Brahma Purana — Chapter 214
BrP 214.1
न तृप्तिम् अधिगच्छामः पुण्यधर्मामृतस्य च मुने त्वन्मुखगीतस्य तथा कौतूहलं हि नः ॥
na tṛptim adhigacchāmaḥ puṇyadharmāmṛtasya ca mune tvanmukhagītasya tathā kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ //
We attain no satisfaction with the nectar of meritorious dharma, O sage, sung by your mouth; and thus our curiosity (remains).
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BrP 214.2
उत्पत्तिं प्रलयं चैव भूतानां कर्मणो गतिम् वेत्सि सर्वं मुने तेन पृच्छामस् त्वां महामतिम् ॥
utpattiṃ pralayaṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ karmaṇo gatim vetsi sarvaṃ mune tena pṛcchāmas tvāṃ mahāmatim //
You know the origin and the dissolution of beings, and the course of action (karma)—all of it, O sage; therefore we ask you, the greatly wise one.
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BrP 214.3
श्रूयते यमलोकस्य मार्गः परमदुर्गमः दुःखक्लेशकरः शश्वत् सर्वभूतभयावहः ॥
śrūyate yamalokasya mārgaḥ paramadurgamaḥ duḥkhakleśakaraḥ śaśvat sarvabhūtabhayāvahaḥ //
It is heard that the road to Yama's world is extremely hard to pass, ever productive of pain and affliction, bringing fear to all beings.
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BrP 214.4
कथं तेन नरा यान्ति मार्गेण यमसादनम् प्रमाणं चैव मार्गस्य ब्रूहि नो वदतां वर ॥
kathaṃ tena narā yānti mārgeṇa yamasādanam pramāṇaṃ caiva mārgasya brūhi no vadatāṃ vara //
How do men go by that road to Yama's abode? And tell us the measure of the road, O best of speakers.
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BrP 214.5
मुने पृच्छाम सर्वज्ञ ब्रूहि सर्वम् अशेषतः कथं नरकदुःखानि नाप्नुवन्ति नरान् मुने ॥
mune pṛcchāma sarvajña brūhi sarvam aśeṣataḥ kathaṃ narakaduḥkhāni nāpnuvanti narān mune //
O sage, we ask, O all-knowing one—tell us everything without remainder: how do the sufferings of hell not reach men, O sage?
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BrP 214.6
केनोपायेन दानेन धर्मेण नियमेन च मानुषस्य च याम्यस्य लोकस्य कियद् अन्तरम् ॥
kenopāyena dānena dharmeṇa niyamena ca mānuṣasya ca yāmyasya lokasya kiyad antaram //
By what means, by what gift, by what dharma, by what observance? And how great is the distance between the human world and Yama's world?
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BrP 214.7
कथं च स्वर्गतिं यान्ति नरकं केन कर्मणा स्वर्गस्थानानि कियन्ति कियन्ति नरकाणि च ॥
kathaṃ ca svargatiṃ yānti narakaṃ kena karmaṇā svargasthānāni kiyanti kiyanti narakāṇi ca //
And how do they go to heaven, and by what deed to hell? How many are the stations of heaven, and how many the hells?
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BrP 214.8
कथं सुकृतिनो यान्ति कथं दुष्कृतकारिणः किं रूपं किं प्रमाणं वा को वर्णस् तूभयोर् अपि जीवस्य नीयमानस्य यमलोकं ब्रवीहि नः ॥
kathaṃ sukṛtino yānti kathaṃ duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ kiṃ rūpaṃ kiṃ pramāṇaṃ vā ko varṇas tūbhayor api jīvasya nīyamānasya yamalokaṃ bravīhi naḥ //
How do the doers of good go, and how the doers of evil? What is the form, what the size, and what the colour of both, of the soul being led to Yama's world—tell us.
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BrP 214.9
शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूला वदतो मम सुव्रताः संसारचक्रम् अजरं स्थितिर् यस्य न विद्यते ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlā vadato mama suvratāḥ saṃsāracakram ajaraṃ sthitir yasya na vidyate //
Listen, tigers among sages, to me as I speak, you of good vows: (of) the unaging wheel of transmigration, of which there is no standing still.
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BrP 214.10
सो ऽहं वदामि वः सर्वं यममार्गस्य निर्णयम् उत्क्रान्तिकालाद् आरभ्य यथा नान्यो वदिष्यति ॥
so 'haṃ vadāmi vaḥ sarvaṃ yamamārgasya nirṇayam utkrāntikālād ārabhya yathā nānyo vadiṣyati //
I shall tell you all the determination of Yama's road, beginning from the time of departure (from the body), as no other will tell it.
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BrP 214.11
स्वरूपं चैव मार्गस्य यन् मां पृच्छथ सत्तमाः यमलोकस्य चाध्वानम् अन्तरं मानुषस्य च ॥
svarūpaṃ caiva mārgasya yan māṃ pṛcchatha sattamāḥ yamalokasya cādhvānam antaraṃ mānuṣasya ca //
And the very nature of the road, which you ask me about, O best of beings, and the distance of Yama's world from the human (world).
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BrP 214.12
योजनानां सहस्राणि षडशीतिस् तद् अन्तरम् तप्तताम्रम् इवातप्तं तद् अध्वानम् उदाहृतम् ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaḍaśītis tad antaram taptatāmram ivātaptaṃ tad adhvānam udāhṛtam //
Eighty-six thousand yojanas is that distance; that road is declared to be heated like heated copper.
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BrP 214.13
तद् अवश्यं हि गन्तव्यं प्राणिभिर् जीवसंज्ञकैः पुण्यान् पुण्यकृतो यान्ति पापान् पापकृतो ऽधमाः ॥
tad avaśyaṃ hi gantavyaṃ prāṇibhir jīvasaṃjñakaiḥ puṇyān puṇyakṛto yānti pāpān pāpakṛto 'dhamāḥ //
That must inevitably be traversed by living creatures called souls: the doers of merit go by the meritorious (routes), the low doers of evil by the evil ones.
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BrP 214.14
द्वाविंशतिश् च नरका यमस्य विषये स्थिताः येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणो विपच्यन्ते पृथक् पृथक् ॥
dvāviṃśatiś ca narakā yamasya viṣaye sthitāḥ yeṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇo vipacyante pṛthak pṛthak //
And twenty-two hells stand within Yama's domain, in which those of evil deeds are cooked, each separately.
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BrP 214.15
नरको रौरवो रौद्रः शूकरस् ताल एव च कुम्भीपाको महाघोरः शाल्मलो ऽथ विमोहनः ॥
narako rauravo raudraḥ śūkaras tāla eva ca kumbhīpāko mahāghoraḥ śālmalo 'tha vimohanaḥ //
Naraka, Raurava, Raudra, Śūkara, and Tāla, the most terrible Kumbhīpāka, Śālmala, and then Vimohana,
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BrP 214.16
कीटादः कृमिभक्षश् च नालाभक्षो भ्रमस् तथा नद्यः पूयवहाश् चान्या रुधिराम्भस् तथैव च ॥
kīṭādaḥ kṛmibhakṣaś ca nālābhakṣo bhramas tathā nadyaḥ pūyavahāś cānyā rudhirāmbhas tathaiva ca //
Kīṭāda, Kṛmibhakṣa, Nālābhakṣa, and likewise Bhrama, and others: rivers flowing with pus, and likewise (one) whose water is blood,
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BrP 214.17
अग्निज्वालो महाघोरः संदंशः शुनभोजनः घोरा वैतरणी चैव असिपत्त्रवनं तथा ॥
agnijvālo mahāghoraḥ saṃdaṃśaḥ śunabhojanaḥ ghorā vaitaraṇī caiva asipattravanaṃ tathā //
Agnijvāla the most terrible, Saṃdaṃśa, Śunabhojana, and the dreadful Vaitaraṇī, and likewise the forest of sword-leaves.
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BrP 214.18
न तत्र वृक्षच्छाया वा न तडागाः सरांसि च न वाप्यो दीर्घिका वापि न कूपो न प्रपा सभा ॥
na tatra vṛkṣacchāyā vā na taḍāgāḥ sarāṃsi ca na vāpyo dīrghikā vāpi na kūpo na prapā sabhā //
There is no shade of a tree there, no ponds or lakes, no step-wells nor pools, no well, no watering-shed, no hall,
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BrP 214.19
न मण्डपो नायतनं न नद्यो न च पर्वताः न किंचिद् आश्रमस्थानं विद्यते तत्र वर्त्मनि ॥
na maṇḍapo nāyatanaṃ na nadyo na ca parvatāḥ na kiṃcid āśramasthānaṃ vidyate tatra vartmani //
no pavilion, no sanctuary, no rivers and no mountains; no hermitage site of any kind is found on that road,
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BrP 214.20
यत्र विश्रमते श्रान्तः पुरुषो ऽतीवकर्षितः अवश्यम् एव गन्तव्यः स सर्वैस् तु महापथः ॥
yatra viśramate śrāntaḥ puruṣo 'tīvakarṣitaḥ avaśyam eva gantavyaḥ sa sarvais tu mahāpathaḥ //
where a weary man, utterly worn down, might rest; yet that great road must inevitably be travelled by all.
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BrP 214.21
प्राप्ते काले तु संत्यज्य सुहृद्बन्धुधनादिकम् जरायुजाण्डजाश् चैव स्वेदजाश् चोद्भिजास् तथा ॥
prāpte kāle tu saṃtyajya suhṛdbandhudhanādikam jarāyujāṇḍajāś caiva svedajāś codbhijās tathā //
But when the time comes, abandoning friends, kinsmen, wealth and the rest, the womb-born, the egg-born, the sweat-born and the sprout-born,
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BrP 214.22
जङ्गमाजङ्गमाश् चैव गमिष्यन्ति महापथम् देवासुरमनुष्यैश् च वैवस्वतवशानुगैः ॥
jaṅgamājaṅgamāś caiva gamiṣyanti mahāpatham devāsuramanuṣyaiś ca vaivasvatavaśānugaiḥ //
the moving and the unmoving too, will all travel that great road — together with gods, demons and men, who are subject to the son of Vivasvat (Yama),
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BrP 214.23
स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकैश् चैव पृथिव्यां जीवसंज्ञितैः पूर्वाह्णे चापराह्णे वा मध्याह्ने वा तथा पुनः ॥
strīpuṃnapuṃsakaiś caiva pṛthivyāṃ jīvasaṃjñitaiḥ pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇe vā madhyāhne vā tathā punaḥ //
and with women, men and neuters on earth that are called living beings — in the forenoon, or in the afternoon, or again at midday,
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BrP 214.24
संध्याकाले ऽर्धरात्रे वा प्रत्यूषे वाप्य् उपस्थिते वृद्धैर् वा मध्यमैर् वापि यौवनस्थैस् तथैव च ॥
saṃdhyākāle 'rdharātre vā pratyūṣe vāpy upasthite vṛddhair vā madhyamair vāpi yauvanasthais tathaiva ca //
at twilight, or at midnight, or when dawn has come on; by the old, or by those of middle age, and likewise by those in their youth,
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BrP 214.25
गर्भवासे ऽथ बाल्ये वा गन्तव्यः स महापथः प्रवासस्थैर् गृहस्थैर् वा पर्वतस्थैः स्थले ऽपि वा ॥
garbhavāse 'tha bālye vā gantavyaḥ sa mahāpathaḥ pravāsasthair gṛhasthair vā parvatasthaiḥ sthale 'pi vā //
in the dwelling in the womb, or in childhood — that great road must be travelled: by those living abroad or by householders, by those on a mountain or on level ground,
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BrP 214.26
क्षेत्रस्थैर् वा जलस्थैर् वा गृहमध्यगतैस् तथा आसीनैश् चास्थितैर् वापि शयनीयगतैस् तथा ॥
kṣetrasthair vā jalasthair vā gṛhamadhyagatais tathā āsīnaiś cāsthitair vāpi śayanīyagatais tathā //
by those in a field or in water, and by those within a house, whether seated or standing, and likewise by those lying on a bed,
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BrP 214.27
जाग्रद्भिर् वा प्रसुप्तैर् वा गन्तव्यः स महापथः इहानुभूय निर्दिष्टम् आयुर् जन्तुः स्वयं तदा ॥
jāgradbhir vā prasuptair vā gantavyaḥ sa mahāpathaḥ ihānubhūya nirdiṣṭam āyur jantuḥ svayaṃ tadā //
by the waking or by the sleeping — that great road must be travelled. Having experienced here the life-span allotted (to him), the creature then, of itself,
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BrP 214.28
तस्यान्ते च स्वयं प्राणैर् अनिच्छन्न् अपि मुच्यते जलम् अग्निर् विषं शस्त्रं क्षुद् व्याधिः पतनं गिरेः ॥
tasyānte ca svayaṃ prāṇair anicchann api mucyate jalam agnir viṣaṃ śastraṃ kṣud vyādhiḥ patanaṃ gireḥ //
at the end of it is released from the vital breaths of its own accord, even though unwilling. Water, fire, poison, a weapon, hunger, disease, a fall from a mountain—
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BrP 214.29
निमित्तं किंचिद् आसाद्य देही प्राणैर् विमुच्यते विहाय सुमहत् कृत्स्नं शरीरं पाञ्चभौतिकम् ॥
nimittaṃ kiṃcid āsādya dehī prāṇair vimucyate vihāya sumahat kṛtsnaṃ śarīraṃ pāñcabhautikam //
having met with some occasion (such as these), the embodied one is released from the vital breaths, leaving behind the whole great body made of the five elements.
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BrP 214.30
अन्यच् छरीरम् आदत्ते यातनीयं स्वकर्मजम् दृढं शरीरम् आप्नोति सुखदुःखोपभुक्तये ॥
anyac charīram ādatte yātanīyaṃ svakarmajam dṛḍhaṃ śarīram āpnoti sukhaduḥkhopabhuktaye //
He takes on another body, one that is to be tormented, born of his own deeds; he obtains a firm body for the experiencing of pleasure and pain.
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BrP 214.31
तेन भुङ्क्ते स कृच्छ्राणि पापकर्ता नरो भृशम् सुखानि धार्मिको हृष्ट इह नीतो यमक्षये ॥
tena bhuṅkte sa kṛcchrāṇi pāpakartā naro bhṛśam sukhāni dhārmiko hṛṣṭa iha nīto yamakṣaye //
With that (body) the man who has done evil experiences hardships in full measure, and the righteous man, glad, experiences pleasures, having been led here to Yama's abode.
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BrP 214.32
ऊष्मा प्रकुपितः काये तीव्रवायुसमीरितः भिनत्ति मर्मस्थानानि दीप्यमानो निरन्धनः ॥
ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ bhinatti marmasthānāni dīpyamāno nirandhanaḥ //
The heat, enraged in the body, driven on by fierce wind, blazing without fuel, splits open the vital spots.
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BrP 214.33
उदानो नाम पवनस् ततश् चोर्ध्वं प्रवर्तते भुज्यताम् अम्बुभक्ष्याणाम् अधोगतिनिरोधकृत् ॥
udāno nāma pavanas tataś cordhvaṃ pravartate bhujyatām ambubhakṣyāṇām adhogatinirodhakṛt //
And from there the wind named udāna moves upward, obstructing the downward passage of the water and food consumed.
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BrP 214.34
ततो येनाम्बुदानानि कृतान्य् अन्नरसास् तथा दत्ताः स तस्याम् आह्लादम् आपदि प्रतिपद्यते ॥
tato yenāmbudānāni kṛtāny annarasās tathā dattāḥ sa tasyām āhlādam āpadi pratipadyate //
Then he by whom gifts of water have been made and juices of food given, obtains refreshment in that calamity.
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BrP 214.35
अन्नानि येन दत्तानि श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा सो ऽपि तृप्तिम् अवाप्नोति विनाप्य् अन्नेन वै तदा ॥
annāni yena dattāni śraddhāpūtena cetasā so 'pi tṛptim avāpnoti vināpy annena vai tadā //
He by whom food has been given with a mind purified by faith, he too then attains satisfaction, even without food.
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BrP 214.36
येनानृतानि नोक्तानि प्रीतिभेदः कृतो न च आस्तिकः श्रद्दधानश् च सुखमृत्युं स गच्छति ॥
yenānṛtāni noktāni prītibhedaḥ kṛto na ca āstikaḥ śraddadhānaś ca sukhamṛtyuṃ sa gacchati //
He by whom no untruths have been spoken and no breaking of friendship has been caused, who believes (in the gods) and has faith — he goes to an easy death.
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BrP 214.37
देवब्राह्मणपूजायां निरताश् चानसूयकाः शुक्ला वदान्या ह्रीमन्तस् ते नराः सुखमृत्यवः ॥
devabrāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ niratāś cānasūyakāḥ śuklā vadānyā hrīmantas te narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ //
Those men who are devoted to the worship of gods and brahmins and are free of envy, pure, generous, possessed of modesty — theirs is an easy death.
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BrP 214.38
यः कामान् नापि संरम्भान् न द्वेषाद् धर्मम् उत्सृजेत् यथोक्तकारी सौम्यश् च स सुखं मृत्युम् ऋच्छति ॥
yaḥ kāmān nāpi saṃrambhān na dveṣād dharmam utsṛjet yathoktakārī saumyaś ca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyum ṛcchati //
He who would not abandon dharma out of desire, nor out of anger, nor out of hatred, who acts as he has been told and is gentle — he comes to an easy death.
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BrP 214.39
वारिदास् तृषितानां ये क्षुधितान्नप्रदायिनः प्राप्नुवन्ति नराः काले मृत्युं सुखसमन्वितम् ॥
vāridās tṛṣitānāṃ ye kṣudhitānnapradāyinaḥ prāpnuvanti narāḥ kāle mṛtyuṃ sukhasamanvitam //
Those men who give water to the thirsty and food to the hungry obtain, when the time comes, a death attended with ease.
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BrP 214.40
शीतं जयन्ति धनदास् तापं चन्दनदायिनः प्राणघ्नीं वेदनां कष्टां ये चान्योद्वेगधारिणः ॥
śītaṃ jayanti dhanadās tāpaṃ candanadāyinaḥ prāṇaghnīṃ vedanāṃ kaṣṭāṃ ye cānyodvegadhāriṇaḥ //
Givers of wealth overcome cold, givers of sandalwood overcome heat, and those who take on others' distress overcome the harsh, life-destroying pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.41
मोहं ज्ञानप्रदातारस् तथा दीपप्रदास् तमः कूटसाक्षी मृषावादी यो गुरुर् नानुशास्ति वै ॥
mohaṃ jñānapradātāras tathā dīpapradās tamaḥ kūṭasākṣī mṛṣāvādī yo gurur nānuśāsti vai //
Those who bestow knowledge conquer delusion, and givers of lamps darkness. (But) the false witness, the speaker of lies, the teacher who indeed does not instruct —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.42
ते मोहमृत्यवः सर्वे तथा ये वेदनिन्दकाः विभीषणाः पूतिगन्धाः कूटमुद्गरपाणयः ॥
te mohamṛtyavaḥ sarve tathā ye vedanindakāḥ vibhīṣaṇāḥ pūtigandhāḥ kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ //
they all die in delusion, and likewise those who revile the Vedas; (to them come) terrifying ones, stinking of rot, with treacherous mallets in their hands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.43
आगच्छन्ति दुरात्मानो यमस्य पुरुषास् तथा प्राप्तेषु दृक्पथं तेषु जायते तस्य वेपथुः ॥
āgacchanti durātmāno yamasya puruṣās tathā prāpteṣu dṛkpathaṃ teṣu jāyate tasya vepathuḥ //
the evil-souled messengers of Yama come; and when they have come into his line of sight, trembling arises in him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.44
क्रन्दत्य् अविरतः सो ऽथ भ्रातृमातृपितृंस् तथा सा तु वाग् अस्फुटा विप्रा एकवर्णा विभाव्यते ॥
krandaty avirataḥ so 'tha bhrātṛmātṛpitṛṃs tathā sā tu vāg asphuṭā viprā ekavarṇā vibhāvyate //
Then he cries out ceaselessly to his brothers, mother and father; but that speech of his, O brahmins, is indistinct, and is perceived as (having) a single tone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.45
दृष्टिर् विभ्राम्यते त्रासात् कासावृष्ट्य् अत्य् अथाननम् ततः स वेदनाविष्टं तच् छरीरं विमुञ्चति ॥
dṛṣṭir vibhrāmyate trāsāt kāsāvṛṣṭy aty athānanam tataḥ sa vedanāviṣṭaṃ tac charīraṃ vimuñcati //
His sight wanders about from terror; coughing and a spray (of spittle) over his face; then he releases that body, which is possessed by pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.46
वाय्वग्रसारी तद्रूपदेहम् अन्यत् प्रपद्यते तत्कर्मयातनार्थे च न मातृपितृसंभवम् ॥
vāyvagrasārī tadrūpadeham anyat prapadyate tatkarmayātanārthe ca na mātṛpitṛsaṃbhavam //
Moving on ahead with the wind, he enters another body of that same form, for the purpose of undergoing the torment of that karma, and (this body) is not born of mother and father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.47
तत्प्रमाणवयोवस्थासंस्थानैः प्राप्यते व्यथा ततो दूतो यमस्याथ पाशैर् बध्नाति दारुणैः ॥
tatpramāṇavayovasthāsaṃsthānaiḥ prāpyate vyathā tato dūto yamasyātha pāśair badhnāti dāruṇaiḥ //
By its measure, age, condition and shape the suffering is obtained; then the messenger of Yama binds (him) with cruel nooses —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.48
जन्तोः संप्राप्तकालस्य वेदनार्तस्य वै भृशम् भूतैः संत्यक्तदेहस्य कण्ठप्राप्तानिलस्य च ॥
jantoḥ saṃprāptakālasya vedanārtasya vai bhṛśam bhūtaiḥ saṃtyaktadehasya kaṇṭhaprāptānilasya ca //
(binds) the creature whose time has come, who is severely afflicted with pain, whose body has been abandoned by the elements, and whose breath has reached the throat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.49
शरीराच् च्यावितो जीवो रोरवीति तथोल्बणम् निर्गतो वायुभूतस् तु षाट्कौशिककलेवरे ॥
śarīrāc cyāvito jīvo roravīti tatholbaṇam nirgato vāyubhūtas tu ṣāṭkauśikakalevare //
The living self, made to fall from the body, then howls dreadfully; having gone out and become wind (it departs) from the six-sheathed corpse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.50
मातृभिः पितृभिश् चैव भ्रातृभिर् मातुलैस् तथा दारैः पुत्रैर् वयस्यैश् च गुरुभिस् त्यज्यते भुवि ॥
mātṛbhiḥ pitṛbhiś caiva bhrātṛbhir mātulais tathā dāraiḥ putrair vayasyaiś ca gurubhis tyajyate bhuvi //
By mothers and fathers, by brothers and maternal uncles, by wives, sons, companions and elders he is abandoned on the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.51
दृश्यमानश् च तैर् दीनैर् अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणैर् भृशम् स्वशरीरं समुत्सृज्य वायुभूतस् तु गच्छति ॥
dṛśyamānaś ca tair dīnair aśrupūrṇekṣaṇair bhṛśam svaśarīraṃ samutsṛjya vāyubhūtas tu gacchati //
And while being gazed at by those wretched ones, their eyes brimming with tears, he abandons his own body altogether and, having become wind, goes on —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.52
अन्धकारम् अपारं च महाघोरं तमोवृतम् सुखदुःखप्रदातारं दुर्गमं पापकर्मणाम् ॥
andhakāram apāraṃ ca mahāghoraṃ tamovṛtam sukhaduḥkhapradātāraṃ durgamaṃ pāpakarmaṇām //
(to) the darkness, boundless, exceedingly dreadful, covered in gloom, dispenser of pleasure and pain, hard to traverse for those of evil deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.53
दुःसहं च दुरन्तं च दुर्निरीक्षं दुरासदम् दुरापम् अतिदुर्गं च पापिष्ठानां सदाहितम् ॥
duḥsahaṃ ca durantaṃ ca durnirīkṣaṃ durāsadam durāpam atidurgaṃ ca pāpiṣṭhānāṃ sadāhitam //
hard to bear, hard to get through, hard to look at, hard to approach, hard to reach and exceedingly impassable, always harmful for the most sinful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.54
कृष्यमाणाश् च तैर् भूतैर् याम्यैः पाशैस् तु संयताः मुद्गरैस् ताड्यमानाश् च नीयन्ते तं महापथम् ॥
kṛṣyamāṇāś ca tair bhūtair yāmyaiḥ pāśais tu saṃyatāḥ mudgarais tāḍyamānāś ca nīyante taṃ mahāpatham //
And, dragged along by those beings of Yama, bound with nooses and beaten with mallets, they are led onto that great road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.55
क्षीणायुषं समालोक्य प्राणिनं चायुषक्षये निनीषवः समायान्ति यमदूता भयंकराः ॥
kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ samālokya prāṇinaṃ cāyuṣakṣaye ninīṣavaḥ samāyānti yamadūtā bhayaṃkarāḥ //
Seeing a living being whose lifespan is spent, at the exhaustion of its life, the terrifying messengers of Yama come, wishing to lead it away,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.56
आरूढा यानकाले तु ऋक्षव्याघ्रखरेषु च उष्ट्रेषु वानरेष्व् अन्ये वृश्चिकेषु वृकेषु च ॥
ārūḍhā yānakāle tu ṛkṣavyāghrakhareṣu ca uṣṭreṣu vānareṣv anye vṛścikeṣu vṛkeṣu ca //
mounted, at the time of the journey, upon bears, tigers and donkeys, upon camels, upon monkeys; others upon scorpions and wolves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.57
उलूकसर्पमार्जारं तथान्ये गृध्रवाहनाः श्येनशृगालम् आरूढाः सरघाकङ्कवाहनाः ॥
ulūkasarpamārjāraṃ tathānye gṛdhravāhanāḥ śyenaśṛgālam ārūḍhāḥ saraghākaṅkavāhanāḥ //
upon owl, snake and cat; and others having vultures for vehicles; (some) mounted upon hawk and jackal, (some) having bees and herons for vehicles;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.58
वराहपशुवेतालमहिषास्यास् तथा परे नानारूपधरा घोराः सर्वप्राणिभयंकराः ॥
varāhapaśuvetālamahiṣāsyās tathā pare nānārūpadharā ghorāḥ sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkarāḥ //
and others with the faces of boars, cattle, vetālas and buffaloes, dreadful ones wearing manifold forms, terrifying to all living beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.59
दीर्घमुष्काः करालास्या वक्रनासास् त्रिलोचनाः महाहनुकपोलास्याः प्रलम्बदशनच्छदाः ॥
dīrghamuṣkāḥ karālāsyā vakranāsās trilocanāḥ mahāhanukapolāsyāḥ pralambadaśanacchadāḥ //
with long scrotums, gaping mouths, crooked noses, three eyes, with faces of huge jaws and cheeks, with drooping lips,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.60
निर्गतैर् विकृताकारैर् दशनैर् अङ्कुरोपमैः मांसशोणितदिग्धाङ्गा दंष्ट्राभिर् भृशम् उल्बणैः ॥
nirgatair vikṛtākārair daśanair aṅkuropamaiḥ māṃsaśoṇitadigdhāṅgā daṃṣṭrābhir bhṛśam ulbaṇaiḥ //
with protruding, misshapen teeth resembling hooks, their limbs smeared with flesh and blood, with fangs exceedingly terrible,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.61
मुखैः पातालसदृशैर् ज्वलज्जिह्वैर् भयंकरैः नेत्रैः सुविकृताकारैर् ज्वलत्पिङ्गलचञ्चलैः ॥
mukhaiḥ pātālasadṛśair jvalajjihvair bhayaṃkaraiḥ netraiḥ suvikṛtākārair jvalatpiṅgalacañcalaiḥ //
With mouths like the netherworld, terrifying, with flaming tongues; with eyes utterly misshapen in form, blazing, tawny and darting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.62
मार्जारोलूकखद्योतशक्रगोपवद् उद्धतैः केकरैः संकुलैस् स्तब्धैर् लोचनैः पावकोपमैः ॥
mārjārolūkakhadyotaśakragopavad uddhataiḥ kekaraiḥ saṃkulais stabdhair locanaiḥ pāvakopamaiḥ //
With eyes raised up like those of cats, owls, fireflies and cochineal insects, squinting, crowded together, unblinking, resembling fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.63
भृशम् आभरणैर् भीमैर् आबद्धैर् भुजगोपमैः शोणासरलगात्रैश् च मुण्डमालाविभूषितैः ॥
bhṛśam ābharaṇair bhīmair ābaddhair bhujagopamaiḥ śoṇāsaralagātraiś ca muṇḍamālāvibhūṣitaiḥ //
(Adorned) with dreadful ornaments tightly fastened on, resembling snakes, with limbs smeared with red (blood), and decked with garlands of skulls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.64
कण्ठस्थकृष्णसर्पैश् च फूत्काररवभीषणैः वह्निज्वालोपमैः केशैः स्तब्धरुक्षैर् भयंकरैः ॥
kaṇṭhasthakṛṣṇasarpaiś ca phūtkāraravabhīṣaṇaiḥ vahnijvālopamaiḥ keśaiḥ stabdharukṣair bhayaṃkaraiḥ //
And with black serpents about their necks, frightful with their hissing noise; with hair like tongues of fire, stiff and dry, terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.65
बभ्रुपिङ्गललोलैश् च कद्रुश्मश्रुभिर् आवृताः भुजदण्डैर् महाघोरैः प्रलम्बैः परिघोपमैः ॥
babhrupiṅgalalolaiś ca kadruśmaśrubhir āvṛtāḥ bhujadaṇḍair mahāghoraiḥ pralambaiḥ parighopamaiḥ //
And covered with brown, tawny, tossing, reddish-brown beards; with arms like clubs, most horrible, hanging down, like iron bars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.66
केचिद् द्विबाहवस् तत्र तथान्ये च चतुर्भुजाः द्विरष्टबाहवश् चान्ये दशविंशभुजास् तथा ॥
kecid dvibāhavas tatra tathānye ca caturbhujāḥ dviraṣṭabāhavaś cānye daśaviṃśabhujās tathā //
Some there had two arms, and others four arms, and others sixteen arms, and likewise ten or twenty arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.67
असंख्यातभुजाश् चान्ये केचिद् बाहुसहस्रिणः आयुधैर् विकृताकारैः प्रज्वलद्भिर् भयानकैः ॥
asaṃkhyātabhujāś cānye kecid bāhusahasriṇaḥ āyudhair vikṛtākāraiḥ prajvaladbhir bhayānakaiḥ //
And others had countless arms, some had a thousand arms, (armed) with weapons of misshapen form, blazing, frightful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.68
शक्तितोमरचक्राद्यैः सुदीप्तैर् विविधायुधैः पाशशृङ्खलदण्डैश् च भीषयन्तो महाबलाः ॥
śaktitomaracakrādyaiḥ sudīptair vividhāyudhaiḥ pāśaśṛṅkhaladaṇḍaiś ca bhīṣayanto mahābalāḥ //
With spears, lances, discs and the rest — brightly blazing weapons of many kinds — and with nooses, chains and staves, the mighty ones terrifying (all).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.69
आगच्छन्ति महारौद्रा मर्त्यानाम् आयुषः क्षये ग्रहीतुं प्राणिनः सर्वे यमस्याज्ञाकरास् तथा ॥
āgacchanti mahāraudrā martyānām āyuṣaḥ kṣaye grahītuṃ prāṇinaḥ sarve yamasyājñākarās tathā //
Exceedingly fierce, they come at the exhaustion of mortals' life-span to seize the living creatures — all of them executors of Yama's command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.70
यत् तच् छरीरम् आदत्ते यातनीयं स्वकर्मजम् तद् अस्य नीयते जन्तोर् यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥
yat tac charīram ādatte yātanīyaṃ svakarmajam tad asya nīyate jantor yamasya sadanaṃ prati //
Whatever body it takes on, fit for torment, produced by its own deeds — in that (body) the creature is led toward Yama's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.71
बद्ध्वा तत् कालपाशैश् च निगडैर् वज्रशृङ्खलैः ताडयित्वा भृशं क्रुद्धैर् नीयते यमकिंकरैः ॥
baddhvā tat kālapāśaiś ca nigaḍair vajraśṛṅkhalaiḥ tāḍayitvā bhṛśaṃ kruddhair nīyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ //
Having bound it with the nooses of Death and with fetters and adamantine chains, and having beaten it severely, the enraged servants of Yama lead it away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.72
प्रस्खलन्तं रुदन्तं च आक्रोशन्तं मुहुर् मुहुः हा तात मातः पुत्रेति वदन्तं कर्मदूषितम् ॥
praskhalantaṃ rudantaṃ ca ākrośantaṃ muhur muhuḥ hā tāta mātaḥ putreti vadantaṃ karmadūṣitam //
(Him who is) stumbling and weeping and crying out again and again, saying "Alas, father! Mother! Son!", defiled by his deeds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.73
आहत्य निशितैः शूलैर् मुद्गरैर् निशितैर् घनैः खड्गशक्तिप्रहारैश् च वज्रदण्डैः सुदारुणैः ॥
āhatya niśitaiḥ śūlair mudgarair niśitair ghanaiḥ khaḍgaśaktiprahāraiś ca vajradaṇḍaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ //
— having struck him with sharp spears, with sharp heavy hammers, and with blows of swords and lances, and with most cruel adamantine rods —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.74
भर्त्स्यमानो महारावैर् वज्रशक्तिसमन्वितैः एकैकशो भृशं क्रुद्धैस् ताडयद्भिः समन्ततः ॥
bhartsyamāno mahārāvair vajraśaktisamanvitaiḥ ekaikaśo bhṛśaṃ kruddhais tāḍayadbhiḥ samantataḥ //
— he is threatened with great roars by those armed with thunderbolts and lances, one by one, greatly enraged, striking him on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.75
स मुह्यमानो दुःखार्तः प्रतपंश् च इतस् ततः आकृष्य नीयते जन्तुर् अध्वानं सुभयंकरैः ॥
sa muhyamāno duḥkhārtaḥ pratapaṃś ca itas tataḥ ākṛṣya nīyate jantur adhvānaṃ subhayaṃkaraiḥ //
Fainting, stricken with pain, and burning here and there, the creature is dragged and led along the road by those most terrifying ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.76
कुशकण्टकवल्मीकशङ्कुपाषाणशर्करे तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्षारवज्रशतोत्कटे ॥
kuśakaṇṭakavalmīkaśaṅkupāṣāṇaśarkare tathā pradīptajvalane kṣāravajraśatotkaṭe //
(A road) full of kuśa-grass, thorns, ant-hills, stakes, stones and gravel, and likewise blazing with fire, made harsh with caustic and a hundred adamantine (spikes).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.77
प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्तेन दह्यमानस् तदंशुभिः कृष्यते यमदूतैश् च शिवासंनादभीषणैः ॥
pradīptādityataptena dahyamānas tadaṃśubhiḥ kṛṣyate yamadūtaiś ca śivāsaṃnādabhīṣaṇaiḥ //
Scorched by the blazing sun, burning in its rays, he is dragged by Yama's messengers, terrifying with the howling of jackals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.78
विकृष्यमाणस् तैर् घोरैर् भक्ष्यमाणः शिवाशतैः प्रयाति दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमालयम् ॥
vikṛṣyamāṇas tair ghorair bhakṣyamāṇaḥ śivāśataiḥ prayāti dāruṇe mārge pāpakarmā yamālayam //
Dragged along by those dreadful ones, devoured by hundreds of jackals, the evildoer goes along the cruel road to Yama's dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.79
क्वचिद् भीतैः क्वचित् त्रस्तैः प्रस्खलद्भिः क्वचित् क्वचित् दुःखेनाक्रन्दमानैश् च गन्तव्यः स महापथः ॥
kvacid bhītaiḥ kvacit trastaiḥ praskhaladbhiḥ kvacit kvacit duḥkhenākrandamānaiś ca gantavyaḥ sa mahāpathaḥ //
That great road must be traveled by those in some places afraid, in some places terrified, in some places stumbling, and in some places crying out in pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.80
निर्भर्त्स्यमानैर् उद्विग्नैर् विद्रुतैर् भयविह्वलैः कम्पमानशरीरैस् तु गन्तव्यं जीवसंज्ञकैः ॥
nirbhartsyamānair udvignair vidrutair bhayavihvalaiḥ kampamānaśarīrais tu gantavyaṃ jīvasaṃjñakaiḥ //
It must be traveled by those called 'living beings', who are threatened, distressed, put to flight, overcome with fear, their bodies trembling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.81
कण्टकाकीर्णमार्गेण संतप्तसिकतेन च दह्यमानैस् तु गन्तव्यं नरैर् दानविवर्जितैः ॥
kaṇṭakākīrṇamārgeṇa saṃtaptasikatena ca dahyamānais tu gantavyaṃ narair dānavivarjitaiḥ //
By a road strewn with thorns and with burning sand, (the way) must be traversed by men who are burned, men devoid of giving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.82
मेदःशोणितदुर्गन्धैर् बस्तगात्रैश् च पूगशः दग्धस्फुटत्वचाकीर्णैर् गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥
medaḥśoṇitadurgandhair bastagātraiś ca pūgaśaḥ dagdhasphuṭatvacākīrṇair gantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ //
Stinking of fat and blood, with bodies like goats', by the hundreds, covered with burned and split skin, (the way) must be traversed by killers of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.83
कूजद्भिः क्रन्दमानैश् च विक्रोशद्भिश् च विस्वरम् वेदनार्तैश् च सद्भिश् च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥
kūjadbhiḥ krandamānaiś ca vikrośadbhiś ca visvaram vedanārtaiś ca sadbhiś ca gantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ //
Moaning and wailing and shrieking discordantly, and being afflicted with pain, (the way) must be traversed by killers of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.84
शक्तिभिर् भिन्दिपालैश् च खड्गतोमरसायकैः भिद्यद्भिस् तीक्ष्णशूलाग्रैर् गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥
śaktibhir bhindipālaiś ca khaḍgatomarasāyakaiḥ bhidyadbhis tīkṣṇaśūlāgrair gantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ //
Being pierced by spears and slings, by swords, lances and arrows, and by the sharp points of pikes, (the way) must be traversed by killers of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.85
श्वानैर् व्याघ्रैर् वृकैः कङ्कैर् भक्ष्यमाणैश् च पापिभिः ॥
śvānair vyāghrair vṛkaiḥ kaṅkair bhakṣyamāṇaiś ca pāpibhiḥ //
And by the sinners, who are devoured by dogs, tigers, wolves and vultures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.86
कृन्तद्भिः क्रकचाघातैर् गन्तव्यं मांसखादिभिः महिषर्षभशृङ्गाग्रैर् भिद्यमानैः समन्ततः ॥
kṛntadbhiḥ krakacāghātair gantavyaṃ māṃsakhādibhiḥ mahiṣarṣabhaśṛṅgāgrair bhidyamānaiḥ samantataḥ //
(The way) must be traversed by the eaters of flesh, cut apart by blows of saws, torn open on all sides by the horn-tips of buffaloes and bulls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.87
उल्लिखद्भिः शूकरैश् च गन्तव्यं मांसखादकैः सूचीभ्रमरकाकोलमक्षिकाभिश् च संघशः ॥
ullikhadbhiḥ śūkaraiś ca gantavyaṃ māṃsakhādakaiḥ sūcībhramarakākolamakṣikābhiś ca saṃghaśaḥ //
(The way) must be traversed by the flesh-eaters, gashed by boars, and by needle-flies, bees, ravens and flies in swarms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.88
भुज्यमानैश् च गन्तव्यं पापिष्ठैर् मधुघातकैः विश्वस्तं स्वामिनं मित्रं स्त्रियं वा यस् तु घातयेत् ॥
bhujyamānaiś ca gantavyaṃ pāpiṣṭhair madhughātakaiḥ viśvastaṃ svāminaṃ mitraṃ striyaṃ vā yas tu ghātayet //
And (the way) must be traversed by the most sinful destroyers of honey (bees), being devoured; and by whoever kills a trusting master, a friend, or a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.89
शस्त्रैर् निकृत्यमानैश् च गन्तव्यं चातुरैर् नरैः घातयन्ति च ये जन्तूंस् ताडयन्ति निरागसः ॥
śastrair nikṛtyamānaiś ca gantavyaṃ cāturair naraiḥ ghātayanti ca ye jantūṃs tāḍayanti nirāgasaḥ //
And (the way) must be traversed by cunning men, cut up by weapons; and by those who kill living beings and beat the guiltless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.90
राक्षसैर् भक्ष्यमाणास् ते यान्ति याम्यपथं नराः ये हरन्ति परस्त्रीणां वरप्रावरणानि च ॥
rākṣasair bhakṣyamāṇās te yānti yāmyapathaṃ narāḥ ye haranti parastrīṇāṃ varaprāvaraṇāni ca //
Those men go along Yama's road devoured by rākṣasas; and those who steal the fine garments of other men's wives —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.91
ते यान्ति विद्रुता नग्नाः प्रेतीभूता यमालयम् वासो धान्यं हिरण्यं वा गृहक्षेत्रम् अथापि वा ॥
te yānti vidrutā nagnāḥ pretībhūtā yamālayam vāso dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ vā gṛhakṣetram athāpi vā //
they, having become ghosts, go naked and fleeing to Yama's abode; and (those who steal) clothing, grain, or gold, or a house or a field —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.92
ये हरन्ति दुरात्मानः पापिष्ठाः पापकर्मिणः पाषाणैर् लगुडैर् दण्डैस् ताड्यमानैस् तु जर्जरैः ॥
ye haranti durātmānaḥ pāpiṣṭhāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ pāṣāṇair laguḍair daṇḍais tāḍyamānais tu jarjaraiḥ //
those evil-souled, most sinful doers of sin who steal, beaten with stones, clubs and staves, broken and worn down,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.93
वहद्भिः शोणितं भूरि गन्तव्यं तु यमालयम् ब्रह्मस्वं ये हरन्तीह नरा नरकनिर्भयाः ॥
vahadbhiḥ śoṇitaṃ bhūri gantavyaṃ tu yamālayam brahmasvaṃ ye harantīha narā narakanirbhayāḥ //
streaming much blood, must go to Yama's abode; and those men who here steal a brahmin's property, unafraid of hell,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.94
ताडयन्ति तथा विप्रान् आक्रोशन्ति नराधमाः शुष्ककाष्ठनिबद्धास् ते छिन्नकर्णाक्षिनासिकाः ॥
tāḍayanti tathā viprān ākrośanti narādhamāḥ śuṣkakāṣṭhanibaddhās te chinnakarṇākṣināsikāḥ //
and those lowest of men who beat brahmins and revile them — they are bound to dry logs, their ears, eyes and noses cut off,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.95
पूयशोणितदिग्धास् ते कालगृध्रैश् च जम्बुकैः किंकरैर् भीषणैश् चण्डैस् ताड्यमानाश् च दारुणैः ॥
pūyaśoṇitadigdhās te kālagṛdhraiś ca jambukaiḥ kiṃkarair bhīṣaṇaiś caṇḍais tāḍyamānāś ca dāruṇaiḥ //
smeared with pus and blood, beaten by the vultures of death and by jackals, and by Yama's dreadful, fierce, cruel servants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.96
विक्रोशमाना गच्छन्ति पापिनस् ते यमालयम् एवं परमदुर्धर्षम् अध्वानं ज्वलनप्रभम् ॥
vikrośamānā gacchanti pāpinas te yamālayam evaṃ paramadurdharṣam adhvānaṃ jvalanaprabham //
those sinners go crying out to Yama's abode. Thus the road, utterly unassailable, glowing like fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.97
रौरवं दुर्गविषमं निर्दिष्टं मानुषस्य च प्रतप्तताम्रवर्णाभं वह्निज्वालास्फुलिङ्गवत् ॥
rauravaṃ durgaviṣamaṃ nirdiṣṭaṃ mānuṣasya ca prataptatāmravarṇābhaṃ vahnijvālāsphuliṅgavat //
terrible, difficult and rough, is declared (to lie in wait) for a man — with the sheen of heated copper, like the sparks of a fire's flame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.98
कुरण्टकण्टकाकीर्णं पृथुविकटताडनैः शक्तिवज्रैश् च संकीर्णम् उज्ज्वलं तीव्रकण्टकम् ॥
kuraṇṭakaṇṭakākīrṇaṃ pṛthuvikaṭatāḍanaiḥ śaktivajraiś ca saṃkīrṇam ujjvalaṃ tīvrakaṇṭakam //
strewn with kuraṇṭa thorns, with broad and hideous blows, packed with spears and thunderbolts, blazing, set with piercing thorns,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.99
अङ्गारवालुकामिश्रं वह्निकीटकदुर्गमम् ज्वालामालाकुलं रौद्रं सूर्यरश्मिप्रतापितम् ॥
aṅgāravālukāmiśraṃ vahnikīṭakadurgamam jvālāmālākulaṃ raudraṃ sūryaraśmipratāpitam //
mixed with embers and sand, impassable with fire-worms, filled with garlands of flame, dreadful, scorched by the sun's rays —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.100
अध्वानं नीयते देही कृष्यमाणः सुनिष्ठुरैः यदैव क्रन्दते जन्तुर् दुःखार्तः पतितः क्वचित् ॥
adhvānaṃ nīyate dehī kṛṣyamāṇaḥ suniṣṭhuraiḥ yadaiva krandate jantur duḥkhārtaḥ patitaḥ kvacit //
along this road the embodied one is led, dragged by the utterly merciless ones; and whenever the creature, stricken with pain, falls somewhere and cries out,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.101
तदैवाहन्यते सर्वैर् आयुधैर् यमकिंकरैः एवं संताड्यमानश् च लुब्धः पापेषु यो ऽनयः ॥
tadaivāhanyate sarvair āyudhair yamakiṃkaraiḥ evaṃ saṃtāḍyamānaś ca lubdhaḥ pāpeṣu yo 'nayaḥ //
Then he is struck by Yama's servants with all their weapons; thus is beaten the greedy man who is set on evil deeds and is without a guide.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.102
अवशो नीयते जन्तुर् दुर्धरैर् यमकिंकरैः सर्वैर् एव हि गन्तव्यम् अध्वानं तत् सुदुर्गमम् ॥
avaśo nīyate jantur durdharair yamakiṃkaraiḥ sarvair eva hi gantavyam adhvānaṃ tat sudurgamam //
Helpless, the creature is led away by the unrestrainable servants of Yama; for all indeed must travel that road, which is very hard to pass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.103
नीयते विविधैर् घोरैर् यमदूतैर् अवज्ञया नीत्वा सुदारुणं मार्गं प्राणिनं यमकिंकरैः ॥
nīyate vividhair ghorair yamadūtair avajñayā nītvā sudāruṇaṃ mārgaṃ prāṇinaṃ yamakiṃkaraiḥ //
He is led by various dreadful messengers of Yama with contempt; the servants of Yama, having led the living being along that most terrible road—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.104
प्रवेश्यते पुरीं घोरां ताम्रायसमयीं द्विजाः सा पुरी विपुलाकारा लक्षयोजनम् आयता ॥
praveśyate purīṃ ghorāṃ tāmrāyasamayīṃ dvijāḥ sā purī vipulākārā lakṣayojanam āyatā //
—he is made to enter a dreadful city made of copper and iron, O twice-born ones. That city is vast in form, extending a hundred thousand yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.105
चतुरस्रा विनिर्दिष्टा चतुर्द्वारवती शुभा प्राकाराः काञ्चनास् तस्या योजनायुतम् उच्छ्रिताः ॥
caturasrā vinirdiṣṭā caturdvāravatī śubhā prākārāḥ kāñcanās tasyā yojanāyutam ucchritāḥ //
It is described as four-cornered, having four gates, splendid; its ramparts are of gold, ten thousand yojanas high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.106
इन्द्रनीलमहानीलपद्मरागोपशोभिता सा पुरी विविधैः संघैर् घोरा घोरैः समाकुला ॥
indranīlamahānīlapadmarāgopaśobhitā sā purī vividhaiḥ saṃghair ghorā ghoraiḥ samākulā //
Adorned with sapphire, great sapphire and ruby, that city is dreadful, crowded with various dreadful hosts—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.107
देवदानवगन्धर्वैर् यक्षराक्षसपन्नगैः पूर्वद्वारं शुभं तस्याः पताकाशतशोभितम् ॥
devadānavagandharvair yakṣarākṣasapannagaiḥ pūrvadvāraṃ śubhaṃ tasyāḥ patākāśataśobhitam //
—with gods, demons, gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents. Its eastern gate is splendid, adorned with hundreds of banners,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.108
वज्रेन्द्रनीलवैदूर्यमुक्ताफलविभूषितम् गीतनृत्यैः समाकीर्णं गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणैः ॥
vajrendranīlavaidūryamuktāphalavibhūṣitam gītanṛtyaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ //
decorated with diamond, sapphire, beryl and pearls, filled with songs and dances by the throngs of gandharvas and apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.109
प्रवेशस् तेन देवानाम् ऋषीणां योगिनां तथा गन्धर्वसिद्धयक्षाणां विद्याधरविसर्पिणाम् ॥
praveśas tena devānām ṛṣīṇāṃ yogināṃ tathā gandharvasiddhayakṣāṇāṃ vidyādharavisarpiṇām //
Through it is the entrance of the gods, the sages and the yogins, and of the gandharvas, siddhas and yakṣas, and of the vidyādharas who move about (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.110
उत्तरं नगरद्वारं घण्टाचामरभूषितम् छत्त्रचामरविन्यासं नानारत्नैर् अलंकृतम् ॥
uttaraṃ nagaradvāraṃ ghaṇṭācāmarabhūṣitam chattracāmaravinyāsaṃ nānāratnair alaṃkṛtam //
The northern gate of the city is adorned with bells and yak-tail whisks, set about with parasols and whisks, decorated with various jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.111
वीणारेणुरवै रम्यैर् गीतमङ्गलनादितैः ऋग्यजुःसामनिर्घोषैर् मुनिवृन्दसमाकुलम् ॥
vīṇāreṇuravai ramyair gītamaṅgalanāditaiḥ ṛgyajuḥsāmanirghoṣair munivṛndasamākulam //
(resounding) with the lovely sounds of lutes and reed-pipes, with songs and auspicious music, with the sound of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman, thronged with crowds of sages;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 214.112
विशन्ति येन धर्मज्ञाः सत्यव्रतपरायणाः ग्रीष्मे वारिप्रदा ये च शीते चाग्निप्रदा नराः ॥
viśanti yena dharmajñāḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ grīṣme vāripradā ye ca śīte cāgnipradā narāḥ //
through it enter those who know dharma, who are devoted to the vow of truth, and those men who give water in the hot season and fire in the cold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.113
श्रान्तसंवाहका ये च प्रियवादरताश् च ये ये च दानरताः शूरा मातापितृपराश् च ये ॥
śrāntasaṃvāhakā ye ca priyavādaratāś ca ye ye ca dānaratāḥ śūrā mātāpitṛparāś ca ye //
and those who massage the weary, and those who delight in kind speech, and those brave ones who delight in giving, and those devoted to mother and father,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.114
द्विजशुश्रूषणे युक्ता नित्यं ये ऽतिथिपूजकाः पश्चिमं तु महाद्वारं पुर्या रत्नैर् विभूषितम् ॥
dvijaśuśrūṣaṇe yuktā nityaṃ ye 'tithipūjakāḥ paścimaṃ tu mahādvāraṃ puryā ratnair vibhūṣitam //
those engaged in serving the twice-born, those who always honour guests. But the great western gate of the city is adorned with jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.115
विचित्रमणिसोपानं तोमरैः समलंकृतम् भेरीमृदङ्गसंनादैः शङ्खकाहलनादितम् ॥
vicitramaṇisopānaṃ tomaraiḥ samalaṃkṛtam bherīmṛdaṅgasaṃnādaiḥ śaṅkhakāhalanāditam //
having steps of variegated gems, ornamented with lances, resounding with the sounds of kettledrums and mṛdaṅgas, echoing with conches and trumpets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.116
सिद्धवृन्दैः सदा हृष्टैर् मङ्गलैः प्रणिनादितम् प्रवेशस् तेन हृष्टानां शिवभक्तिमतां नृणाम् ॥
siddhavṛndaiḥ sadā hṛṣṭair maṅgalaiḥ praṇināditam praveśas tena hṛṣṭānāṃ śivabhaktimatāṃ nṛṇām //
resounding with auspicious cries from throngs of siddhas always delighted; through it is the entrance of joyful men who possess devotion to Śiva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.117
सर्वतीर्थप्लुता ये च पञ्चाग्नेर् ये च सेवकाः प्रस्थाने ये मृता वीरा मृताः कालञ्जरे गिरौ ॥
sarvatīrthaplutā ye ca pañcāgner ye ca sevakāḥ prasthāne ye mṛtā vīrā mṛtāḥ kālañjare girau //
and those who have bathed in all the sacred fords, and those who tend the five fires, the heroes who died while marching out, those who died on Mount Kālañjara,
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BrP 214.118
अग्नौ विपन्ना ये वीराः साधितं यैर् अनाशकम् ये स्वामिमित्रलोकार्थे गोग्रहे संकुले हताः ॥
agnau vipannā ye vīrāḥ sādhitaṃ yair anāśakam ye svāmimitralokārthe gograhe saṃkule hatāḥ //
those heroes who perished in fire, those by whom fasting (to death) was accomplished, those who were slain in a cattle-raid or in the press of battle for the sake of their lord, a friend, or the people—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.119
ते विशन्ति नराः शूराः पश्चिमेन तपोधनाः पुर्यां तस्या महाघोरं सर्वसत्त्वभयंकरम् ॥
te viśanti narāḥ śūrāḥ paścimena tapodhanāḥ puryāṃ tasyā mahāghoraṃ sarvasattvabhayaṃkaram //
those brave men, rich in ascetic power, enter by the western (gate). In that city there is a most dreadful (gate), terrifying to all beings,
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BrP 214.120
हाहाकारसमाक्रुष्टं दक्षिणं द्वारम् ईदृशम् अन्धकारसमायुक्तं तीक्ष्णशृङ्गैः समन्वितम् ॥
hāhākārasamākruṣṭaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ dvāram īdṛśam andhakārasamāyuktaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgaiḥ samanvitam //
loud with cries of 'alas, alas'—such is the southern gate, filled with darkness, furnished with sharp spikes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.121
कण्टकैर् वृश्चिकैः सर्पैर् वज्रकीटैः सुदुर्गमैः विलुम्पद्भिर् वृकैर् व्याघ्रैर् ऋक्षैः सिंहैः सजम्बुकैः ॥
kaṇṭakair vṛścikaiḥ sarpair vajrakīṭaiḥ sudurgamaiḥ vilumpadbhir vṛkair vyāghrair ṛkṣaiḥ siṃhaiḥ sajambukaiḥ //
(It is) beset with thorns, scorpions, snakes and adamant-hard worms, very hard to traverse, (full) of mauling wolves, tigers, bears, lions together with jackals,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.122
श्वानमार्जारगृध्रैश् च सज्वालकवलैर् मुखैः प्रवेशस् तेन वै नित्यं सर्वेषाम् अपकारिणाम् ॥
śvānamārjāragṛdhraiś ca sajvālakavalair mukhaiḥ praveśas tena vai nityaṃ sarveṣām apakāriṇām //
and with dogs, cats and vultures, whose mouths hold flaming morsels; by that (gate) is always the entrance of all who do harm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.123
ये घातयन्ति विप्रान् गा बालं वृद्धं तथातुरम् शरणागतं विश्वस्तं स्त्रियं मित्रं निरायुधम् ॥
ye ghātayanti viprān gā bālaṃ vṛddhaṃ tathāturam śaraṇāgataṃ viśvastaṃ striyaṃ mitraṃ nirāyudham //
Those who kill brahmins, cows, a child, an old man, or one who is sick, one who has come for refuge, one who trusts (them), a woman, a friend, or one who is unarmed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.124
ये ऽगम्यागामिनो मूढाः परद्रव्यापहारिणः निक्षेपस्यापहर्तारो विषवह्निप्रदाश् च ये ॥
ye 'gamyāgāmino mūḍhāḥ paradravyāpahāriṇaḥ nikṣepasyāpahartāro viṣavahnipradāś ca ye //
Those deluded men who go to women they may not approach, who steal others' property, who make off with a deposit entrusted (to them), and those who administer poison or set fires —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.125
परभूमिं गृहं शय्यां वस्त्रालंकारहारिणः पररन्ध्रेषु ये क्रूरा ये सदानृतवादिनः ॥
parabhūmiṃ gṛhaṃ śayyāṃ vastrālaṃkārahāriṇaḥ pararandhreṣu ye krūrā ye sadānṛtavādinaḥ //
(Those who) steal another's land, house, bed, clothes and ornaments; those who are cruel (in exploiting) others' weak points; those who always speak falsehood —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.126
ग्रामराष्ट्रपुरस्थाने महादुःखप्रदा हि ये कूटसाक्षिप्रदातारः कन्याविक्रयकारकाः ॥
grāmarāṣṭrapurasthāne mahāduḥkhapradā hi ye kūṭasākṣipradātāraḥ kanyāvikrayakārakāḥ //
and those who cause great suffering in village, kingdom and city; those who give false witness; those who sell (their) daughters —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 214.127
अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता ये गच्छन्ति सुतां स्नुषाम् मातरं पितरं चैव ये वदन्ति च पौरुषम् ॥
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā ye gacchanti sutāṃ snuṣām mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva ye vadanti ca pauruṣam //
Those who delight in eating what should not be eaten, who go to (their own) daughter or daughter-in-law, and who speak abusive words to mother and father —
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BrP 214.128
अन्ये ये चैव निर्दिष्टा महापातककारिणः दक्षिणेन तु ते सर्वे द्वारेण प्रविशन्ति वै ॥
anye ye caiva nirdiṣṭā mahāpātakakāriṇaḥ dakṣiṇena tu te sarve dvāreṇa praviśanti vai //
And the others who have been designated as committers of the great sins — all of them enter by the southern gate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition