Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 29
BvP 2 29.1
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। यमस्तस्यै विष्णुमन्त्रं दत्त्वा च विधिपूर्वकम् ।। कर्म्माशुभविपाकं च तामुवाच रवेः सुतः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || yamastasyai viṣṇumantraṃ dattvā ca vidhipūrvakam || karmmāśubhavipākaṃ ca tāmuvāca raveḥ sutaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: The son of the Sun, having given her the Viṣṇu mantra according to the prescribed rite, then told her the ripening of evil deeds.
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BvP 2 29.2
यम उवाच ।। शुभकर्मविपाकं च श्रुतं नानाविधं सति ।। कर्माशुभविपाकं च कथयामि निशामय लोम्नां कुण्डं केशकुण्डमस्थिकुण्डं च दुःखदम् ।। ताम्रकुण्डं लौहकुण्डं प्रतप्तं क्लेशदं महत् जालबन्धं देहचूर्णं दलनं शोषणङ्करम् ।। सर्पज्वालामुखं जिह्मधूमान्धं नागवेष्टनम्
yama uvāca || śubhakarmavipākaṃ ca śrutaṃ nānāvidhaṃ sati || karmāśubhavipākaṃ ca kathayāmi niśāmaya lomnāṃ kuṇḍaṃ keśakuṇḍamasthikuṇḍaṃ ca duḥkhadam || tāmrakuṇḍaṃ lauhakuṇḍaṃ prataptaṃ kleśadaṃ mahat jālabandhaṃ dehacūrṇaṃ dalanaṃ śoṣaṇaṅkaram || sarpajvālāmukhaṃ jihmadhūmāndhaṃ nāgaveṣṭanam
Yama said: You have heard, good lady, of the manifold ripening of good deeds; now I shall tell the ripening of evil deeds—listen. The pit of body-hairs, the pit of head-hair, and the pit of bones, which gives pain; the copper pit, the iron pit, heated red-hot, giving great torment; binding in a net, pulverizing of the body, crushing, that which causes desiccation; the serpent, the flame-mouth, the crooked one, the smoke-blinding, the snake-coiling.
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BvP 2 29.3
नानाप्रकारं स्वर्गं च याति जीवः सुकर्मणा ।। कुकर्मणा च नरकं याति नानाविधं नरः
nānāprakāraṃ svargaṃ ca yāti jīvaḥ sukarmaṇā || kukarmaṇā ca narakaṃ yāti nānāvidhaṃ naraḥ
By good deeds a living being goes to heaven of many kinds; and by evil deeds a man goes to hell of many kinds.
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BvP 2 29.4
नरकाणां च कुण्डानि सन्ति नानाविधानि च ।। नानापुराणभेदेन नामभेदानि तानि च
narakāṇāṃ ca kuṇḍāni santi nānāvidhāni ca || nānāpurāṇabhedena nāmabhedāni tāni ca
And there are pits of the hells, of many kinds; and according to the different Purāṇas their names differ.
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BvP 2 29.5
विस्तृतानि गभीराणि क्लेशदानि च जीविनाम् ।। भयङ्कराणि घोराणि हे वत्से कुत्सितानि च
vistṛtāni gabhīrāṇi kleśadāni ca jīvinām || bhayaṅkarāṇi ghorāṇi he vatse kutsitāni ca
(They are) broad, deep, and inflictors of pain upon living beings; terrifying, dreadful, and loathsome, O child.
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BvP 2 29.6
षडशीतिश्च कुण्डानि संयमन्यां च सन्ति च ।। निबोध तेषां नामानि प्रसिद्धानि श्रुतौ सति
ṣaḍaśītiśca kuṇḍāni saṃyamanyāṃ ca santi ca || nibodha teṣāṃ nāmāni prasiddhāni śrutau sati
And there are eighty-six pits in Saṃyamanī; learn their names, which are well known in scripture, O good lady.
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BvP 2 29.7
वह्निकुण्डं तप्तकुण्डं क्षमकुण्डं भयानकम् ।। विट्कुण्डं मूत्रकुण्डं च श्लेष्मकुण्डं च दुःसहम्
vahnikuṇḍaṃ taptakuṇḍaṃ kṣamakuṇḍaṃ bhayānakam || viṭkuṇḍaṃ mūtrakuṇḍaṃ ca śleṣmakuṇḍaṃ ca duḥsaham
The pit of fire, the heated pit, the fearsome pit of ashes(?), the pit of excrement, the pit of urine, and the unbearable pit of phlegm;
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BvP 2 29.8
गरकुण्डं दूषिकाकुण्डं वसाकुण्डं तथैव च ।। शुक्रकुण्डमसृक्कुण्डमश्रुकुण्डं च कुत्सितम्
garakuṇḍaṃ dūṣikākuṇḍaṃ vasākuṇḍaṃ tathaiva ca || śukrakuṇḍamasṛkkuṇḍamaśrukuṇḍaṃ ca kutsitam
the pit of poison, the pit of eye-discharge, and likewise the pit of fat, the pit of semen, the pit of blood, and the loathsome pit of tears;
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BvP 2 29.9
कुण्डं गात्रमलानां च कर्णविट्कुण्डमेव च ।। मज्जाकुण्डं मांसकुण्डं नखकुण्डं च दुस्तरम्
kuṇḍaṃ gātramalānāṃ ca karṇaviṭkuṇḍameva ca || majjākuṇḍaṃ māṃsakuṇḍaṃ nakhakuṇḍaṃ ca dustaram
the pit of bodily filth, and the pit of ear-wax, the pit of marrow, the pit of flesh, and the hard-to-cross pit of nails;
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BvP 2 29.11
तीक्ष्णकण्टककुण्डं च विषकुण्डं च विघ्नदम् ।। धर्म्मकुण्डं तप्तसुराकुण्डं चापि प्रकीर्त्तितम्
tīkṣṇakaṇṭakakuṇḍaṃ ca viṣakuṇḍaṃ ca vighnadam || dharmmakuṇḍaṃ taptasurākuṇḍaṃ cāpi prakīrttitam
the pit of sharp thorns, and the obstructing pit of poison; the pit of dharma(?) and also the pit of boiling liquor are proclaimed;
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BvP 2 29.12
प्रतप्ततैलकुण्डं च दन्तकुण्डं च दुर्वहम् ।। कृमिकुण्डं पूयकुण्डं सर्पकुण्डं दुरन्तकम्
prataptatailakuṇḍaṃ ca dantakuṇḍaṃ ca durvaham || kṛmikuṇḍaṃ pūyakuṇḍaṃ sarpakuṇḍaṃ durantakam
the pit of boiling oil, and the unendurable pit of teeth, the pit of worms, the pit of pus, the pit of snakes that is hard to get past;
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BvP 2 29.13
मशकुण्डं दंशकुण्डं भीमं गरलकुण्डकम् ।। कुण्डं च वज्रदंष्ट्राणां वृश्चिकानां च सुव्रते
maśakuṇḍaṃ daṃśakuṇḍaṃ bhīmaṃ garalakuṇḍakam || kuṇḍaṃ ca vajradaṃṣṭrāṇāṃ vṛścikānāṃ ca suvrate
the pit of gnats, the pit of biting flies, the terrible pit of venom, and the pit of the diamond-fanged ones, and (the pit) of scorpions, O you of good vows;
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BvP 2 29.14
शरकुण्डं शूलकुण्ड खड्गकुण्डं च भीषणम्।। गोलकुण्डं नक्रकुण्डं काककुण्डं शुचास्पदम्
śarakuṇḍaṃ śūlakuṇḍa khaḍgakuṇḍaṃ ca bhīṣaṇam|| golakuṇḍaṃ nakrakuṇḍaṃ kākakuṇḍaṃ śucāspadam
the pit of arrows, the pit of spikes, and the frightful pit of swords, the pit of balls, the pit of crocodiles, the pit of crows, a seat of grief;
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BvP 2 29.15
सञ्चालकुण्डं वाजकुण्डं बन्धकुण्डं सुदुस्तरम् ।। तप्तपाषाणकुण्डं च तीक्ष्ण पाषाणकुण्डकम्
sañcālakuṇḍaṃ vājakuṇḍaṃ bandhakuṇḍaṃ sudustaram || taptapāṣāṇakuṇḍaṃ ca tīkṣṇa pāṣāṇakuṇḍakam
the pit of shaking, the pit of wind(?), the pit of bonds, very hard to cross, and the pit of heated stones, and the pit of sharp stones;
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BvP 2 29.16
लालाकुण्डमसिकुण्डं चूर्णकुण्डं सुदारुणम् ।। चक्रकुण्डं वज्रकुण्डं कूर्म्मकुण्डं महोल्बणम्
lālākuṇḍamasikuṇḍaṃ cūrṇakuṇḍaṃ sudāruṇam || cakrakuṇḍaṃ vajrakuṇḍaṃ kūrmmakuṇḍaṃ maholbaṇam
the pit of saliva, the pit of ink(?), the very cruel pit of powder, the pit of wheels, the pit of thunderbolts, the exceedingly savage pit of tortoises;
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BvP 2 29.17
ज्वालकुण्डं भस्मकुण्डं पूतिकुण्डं च सुन्दरि ।। तप्तसूर्यमसीपत्रं क्षुरधारं सुचीमुखम्
jvālakuṇḍaṃ bhasmakuṇḍaṃ pūtikuṇḍaṃ ca sundari || taptasūryamasīpatraṃ kṣuradhāraṃ sucīmukham
the pit of flames, the pit of ashes, and the pit of stench, O beautiful one; the scorching-sun (hell), the ink-leaf (hell), the razor's-edge (hell), the needle-mouth (hell);
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BvP 2 29.18
गोधामुखं नक्रमुखं गजदंशं च गोमुखम् ।। कुम्भीपाकं कालसूत्रमवटोदमरुन्तुदम्
godhāmukhaṃ nakramukhaṃ gajadaṃśaṃ ca gomukham || kumbhīpākaṃ kālasūtramavaṭodamaruntudam
the lizard-mouth, the crocodile-mouth, the elephant-tusk, and the cow-mouth; Kumbhīpāka, Kālasūtra, the pit-flood(?), the vital-piercing (hell);
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BvP 2 29.19
पांशुभोजं पाशवेष्टं शूलप्रोतं प्रकम्पनम् ।। उल्कामुखमन्धकूपं वेधनं दण्डताडनम् ।।
pāṃśubhojaṃ pāśaveṣṭaṃ śūlaprotaṃ prakampanam || ulkāmukhamandhakūpaṃ vedhanaṃ daṇḍatāḍanam ||
the eating of dust, the wrapping in nooses, the impaling on a stake, the violent shaking, the firebrand-mouth, the blind well, the piercing, the beating with rods.
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BvP 2 29.21
कुण्डान्येतानि सावित्रि पापिनां क्लेशदानि च ।। नियुक्तैः किङ्करगणै रक्षितानि च सन्ततम्
kuṇḍānyetāni sāvitri pāpināṃ kleśadāni ca || niyuktaiḥ kiṅkaragaṇai rakṣitāni ca santatam
These are the pits, Sāvitrī, which inflict torment on sinners, and they are constantly guarded by troops of appointed servants —
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BvP 2 29.22
दण्डहस्तैः शूलहस्तैः पाशहस्तैर्भयङ्करैः ।। शक्तिहस्तैर्गदाहस्तैर्मदमत्तैश्च दारुणैः
daṇḍahastaiḥ śūlahastaiḥ pāśahastairbhayaṅkaraiḥ || śaktihastairgadāhastairmadamattaiśca dāruṇaiḥ
terrifying ones with rods in hand, with spikes in hand, with nooses in hand, with lances in hand, with clubs in hand, savage and drunk with frenzy,
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BvP 2 29.23
तमोयुक्तैर्दयाहीनैर्दुर्निवार्य्यं च सर्वतः ।। तेजस्विभिश्च निःशङ्कैस्ताम्रपिङ्गललोचनैः
tamoyuktairdayāhīnairdurnivāryyaṃ ca sarvataḥ || tejasvibhiśca niḥśaṅkaistāmrapiṅgalalocanaiḥ
filled with darkness, devoid of pity, impossible to ward off on every side, fiery and fearless, with copper-tawny eyes,
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BvP 2 29.24
योगयुक्तैः सिद्धयोगैर्नानारूपधरैर्वरैः ।। आसन्नमृत्युभिर्दृष्टैः पापिभिः सर्वजीविभिः
yogayuktaiḥ siddhayogairnānārūpadharairvaraiḥ || āsannamṛtyubhirdṛṣṭaiḥ pāpibhiḥ sarvajīvibhiḥ
endowed with yoga, of accomplished yogic power, excellent, assuming many forms, seen by all sinful beings whose death is at hand,
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BvP 2 29.25
स्वकर्मनिरतैः शैवैः शाक्तैः सौरैश्च गाणपैः ।। अदृष्टैः पुण्यकृद्भिश्च सिद्धयोगिभिरेव च
svakarmanirataiḥ śaivaiḥ śāktaiḥ sauraiśca gāṇapaiḥ || adṛṣṭaiḥ puṇyakṛdbhiśca siddhayogibhireva ca
by those intent on their own rites — Śaivas, Śāktas, Sauras and Gāṇapatas — and by the unseen ones, by doers of merit, and by perfected yogins as well,
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BvP 2 29.26
स्वधर्म्मनिरतैर्वाऽपि विरतैर्वा स्वतन्त्रकैः ।। बलवद्भिश्च निःशङ्कैः स्वप्नदृष्टैश्च वैष्णवैः
svadharmmaniratairvā'pi viratairvā svatantrakaiḥ || balavadbhiśca niḥśaṅkaiḥ svapnadṛṣṭaiśca vaiṣṇavaiḥ
or by those intent on their own duty, or by those who have withdrawn from it, by independent ones, by the strong and the unhesitating, and by Vaiṣṇavas seen in a dream.
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BvP 2 29.27
एतत्ते कथितं साध्वि कुण्डसंख्यानिरूपणम् ।। येषां निवासो यत्कुंडे निबोध कथयामि ते
etatte kathitaṃ sādhvi kuṇḍasaṃkhyānirūpaṇam || yeṣāṃ nivāso yatkuṃḍe nibodha kathayāmi te
This account of the reckoning of the pits has been told to you, O virtuous woman. Learn now whose dwelling is in which pit — I shall tell you.
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