Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 33
DB 9 33.1
नानाकर्मविपाकफलकथनम् धर्मराज उवाच हरिसेवारतः शुद्धो योगसिद्धो व्रती सति । तपस्वी ब्रह्मचारी च न याति नरकं ध्रुवम्
nānākarmavipākaphalakathanam dharmarāja uvāca harisevārataḥ śuddho yogasiddho vratī sati | tapasvī brahmacārī ca na yāti narakaṃ dhruvam
The telling of the fruits of the ripening of various deeds. The King of Dharma said: One devoted to the service of Hari, pure, accomplished in yoga, a keeper of vows, O virtuous one, an ascetic and a celibate — he surely does not go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.2
कटुवाचा बान्धवांश्च बललेपेन यो नरः । दग्धान्करोति बलवान् वह्निकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
kaṭuvācā bāndhavāṃśca balalepena yo naraḥ | dagdhānkaroti balavān vahnikuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
The man who, being powerful, with harsh words and out of arrogance of strength, causes his kinsmen to be scorched — he goes to the pit of fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.3
स्वगात्रलोममानाब्दं तत्र स्थित्वा हुताशने । पशुयोनिमवाप्नोति रौद्रदग्धां त्रिजन्मनि
svagātralomamānābdaṃ tatra sthitvā hutāśane | paśuyonimavāpnoti raudradagdhāṃ trijanmani
Having stayed there in the fire for as many years as the hairs on his own body, he obtains birth as an animal, cruelly burnt, for three lifetimes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.4
ब्राह्मणं तृषितं तप्तं क्षुधितं गृहमागतम् । न भोजयति यो मूढस्तप्तकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
brāhmaṇaṃ tṛṣitaṃ taptaṃ kṣudhitaṃ gṛhamāgatam | na bhojayati yo mūḍhastaptakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
The fool who does not feed a brahmin who has come to his house thirsty, scorched and hungry — he goes to the scalding pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.5
तत्र तल्लोममानं च वर्षं स्थित्वा च दुःखदे । तप्तस्थले वह्नितल्पे पक्षी च सप्तजन्मसु
tatra tallomamānaṃ ca varṣaṃ sthitvā ca duḥkhade | taptasthale vahnitalpe pakṣī ca saptajanmasu
And having stayed there in that pain-giving (pit) for years to the measure of those hairs, (he becomes) a bird on scorching ground, on a bed of fire, for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.6
रविवारे च संक्रान्त्याममायां श्राद्धवासरे । वस्त्राणां क्षारसंयोगं करोति केवलं नरः
ravivāre ca saṃkrāntyāmamāyāṃ śrāddhavāsare | vastrāṇāṃ kṣārasaṃyogaṃ karoti kevalaṃ naraḥ
The man who, on a Sunday, at a solstitial transit, on a new-moon day, or on the day of a śrāddha, does nothing but apply alkali (soap) to clothes —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.7
स याति क्षारकुण्डं च सूत्रमानाब्दमेव च । स व्रजेद्रजकीं योनिं सप्तजन्मसु भारते
sa yāti kṣārakuṇḍaṃ ca sūtramānābdameva ca | sa vrajedrajakīṃ yoniṃ saptajanmasu bhārate
he goes to the alkali pit for years to the number of the threads (in the cloth); then he goes to the womb of a washerwoman for seven births in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.8
मूलप्रकृतिनिन्दां यः कुरुते मानवाधमः । वेदनिन्दां शास्त्रनिन्दां पुराणानां तथैव च
mūlaprakṛtinindāṃ yaḥ kurute mānavādhamaḥ | vedanindāṃ śāstranindāṃ purāṇānāṃ tathaiva ca
The lowest of men who reviles the Root Nature (Mūlaprakṛti), and who reviles the Vedas, the śāstras, and likewise the Purāṇas;
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DB 9 33.9
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनां तथा निन्दापरो जनः । गौरीवाण्यादिदेवीनां तथा निन्दापरो जनः
brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāṃ tathā nindāparo janaḥ | gaurīvāṇyādidevīnāṃ tathā nindāparo janaḥ
and the person given to reviling Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, and likewise the person given to reviling Gaurī, Vāṇī and the other goddesses —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.10
ते सर्वे निरये यान्ति तस्मिन्कुण्डे भयानके । नातः परतरं कुण्डं दुःखदं तु भविष्यति
te sarve niraye yānti tasminkuṇḍe bhayānake | nātaḥ parataraṃ kuṇḍaṃ duḥkhadaṃ tu bhaviṣyati
they all go to hell, into that terrible pit; there will be no pit more pain-giving than this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.11
तत्र स्थित्वानेककल्पं सर्पयोनिं व्रजेत्पुनः । देवीनिन्दापराधस्य प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते
tatra sthitvānekakalpaṃ sarpayoniṃ vrajetpunaḥ | devīnindāparādhasya prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate
Having stayed there for many kalpas, he goes again to the womb of a snake; for the offence of reviling the Goddess there is no expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.12
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा वृत्तिं च सुरविप्रयोः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कुण्डं च प्रयाति सः
svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā vṛttiṃ ca suraviprayoḥ | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṭkuṇḍaṃ ca prayāti saḥ
(He who seizes) the livelihood of a god or a brahmin, given by himself or given by another — he goes to the pit of excrement for sixty thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.13
तावन्त्येव च वर्षाणि विड्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कृमिश्च पुनर्भुवि
tāvantyeva ca varṣāṇi viḍbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṭkṛmiśca punarbhuvi
For just that many years he remains there eating excrement, and then again on earth he is a worm in excrement for sixty thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.14
परकीयतडागे च तडागं यः करोति च । उत्सजेद्दैवदोषेण मूत्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
parakīyataḍāge ca taḍāgaṃ yaḥ karoti ca | utsajeddaivadoṣeṇa mūtrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
And he who makes a tank within another's tank, and lets it out (destroys it) through some fault of fate — he goes to the pit of urine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.15
तद्रेणुमानवर्षं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । पुनः पूर्णशताब्दं च स वृषो भारते भवेत्
tadreṇumānavarṣaṃ ca tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | punaḥ pūrṇaśatābdaṃ ca sa vṛṣo bhārate bhavet
For years to the measure of its dust particles he remains there feeding on that (urine); and then for a full hundred years he becomes a bull in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.16
एकाकी मिष्टमश्नाति श्लेष्मकुण्डं प्रयाति च । पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
ekākī miṣṭamaśnāti śleṣmakuṇḍaṃ prayāti ca | pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati
He who eats sweet food alone goes to the pool of phlegm; and, feeding on that, he remains there a full hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.17
ततः पूर्णशताब्दं च स प्रेतो भारते भवेत् । श्लेष्ममूत्रपरं चैव पूयं भुङ्क्ते ततः शुचिः
tataḥ pūrṇaśatābdaṃ ca sa preto bhārate bhavet | śleṣmamūtraparaṃ caiva pūyaṃ bhuṅkte tataḥ śuciḥ
Then for a full hundred years he becomes a ghost in Bhārata, and eats phlegm, urine and pus above all; after that he is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.18
पितरं मातरं चैव गुरुं भार्यां सुतं सुताम् । यो न पुष्णात्यनाथं च गरकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva guruṃ bhāryāṃ sutaṃ sutām | yo na puṣṇātyanāthaṃ ca garakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
He who does not support father and mother, teacher, wife, son, daughter, and the helpless, goes to the pool of poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.19
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ततो व्रजेद्भूतयोनिं शतवर्षं ततः शुचिः
pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | tato vrajedbhūtayoniṃ śatavarṣaṃ tataḥ śuciḥ
Feeding on that, he remains there a full hundred years; then he goes to the womb of a goblin for a hundred years, and after that is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.20
दृष्ट्वातिथिं वक्रचक्षुः करोति यो हि मानवः । पितृदेवास्तस्य जलं न गृह्णन्ति च पापिनः
dṛṣṭvātithiṃ vakracakṣuḥ karoti yo hi mānavaḥ | pitṛdevāstasya jalaṃ na gṛhṇanti ca pāpinaḥ
The man who, on seeing a guest, makes a crooked eye (at him) — the fathers and gods do not accept that sinner's water-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.21
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । इहैव लभते चान्ते दूषिकाकुण्डमाव्रजेत्
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca | ihaiva labhate cānte dūṣikākuṇḍamāvrajet
Whatever sins there are, beginning with the killing of a brahmin, he obtains them here itself, and at the end he goes to the pool of eye-discharge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.22
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ततो व्रजेद्भूतयोनिं शतवर्षं ततः शुचिः
pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | tato vrajedbhūtayoniṃ śatavarṣaṃ tataḥ śuciḥ
Feeding on that, he remains there a full hundred years; then he goes to the womb of a goblin for a hundred years, and after that is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.23
दत्त्वा द्रव्यं च विप्राय चान्यस्मै दीयते यदि । स तिष्ठति वसाकुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
dattvā dravyaṃ ca viprāya cānyasmai dīyate yadi | sa tiṣṭhati vasākuṇḍe tadbhojī śatavatsaram
If, having (promised) to give property to a brahmin, it is given to another, he stays in the pool of fat, feeding on it, for a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.24
कृकलासो भवेत्सोऽपि भारते सप्तजन्मसु । ततो भवेन्महारौद्रो दरिद्रोऽल्पायुरेव च
kṛkalāso bhavetso'pi bhārate saptajanmasu | tato bhavenmahāraudro daridro'lpāyureva ca
He also becomes a chameleon in Bhārata for seven births; then he becomes very fierce, poor, and short-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.25
पुमांसं कामिनी वापि कामिनीं वा पुमानथ । यः शुक्रं पाययत्येव शुक्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
pumāṃsaṃ kāminī vāpi kāminīṃ vā pumānatha | yaḥ śukraṃ pāyayatyeva śukrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
A woman (who makes) a man, or a man a woman, drink semen — he goes to the pool of semen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.26
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । कृमियोनिं शताब्दं च व्रजेद्भूत्वा ततः शुचिः
pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | kṛmiyoniṃ śatābdaṃ ca vrajedbhūtvā tataḥ śuciḥ
Feeding on that, he remains there a full hundred years; then, having become (born) in the womb of worms for a hundred years, he is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.27
सन्ताड्य च गुरुं विप्रं रक्तपातं च कारयेत् । स च तिष्ठत्यसृक्कुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
santāḍya ca guruṃ vipraṃ raktapātaṃ ca kārayet | sa ca tiṣṭhatyasṛkkuṇḍe tadbhojī śatavatsaram
He who strikes a teacher or a brahmin and causes blood to flow stays in the pool of blood, feeding on it, for a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.28
ततो लभेद्व्याघ्रजन्म सप्तजन्मसु भारते । ततः शुद्धिमवाप्नोति मानवश्च क्रमेण ह
tato labhedvyāghrajanma saptajanmasu bhārate | tataḥ śuddhimavāpnoti mānavaśca krameṇa ha
Then he obtains birth as a tiger for seven births in Bhārata; after that he attains purification and (becomes) a man, gradually indeed.
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DB 9 33.29
योऽश्रु तत्याज गायन्तं भक्तं दृष्ट्वा सगद्गदम् । श्रीकृष्णगुणसङ्गीते हसत्येव हि यो नरः
yo'śru tatyāja gāyantaṃ bhaktaṃ dṛṣṭvā sagadgadam | śrīkṛṣṇaguṇasaṅgīte hasatyeva hi yo naraḥ
He who abandoned tears on seeing a devotee singing with a voice choked (with emotion), and the man who merely laughs at the singing of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's qualities —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.30
स वसेदश्रुकुण्डे च तद्भोजी शतवर्षकम् । ततो भवेच्च चाण्डालस्त्रिजन्मनि ततः शुचिः
sa vasedaśrukuṇḍe ca tadbhojī śatavarṣakam | tato bhavecca cāṇḍālastrijanmani tataḥ śuciḥ
he dwells in the pool of tears, feeding on them, for a hundred years; then he becomes a Cāṇḍāla for three births, and after that is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.31
करोति शठता तद्वन्नित्यं सुहृदि यो नरः । कुण्डं गात्रमलानां च स प्रयाति शताब्दकम्
karoti śaṭhatā tadvannityaṃ suhṛdi yo naraḥ | kuṇḍaṃ gātramalānāṃ ca sa prayāti śatābdakam
Likewise the man who constantly practises deceit towards a friend goes to the pool of bodily filth for a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.32
ततः स गार्दभीं योनिमवाप्नोति त्रिजन्मनि । त्रिजन्मनि च शार्गालीं ततः शुद्धो भवेद् ध्रुवम्
tataḥ sa gārdabhīṃ yonimavāpnoti trijanmani | trijanmani ca śārgālīṃ tataḥ śuddho bhaved dhruvam
Then he obtains the womb of a she-ass for three births, and that of a she-jackal for three births; after that he surely becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.33
बधिरं यो हसत्येव निन्दत्येवाभिमानतः । स वसेत्कर्णविट्कुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम् नानाकर्मविपाकफलकथनं नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः
badhiraṃ yo hasatyeva nindatyevābhimānataḥ | sa vasetkarṇaviṭkuṇḍe tadbhojī śatavatsaram nānākarmavipākaphalakathanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
He who laughs at a deaf man and reviles him out of arrogance dwells in the pool of ear-wax, feeding on it, for a hundred years. [Thus] the thirty-third chapter, called 'The Telling of the Fruits of the Ripening of Various Deeds.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.34
ततो भवेत्स बधिरो दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु । सप्तजन्मन्यङ्गहीनस्ततः शुद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम्
tato bhavetsa badhiro daridraḥ saptajanmasu | saptajanmanyaṅgahīnastataḥ śuddhiṃ labhed dhruvam
Then he becomes deaf and poor for seven births, and limbless for seven births; after that he surely obtains purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.35
लोभात्स्वभरणार्थाय जीविनं हन्ति यो नरः । मज्जाकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि तद्भोजी लक्षवत्सरम्
lobhātsvabharaṇārthāya jīvinaṃ hanti yo naraḥ | majjākuṇḍe vasetso'pi tadbhojī lakṣavatsaram
The man who out of greed kills a living creature for the sake of his own sustenance dwells in the pool of marrow, feeding on it, for a hundred thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.36
ततो भवेच्च शशको मीनश्च सप्तजन्मसु । त्रिजन्मनि वराहश्च कुक्कुटः सप्तजन्मसु
tato bhavecca śaśako mīnaśca saptajanmasu | trijanmani varāhaśca kukkuṭaḥ saptajanmasu
Then he becomes a hare, and a fish for seven births; a boar for three births, and a cock for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.37
एणादयश्च कर्मभ्यस्ततः शुद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम् । स्वकन्यापालनं कृत्वा विक्रीणाति च यो नरः
eṇādayaśca karmabhyastataḥ śuddhiṃ labhed dhruvam | svakanyāpālanaṃ kṛtvā vikrīṇāti ca yo naraḥ
And (he becomes) antelopes and the like through (his) deeds; thereafter he surely attains purification. And the man who, having raised his own daughter, then sells her —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.38
अर्थलोभान्महामूढो मांसकुण्डं प्रयाति सः । कन्यालोमप्रमाणाब्दं तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
arthalobhānmahāmūḍho māṃsakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ | kanyālomapramāṇābdaṃ tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati
that great fool, out of greed for money, goes to the pit of flesh; eating that, he remains there for as many years as the daughter has hairs (on her body).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.39
तस्य दण्डप्रहारं च कुर्वन्ति यमकिङ्कराः । मांसभारं मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा रक्तभारं लिहेत्क्षुधा
tasya daṇḍaprahāraṃ ca kurvanti yamakiṅkarāḥ | māṃsabhāraṃ mūrdhni kṛtvā raktabhāraṃ lihetkṣudhā
And the servants of Yama beat him with a rod; placing a load of flesh on his head, out of hunger he licks a load of blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.40
ततो हि भारते पापी कन्याविट्कृमिगो भवेत् । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि व्याधश्च सप्तजन्मसु
tato hi bhārate pāpī kanyāviṭkṛmigo bhavet | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi vyādhaśca saptajanmasu
Then indeed the sinner becomes, in Bhārata, a worm in a girl's excrement for sixty thousand years, and a hunter for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.41
त्रिजन्मनि वराहश्च कुक्कुटः सप्तजन्मसु । मण्डूको हि जलौकाश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते
trijanmani varāhaśca kukkuṭaḥ saptajanmasu | maṇḍūko hi jalaukāśca saptajanmasu bhārate
And a boar for three births, a cock for seven births, and a frog and a leech for seven births in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.42
सप्तजन्मसु काकश्च ततः शुद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम् । व्रतानामुपवासानां श्राद्धादीनां च सङ्गमे
saptajanmasu kākaśca tataḥ śuddhiṃ labhed dhruvam | vratānāmupavāsānāṃ śrāddhādīnāṃ ca saṅgame
And a crow for seven births; thereafter he surely attains purification. And when there is a concurrence of vows, fasts, śrāddhas and the like,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.43
करोति यः क्षौरकर्म सोऽशुचिः सर्वकर्मसु । स च तिष्ठति कुण्डे च नखादीनाञ्च सुन्दरि
karoti yaḥ kṣaurakarma so'śuciḥ sarvakarmasu | sa ca tiṣṭhati kuṇḍe ca nakhādīnāñca sundari
he who performs shaving is impure in all rites; and he remains, O fair one, in the pit of nails and the like,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.44
तद्दैवदिनमानाब्दं तद्भोजी दण्डताडितः । सकेशं पार्थिवं लिङ्गं यो वार्चयति भारते
taddaivadinamānābdaṃ tadbhojī daṇḍatāḍitaḥ | sakeśaṃ pārthivaṃ liṅgaṃ yo vārcayati bhārate
eating that, beaten with rods, for as many years as (there are) days of the gods (in that reckoning). And he who in Bhārata worships an earthen liṅga with a hair (in it) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.45
स तिष्ठति केशकुण्डे मृद्रेणुमानवर्षकम् । तदन्ते यावनीं योनिं प्रयाति हरकोपतः
sa tiṣṭhati keśakuṇḍe mṛdreṇumānavarṣakam | tadante yāvanīṃ yoniṃ prayāti harakopataḥ
he remains in the pit of hair for as many years as (there are) grains of dust in the clay; at the end of that, through Hara's wrath, he goes to a Yavana womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.46
शताब्दाच्छुद्धिमाप्नोति राक्षसः स भवेद् ध्रुवम् । पितॄणां यो विष्णुपदे पिण्डं नैव ददाति च
śatābdācchuddhimāpnoti rākṣasaḥ sa bhaved dhruvam | pitṝṇāṃ yo viṣṇupade piṇḍaṃ naiva dadāti ca
After a hundred years he obtains purification; he surely becomes a rākṣasa. And he who does not offer the piṇḍa to the ancestors at Viṣṇupada —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.47
स च तिष्ठत्यस्थिकुण्डे स्वलोमाब्दं महोल्बणे । ततः सुयोनिं सम्प्राप्य कुखञ्जः सप्तजन्मसु
sa ca tiṣṭhatyasthikuṇḍe svalomābdaṃ maholbaṇe | tataḥ suyoniṃ samprāpya kukhañjaḥ saptajanmasu
he remains in the most terrible pit of bones for as many years as he has hairs; then, attaining a good birth, he is crippled and lame for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.48
भवेन्महादरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धो हि देहतः । यः सेवते महामूढो गुर्विणीं च स्वकामिनीम्
bhavenmahādaridraśca tataḥ śuddho hi dehataḥ | yaḥ sevate mahāmūḍho gurviṇīṃ ca svakāminīm
and becomes very poor; thereafter he is indeed purified in body. The great fool who has intercourse with his own wife when she is pregnant —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.49
प्रतप्ते ताम्रकुण्डे च शतवर्षं स तिष्ठति । अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते ऋतुस्नातान्नमेव च
pratapte tāmrakuṇḍe ca śatavarṣaṃ sa tiṣṭhati | avīrānnaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte ṛtusnātānnameva ca
he remains a hundred years in a heated copper pit. And he who eats the food of a woman without a son(?) and the food of a woman (just) bathed after her menses —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.50
लोहकुण्डे शताब्दं च स च तिष्ठति तप्तके । स व्रजेद्रजकीं योनिं काकानां सप्तजन्मसु
lohakuṇḍe śatābdaṃ ca sa ca tiṣṭhati taptake | sa vrajedrajakīṃ yoniṃ kākānāṃ saptajanmasu
he remains a hundred years in an iron pit, heated; he goes to the womb of a washerwoman, and of crows for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.51
महाव्रणी दरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धी भवेन्नरः । यो हि चर्माक्तहस्तेन देवद्रव्यमुपस्मृशेत्
mahāvraṇī daridraśca tataḥ śuddhī bhavennaraḥ | yo hi carmāktahastena devadravyamupasmṛśet
and the man becomes covered with great sores and poor; thereafter he becomes pure. He who would touch the property of the gods with a hand smeared with leather (or hide)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.52
शतवर्षप्रमाणं च चर्मकुण्डे स तिष्ठति । यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातो भुङ्क्ते शूद्रान्नमेव च
śatavarṣapramāṇaṃ ca carmakuṇḍe sa tiṣṭhati | yaḥ śūdreṇābhyanujñāto bhuṅkte śūdrānnameva ca
he remains in the pit of hide for the measure of a hundred years. And he who, invited by a śūdra, eats a śūdra's food —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.53
स च तप्तसुराकुण्डे शताब्दं तिष्ठति द्विजः । ततो भवेच्छूद्रयाजी ब्राह्मणः सप्तजन्मसु
sa ca taptasurākuṇḍe śatābdaṃ tiṣṭhati dvijaḥ | tato bhavecchūdrayājī brāhmaṇaḥ saptajanmasu
that twice-born remains a hundred years in a pit of boiling liquor; then he becomes a brāhmaṇa who officiates for śūdras for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.54
शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद्ध ्रुवम् । वाग्दुष्टः कटुको वाचा ताडयेत्स्वामिनं सदा
śūdraśrāddhānnabhojī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaveddha ruvam | vāgduṣṭaḥ kaṭuko vācā tāḍayetsvāminaṃ sadā
and an eater of the śrāddha food of śūdras; thereafter he surely becomes pure. One foul of speech, harsh in words, who always assails his master (with words) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.55
तीक्ष्णकण्टककुण्डे स तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ताडितो यमदूतेन दण्डेन च चतुर्गुणम्
tīkṣṇakaṇṭakakuṇḍe sa tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | tāḍito yamadūtena daṇḍena ca caturguṇam
he, eating that, remains there in the pit of sharp thorns, beaten fourfold with a rod by Yama's messenger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.56
ततः उच्चैःश्रवाः सप्तजन्मस्वेव ततः शुचि । विषेण जीवनं हन्ति निर्दयो यो हि मानवः
tataḥ uccaiḥśravāḥ saptajanmasveva tataḥ śuci | viṣeṇa jīvanaṃ hanti nirdayo yo hi mānavaḥ
Then for seven births he is one who hears only loud (sounds), and after that he is pure. Whatever pitiless man destroys life with poison —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.57
विषकुण्डे च तद्भोजी सहस्राब्दं च तिष्ठति । ततो भवेन्नृघाती च व्रणी च शतजन्मसु
viṣakuṇḍe ca tadbhojī sahasrābdaṃ ca tiṣṭhati | tato bhavennṛghātī ca vraṇī ca śatajanmasu
— he stays a thousand years in the pit of poison, eating that (poison); then he becomes a killer of men, and for a hundred births one covered with sores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.58
सप्तजन्मसु कुष्ठी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद् धुवम् । दण्डेन ताडयेद् गां हि वृषञ्च वृषवाहकः
saptajanmasu kuṣṭhī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaved dhuvam | daṇḍena tāḍayed gāṃ hi vṛṣañca vṛṣavāhakaḥ
And for seven births he is a leper; after that he certainly becomes pure. The driver of an ox who beats a cow or a bull with a stick —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.59
भृत्यद्वारा स्वतन्त्रो वा पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते । प्रतप्ते तैलकुण्डेऽग्नौ तिष्ठति स्म चतुर्युगम्
bhṛtyadvārā svatantro vā puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate | pratapte tailakuṇḍe'gnau tiṣṭhati sma caturyugam
— whether through a servant or on his own, in the meritorious land of Bharata: he remains four ages in a pit of oil heated over fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.60
गवां लोमप्रमाणाब्दं वृषो भवति तत्परम् । कुन्तेन हन्ति यो जीवं वह्निलोहेन हेलया
gavāṃ lomapramāṇābdaṃ vṛṣo bhavati tatparam | kuntena hanti yo jīvaṃ vahnilohena helayā
After that he becomes an ox for as many years as the hairs of the cows. Whoever wantonly kills a living being with a spear of fire-forged iron —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.61
कुन्तकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि वर्षाणामयुतं सति । ततः सुयोनिं सम्प्राप्य चोदरे व्याधिसंयुतः
kuntakuṇḍe vasetso'pi varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sati | tataḥ suyoniṃ samprāpya codare vyādhisaṃyutaḥ
— he too dwells in the pit of spears for ten thousand years, O good one; then, having attained a good birth, he is afflicted with disease in the belly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.62
जन्मनैकेन क्लेशेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः । यो भुङ्क्ते च वृथा मांसं मांसलोभी द्विजाधमः
janmanaikena kleśena tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ | yo bhuṅkte ca vṛthā māṃsaṃ māṃsalobhī dvijādhamaḥ
and by the suffering of one birth the man thereafter becomes pure. And the lowest of twice-born who, greedy for meat, eats meat in vain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.63
हरेरनैवेद्यभोजी कृमिकुण्डं प्रयाति सः । स्वलोममानवर्षं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
hareranaivedyabhojī kṛmikuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ | svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati
eating what has not been offered to Hari — he goes to the pit of worms; and eating that (filth) he stays there as many years as the hairs on his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.64
ततो भवेन्म्लेच्छजातिस्त्रिजन्मनि ततो द्विजः । ब्राह्मणः शूद्रयाजी च शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजकः
tato bhavenmlecchajātistrijanmani tato dvijaḥ | brāhmaṇaḥ śūdrayājī ca śūdraśrāddhānnabhojakaḥ
Then he becomes of barbarian birth for three births, and after that twice-born. A brahmin who sacrifices for śūdras, and who eats the śrāddha-food of śūdras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.65
शूद्राणां शवदाही च पूयकुण्डे वसेद् ध्रुवम् । यावल्लोमप्रमाणाब्दं यमदण्डेन सुव्रते
śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca pūyakuṇḍe vased dhruvam | yāvallomapramāṇābdaṃ yamadaṇḍena suvrate
and who burns the corpses of śūdras — he surely dwells in the pit of pus, for as many years as (his) hairs, under Yama's rod, O you of good vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.66
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ततो भारतमागत्य स शूद्रः सप्तजन्मसु
tāḍito yamadūtena tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | tato bhāratamāgatya sa śūdraḥ saptajanmasu
beaten by Yama's messenger, eating that (pus), he stays there. Then, coming to Bharata, he is a śūdra for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.67
महारोगी दरिद्रश्च बधिरो मूक एव च । कृष्णं पद्मं च के यस्य तं सर्पं हन्ति यो नरः
mahārogī daridraśca badhiro mūka eva ca | kṛṣṇaṃ padmaṃ ca ke yasya taṃ sarpaṃ hanti yo naraḥ
gravely diseased, poor, deaf, and indeed mute. The man who kills a snake that has a black lotus (mark) on its head —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.68
स्वलोममानवर्षं च सर्पकुण्डं प्रयाति सः । सर्पेण भक्षितः सोऽथ यमदूतेन ताडितः
svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca sarpakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ | sarpeṇa bhakṣitaḥ so'tha yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
— he goes to the pit of snakes for as many years as the hairs on his own body; there, devoured by snakes and beaten by Yama's messenger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.69
वसेच्च सर्पविड्भोजी ततः सर्पो भवेद् ध्रुवम् । ततो भवेन्मानवश्च स्वल्पायुर्दद्रुसंयुतः
vasecca sarpaviḍbhojī tataḥ sarpo bhaved dhruvam | tato bhavenmānavaśca svalpāyurdadrusaṃyutaḥ
he dwells eating snakes' dung; then he surely becomes a snake. After that he becomes a man, short-lived and afflicted with skin disease,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.70
महाक्लेशेन तन्मृत्युः सर्पेण भक्षिताद् ध्रुवम् । विधिप्रदत्तजीव्यांश्च क्षुद्रजन्तूंश्च हन्ति यः
mahākleśena tanmṛtyuḥ sarpeṇa bhakṣitād dhruvam | vidhipradattajīvyāṃśca kṣudrajantūṃśca hanti yaḥ
and his death comes with great agony, surely from being bitten by a snake. Whoever kills small creatures, whose life was granted by the ordinance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.71
स दंशमशयोः कुण्डे जन्तुमानाब्दमेव च । दिवानिशं भक्षितस्तैरनाहारश्च शब्दवान्
sa daṃśamaśayoḥ kuṇḍe jantumānābdameva ca | divāniśaṃ bhakṣitastairanāhāraśca śabdavān
he (goes) to the pit of gadflies and mosquitoes for as many years as the creatures (he killed); day and night devoured by them, without food, crying out,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.72
हस्तपादादिबद्धश्च यमदूतेन ताडितः । ततो भवेत्क्षुद्रजन्तुर्जातिश्च यावनी भवेत्
hastapādādibaddhaśca yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ | tato bhavetkṣudrajanturjātiśca yāvanī bhavet
bound at hands and feet and so on, beaten by Yama's messenger. Then he becomes a small creature, and (then) his caste becomes that of a Yavana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.73
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च सोऽङ्गहीनस्ततः शुचिः । यो मूढो मधुमश्नाति हत्वा च मधुमक्षिकाः
tato bhavenmānavaśca so'ṅgahīnastataḥ śuciḥ | yo mūḍho madhumaśnāti hatvā ca madhumakṣikāḥ
After that he becomes a man, lacking a limb, and thereafter pure. The fool who eats honey after killing the honey-bees —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.74
स एव गारले कुण्डे जीवमानाब्दकं वसेत् । भक्षितो गरलैर्दग्धो यमदूतेन ताडितः
sa eva gārale kuṇḍe jīvamānābdakaṃ vaset | bhakṣito garalairdagdho yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
— that very one dwells in the pit of venom for as many years as the lives (he took); devoured and burned by venoms, beaten by Yama's messenger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.75
ततो हि मक्षिकाजातिस्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः । दण्डं करोत्यदण्ड्ये च विप्रे दण्डं करोति च
tato hi makṣikājātistataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ | daṇḍaṃ karotyadaṇḍye ca vipre daṇḍaṃ karoti ca
then indeed (he takes) birth as a bee; after that the man becomes pure. And he who inflicts punishment on one not liable to punishment, and inflicts punishment on a brahmin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.76
स कुण्डं वज्रदंष्ट्राणां कीटानां याति सत्वरम् । स तल्लोमप्रमाणाब्दं तत्र तिष्ठत्यहर्निशम्
sa kuṇḍaṃ vajradaṃṣṭrāṇāṃ kīṭānāṃ yāti satvaram | sa tallomapramāṇābdaṃ tatra tiṣṭhatyaharniśam
He goes swiftly to the pit of worms with adamantine fangs; there he remains day and night for as many years as (he has) hairs (on his body).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.77
शब्दकृद्भक्षितस्तैस्तु यमदूतेन ताडितः । करोति रोदनं भद्रे हाहाकारं क्षणे क्षणे
śabdakṛdbhakṣitastaistu yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ | karoti rodanaṃ bhadre hāhākāraṃ kṣaṇe kṣaṇe
Crying out, he is devoured by them and beaten by Yama's messenger; he weeps, good lady, wailing 'alas, alas!' moment after moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.78
पुनः सूकरयोनौ च जायते सप्तजन्मसु । त्रिजन्मनि काकयोनौ ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
punaḥ sūkarayonau ca jāyate saptajanmasu | trijanmani kākayonau tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Again he is born in the womb of a pig for seven births, and for three births in the womb of a crow; thereafter the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.79
अर्थलोभेन यो मूढः प्रजादण्डं करोति सः । वृश्चिकानां च कुण्डं च तल्लोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
arthalobhena yo mūḍhaḥ prajādaṇḍaṃ karoti saḥ | vṛścikānāṃ ca kuṇḍaṃ ca tallomābdaṃ vased dhruvam
That fool who, out of greed for money, inflicts punishment on the subjects — he surely dwells in the pit of scorpions for years equal to (the number of) his hairs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.80
ततो वृश्चिकजातिश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते । ततो नरश्चाङ्गहीनो व्याधिशुद्धो भवेद् ध्रुवम्
tato vṛścikajātiśca saptajanmasu bhārate | tato naraścāṅgahīno vyādhiśuddho bhaved dhruvam
Thereafter he becomes of the scorpion species for seven births in Bhārata; then he becomes a man lacking a limb, and is surely purified through disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.81
ब्राह्मणः शस्त्रधारी यो ह्यन्येषां धावको भवेत् । सन्ध्याहीनश्च यो विप्रो हरिभक्तिविहीनकः
brāhmaṇaḥ śastradhārī yo hyanyeṣāṃ dhāvako bhavet | sandhyāhīnaśca yo vipro haribhaktivihīnakaḥ
A brahmin who bears weapons, who becomes a runner (servant) for others, and the brahmin who neglects the twilight rites, who is devoid of devotion to Hari —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.82
स तिष्ठति स्वलोमाब्दं कुण्डेषु च शरादिषु । विद्धः शरादिभिः शश्वत्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
sa tiṣṭhati svalomābdaṃ kuṇḍeṣu ca śarādiṣu | viddhaḥ śarādibhiḥ śaśvattataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
he remains for years equal to (the number of) his hairs in the pits (filled) with arrows and the like, pierced constantly by arrows and such; thereafter the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.83
कारागारे सान्धकारे प्रणिहन्ति प्रजाश्च यः । प्रमत्तः स्वस्य दोषेण गोलकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
kārāgāre sāndhakāre praṇihanti prajāśca yaḥ | pramattaḥ svasya doṣeṇa golakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
And he who, heedless, through his own fault kills the subjects in a prison-house of dense darkness — he goes to the Gola pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.84
स पङ्कतप्ततोयाक्तं सान्धकारं भयङ्करम् । तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रैश्च कीटैश्च संयुक्तं गोलकुण्डकम्
sa paṅkataptatoyāktaṃ sāndhakāraṃ bhayaṅkaram | tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraiśca kīṭaiśca saṃyuktaṃ golakuṇḍakam
That Gola pit is smeared with mud and boiling water, in dense darkness, terrifying, and filled with worms of sharp fangs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.85
कीटैर्विद्धो वसेत्तत्र प्रजालोमाब्दमेव च । ततो भवेत्प्रजाभृत्यस्ततः शुद्धो भवेत्क्रमात्
kīṭairviddho vasettatra prajālomābdameva ca | tato bhavetprajābhṛtyastataḥ śuddho bhavetkramāt
Pierced by the worms he dwells there for years equal to (the number of) the subjects' hairs; then he becomes a servant of the subjects, and thereafter he gradually becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.86
सरोवरादुत्थितांश्च नक्रादीन्हन्ति यो नरः । नक्रकण्टकमानाब्दं नक्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
sarovarādutthitāṃśca nakrādīnhanti yo naraḥ | nakrakaṇṭakamānābdaṃ nakrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
The man who kills crocodiles and the like that have come up out of a lake goes to the crocodile pit for years equal to (the number of) the crocodile's spines.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.87
ततो नक्रादिजातीयो भवेन्नक्रादिषु ध्रुवम् । ततः सद्यो विशुद्धो हि दण्डेनैव पुनः पुनः
tato nakrādijātīyo bhavennakrādiṣu dhruvam | tataḥ sadyo viśuddho hi daṇḍenaiva punaḥ punaḥ
Then he is surely born of the crocodile species among crocodiles and the like; thereafter he is at once purified, indeed by punishment again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.88
वक्षः श्रोणीस्तनास्यञ्च यः पश्यति परस्त्रियाः । कामेन कामुको यो हि पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते
vakṣaḥ śroṇīstanāsyañca yaḥ paśyati parastriyāḥ | kāmena kāmuko yo hi puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate
He who, being lustful with desire, gazes at another's wife — her breast, hips, bosom and face — in Bhārata, the field of merit —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.89
स वसेत्काककुण्डे च काकैः संचूर्णलोचनः । ततः स्वलोममानाब्दं भवेद्दग्धस्त्रिजन्मनि
sa vasetkākakuṇḍe ca kākaiḥ saṃcūrṇalocanaḥ | tataḥ svalomamānābdaṃ bhaveddagdhastrijanmani
he dwells in the crow pit with his eyes pulverized by crows, for years equal to (the number of) his hairs; then he is burnt for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.90
स्वर्णस्तेयी च यो मूढो भारते सुरविप्रयोः । स च मन्थानकुण्डे वै स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
svarṇasteyī ca yo mūḍho bhārate suraviprayoḥ | sa ca manthānakuṇḍe vai svalomābdaṃ vased dhruvam
And that fool who in Bhārata is a stealer of gold from gods and brahmins — he surely dwells in the churning-stick pit for years equal to (the number of) his hairs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.91
ताडितो यमदूतेन मन्थानैश्छन्नलोचनः । तद्विड्भोजी च तत्रैव ततश्चान्धस्त्रिजन्मनि
tāḍito yamadūtena manthānaiśchannalocanaḥ | tadviḍbhojī ca tatraiva tataścāndhastrijanmani
beaten by Yama's messenger, his eyes covered over by the churning sticks; and there he eats that (hell's) filth, and thereafter he is blind for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.92
सप्तजन्म दरिद्रश्च महाक्रूरश्च पातकी । भारते स्वर्णकारश्च स च स्वर्णवणिक् ततः
saptajanma daridraśca mahākrūraśca pātakī | bhārate svarṇakāraśca sa ca svarṇavaṇik tataḥ
For seven births he is poor, very cruel, and a sinner; and in Bhārata he becomes a goldsmith, and after that a gold-merchant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.93
यो भारते ताम्रचौरो लोहचौरश्च सुन्दरि । स च स्वलोममानाब्दं बीजकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
yo bhārate tāmracauro lohacauraśca sundari | sa ca svalomamānābdaṃ bījakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
He who in Bhārata is a stealer of copper and a stealer of iron, O beautiful one, goes to the seed pit for years equal to (the number of) his hairs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.94
तत्रैव बीजविड्भोजी बीजैश्च छन्नलोचनः । ताडितो यमदूतेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tatraiva bījaviḍbhojī bījaiśca channalocanaḥ | tāḍito yamadūtena tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
There he eats seed-filth, his eyes covered over with seeds, beaten by Yama's messenger; thereafter the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.95
भारते देवचौरश्च देवद्रव्यापहारकः । स दुस्तरे वज्रकुण्डे स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
bhārate devacauraśca devadravyāpahārakaḥ | sa dustare vajrakuṇḍe svalomābdaṃ vased dhruvam
And he who in Bhārata steals from the gods, carrying off the property of the gods, surely dwells in the unfordable adamant pit for years equal to (the number of) his hairs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.96
देहदग्धोऽपि तद्वज्रैरनाहारश्च शब्दकृत् । ताडितो यमदूतैश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
dehadagdho'pi tadvajrairanāhāraśca śabdakṛt | tāḍito yamadūtaiśca tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Though his body is burnt by those thunderbolts, without food and crying out, and beaten by Yama's messengers — after that the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.97
रौप्यगव्यांशुकानां च यश्चौरः सुरविप्रयोः । तप्तपाषाणकुण्डेच स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद् ध्रुवम्
raupyagavyāṃśukānāṃ ca yaścauraḥ suraviprayoḥ | taptapāṣāṇakuṇḍeca svalomābdaṃ vased dhruvam
And whoever steals silver, cattle, or cloth belonging to a god or a brahmin dwells, for certain, in the pit of heated stones for a number of years equal to (the hairs on) his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.98
त्रिजन्मनि च कंसोऽपि श्वेतरूपस्त्रिजन्मनि । जन्मैकं श्वेतचिह्नश्च ततोऽन्ये श्वेतपक्षिणः
trijanmani ca kaṃso'pi śvetarūpastrijanmani | janmaikaṃ śvetacihnaśca tato'nye śvetapakṣiṇaḥ
And for three births (he becomes) a monkey too, for three births of white form, for one birth marked with white, and after that other white birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 33.99
ततो रक्तविकारी च शूली वै मानवो भवेत् । सप्तजन्मसु चाल्पायुस्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tato raktavikārī ca śūlī vai mānavo bhavet | saptajanmasu cālpāyustataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
After that the man becomes one with a blood disorder and afflicted with colic; and for seven births short-lived; then he becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.100
रैतं कांस्यमयं पात्रं यो हरेद्देवविप्रयोः । तीक्ष्णपाषाणकुण्डे च स्वलोमाब्दं वसेन्नरः
raitaṃ kāṃsyamayaṃ pātraṃ yo hareddevaviprayoḥ | tīkṣṇapāṣāṇakuṇḍe ca svalomābdaṃ vasennaraḥ
Whoever steals a vessel of brass or bell-metal belonging to a god or a brahmin — that man dwells in the pit of sharp stones for a number of years equal to (the hairs on) his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.101
स भवेदश्वजातिश्च भारते सप्तजन्मसु । ततोऽधिकाङ्गजातिश्च पादरोगी ततः शुचिः
sa bhavedaśvajātiśca bhārate saptajanmasu | tato'dhikāṅgajātiśca pādarogī tataḥ śuciḥ
He becomes of the horse species in Bhārata for seven births; after that born with extra limbs, then diseased in the feet, and then pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.102
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भद्रे पुंश्चलीजीव्यजीविनः । स्वलोममानवर्षं च लालाकुण्डे वसेद् ध्रुवम्
puṃścalyannaṃ ca yo bhadre puṃścalījīvyajīvinaḥ | svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca lālākuṇḍe vased dhruvam
And, good lady, whoever (eats) the food of a harlot and lives on a harlot's livelihood dwells, for certain, in the pit of saliva for a number of years equal to (the hairs on) his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.103
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र दुःखितः । ततश्चक्षुःशूलरोगी ततः शुद्धः क्रमेण सः
tāḍito yamadūtena tadbhojī tatra duḥkhitaḥ | tataścakṣuḥśūlarogī tataḥ śuddhaḥ krameṇa saḥ
Beaten by Yama's messenger, that eater of it suffers there; after that he becomes diseased with pain in the eyes, and then, in due course, pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.104
म्लेच्छसेवी मसीजीवी यो विप्रो भारते भुवि । वसेत्स्वलोममानाब्दं मसीकुण्डे स दुःखभाक्
mlecchasevī masījīvī yo vipro bhārate bhuvi | vasetsvalomamānābdaṃ masīkuṇḍe sa duḥkhabhāk
The brahmin on the soil of Bhārata who serves barbarians and lives by ink dwells in the pit of ink for a number of years equal to (the hairs on) his body, partaking of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.105
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति । ततस्त्रिजन्मनि भवेत्कृष्णवर्णः पशुः सति
tāḍito yamadūtena tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati | tatastrijanmani bhavetkṛṣṇavarṇaḥ paśuḥ sati
Beaten by Yama's messenger, the eater of that remains there; then, good lady, for three births he becomes a black-coloured beast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.106
त्रिजन्मनि भवेच्छागः कृष्णवर्णस्त्रिजन्मनि । ततः स तालवृक्षश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
trijanmani bhavecchāgaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇastrijanmani | tataḥ sa tālavṛkṣaśca tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
For three births he becomes a goat, for three births black-coloured; after that he becomes a palmyra tree, and then the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.107
धान्यादिसस्यं ताम्बूलं यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः । आसनं च तथा तल्पं चूर्णकुण्डे प्रयाति सः
dhānyādisasyaṃ tāmbūlaṃ yo haretsuraviprayoḥ | āsanaṃ ca tathā talpaṃ cūrṇakuṇḍe prayāti saḥ
Whoever steals grain and other crops, betel, and also a seat or a couch belonging to a god or a brahmin goes to the pit of powder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.108
शताब्दं तत्र निवसेद्यमदूतेन ताडितः । ततो भवेन्मेषजातिः कुक्कुटश्च त्रिजन्मनि
śatābdaṃ tatra nivasedyamadūtena tāḍitaḥ | tato bhavenmeṣajātiḥ kukkuṭaśca trijanmani
He dwells there a hundred years, beaten by Yama's messenger; after that he becomes of the sheep species, and a cock for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.109
ततो भवेद्वानरश्च कासव्याधियुतो भुवि । वंशहीनो दरिद्रश्च स्वल्पायुश्च ततः शुचिः
tato bhavedvānaraśca kāsavyādhiyuto bhuvi | vaṃśahīno daridraśca svalpāyuśca tataḥ śuciḥ
After that he becomes a monkey, and on earth one afflicted with the disease of cough; without lineage, poor, and short-lived; then pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.110
करोति चक्रं विप्राणां हृत्वा द्रव्यं च यो जनः । स वसेच्चक्रकुण्डे च शताब्दं दण्डताडितः
karoti cakraṃ viprāṇāṃ hṛtvā dravyaṃ ca yo janaḥ | sa vaseccakrakuṇḍe ca śatābdaṃ daṇḍatāḍitaḥ
The man who, having stolen the property of brahmins, makes a wheel (of it) dwells in the wheel-pit a hundred years, beaten with a rod.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.111
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च तैलकारस्त्रिजन्मनि । व्याधियुक्तो भवेद्रोगी वंशहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavenmānavaśca tailakārastrijanmani | vyādhiyukto bhavedrogī vaṃśahīnastataḥ śuciḥ
After that he becomes a man, an oil-presser for three births; he becomes afflicted with illness, sickly, without lineage; then pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.112
गोधनेषु च विप्रेषु करोति वक्रतां पुमान् । प्रयाति वक्रकुण्डं स तिष्ठेद्युगशतं सति
godhaneṣu ca vipreṣu karoti vakratāṃ pumān | prayāti vakrakuṇḍaṃ sa tiṣṭhedyugaśataṃ sati
The man who practises crookedness towards cattle-wealth and towards brahmins goes to the crooked pit; he remains there a hundred yugas, good lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.113
ततो भवेत्स वक्राङ्गो हीनाङ्गः सप्तजन्मनि । दरिद्रो वंशहीनश्च भार्याहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavetsa vakrāṅgo hīnāṅgaḥ saptajanmani | daridro vaṃśahīnaśca bhāryāhīnastataḥ śuciḥ
After that he becomes crooked-limbed, defective in limb for seven births; poor, without lineage, and without a wife; then pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.114
ततो भवेद् गृध्रजन्मा त्रिजन्मनि च सूकरः । त्रिजन्मनि बिडालश्च मयूरश्च त्रिजन्मनि
tato bhaved gṛdhrajanmā trijanmani ca sūkaraḥ | trijanmani biḍālaśca mayūraśca trijanmani
After that he takes birth as a vulture, and for three births as a boar, for three births as a cat, and for three births as a peacock.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.115
निषिद्धं कूर्ममांसं च ब्राह्मणो यो हि भक्षति । कूर्मकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि शताब्दं कूर्मभक्षितः
niṣiddhaṃ kūrmamāṃsaṃ ca brāhmaṇo yo hi bhakṣati | kūrmakuṇḍe vasetso'pi śatābdaṃ kūrmabhakṣitaḥ
And the brahmin who eats the forbidden flesh of a tortoise dwells in the tortoise-pit a hundred years, eaten by tortoises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.116
ततो भवेत्कूर्मजन्मा त्रिजन्मनि च सूकरः । त्रिजन्मनि बिडालश्च मयूरश्च ततः शुचिः
tato bhavetkūrmajanmā trijanmani ca sūkaraḥ | trijanmani biḍālaśca mayūraśca tataḥ śuciḥ
Then he is born as a tortoise, and for three births a boar; for three births a cat, and then a peacock; after that he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.117
घृतं तैलादिकं चैव यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः । स याति ज्वालाकुण्डं च भस्मकुण्डं च पातकी
ghṛtaṃ tailādikaṃ caiva yo haretsuraviprayoḥ | sa yāti jvālākuṇḍaṃ ca bhasmakuṇḍaṃ ca pātakī
And whoever steals ghee, oil and the like belonging to a god or a brahmin — that sinner goes to the Flame-pit and to the Ash-pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.118
तत्र स्थित्वा शताब्दं च स भवेत्तैलपाचितः । सप्तजन्मनि मत्स्यश्च मूषकश्च ततः शुचिः
tatra sthitvā śatābdaṃ ca sa bhavettailapācitaḥ | saptajanmani matsyaśca mūṣakaśca tataḥ śuciḥ
Having stayed there a hundred years, he is cooked in oil; then for seven births a fish, and then a mouse; after that he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.119
सुगन्धितैलं धात्रीं वा गन्धद्रव्यान्यदेव वा । भारते पुण्यवर्षे च यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः
sugandhitailaṃ dhātrīṃ vā gandhadravyānyadeva vā | bhārate puṇyavarṣe ca yo haretsuraviprayoḥ
Whoever, in the holy land of Bhārata, steals fragrant oil, or emblic myrobalan, or any other perfumed substance belonging to a god or a brahmin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.120
स वसेद्दग्धकुण्डे च भवेद्दग्धो दिवानिशम् । स्वलोममानवर्षं च ततो दुर्गन्धिको भवेत्
sa vaseddagdhakuṇḍe ca bhaveddagdho divāniśam | svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca tato durgandhiko bhavet
He dwells in the Burning-pit and is burned day and night for as many years as the hairs on his body; then he becomes foul-smelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.121
दुर्गन्धिकः सप्तजन्म मृगनाभिस्त्रिजन्मनि । सप्तजन्मसु मन्थानस्ततो हि मानवो भवेत्
durgandhikaḥ saptajanma mṛganābhistrijanmani | saptajanmasu manthānastato hi mānavo bhavet
Foul-smelling for seven births, a musk-deer for three births, a churning-stick for seven births; then indeed he becomes a man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.122
बलेनैव छलेनैव हिंसारूपेण वा सति । बलिष्ठश्च हरेद्भूमिं भारते परपैतृकीम्
balenaiva chalenaiva hiṃsārūpeṇa vā sati | baliṣṭhaśca haredbhūmiṃ bhārate parapaitṛkīm
And if a strong man, by force or by fraud or by violence, seizes in Bhārata land that belonged to another's ancestors —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.123
स वसेत्तप्तसूचिं च भवेत्तापी दिवानिशम् । तप्ततैले यथा जीवो दग्धो भवति सन्ततम्
sa vasettaptasūciṃ ca bhavettāpī divāniśam | taptataile yathā jīvo dagdho bhavati santatam
He dwells in the Heated-needle (hell) and is scorched day and night, as a living being is burned continually in heated oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.124
भस्मसान्न भवत्येव भोगे देही न नश्यति । सप्तमन्वन्तरं पापी सन्तप्तस्तत्र तिष्ठति
bhasmasānna bhavatyeva bhoge dehī na naśyati | saptamanvantaraṃ pāpī santaptastatra tiṣṭhati
He is not reduced to ashes at all; while undergoing the experience the embodied one does not perish; the sinner remains there scorched for seven Manu-periods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.125
शब्दं करोत्यनाहारो यमदूतेन ताडितः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कृमिश्च भवेत्ततः
śabdaṃ karotyanāhāro yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṭkṛmiśca bhavettataḥ
Without food, beaten by Yama's messenger, he cries out; for sixty thousand years, and then he becomes a worm in excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 33.126
ततो भवेद्भूमिहीनो दरिद्रश्च ततः शुचिः । ततः स्वयोनिं सम्प्राप्य शुभं कर्माचरेत्पुनः
tato bhavedbhūmihīno daridraśca tataḥ śuciḥ | tataḥ svayoniṃ samprāpya śubhaṃ karmācaretpunaḥ
Then he becomes landless and poor, and after that pure; then, having attained his own kind of birth again, let him practice good deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition