buffalo-keeper, and a Brahmin who works on festival days—all these go to hell.
अगारदाही मित्रघ्नः शाकुनिर्ग्रमयाजकः । रुधिरान्धे पतन्त्येते सोमं विक्रीणते च ये ॥ २,६.
An arsonist, a friend-slayer, a soothsayer, a village priest, one blinded by blood, and those who sell Soma—all these fall into hell.
मखहा ग्रामहन्ता च याति वैतरणीं नरः ॥ २,६.
One who destroys a sacrifice or a village goes to the river Vaitarani, O man.
रेतः पातादिकर्तारो मर्यादाभेदिनो हि ये । ते कृष्णे यान्त्यशौचाश्च कुहकाजीविनश्च ये ॥ २,६.
Those who commit seminal loss, violate boundaries, are impure, or live by deceit—they go to the dark hell.
असिपत्रवनं याति वनच्छेदी वृथैव यः । औरभ्रिको मृगव्याधो वह्निज्वाले पतन्ति वै ॥ २,६.
He who cuts down forests without cause goes to the forest of sword-leaves; the sheep-stealer and the hunter fall into flames of fire.
यान्त्येते द्विज तत्रैव ये चापाकेषु वह्निदाः ॥ २,६.
O twice-born, those who set fire to houses or fields also go there.
व्रतानां लोपको यश्चस्वाश्रमाद्विच्युतश्च यः । सन्दंशयातनामध्ये पततस्तावुभावपि ॥ २,६.
He who breaks vows or abandons his own order falls, along with the other, into the midst of iron-pincer torments.
दिवा स्वप्ने च स्कन्दन्ते ये नरा ब्रह्मचारिणः । पुत्रैरध्यापिता ये च ते पतन्ति श्वभोजने ॥ २,६.
Men who, as celibates, emit semen in sleep or by day, and those who teach their sons the Veda, fall into the food of dogs.
एते चान्ये च नरकाः शतशोथ सहस्रशः । येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पच्यन्ते यातनागताः ॥ २,६.
These and countless other hells, by the hundreds and thousands, are where those who have committed evil deeds suffer torments.
यथैव पापान्येतानि तथान्यानि सहस्रशः । भुज्यन्ते तानि पुरुषैर्नरकान्तरगोचरैः ॥ २,६.
Just as these sins exist, so too do thousands of others, and men experience them in the various regions of hell.
वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धं च कर्म कुर्वन्ति ये नराः । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा निरयेषु पतन्ति ते ॥ २,६.
Those men who act against the duties of class and stage of life, by deed, thought, or word, fall into hell.
अधः शिरोभिदृश्यन्ते नारकैर्दिवि देवताः । देवाश्चाधोमुखान्सर्वानधः पश्यन्ति नारकान् ॥ २,६.
The gods in heaven see the hell-dwellers with their heads downward, and the gods themselves are seen by all the hell-dwellers, also with their heads downward.
स्थावराः क्रिमयोब्जाश्च पक्षिणः पशवो नराः । धार्मिकास्त्रिदशास्तद्धन्मोक्षिणश्च यथाक्रमम् ॥ २,६.
Immovable beings, insects, those born from eggs, birds, animals, humans, the righteous, the gods, and then the liberated—all these exist in due order.
सहस्रभागप्रथमा द्वितीयानुक्रमास्तथा । सर्वे ह्येते महाभागा यावन्मुक्तिसमाश्रयाः ॥ २,६.
The first have a thousandth part, and so on in succession; all these, O greatly fortunate one, continue until the attainment of liberation.
यावन्तो जन्तवः स्वर्गे तावन्तो नरकौकसः । पापकृद्याति नरकं प्रायाश्चित्तपराङ्मुखः ॥ २,६.
As many beings as there are in heaven, so many dwell in hell; the doer of evil, who turns away from atonement, goes to hell.
पापानामनुरूपाणि प्रायश्चित्तानि यद्यथा । तथा तथैव संस्मृत्य प्रोक्तानि परमर्षिभिः ॥ २,६.
For sins, the appropriate atonements are prescribed according to their nature; thus, remembering them, the supreme sages have declared them.
पापे गुरूणि गुरुणि स्वल्पान्यल्पे च तद्विदः । प्रायश्चित्तानि मैत्रेय जगुः स्वायंभुवादयः ॥ २,६.
For great sins, great atonements; for small ones, small—so have those who know, beginning with Svāyambhuva, declared, O Maitreya.
प्रायश्चित्तान्यशेषाणि तपःकर्मात्मकानि वै । यानि तेषामशेषाणां कृष्णानुस्मरणम्परम् ॥ २,६.
All atonements consist of acts of austerity; but for all of them, the supreme is the remembrance of Krishna.
कृते पापेऽनुतापो वै यस्य पुंसः प्रजायते । प्रायश्चित्तं तु तस्यैकं हरिसंस्मरणं परम् ॥ २,६.
When a man feels true remorse for a committed sin, his sole and highest atonement is the remembrance of Hari.
प्रातर्निशि तथा सन्ध्यामध्याह्नादिषु संस्मरन् । नारायणमवाप्नोति सद्यः पापक्षयन्नरः । विष्णुसंस्मरणात्क्षीणसमस्तक्लेशसञ्चयः । मुक्तिं प्रयाति स्वर्गाप्तिस्तस्य विघ्नोनुमीयते ॥ २,६.
Remembering Nārāyaṇa at dawn, night, twilight, midday, and other times, a man immediately attains him, destroying sin; through remembrance of Viṣṇu, when all accumulated suffering is exhausted, he attains liberation, and if he gains heaven, it is considered an obstacle.