Brahma Purana — Chapter 215
BrP 215.1
कथं दक्षिणमार्गेण विशन्ति पापिनः पुरम् श्रोतुम् इच्छाम तद् ब्रूहि विस्तरेण तपोधन ॥
kathaṃ dakṣiṇamārgeṇa viśanti pāpinaḥ puram śrotum icchāma tad brūhi vistareṇa tapodhana //
How is it that sinners enter the city by the southern road? We wish to hear this; tell it in detail, O you rich in austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.2
सुघोरं तन् महाघोरं द्वारं वक्ष्यामि भीषणम् नानाश्वापदसंकीर्णं शिवाशतनिनादितम् ॥
sughoraṃ tan mahāghoraṃ dvāraṃ vakṣyāmi bhīṣaṇam nānāśvāpadasaṃkīrṇaṃ śivāśatanināditam //
I shall describe that terrible, most terrible, frightful gate, crowded with beasts of prey of many kinds, resounding with hundreds of jackals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.3
फेत्काररवसंयुक्तम् अगम्यं लोमहर्षणम् भूतप्रेतपिशाचैश् च वृतं चान्यैश् च राक्षसैः ॥
phetkāraravasaṃyuktam agamyaṃ lomaharṣaṇam bhūtapretapiśācaiś ca vṛtaṃ cānyaiś ca rākṣasaiḥ //
(It is) filled with shrieking howls, impassable, hair-raising, and crowded with ghosts, spirits and piśācas, and with other demons too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.4
एवं दृष्ट्वा सुदूरान्ते द्वारं दुष्कृतकारिणः मोहं गच्छन्ति सहसा त्रासाद् विप्रलपन्ति च ॥
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā sudūrānte dvāraṃ duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ mohaṃ gacchanti sahasā trāsād vipralapanti ca //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 215.5
ततस् ताञ् शृङ्खलैः पाशैर् बद्ध्वा कर्षन्ति निर्भयाः ताडयन्ति च दण्डैश् च भर्त्सयन्ति पुनः पुनः ॥
tatas tāñ śṛṅkhalaiḥ pāśair baddhvā karṣanti nirbhayāḥ tāḍayanti ca daṇḍaiś ca bhartsayanti punaḥ punaḥ //
Then, having bound them with chains and nooses, (the servants of Yama) drag them without fear, and beat them with rods, and threaten them again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.6
लब्धसंज्ञास् ततस् ते वै रुधिरेण परिप्लुताः व्रजन्ति दक्षिणं द्वारं प्रस्खलन्तः पदे पदे ॥
labdhasaṃjñās tatas te vai rudhireṇa pariplutāḥ vrajanti dakṣiṇaṃ dvāraṃ praskhalantaḥ pade pade //
Then, having regained consciousness, drenched with blood, they proceed to the southern gate, stumbling at every step.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.7
तीव्रकण्टकयुक्तेन शर्करानिचितेन च क्षुरधारानिभैस् तीक्ष्णैः पाषाणैर् निचितेन च ॥
tīvrakaṇṭakayuktena śarkarānicitena ca kṣuradhārānibhais tīkṣṇaiḥ pāṣāṇair nicitena ca //
(They go by a road) set with sharp thorns, heaped with gravel, and strewn with keen stones resembling razor-edges,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.8
क्वचित् पङ्केन निचिता निरुत्तारैश् च खातकैः लोहसूचीनिभैर् दन्तैः संछन्नेन क्वचित् क्वचित् ॥
kvacit paṅkena nicitā niruttāraiś ca khātakaiḥ lohasūcīnibhair dantaiḥ saṃchannena kvacit kvacit //
in places thick with mud, and with pits from which there is no getting out, in one place and another covered over with teeth like iron needles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.9
तटप्रपातविषमैः पर्वतैर् वृक्षसंकुलैः प्रतप्ताङ्गारयुक्तेन यान्ति मार्गेण दुःखिताः ॥
taṭaprapātaviṣamaiḥ parvatair vṛkṣasaṃkulaiḥ prataptāṅgārayuktena yānti mārgeṇa duḥkhitāḥ //
(They) go, suffering, by a road made rugged with cliff-banks and precipices, with mountains crowded with trees, and beset with burning coals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.10
क्वचिद् विषमगर्ताभिः क्वचिल् लोष्टैः सुपिच्छलैः सुतप्तवालुकाभिश् च तथा तीक्ष्णैश् च शङ्कुभिः ॥
kvacid viṣamagartābhiḥ kvacil loṣṭaiḥ supicchalaiḥ sutaptavālukābhiś ca tathā tīkṣṇaiś ca śaṅkubhiḥ //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 215.11
अयःशृङ्गाटकैस् तप्तैः क्वचिद् दावाग्निना युतम् क्वचित् तप्तशिलाभिश् च क्वचिद् व्याप्तं हिमेन च ॥
ayaḥśṛṅgāṭakais taptaiḥ kvacid dāvāgninā yutam kvacit taptaśilābhiś ca kvacid vyāptaṃ himena ca //
(In places it is strewn) with heated iron caltrops, in places it is beset with forest fire, in places with scorching rocks, and in places it is covered with ice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.12
क्वचिद् वालुकया व्याप्तम् आकण्ठान्तःप्रवेशया क्वचिद् दुष्टाम्बुना व्याप्तं क्वचित् कर्षाग्निना पुनः ॥
kvacid vālukayā vyāptam ākaṇṭhāntaḥpraveśayā kvacid duṣṭāmbunā vyāptaṃ kvacit karṣāgninā punaḥ //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 215.13
क्वचित् सिंहैर् वृकैर् व्याघ्रैर् दशकीटैश् च दारुणैः क्वचिन् महाजलौकाभिः क्वचिद् अजगरैः पुनः ॥
kvacit siṃhair vṛkair vyāghrair daśakīṭaiś ca dāruṇaiḥ kvacin mahājalaukābhiḥ kvacid ajagaraiḥ punaḥ //
In one place (the road is beset) by lions, wolves, and tigers, and by dreadful biting insects; in another by huge leeches, and again in another by pythons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.14
मक्षिकाभिश् च रौद्राभिः क्वचित् सर्पविषोल्बणैः क्वचिद् दुष्टगजैश् चैव बलोन्मत्तैः प्रमाथिभिः ॥
makṣikābhiś ca raudrābhiḥ kvacit sarpaviṣolbaṇaiḥ kvacid duṣṭagajaiś caiva balonmattaiḥ pramāthibhiḥ //
And by fierce flies, in one place by snakes teeming with venom, and in another by vicious elephants, mad with strength and given to crushing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.15
पन्थानम् उल्लिखद्भिश् च तीक्ष्णशृङ्गैर् महावृषैः महाशृङ्गैश् च महिषैर् उष्ट्रैर् मत्तैश् च खादनैः ॥
panthānam ullikhadbhiś ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgair mahāvṛṣaiḥ mahāśṛṅgaiś ca mahiṣair uṣṭrair mattaiś ca khādanaiḥ //
And by great bulls with sharp horns that gouge up the road, and by buffaloes with huge horns, and by camels in rut that bite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.16
डाकिनीभिश् च रौद्राभिर् विकरालैश् च राक्षसैः व्याधिभिश् च महारौद्रैः पीड्यमाना व्रजन्ति ते ॥
ḍākinībhiś ca raudrābhir vikarālaiś ca rākṣasaiḥ vyādhibhiś ca mahāraudraiḥ pīḍyamānā vrajanti te //
Tormented by dreadful Ḍākinīs, by grimly gaping Rākṣasas, and by most terrible diseases, they go on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.17
महाधूलिविमिश्रेण महाचण्डेन वायुना महापाषाणवर्षेण हन्यमाना निराश्रयाः ॥
mahādhūlivimiśreṇa mahācaṇḍena vāyunā mahāpāṣāṇavarṣeṇa hanyamānā nirāśrayāḥ //
Beaten by a most violent wind mixed with great masses of dust, and by a rain of huge stones, with no refuge (they go on).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.18
क्वचिद् विद्युन्निपातेन दीर्यमाणा व्रजन्ति ते महता बाणवर्षेण भिद्यमानाश् च सर्वशः ॥
kvacid vidyunnipātena dīryamāṇā vrajanti te mahatā bāṇavarṣeṇa bhidyamānāś ca sarvaśaḥ //
In one place they go on being split apart by the fall of lightning, and being pierced on all sides by a great rain of arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.19
पतद्भिर् वज्रनिर्घातैर् उल्कापातैः सुदारुणैः प्रदीप्ताङ्गारवर्षेण दह्यमाना विशन्ति च ॥
patadbhir vajranirghātair ulkāpātaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ pradīptāṅgāravarṣeṇa dahyamānā viśanti ca //
And they enter, burned by falling thunderclaps, by most dreadful showers of meteors, and by a rain of blazing coals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.20
महता पांशुवर्षेण पूर्यमाणा रुदन्ति च मेघारवैः सुघोरैश् च वित्रास्यन्ते मुहुर् मुहुः ॥
mahatā pāṃśuvarṣeṇa pūryamāṇā rudanti ca meghāravaiḥ sughoraiś ca vitrāsyante muhur muhuḥ //
Buried under a great rain of dust, they weep; and by most horrible roars of clouds they are terrified again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.21
निःशेषाः शरवर्षेण चूर्ण्यमाणाश् च सर्वतः महाक्षाराम्बुधाराभिः सिच्यमाना व्रजन्ति च ॥
niḥśeṣāḥ śaravarṣeṇa cūrṇyamāṇāś ca sarvataḥ mahākṣārāmbudhārābhiḥ sicyamānā vrajanti ca //
Reduced to nothing, ground to powder on every side by the rain of arrows, and drenched by great streams of caustic water, they go on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.22
महाशीतेन मरुता रूक्षेण परुषेण च समन्ताद् दीर्यमाणाश् च शुष्यन्ते संकुचन्ति च ॥
mahāśītena marutā rūkṣeṇa paruṣeṇa ca samantād dīryamāṇāś ca śuṣyante saṃkucanti ca //
And, split apart on all sides by a very cold wind, harsh and rough, they dry up and shrivel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.23
इत्थं मार्गेण पुरुषाः पाथेयरहितेन च निरालम्बेन दुर्गेण निर्जलेन समन्ततः ॥
itthaṃ mārgeṇa puruṣāḥ pātheyarahitena ca nirālambena durgeṇa nirjalena samantataḥ //
Thus (they travel) by a road that is without provisions, without support, hard to pass, waterless on every side—those men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.24
अतिश्रमेण महता निर्गतेनाश्रमाय वै नीयन्ते देहिनः सर्वे ये मूढाः पापकर्मिणः ॥
atiśrameṇa mahatā nirgatenāśramāya vai nīyante dehinaḥ sarve ye mūḍhāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ //
—with great excessive toil that leads to no rest at all, all those embodied beings are led along, those who are deluded doers of evil deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.25
यमदूतैर् महाघोरैस् तदाज्ञाकारिभिर् बलात् एकाकिनः पराधीना मित्रबन्धुविवर्जिताः ॥
yamadūtair mahāghorais tadājñākāribhir balāt ekākinaḥ parādhīnā mitrabandhuvivarjitāḥ //
by force, by the most horrible messengers of Yama who carry out his command—alone, in another's power, bereft of friends and kinsmen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.26
शोचन्तः स्वानि कर्माणि रुदन्ति च मुहुर् मुहुः प्रेतीभूता निषिद्धास् ते शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुकाः ॥
śocantaḥ svāni karmāṇi rudanti ca muhur muhuḥ pretībhūtā niṣiddhās te śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukāḥ //
grieving over their own deeds, they weep again and again; become ghosts, held back, their throats, lips, and palates dry,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.27
कृशाङ्गा भीतभीताश् च दह्यमानाः क्षुधाग्निना बद्धाः शृङ्खलया केचित् केचिद् उत्तानपादयोः ॥
kṛśāṅgā bhītabhītāś ca dahyamānāḥ kṣudhāgninā baddhāḥ śṛṅkhalayā kecit kecid uttānapādayoḥ //
their limbs emaciated, terrified, burning with the fire of hunger, some bound with a chain, some by the feet turned upward—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.28
आकृष्यन्ते शुष्यमाणा यमदूतैर् बलोत्कटैः नरा अधोमुखाश् चान्ये कृष्यमाणाः सुदुःखिताः ॥
ākṛṣyante śuṣyamāṇā yamadūtair balotkaṭaiḥ narā adhomukhāś cānye kṛṣyamāṇāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ //
they are dragged along, withering, by Yama's messengers of overbearing strength; and other men, head downward, are dragged along in great misery,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.29
अन्नपानीयरहिता याचमानाः पुनः पुनः देहि देहीति भाषन्तः साश्रुगद्गदया गिरा ॥
annapānīyarahitā yācamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ dehi dehīti bhāṣantaḥ sāśrugadgadayā girā //
deprived of food and drink, begging again and again, saying "Give, give!" with a voice tearful and choking,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.30
कृताञ्जलिपुटा दीनाः क्षुत्तृष्णापरिपीडिताः भक्ष्यान् उच्चावचान् दृष्ट्वा भोज्यान् पेयांश् च पुष्कलान् ॥
kṛtāñjalipuṭā dīnāḥ kṣuttṛṣṇāparipīḍitāḥ bhakṣyān uccāvacān dṛṣṭvā bhojyān peyāṃś ca puṣkalān //
with their palms joined, wretched, tormented by hunger and thirst, seeing foods of all sorts, high and low, and abundant dishes and drinks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.31
सुगन्धद्रव्यसंयुक्तान् याचमानाः पुनः पुनः दधिक्षीरघृतोन्मिश्रं दृष्ट्वा शाल्योदनं तथा ॥
sugandhadravyasaṃyuktān yācamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ dadhikṣīraghṛtonmiśraṃ dṛṣṭvā śālyodanaṃ tathā //
(seeing them) mixed with fragrant substances, begging again and again, and seeing rice cooked with curds, milk, and ghee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.32
पानानि च सुगन्धीनि शीतलान्य् उदकानि च तान् याचमानांस् ते याम्या भर्त्सयन्तस् तदाब्रुवन् वचोभिः परुषैर् भीमाः क्रोधरक्तान्तलोचनाः ॥
pānāni ca sugandhīni śītalāny udakāni ca tān yācamānāṃs te yāmyā bhartsayantas tadābruvan vacobhiḥ paruṣair bhīmāḥ krodharaktāntalocanāḥ //
and fragrant drinks and cool waters—those men of Yama, rebuking them as they beg, then spoke with harsh words, terrifying, the corners of their eyes red with anger:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.33
न भवद्भिर् हुतं काले न दत्तं ब्राह्मणेषु च प्रसभं दीयमानं च वारितं च द्विजातिषु ॥
na bhavadbhir hutaṃ kāle na dattaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu ca prasabhaṃ dīyamānaṃ ca vāritaṃ ca dvijātiṣu //
"You made no offering into the fire at the proper time, nor gave anything to the brahmins; and what was being given (by others) you forcibly stopped in the case of the twice-born."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.34
तस्य पापस्य च फलं भवतां समुपागतम् नाग्नौ दग्धं जले नष्टं न हृतं नृपतस्करैः ॥
tasya pāpasya ca phalaṃ bhavatāṃ samupāgatam nāgnau dagdhaṃ jale naṣṭaṃ na hṛtaṃ nṛpataskaraiḥ //
"And the fruit of that sin has now come upon you. It was not burnt in fire, not lost in water, not carried off by kings or thieves."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.35
कुतो वा सांप्रतं विप्रे यन् न दत्तं पुराधमाः यैर् दत्तानि तु दानानि साधुभिः सात्त्विकानि तु ॥
kuto vā sāṃprataṃ vipre yan na dattaṃ purādhamāḥ yair dattāni tu dānāni sādhubhiḥ sāttvikāni tu //
"Or from where (should it come) now, O base ones, since nothing was formerly given to a brahmin? But those good men by whom gifts were given, gifts of the quality of goodness—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.36
तेषाम् एते प्रदृश्यन्ते कल्पिता ह्य् अन्नपर्वताः भक्ष्यभोज्याश् च पेयाश् च लेह्याश् चोष्याश् च संवृताः ॥
teṣām ete pradṛśyante kalpitā hy annaparvatāḥ bhakṣyabhojyāś ca peyāś ca lehyāś coṣyāś ca saṃvṛtāḥ //
"—these heaped-up mountains of food are seen belonging to them: things to chew and to eat, drinks, things to lick and to suck, all gathered together."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.37
न यूयम् अभिलप्स्यध्वे न दत्तं च कथंचन यैस् तु दत्तं हुतं चेष्टं ब्राह्मणाश् चैव पूजिताः ॥
na yūyam abhilapsyadhve na dattaṃ ca kathaṃcana yais tu dattaṃ hutaṃ ceṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇāś caiva pūjitāḥ //
"You shall not obtain (any of it), for you gave nothing in any way. But those by whom giving was done, oblations offered, sacrifices performed, and brahmins honoured—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.38
तेषाम् अन्नं समानीय इह निक्षिप्यते सदा परस्वं कथम् अस्माभिर् दातुं शक्येत नारकाः ॥
teṣām annaṃ samānīya iha nikṣipyate sadā parasvaṃ katham asmābhir dātuṃ śakyeta nārakāḥ //
"—their food is brought here and always deposited. How could another's property be given away by us, O denizens of hell?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.39
किंकराणां वचः श्रुत्वा निःस्पृहाः क्षुत्तृषार्दिताः ततस् ते दारुणैश् चास्त्रैः पीड्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः ॥
kiṃkarāṇāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā niḥspṛhāḥ kṣuttṛṣārditāḥ tatas te dāruṇaiś cāstraiḥ pīḍyante yamakiṃkaraiḥ //
Having heard the words of the servants, without hope, tormented by hunger and thirst, they are then afflicted by Yama's servants with cruel weapons—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.40
मुद्गरैर् लोहदण्डैश् च शक्तितोमरपट्टिशैः परिघैर् भिन्दिपालैश् च गदापरशुभिः शरैः ॥
mudgarair lohadaṇḍaiś ca śaktitomarapaṭṭiśaiḥ parighair bhindipālaiś ca gadāparaśubhiḥ śaraiḥ //
—with mallets and iron rods, with spears, lances and sharp-edged pikes, with iron bars and slings, with clubs, axes, and arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.41
पृष्ठतो हन्यमान्याश् च यमदूतैः सुनिर्दयैः अग्रतः सिंहव्याघ्राद्यैर् भक्ष्यन्ते पापकारिणः ॥
pṛṣṭhato hanyamānyāś ca yamadūtaiḥ sunirdayaiḥ agrataḥ siṃhavyāghrādyair bhakṣyante pāpakāriṇaḥ //
Being struck from behind by the utterly pitiless messengers of Yama, and in front devoured by lions, tigers and the like, the doers of evil (suffer).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.42
न प्रवेष्टुं न निर्गन्तुं लभन्ते दुःखिता भृशम् स्वकर्मोपहताः पापाः क्रन्दमानाः सुदारुणाः ॥
na praveṣṭuṃ na nirgantuṃ labhante duḥkhitā bhṛśam svakarmopahatāḥ pāpāḥ krandamānāḥ sudāruṇāḥ //
They are able neither to enter nor to go out, exceedingly wretched; the sinners, ruined by their own deeds, crying out, in a most dreadful state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.43
तत्र संपीड्य सुभृशं प्रवेशं यमकिंकरैः नीयन्ते पापिनस् तत्र यत्र तिष्ठेत् स्वयं यमः ॥
tatra saṃpīḍya subhṛśaṃ praveśaṃ yamakiṃkaraiḥ nīyante pāpinas tatra yatra tiṣṭhet svayaṃ yamaḥ //
There, being violently crushed at the entrance by Yama's servants, the sinners are led to that place where Yama himself abides,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.44
धर्मात्मा धर्मकृद् देवः सर्वसंयमनो यमः एवं पथातिकष्टेन प्राप्ताः प्रेतपुरं नराः ॥
dharmātmā dharmakṛd devaḥ sarvasaṃyamano yamaḥ evaṃ pathātikaṣṭena prāptāḥ pretapuraṃ narāḥ //
(he who is) righteous in nature, the doer of justice, the god Yama, the restrainer of all. Thus by an exceedingly painful road the men reach the city of the dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.45
प्रज्ञापितास् तदा दूतैर् निवेश्यन्ते यमाग्रतः ततस् ते पापकर्माणस् तं पश्यन्ति भयानकम् ॥
prajñāpitās tadā dūtair niveśyante yamāgrataḥ tatas te pāpakarmāṇas taṃ paśyanti bhayānakam //
Then, announced by the messengers, they are set down before Yama; and those of evil deeds then behold that terrifying one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.46
पापापविद्धनयना विपरीतात्मबुद्धयः दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं भ्रुकूटीकुटिलेक्षणम् ॥
pāpāpaviddhanayanā viparītātmabuddhayaḥ daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhrukūṭīkuṭilekṣaṇam //
—their eyes stricken by their sin, their own minds turned upside down—(they behold him) with a mouth gaping with tusks, with eyes crooked in a frown,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.47
ऊर्ध्वकेशं महाश्मश्रुं प्रस्फुरदधरोत्तरम् अष्टादशभुजं क्रुद्धं नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् ॥
ūrdhvakeśaṃ mahāśmaśruṃ prasphuradadharottaram aṣṭādaśabhujaṃ kruddhaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam //
with hair standing up, with a great beard, his lips quivering, eighteen-armed, angry, like a mass of black collyrium,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.48
सर्वायुधोद्यतकरं तीव्रदण्डेन संयुतम् महामहिषम् आरूढं दीप्ताग्निसमलोचनम् ॥
sarvāyudhodyatakaraṃ tīvradaṇḍena saṃyutam mahāmahiṣam ārūḍhaṃ dīptāgnisamalocanam //
with all weapons raised in his hands, equipped with the terrible rod, mounted on a huge buffalo, his eyes like blazing fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.49
रक्तमाल्याम्बरधरं महामेघम् इवोच्छ्रितम् प्रलयाम्बुदनिर्घोषं पिबन्न् इव महोदधिम् ॥
raktamālyāmbaradharaṃ mahāmegham ivocchritam pralayāmbudanirghoṣaṃ pibann iva mahodadhim //
wearing red garlands and garments, towering like a great cloud, roaring like the waters of the dissolution, as though drinking up the great ocean,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.50
ग्रसन्तम् इव त्रैलोक्यम् उद्गिरन्तम् इवानलम् मृत्युं च तत्समीपस्थं कालानलसमप्रभम् ॥
grasantam iva trailokyam udgirantam ivānalam mṛtyuṃ ca tatsamīpasthaṃ kālānalasamaprabham //
as though swallowing the three worlds, as though vomiting forth fire; and (they behold) Death standing near him, with a radiance like the fire of time,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.51
प्रलयानलसंकाशं कृतान्तं च भयानकम् मारीचोग्रा महामारी कालरात्री च दारुणा ॥
pralayānalasaṃkāśaṃ kṛtāntaṃ ca bhayānakam mārīcogrā mahāmārī kālarātrī ca dāruṇā //
and the Ender (Kṛtānta), terrifying, resembling the fire of dissolution; and fierce Mārīcī, the great Pestilence, and dreadful Kālarātrī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.52
विविधा व्याधयः कष्टा नानारूपा भयावहाः शक्तिशूलाङ्कुशधराः पाशचक्रासिधारिणः ॥
vividhā vyādhayaḥ kaṣṭā nānārūpā bhayāvahāḥ śaktiśūlāṅkuśadharāḥ pāśacakrāsidhāriṇaḥ //
and the manifold grievous Diseases, of various forms, bringers of fear, bearing spears, pikes and hooks, wielding nooses, discs and swords,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.53
वज्रदण्डधरा रौद्राः क्षुरतूणधनुर्धराः असंख्याता महावीर्याः क्रूराश् चाञ्जनसप्रभाः ॥
vajradaṇḍadharā raudrāḥ kṣuratūṇadhanurdharāḥ asaṃkhyātā mahāvīryāḥ krūrāś cāñjanasaprabhāḥ //
(Others) bearing thunderbolts and staffs, fierce, carrying razors, quivers and bows; countless, of great might, cruel, and dark as collyrium in their appearance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.54
सर्वायुधोद्यतकरा यमदूता भयानकाः अनेन परिवारेण महाघोरेण संवृतम् ॥
sarvāyudhodyatakarā yamadūtā bhayānakāḥ anena parivāreṇa mahāghoreṇa saṃvṛtam //
Yama's messengers, terrifying, with hands raised bearing every kind of weapon — (they see Yama) surrounded by this most dreadful retinue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.55
यमं पश्यन्ति पापिष्ठाश् चित्रगुप्तं विभीषणम् निर्भर्त्सयति चात्यर्थं यमस् तान् पापकारिणः ॥
yamaṃ paśyanti pāpiṣṭhāś citraguptaṃ vibhīṣaṇam nirbhartsayati cātyarthaṃ yamas tān pāpakāriṇaḥ //
The most sinful ones see Yama, and Citragupta the terrifying; and Yama reviles those doers of evil exceedingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.56
चित्रगुप्तस् तु भगवान् धर्मवाक्यैः प्रबोधयन् ॥
citraguptas tu bhagavān dharmavākyaiḥ prabodhayan //
But the lord Citragupta, admonishing (them) with words of dharma (says):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.57
भो भो दुष्कृतकर्माणः परद्रव्यापहारिणः गर्विता रूपवीर्येण परदारविमर्दकाः ॥
bho bho duṣkṛtakarmāṇaḥ paradravyāpahāriṇaḥ garvitā rūpavīryeṇa paradāravimardakāḥ //
"Hey, you doers of evil deeds, you stealers of others' property, puffed up with beauty and strength, violators of others' wives!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.58
यत् स्वयं क्रियते कर्म तत् स्वयं भुज्यते पुनः तत् किम् आत्मोपघातार्थं भवद्भिर् दुष्कृतं कृतम् ॥
yat svayaṃ kriyate karma tat svayaṃ bhujyate punaḥ tat kim ātmopaghātārthaṃ bhavadbhir duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam //
"Whatever deed is done by oneself, that in turn is experienced by oneself. So why was this evil done by you, to your own destruction?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.59
इदानीं किं नु शोचध्वं पीड्यमानाः स्वकर्मभिः भुञ्जध्वं स्वानि दुःखानि नहि दोषो ऽस्ति कस्यचित् ॥
idānīṃ kiṃ nu śocadhvaṃ pīḍyamānāḥ svakarmabhiḥ bhuñjadhvaṃ svāni duḥkhāni nahi doṣo 'sti kasyacit //
Now why do you grieve, being tormented by your own deeds? Experience your own sufferings; the fault is no one else's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.60
य एते पृथिवीपालाः संप्राप्ता मत्समीपतः स्वकीयैः कर्मभिर् घोरैर् दुष्प्रज्ञा बलगर्विताः ॥
ya ete pṛthivīpālāḥ saṃprāptā matsamīpataḥ svakīyaiḥ karmabhir ghorair duṣprajñā balagarvitāḥ //
These rulers of the earth who have come into my presence (have come) by their own dreadful deeds — evil-minded, puffed up with (their own) power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.61
भो भो नृपा दुराचाराः प्रजाविध्वंसकारिणः अल्पकालस्य राज्यस्य कृते किं दुष्कृतं कृतम् ॥
bho bho nṛpā durācārāḥ prajāvidhvaṃsakāriṇaḥ alpakālasya rājyasya kṛte kiṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam //
"Hey, hey, you kings of wicked conduct, workers of ruin upon your subjects! For the sake of a kingdom that lasts but a little while, what an evil deed you have done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.62
राज्यलोभेन मोहेन बलाद् अन्यायतः प्रजाः यद् दण्डिताः फलं तस्य भुञ्जध्वम् अधुना नृपाः ॥
rājyalobhena mohena balād anyāyataḥ prajāḥ yad daṇḍitāḥ phalaṃ tasya bhuñjadhvam adhunā nṛpāḥ //
"Since, out of greed for kingship and out of delusion, your subjects were punished by force and against justice — now, O kings, eat the fruit of that."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.63
कुतो राज्यं कलत्रं च यदर्थम् अशुभं कृतम् तत् सर्वं संपरित्यज्य यूयम् एकाकिनः स्थिताः ॥
kuto rājyaṃ kalatraṃ ca yadartham aśubhaṃ kṛtam tat sarvaṃ saṃparityajya yūyam ekākinaḥ sthitāḥ //
Where now is the kingdom, where the wife, for whose sake the evil deed was done? Having left all that behind, you stand here alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.64
पश्यामो न बलं सर्वं येन विध्वंसिताः प्रजाः यमदूतैः पाट्यमाना अधुना कीदृशं फलम् ॥
paśyāmo na balaṃ sarvaṃ yena vidhvaṃsitāḥ prajāḥ yamadūtaiḥ pāṭyamānā adhunā kīdṛśaṃ phalam //
We do not see any of that army by which the subjects were destroyed; now, as you are being torn apart by Yama's messengers, what sort of fruit is this?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.65
एवं बहुविधैर् वाक्यैर् उपालब्धा यमेन ते शोचन्तः स्वानि कर्माणि तूष्णीं तिष्ठन्ति पार्थिवाः ॥
evaṃ bahuvidhair vākyair upālabdhā yamena te śocantaḥ svāni karmāṇi tūṣṇīṃ tiṣṭhanti pārthivāḥ //
Thus reproached by Yama with speeches of many kinds, those kings stand silent, lamenting their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.66
इति कर्म समादिश्य नृपाणां धर्मराट् स्वयम् तत्पातकविशुद्ध्यर्थम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
iti karma samādiśya nṛpāṇāṃ dharmarāṭ svayam tatpātakaviśuddhyartham idaṃ vacanam abravīt //
Having thus set forth the deeds of the kings, the King of Dharma himself, for the sake of purifying them from that sin, spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.67
भो भोश् चण्ड महाचण्ड गृहीत्वा नृपतीन् इमान् विशोधयध्वं पापेभ्यः क्रमेण नरकाग्निषु ॥
bho bhoś caṇḍa mahācaṇḍa gṛhītvā nṛpatīn imān viśodhayadhvaṃ pāpebhyaḥ krameṇa narakāgniṣu //
"Ho there, Caṇḍa, Mahācaṇḍa! Take these kings and cleanse them of their sins, one after another, in the fires of hell."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.68
ततः शीघ्रं समुत्थाय नृपान् संगृह्य पादयोः भ्रामयित्वा तु वेगेन क्षिप्त्वा चोर्ध्वं प्रगृह्य च ॥
tataḥ śīghraṃ samutthāya nṛpān saṃgṛhya pādayoḥ bhrāmayitvā tu vegena kṣiptvā cordhvaṃ pragṛhya ca //
Then, springing up at once, seizing the kings by the feet, whirling them about with force, and hurling them upward and catching them again —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.69
तत्तत्पापप्रमाणेन यमदूताः शिलातले आस्फोटयन्ति तरसा वज्रेणेव महाद्रुमम् ॥
tattatpāpapramāṇena yamadūtāḥ śilātale āsphoṭayanti tarasā vajreṇeva mahādrumam //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 215.70
ततस् तु रक्तं स्रोतोभिः स्रवते जर्जरीकृतः निःसंज्ञः स तदा देही निश्चेष्टश् च प्रजायते ॥
tatas tu raktaṃ srotobhiḥ sravate jarjarīkṛtaḥ niḥsaṃjñaḥ sa tadā dehī niśceṣṭaś ca prajāyate //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 215.71
ततः स वायुना स्पृष्टः शनैर् उज्जीवते पुनः ततः पापविशुद्ध्यर्थं क्षिपन्ति नरकार्णवे ॥
tataḥ sa vāyunā spṛṣṭaḥ śanair ujjīvate punaḥ tataḥ pāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṣipanti narakārṇave //
Then, touched by the wind, he slowly revives again; thereupon, for the purging of his sins, they hurl (him) into the ocean of hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.72
अन्यांश् च ते तदा दूताः पापकर्मरतान् नरान् निवेदयन्ति विप्रेन्द्रा यमाय भृशदुःखितान् ॥
anyāṃś ca te tadā dūtāḥ pāpakarmaratān narān nivedayanti viprendrā yamāya bhṛśaduḥkhitān //
And then, O foremost of brahmins, those messengers present to Yama other men too, who were devoted to evil deeds and are now grievously suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.73
एष देव तवादेशाद् अस्माभिर् मोहितो भृशम् आनीतो धर्मविमुखः सदा पापरतः परः ॥
eṣa deva tavādeśād asmābhir mohito bhṛśam ānīto dharmavimukhaḥ sadā pāparataḥ paraḥ //
"This one, O god, at your command was thoroughly deluded by us and brought (here): he turned away from dharma and was always utterly devoted to sin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.74
एष लुब्धो दुराचारो महापातकसंयुतः उपपातककर्ता च सदा हिंसारतो शुचिः ॥
eṣa lubdho durācāro mahāpātakasaṃyutaḥ upapātakakartā ca sadā hiṃsārato śuciḥ //
"This one is greedy, of evil conduct, joined with the great sins, and a doer of the lesser sins, always bent on injury, impure."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.75
अगम्यागामी दुष्टात्मा परद्रव्यापहारकः कन्याक्रयी कूटसाक्षी कृतघ्नो मित्रवञ्चकः ॥
agamyāgāmī duṣṭātmā paradravyāpahārakaḥ kanyākrayī kūṭasākṣī kṛtaghno mitravañcakaḥ //
"(He is) one who goes to forbidden women, evil-souled, a taker of others' property, a buyer of maidens, a false witness, ungrateful, a deceiver of friends."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.76
अनेन मदमत्तेन सदा धर्मो विनिन्दितः पापम् आचरितं कर्म मर्त्यलोके दुरात्मना ॥
anena madamattena sadā dharmo vininditaḥ pāpam ācaritaṃ karma martyaloke durātmanā //
"By this one, drunk with intoxication, dharma was always reviled, and sinful deeds were performed by the evil-souled one in the world of mortals."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.77
इदानीम् अस्य देवेश निग्रहानुग्रहौ वद प्रभुर् अस्य क्रियायोगे वयं वा परिपन्थिनः ॥
idānīm asya deveśa nigrahānugrahau vada prabhur asya kriyāyoge vayaṃ vā paripanthinaḥ //
"Now, O lord of gods, declare his punishment and his favour; (say whether) he is master in the performance of the act, or (whether) we are the obstructors."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 215.78
इति विज्ञाप्य देवेशं न्यस्याग्रे पापकारिणम् नरकाणां सहस्रेषु लक्षकोटिशतेषु च ॥
iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ nyasyāgre pāpakāriṇam narakāṇāṃ sahasreṣu lakṣakoṭiśateṣu ca //
Having thus informed the lord of gods, and having set the evildoer before (him)—among the thousands, hundreds of lakhs and crores of hells—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.79
किंकरास् ते ततो यान्ति ग्रहीतुम् अपरान् नरान् प्रतिपन्ने कृते दोषे यमो वै पापकारिणाम् ॥
kiṃkarās te tato yānti grahītum aparān narān pratipanne kṛte doṣe yamo vai pāpakāriṇām //
those servants then go to seize other men; and when the offence has been admitted, Yama indeed (deals with) the evildoers—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.80
समादिशति तान् घोरान् निग्रहाय स्वकिंकरान् यथा यस्य विनिर्दिष्टो वसिष्ठाद्यैर् विनिग्रहः ॥
samādiśati tān ghorān nigrahāya svakiṃkarān yathā yasya vinirdiṣṭo vasiṣṭhādyair vinigrahaḥ //
he commands those terrible servants of his to the punishment, in the manner in which the punishment for each has been laid down by Vasiṣṭha and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.81
पापस्य तद् भृशं क्रुद्धाः कुर्वन्ति यमकिंकराः अङ्कुशैर् मुद्गरैर् दण्डैः क्रकचैः शक्तितोमरैः ॥
pāpasya tad bhṛśaṃ kruddhāḥ kurvanti yamakiṃkarāḥ aṅkuśair mudgarair daṇḍaiḥ krakacaiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ //
Then Yama's servants, greatly enraged, do (this) to the sinner with hooks, mallets, staves, saws, spears and lances;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.82
खड्गशूलनिपातैश् च भिद्यन्ते पापकारिणः नरकाणां सहस्रेषु लक्षकोटिशतेषु च ॥
khaḍgaśūlanipātaiś ca bhidyante pāpakāriṇaḥ narakāṇāṃ sahasreṣu lakṣakoṭiśateṣu ca //
and by the falling of swords and pikes the evildoers are split apart, among the thousands, hundreds of lakhs and crores of hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.83
स्वकर्मोपार्जितैर् दोषैः पीड्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः शृणुध्वं नरकाणां च स्वरूपं च भयंकरम् ॥
svakarmopārjitair doṣaiḥ pīḍyante yamakiṃkaraiḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ narakāṇāṃ ca svarūpaṃ ca bhayaṃkaram //
They are tormented by Yama's servants for the faults earned by their own deeds. Hear now the terrifying nature of the hells,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.84
नामानि च प्रमाणं च येन यान्ति नराश् च तान् महावाचीति विख्यातं नरकं शोणितप्लुतम् ॥
nāmāni ca pramāṇaṃ ca yena yānti narāś ca tān mahāvācīti vikhyātaṃ narakaṃ śoṇitaplutam //
and their names and their measure, and by what (deeds) men go to them. There is the hell renowned as Mahāvīci, flooded with blood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.85
वज्रकण्टकसंमिश्रं योजनायुतविस्तृतम् तत्र संपीड्यते मग्नो भिद्यते वज्रकण्टके ॥
vajrakaṇṭakasaṃmiśraṃ yojanāyutavistṛtam tatra saṃpīḍyate magno bhidyate vajrakaṇṭake //
mingled with adamantine thorns, extending ten thousand leagues; there, sunk down, one is crushed and is pierced on the adamantine thorns—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.86
वर्षलक्षं महाघोरं गोघाती नरके नरः योजनानां शतं लक्षं कुम्भीपाकं सुदारुणम् ॥
varṣalakṣaṃ mahāghoraṃ goghātī narake naraḥ yojanānāṃ śataṃ lakṣaṃ kumbhīpākaṃ sudāruṇam //
for a hundred thousand years the man who kills cows (dwells) in that most terrible hell. A hundred thousand leagues (in extent) is the very dreadful Kumbhīpāka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.87
ताम्रकुम्भवती दीप्ता वालुकाङ्गारसंवृता ब्रह्महा भूमिहर्ता च निक्षेपस्यापहारकः ॥
tāmrakumbhavatī dīptā vālukāṅgārasaṃvṛtā brahmahā bhūmihartā ca nikṣepasyāpahārakaḥ //
blazing, furnished with copper cauldrons, filled with sand and embers; the slayer of a brahmin, the stealer of land, and the one who misappropriates a deposit
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.88
दह्यन्ते तत्र संक्षिप्ता यावद् आभूतसंप्लवम् रौरवो वज्रनाराचैः प्रज्वलद्भिः समावृतः ॥
dahyante tatra saṃkṣiptā yāvad ābhūtasaṃplavam rauravo vajranārācaiḥ prajvaladbhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ //
are flung in there and burn until the dissolution of beings. Raurava is surrounded with blazing adamantine arrows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.89
योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्टिर् आयामविस्तरैः भिद्यन्ते तत्र नाराचैः सज्वालैर् नरके नराः ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭir āyāmavistaraiḥ bhidyante tatra nārācaiḥ sajvālair narake narāḥ //
sixty thousand leagues in length and breadth; there in that hell men are split apart by flaming arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.90
इक्षुवत् तत्र पीड्यन्ते ये नराः कूटसाक्षिणः अयोमयं प्रज्वलितं मञ्जूषं नरकं स्मृतम् ॥
ikṣuvat tatra pīḍyante ye narāḥ kūṭasākṣiṇaḥ ayomayaṃ prajvalitaṃ mañjūṣaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam //
There those men who are false witnesses are crushed like sugarcane. The hell called Mañjūṣa is recorded as made of iron and blazing;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.91
निक्षिप्तास् तत्र दह्यन्ते बन्दिग्राहकृताश् च ये अप्रतिष्ठेति नरकं पूयमूत्रपुरीषकम् ॥
nikṣiptās tatra dahyante bandigrāhakṛtāś ca ye apratiṣṭheti narakaṃ pūyamūtrapurīṣakam //
thrown in there, those who have taken captives burn. The hell called Apratiṣṭha consists of pus, urine and excrement;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.92
अधोमुखः पतेत् तत्र ब्राह्मणस्योपपीडकः लाक्षाप्रज्वलितं घोरं नरकं तु विलेपकम् ॥
adhomukhaḥ patet tatra brāhmaṇasyopapīḍakaḥ lākṣāprajvalitaṃ ghoraṃ narakaṃ tu vilepakam //
there falls headlong the oppressor of a brahmin. And the terrible hell Vilepaka blazes with molten lac;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.93
निमग्नास् तत्र दह्यन्ते मद्यपाने द्विजोत्तमाः महाप्रभेति नरकं दीप्तशूलमहोच्छ्रयम् ॥
nimagnās tatra dahyante madyapāne dvijottamāḥ mahāprabheti narakaṃ dīptaśūlamahocchrayam //
Sunk in it, the best of twice-born who drink liquor are burned; (then there is) the hell called Mahāprabhā, with blazing stakes of great height.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.94
तत्र शूलेन भिद्यन्ते पतिभार्योपभेदिनः नरकं च महाघोरं जयन्ती चायसी शिला ॥
tatra śūlena bhidyante patibhāryopabhedinaḥ narakaṃ ca mahāghoraṃ jayantī cāyasī śilā //
There those who set husband and wife against each other are pierced with a stake; and (there is) a very terrible hell, and the iron rock called Jayantī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.95
तया चाक्रम्यते पापः परदारोपसेवकः नरकं शाल्मलाख्यं तु प्रदीप्तदृढकण्टकम् ॥
tayā cākramyate pāpaḥ paradāropasevakaḥ narakaṃ śālmalākhyaṃ tu pradīptadṛḍhakaṇṭakam //
By it the sinner who resorts to another's wife is crushed; and (there is) the hell named Śālmala, with blazing hard thorns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.96
तया लिङ्गति दुःखार्ता नारी बहुनरंगमा ये वदन्ति सदासत्यं परमर्मावकर्तनम् ॥
tayā liṅgati duḥkhārtā nārī bahunaraṃgamā ye vadanti sadāsatyaṃ paramarmāvakartanam //
By it the woman who goes with many men, tormented with pain, is embraced; (and for) those who always speak untruth that cuts another to the quick—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 215.97
जिह्वा चोच्छ्रियते तेषां सदस्यैर् यमकिंकरैः ये तु रागैः कटाक्षैश् च वीक्षन्ते परयोषितम् ॥
jihvā cocchriyate teṣāṃ sadasyair yamakiṃkaraiḥ ye tu rāgaiḥ kaṭākṣaiś ca vīkṣante parayoṣitam //
—their tongues are pulled out by Yama's servants in the assembly; but those who gaze at another's wife with passion and sidelong glances—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.98
तेषां चक्षूंषि नाराचैर् विध्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः ॥
teṣāṃ cakṣūṃṣi nārācair vidhyante yamakiṃkaraiḥ //
—their eyes are pierced with iron arrows by Yama's servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.99
मातरं ये ऽपि गच्छन्ति भगिनीं दुहितरं स्नुषाम् स्त्रीबालवृद्धहन्तारो यावद् इन्द्राश् चतुर्दश ज्वालामालाकुलं रौद्रं महारौरवसंज्ञितम् ॥
mātaraṃ ye 'pi gacchanti bhaginīṃ duhitaraṃ snuṣām strībālavṛddhahantāro yāvad indrāś caturdaśa jvālāmālākulaṃ raudraṃ mahārauravasaṃjñitam //
Those too who go to (their) mother, sister, daughter, or daughter-in-law, and the killers of women, children and the aged—(for them, for the span of) fourteen Indras, (there is) the dreadful (hell) called Mahāraurava, thick with garlands of flame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.100
नरकं योजनानां च सहस्राणि चतुर्दश पुरं क्षेत्रं गृहं ग्रामं यो दीपयति वह्निना ॥
narakaṃ yojanānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi caturdaśa puraṃ kṣetraṃ gṛhaṃ grāmaṃ yo dīpayati vahninā //
a hell fourteen thousand yojanas (in extent). He who sets fire to a city, a field, a house, a village,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.101
स तत्र दह्यते मूढो यावत् कल्पस्थितिर् नरः तामिस्रम् इति विख्यातं लक्षयोजनविस्तृतम् ॥
sa tatra dahyate mūḍho yāvat kalpasthitir naraḥ tāmisram iti vikhyātaṃ lakṣayojanavistṛtam //
that deluded man is burned there as long as the kalpa lasts. (Next is the hell) known as Tāmisra, a hundred thousand yojanas wide,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.102
निपतद्भिः सदा रौद्रः खड्गपट्टिशमुद्गरैः तत्र चौरा नराः क्षिप्तास् ताड्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः ॥
nipatadbhiḥ sadā raudraḥ khaḍgapaṭṭiśamudgaraiḥ tatra caurā narāḥ kṣiptās tāḍyante yamakiṃkaraiḥ //
always dreadful with falling swords, spears and mallets; thieves thrown in there are beaten by Yama's servants
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.103
शूलशक्तिगदाखड्गैर् यावत् कल्पशतत्रयम् तामिस्राद् द्विगुणं प्रोक्तं महातामिस्रसंज्ञितम् ॥
śūlaśaktigadākhaḍgair yāvat kalpaśatatrayam tāmisrād dviguṇaṃ proktaṃ mahātāmisrasaṃjñitam //
with stakes, lances, clubs and swords for three hundred kalpas. Twice Tāmisra is said (to be the hell) called Mahātāmisra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.104
जलौकासर्पसंपूर्णां निरालोकं सुदुःखदम् मातृहा पितृहा चैव मित्रविस्रम्भघातकः ॥
jalaukāsarpasaṃpūrṇāṃ nirālokaṃ suduḥkhadam mātṛhā pitṛhā caiva mitravisrambhaghātakaḥ //
filled with leeches and snakes, lightless, giving great pain. The mother-killer and the father-killer, and he who murders a trusting friend,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.105
तिष्ठन्ति तक्ष्यमाणाश् च यावत् तिष्ठति मेदिनी असिपत्त्रवनं नाम नरकं भूरिदुःखदम् ॥
tiṣṭhanti takṣyamāṇāś ca yāvat tiṣṭhati medinī asipattravanaṃ nāma narakaṃ bhūriduḥkhadam //
remain there being hacked as long as the earth endures. (Next,) the hell named Asipattravana, giving abundant pain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.106
योजनायुतविस्तारं ज्वलत्खड्गैः समाकुलम् पातितस् तत्र तैः खड्गैः शतधा तु समाहतः ॥
yojanāyutavistāraṃ jvalatkhaḍgaiḥ samākulam pātitas tatra taiḥ khaḍgaiḥ śatadhā tu samāhataḥ //
ten thousand yojanas in extent, crowded with flaming swords: cast down there, struck a hundredfold by those swords,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.107
मित्रघ्नः कृत्यते तावद् यावद् आभूतसंप्लवम् करम्भवालुका नाम नरकं योजनायुतम् ॥
mitraghnaḥ kṛtyate tāvad yāvad ābhūtasaṃplavam karambhavālukā nāma narakaṃ yojanāyutam //
the friend-slayer is cut up until the dissolution of beings. (Next,) the hell named Karambhavālukā, ten thousand yojanas (wide),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.108
कूपाकारं वृतं दीप्तैर् वालुकाङ्गारकण्टकैः दह्यते भिद्यते वर्षलक्षायुतशतत्रयम् ॥
kūpākāraṃ vṛtaṃ dīptair vālukāṅgārakaṇṭakaiḥ dahyate bhidyate varṣalakṣāyutaśatatrayam //
well-shaped, surrounded by burning sand, coals and thorns; (there one) is burned and split for three hundred thousand million years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 215.109
येन दग्धो जनो नित्यं मिथ्योपायैः सुदारुणैः काकोलं नाम नरकं कृमिपूयपरिप्लुतम् ॥
yena dagdho jano nityaṃ mithyopāyaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ kākolaṃ nāma narakaṃ kṛmipūyapariplutam //
(the one) by whom people were constantly consumed by cruel deceitful devices. (Next,) the hell named Kākola, awash with worms and pus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.110
क्षिप्यते तत्र दुष्टात्मा एकाकी मिष्टभुङ् नरः कुड्मलं नाम नरकं पूर्णं विण्मूत्रशोणितैः ॥
kṣipyate tatra duṣṭātmā ekākī miṣṭabhuṅ naraḥ kuḍmalaṃ nāma narakaṃ pūrṇaṃ viṇmūtraśoṇitaiḥ //
there the evil-souled man who eats sweet food alone is thrown. (Next,) the hell named Kuḍmala, full of excrement, urine and blood:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.111
पञ्चयज्ञक्रियाहीनाः क्षिप्यन्ते तत्र वै नराः सुदुर्गन्धं महाभीमं मांसशोणितसंकुलम् ॥
pañcayajñakriyāhīnāḥ kṣipyante tatra vai narāḥ sudurgandhaṃ mahābhīmaṃ māṃsaśoṇitasaṃkulam //
men who neglect the performance of the five sacrifices are thrown there. (Next, a hell) foul-smelling, most fearsome, thick with flesh and blood:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.112
अभक्ष्यान्ने रतास् ते ऽत्र निपतन्ति नराधमाः क्रिमिकीटसमाकीर्णं शवपूर्णं महावटम् ॥
abhakṣyānne ratās te 'tra nipatanti narādhamāḥ krimikīṭasamākīrṇaṃ śavapūrṇaṃ mahāvaṭam //
the lowest of men, devoted to forbidden food, fall in there. (Next,) a great pit strewn with worms and insects and full of corpses:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.113
अधोमुखः पतेत् तत्र कन्याविक्रयकृन् नरः नाम्ना वै तिलपाकेति नरकं दारुणं स्मृतम् ॥
adhomukhaḥ patet tatra kanyāvikrayakṛn naraḥ nāmnā vai tilapāketi narakaṃ dāruṇaṃ smṛtam //
There the man who sells a daughter falls headlong; that dreadful hell is known by the name Tilapāka ("sesame-cooking").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.114
तिलवत् तत्र पीड्यन्ते परपीडारताश् च ये नरकं तैलपाकेति ज्वलत्तैलमहीप्लवम् ॥
tilavat tatra pīḍyante parapīḍāratāś ca ye narakaṃ tailapāketi jvalattailamahīplavam //
There those who delight in tormenting others are pressed like sesame seeds; (there is) the hell called Tailapāka ("oil-cooking"), whose ground is a flood of boiling oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.115
पच्यते तत्र मित्रघ्नो हन्ता च शरणागतम् नाम्ना वज्रकपाटेति वज्रशृङ्खलयान्वितम् ॥
pacyate tatra mitraghno hantā ca śaraṇāgatam nāmnā vajrakapāṭeti vajraśṛṅkhalayānvitam //
There the slayer of a friend, and one who kills a man who has come for refuge, is cooked; (that hell is) called Vajrakapāṭa ("adamant door"), furnished with chains of adamant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.116
पीड्यन्ते निर्दयं तत्र यैः कृतः क्षीरविक्रयः निरुच्छ्वास इति प्रोक्तं तमोन्धं वातवर्जितम् ॥
pīḍyante nirdayaṃ tatra yaiḥ kṛtaḥ kṣīravikrayaḥ nirucchvāsa iti proktaṃ tamondhaṃ vātavarjitam //
There those by whom milk has been sold are pitilessly crushed; (the next) is called Nirucchvāsa ("breathless"), blind darkness, devoid of wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.117
निश्चेष्टं क्षिप्यते तत्र विप्रदाननिरोधकृत् अङ्गारोपचयं नाम दीप्ताङ्गारसमुज्ज्वलम् ॥
niśceṣṭaṃ kṣipyate tatra vipradānanirodhakṛt aṅgāropacayaṃ nāma dīptāṅgārasamujjvalam //
There the man who obstructs a gift to a brahmin is flung, motionless; (that hell is) named Aṅgāropacaya ("heap of coals"), blazing with burning charcoal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.118
दह्यते तत्र येनोक्तं दानं विप्राय नार्पितम् महापायीति नरकं लक्षयोजनम् आयतम् ॥
dahyate tatra yenoktaṃ dānaṃ viprāya nārpitam mahāpāyīti narakaṃ lakṣayojanam āyatam //
There burns the man by whom a gift was promised to a brahmin but not delivered; the hell called Mahāpāyin, extending a hundred thousand leagues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.119
पात्यन्ते ऽधोमुखास् तत्र ये जल्पन्ति सदानृतम् महाज्वालेति नरकं ज्वालाभास्वरभीषणम् ॥
pātyante 'dhomukhās tatra ye jalpanti sadānṛtam mahājvāleti narakaṃ jvālābhāsvarabhīṣaṇam //
There those who always speak falsehood are cast down head-first; the hell called Mahājvāla ("great flame"), terrifying with the glare of its flames.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.120
दह्यते तत्र सुचिरं यः पापे बुद्धिकृन् नरः नरकं क्रकचाख्यातं पीड्यन्ते तत्र वै नराः ॥
dahyate tatra suciraṃ yaḥ pāpe buddhikṛn naraḥ narakaṃ krakacākhyātaṃ pīḍyante tatra vai narāḥ //
There the man who sets his mind on sin burns for a very long time; the hell called Krakaca ("saw") — there indeed men are tormented,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.121
क्रकचैर् वज्रधारोग्रैर् अगम्यागमने रताः नरकं गुडपाकेति ज्वलद्गुडह्रदैर् वृतम् ॥
krakacair vajradhārograir agamyāgamane ratāḥ narakaṃ guḍapāketi jvaladguḍahradair vṛtam //
— with saws whose edges are dreadful as adamant: those who take pleasure in going in to women not to be approached. (Next) the hell called Guḍapāka ("molasses-cooking"), surrounded by lakes of boiling molasses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.122
निक्षिप्तो दह्यते तस्मिन् वर्णसंकरकृन् नरः क्षुरधारेति नरकं तीक्ष्णक्षुरसमावृतम् ॥
nikṣipto dahyate tasmin varṇasaṃkarakṛn naraḥ kṣuradhāreti narakaṃ tīkṣṇakṣurasamāvṛtam //
Thrown into it, the man who causes confusion of the classes burns; (next) the hell called Kṣuradhāra ("razor's edge"), covered all over with sharp razors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.123
छिद्यन्ते तत्र कल्पान्तं विप्रभूमिहरा नराः नरकं चाम्बरीषाख्यं प्रलयानलदीपितम् ॥
chidyante tatra kalpāntaṃ viprabhūmiharā narāḥ narakaṃ cāmbarīṣākhyaṃ pralayānaladīpitam //
There, until the end of the aeon, men who seize the land of brahmins are cut apart; and (next) the hell named Ambarīṣa, lit up by the fire of the dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.124
कल्पकोटिशतं तत्र दह्यते स्वर्णहारकः नाम्ना वज्रकुठारेति नरकं वज्रसंकुलम् ॥
kalpakoṭiśataṃ tatra dahyate svarṇahārakaḥ nāmnā vajrakuṭhāreti narakaṃ vajrasaṃkulam //
There the stealer of gold burns for a hundred crores of aeons; (next) the hell called Vajrakuṭhāra ("adamant axe"), thick with adamant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.125
छिद्यन्ते तत्र छेत्तारो द्रुमाणां पापकारिणः नरकं परितापाख्यं प्रलयानलदीपितम् ॥
chidyante tatra chettāro drumāṇāṃ pāpakāriṇaḥ narakaṃ paritāpākhyaṃ pralayānaladīpitam //
There the evildoers who cut down trees are cut apart; (next) the hell named Paritāpa ("scorching"), lit up by the fire of the dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.126
गरदो मधुहर्ता च पच्यते तत्र पापकृत् नरकं कालसूत्रं च वज्रसूत्रविनिर्मितम् ॥
garado madhuhartā ca pacyate tatra pāpakṛt narakaṃ kālasūtraṃ ca vajrasūtravinirmitam //
There the poisoner and the stealer of honey, the doer of evil, is cooked; and (next) the hell Kālasūtra ("thread of time"), made of threads of adamant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.127
भ्रमन्तस् तत्र च्छिद्यन्ते परसस्योपलुण्ठकाः नरकं कश्मलं नाम श्लेष्मशिङ्घाणकावृतम् ॥
bhramantas tatra cchidyante parasasyopaluṇṭhakāḥ narakaṃ kaśmalaṃ nāma śleṣmaśiṅghāṇakāvṛtam //
There those who plunder another's crops are cut up as they wander about; (next) the hell named Kaśmala ("filth"), covered with phlegm and snot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.128
तत्र संक्षिप्यते कल्पं सदा मांसरुचिर् नरः नरकं चोग्रगन्धेति लालामूत्रपुरीषवत् ॥
tatra saṃkṣipyate kalpaṃ sadā māṃsarucir naraḥ narakaṃ cogragandheti lālāmūtrapurīṣavat //
There the man ever fond of meat is thrown for an aeon; and (next) the hell called Ugragandha ("foul stench"), full of spittle, urine and excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.129
क्षिप्यन्ते तत्र नरके पितृपिण्डाप्रयच्छकाः नरकं दुर्धरं नाम जलौकावृश्चिकाकुलम् ॥
kṣipyante tatra narake pitṛpiṇḍāprayacchakāḥ narakaṃ durdharaṃ nāma jalaukāvṛścikākulam //
Into that hell are cast those who do not offer the rice-balls to the ancestors; (next) the hell named Durdhara ("unbearable"), swarming with leeches and scorpions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.130
उत्कोचभक्षकस् तत्र तिष्ठते वर्षकायुतम् यच् च वज्रमहापीडा नरकं वज्रनिर्मितम् ॥
utkocabhakṣakas tatra tiṣṭhate varṣakāyutam yac ca vajramahāpīḍā narakaṃ vajranirmitam //
There the taker of bribes remains for a myriad of years; and there is the hell Vajramahāpīḍā ("great adamant torture"), made of adamant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.131
तत्र प्रक्षिप्य दह्यन्ते पीड्यन्ते यमकिंकरैः धनं धान्यं हिरण्यं वा परकीयं हरन्ति ये ॥
tatra prakṣipya dahyante pīḍyante yamakiṃkaraiḥ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ vā parakīyaṃ haranti ye //
Having been thrown in there, they are burnt and tormented by Yama's servants — those who take another's wealth, grain, or gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.132
यमदूतैश् च चौरास् ते छिद्यन्ते लवशः क्षुरैः ये हत्वा प्राणिनं मूढाः खादन्ते काकगृध्रवत् ॥
yamadūtaiś ca caurās te chidyante lavaśaḥ kṣuraiḥ ye hatvā prāṇinaṃ mūḍhāḥ khādante kākagṛdhravat //
And those thieves are cut piece by piece with razors by Yama's messengers; (and) those fools who, having killed a living creature, eat (it) like crows and vultures —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.133
भोज्यन्ते च स्वमांसं ते कल्पान्तं यमकिंकरैः आसनं शयनं वस्त्रं परकीयं हरन्ति ये ॥
bhojyante ca svamāṃsaṃ te kalpāntaṃ yamakiṃkaraiḥ āsanaṃ śayanaṃ vastraṃ parakīyaṃ haranti ye //
And they are made to eat their own flesh by Yama's servants until the end of the aeon — those who steal another's seat, bed, or clothing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.134
यमदूतैश् च ते मूढा भिद्यन्ते शक्तितोमरैः फलं पत्त्रं नृणां वापि हृतं यैस् तु कुबुद्धिभिः ॥
yamadūtaiś ca te mūḍhā bhidyante śaktitomaraiḥ phalaṃ pattraṃ nṛṇāṃ vāpi hṛtaṃ yais tu kubuddhibhiḥ //
And those fools are pierced by Yama's messengers with spears and lances — those evil-minded ones by whom even a fruit or a leaf belonging to men has been stolen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.135
यमदूतैश् च ते क्रुद्धैर् दह्यन्ते तृणवह्निभिः परद्रव्ये कलत्रे च यः सदा दुष्टधीर् नरः ॥
yamadūtaiś ca te kruddhair dahyante tṛṇavahnibhiḥ paradravye kalatre ca yaḥ sadā duṣṭadhīr naraḥ //
And they are burned by the angry messengers of Yama with fires of straw. The man whose mind is always set wickedly on another's property and another's wife —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.136
यमदूतैर् ज्वलत् तस्य हृदि शूलं निखन्यते कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये धर्मविमुखा नराः ॥
yamadūtair jvalat tasya hṛdi śūlaṃ nikhanyate karmaṇā manasā vācā ye dharmavimukhā narāḥ //
— a blazing stake is driven into his heart by Yama's messengers. Those men who turn away from dharma in deed, in mind, and in speech,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.137
यमलोके तु ते घोरा लभन्ते परियातनाः एवं शतसहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतानि च ॥
yamaloke tu te ghorā labhante pariyātanāḥ evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca //
they receive dreadful tortures in Yama's world; thus, hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of lakhs and crores of
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.138
नरकाणि नरैस् तत्र भुज्यन्ते पापकारिभिः इह कृत्वा स्वल्पम् अपि नरः कर्माशुभात्मकम् ॥
narakāṇi narais tatra bhujyante pāpakāribhiḥ iha kṛtvā svalpam api naraḥ karmāśubhātmakam //
hells are there undergone by men who do evil. Having done even a little deed of an inauspicious nature here, a man
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.139
प्राप्नोति नरके घोरे यमलोकेषु यातनाम् न शृण्वन्ति नरा मूढा धर्मोक्तं साधु भाषितम् ॥
prāpnoti narake ghore yamalokeṣu yātanām na śṛṇvanti narā mūḍhā dharmoktaṃ sādhu bhāṣitam //
obtains torment in a dreadful hell, in the worlds of Yama. Deluded men do not listen to what is well spoken, declared by dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.140
दृष्टं केनेति प्रत्यक्षं प्रत्युक्त्यैवं वदन्ति ते दिवा रात्रौ प्रयत्नेन पापं कुर्वन्ति ये नराः ॥
dṛṣṭaṃ keneti pratyakṣaṃ pratyuktyaivaṃ vadanti te divā rātrau prayatnena pāpaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ //
"By whom has it been seen directly?" — thus they speak in retort. Those men who by day and by night diligently do evil,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.141
नाचरन्ति हि ते धर्मं प्रमादेनापि मोहिताः इहैव फलभोक्तारः परत्र विमुखाश् च ये ॥
nācaranti hi te dharmaṃ pramādenāpi mohitāḥ ihaiva phalabhoktāraḥ paratra vimukhāś ca ye //
they indeed do not practise dharma, being bewildered even through negligence — those who are enjoyers of the fruit here alone and turned away from the beyond,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 215.142
ते पतन्ति सुघोरेषु नरकेषु नराधमाः दारुणो नरके वासः स्वर्गवासः सुखप्रदः नरैः संप्राप्यते तत्र कर्म कृत्वा शुभाशुभम् ॥
te patanti sughoreṣu narakeṣu narādhamāḥ dāruṇo narake vāsaḥ svargavāsaḥ sukhapradaḥ naraiḥ saṃprāpyate tatra karma kṛtvā śubhāśubham //
those lowest of men fall into most dreadful hells. Dwelling in hell is terrible; dwelling in heaven bestows happiness; both are attained there by men, according as they have done good or bad deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition