Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 35
DB 9 35.1
नानाकर्मविपाकफलकथनम् धर्मराज उवाच देवसेवां विना साध्वि न भवेत्कर्मकृन्तनम् । शुद्धकर्म शुद्धबीजं नरकश्च कुकर्मणा
nānākarmavipākaphalakathanam dharmarāja uvāca devasevāṃ vinā sādhvi na bhavetkarmakṛntanam | śuddhakarma śuddhabījaṃ narakaśca kukarmaṇā
The telling of the ripening-fruits of various deeds. Dharmarāja said: Without service to the gods, O virtuous one, there is no cutting off of karma. Pure action (springs) from a pure seed, and hell from evil action.
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DB 9 35.2
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते योऽस्यां गच्छेत्पतिव्रते । स द्विजः कालसूत्रं च मृतो याति सुदुर्गमम्
puṃścalyannaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte yo'syāṃ gacchetpativrate | sa dvijaḥ kālasūtraṃ ca mṛto yāti sudurgamam
He who eats the food of a wanton woman, and he who goes in to her, O faithful wife — that twice-born, once dead, goes to the very impassable Kālasūtra.
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DB 9 35.3
शतवर्षं कालसूत्रे स्थिरीभूतो भवेद् ध्रुवम् । तत्र जन्मनि रोगी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद् द्विजः
śatavarṣaṃ kālasūtre sthirībhūto bhaved dhruvam | tatra janmani rogī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaved dvijaḥ
For a hundred years he surely remains fixed in Kālasūtra; then in (the next) birth he is diseased, and after that the twice-born becomes pure.
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DB 9 35.4
पतिव्रता चैकपतौ द्वितीये कुलटा स्मृता । तृतीये धर्षिणी ज्ञेया चतुर्थे पुंश्चलीत्यपि
pativratā caikapatau dvitīye kulaṭā smṛtā | tṛtīye dharṣiṇī jñeyā caturthe puṃścalītyapi
With one husband she is a devoted wife; with a second she is called kulaṭā (unchaste); with a third she is to be known as dharṣiṇī, and with a fourth as puṃścalī (wanton).
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DB 9 35.5
वेश्या च पञ्चमे षष्ठे पुङ्गी च सप्तमेऽष्टमे । तत ऊर्ध्वं महावेश्या सास्पृश्या सर्वजातिषु
veśyā ca pañcame ṣaṣṭhe puṅgī ca saptame'ṣṭame | tata ūrdhvaṃ mahāveśyā sāspṛśyā sarvajātiṣu
And with the fifth (and) sixth she is a veśyā (harlot), with the seventh and eighth a puṅgī; beyond that a mahāveśyā, and she is untouchable in all castes.
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DB 9 35.6
यो द्विजः कुलटां गच्छेद्धर्षिणीं पुंश्चलीमपि । पुङ्गीं वेश्यां महावेश्यां मत्स्योदे याति निश्चितम्
yo dvijaḥ kulaṭāṃ gaccheddharṣiṇīṃ puṃścalīmapi | puṅgīṃ veśyāṃ mahāveśyāṃ matsyode yāti niścitam
The twice-born who goes in to a kulaṭā, or to a dharṣiṇī, or a puṃścalī, a puṅgī, a veśyā, a mahāveśyā, assuredly goes to Matsyoda.
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DB 9 35.7
शताब्दं कुलटागामी धृष्टागामी चतुर्गुणम् । षड्गुणं पुंश्चलीगामी वेश्यागामी गुणाष्टकम्
śatābdaṃ kulaṭāgāmī dhṛṣṭāgāmī caturguṇam | ṣaḍguṇaṃ puṃścalīgāmī veśyāgāmī guṇāṣṭakam
He who goes to a kulaṭā (dwells there) a hundred years; he who goes to a dhṛṣṭā, fourfold (that); he who goes to a puṃścalī, sixfold; he who goes to a veśyā, eightfold.
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DB 9 35.8
पुङ्गीगामी दशगुणं वसेत्तत्र न संशयः । महावेश्याकामुकश्च ततो दशगुणं वसेत्
puṅgīgāmī daśaguṇaṃ vasettatra na saṃśayaḥ | mahāveśyākāmukaśca tato daśaguṇaṃ vaset
He who goes to a puṅgī dwells there tenfold — there is no doubt; and he who lusts after a mahāveśyā dwells (there) ten times longer than that.
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DB 9 35.9
तत्रैव यातनां भुङ्क्ते यमदूतेन ताडितः । तित्तिरिः कुलटागामी धृष्टागामी च वायसः
tatraiva yātanāṃ bhuṅkte yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ | tittiriḥ kulaṭāgāmī dhṛṣṭāgāmī ca vāyasaḥ
There itself he suffers torment, beaten by Yama's messenger. He who went to a kulaṭā (becomes) a partridge, and he who went to a dhṛṣṭā a crow.
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DB 9 35.10
कोकिलः पुंश्चलीगामी वेश्यागामी वृकः स्मृतः । पुङ्गीगामी सूकरश्च सप्तजन्मनि भारते
kokilaḥ puṃścalīgāmī veśyāgāmī vṛkaḥ smṛtaḥ | puṅgīgāmī sūkaraśca saptajanmani bhārate
He who went to a puṃścalī (becomes) a cuckoo; he who went to a veśyā is said (to become) a wolf; and he who went to a puṅgī a pig — for seven births in Bhārata.
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DB 9 35.11
महावेश्याप्रगामी च जायते शाल्मलीतरुः । यो भुङ्क्ते ज्ञानहीनश्च ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः
mahāveśyāpragāmī ca jāyate śālmalītaruḥ | yo bhuṅkte jñānahīnaśca grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ
And he who goes in to a mahāveśyā is born as a śālmalī tree. And he who, being without knowledge, eats during an eclipse of the moon or the sun —
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DB 9 35.12
अरुन्तुदं स यात्येवाप्यन्नमानाब्दमेव च । ततो भवेन्मानवश्चाप्युदरे रोगपीडितः
aruntudaṃ sa yātyevāpyannamānābdameva ca | tato bhavenmānavaścāpyudare rogapīḍitaḥ
he goes indeed to Aruntuda, for a year for each measure of food; then he becomes a man afflicted with disease in the belly,
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DB 9 35.13
गुल्मयुक्तश्च काणश्च दन्तहीनस्ततः शुचिः । वाक्प्रदत्तां स्वकन्यां च योऽन्यस्मै प्रददाति च
gulmayuktaśca kāṇaśca dantahīnastataḥ śuciḥ | vākpradattāṃ svakanyāṃ ca yo'nyasmai pradadāti ca
having a tumour, one-eyed and toothless; thereafter he is pure. And he who gives to another his own daughter already promised by word —
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DB 9 35.14
स वसेत्पांसुकुण्डे च तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम् । तद्द्रव्यहारी यः साध्वि पांसुवेष्टे शताब्दकम्
sa vasetpāṃsukuṇḍe ca tadbhojī śatavatsaram | taddravyahārī yaḥ sādhvi pāṃsuveṣṭe śatābdakam
he dwells in the Pāṃsu pit, and he who eats (at that wedding), for a hundred years; and he who carries off that (girl's) property, O good lady, (dwells) a hundred years in Pāṃsuveṣṭa.
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DB 9 35.15
निवसेच्छरशय्यायां मम दूतेन ताडितः । भक्त्या न पूजयेद्विप्रः शिवलिङ्गं च पार्थिवम्
nivaseccharaśayyāyāṃ mama dūtena tāḍitaḥ | bhaktyā na pūjayedvipraḥ śivaliṅgaṃ ca pārthivam
He dwells on the bed of arrows, beaten by my messenger. The brahmin who does not worship with devotion the śiva-liṅga made of earth —
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DB 9 35.16
स याति शूलिनः पापाच्छूलप्रोतं सुदारुणम् । स्थित्वा शताब्दं तत्रैव श्वापदः सप्तजन्मसु
sa yāti śūlinaḥ pāpācchūlaprotaṃ sudāruṇam | sthitvā śatābdaṃ tatraiva śvāpadaḥ saptajanmasu
by that sin against the Trident-bearer he goes to the terrible Śūlaprota; having stayed there a hundred years, (he becomes) a beast of prey for seven births.
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DB 9 35.17
ततो भवेद्देवलश्च सप्तजन्म ततः शुचिः । करोति कुण्ठितं विप्रं यद्भिया कम्पते द्विजः
tato bhaveddevalaśca saptajanma tataḥ śuciḥ | karoti kuṇṭhitaṃ vipraṃ yadbhiyā kampate dvijaḥ
Then he becomes a devala for seven births, and after that pure. He who makes a brahmin blunted (humiliated), so that the twice-born trembles for fear of him —
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DB 9 35.18
प्रकम्पने वसेत्सोऽपि विप्रलोमाब्दमेव च । प्रकोपवदना कोपात् स्वामिनं या च पश्यति
prakampane vasetso'pi vipralomābdameva ca | prakopavadanā kopāt svāminaṃ yā ca paśyati
he too dwells in Prakampana for a year for each hair of the brahmin. And the woman who out of anger looks at her husband with an enraged face —
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DB 9 35.19
कटूक्तिं तं प्रवदति सोल्मुकं सम्प्रयाति हि । उल्कां ददाति तद्वक्त्रे सततं मम किङ्करः
kaṭūktiṃ taṃ pravadati solmukaṃ samprayāti hi | ulkāṃ dadāti tadvaktre satataṃ mama kiṅkaraḥ
(My servant) speaks harsh words to her and comes up with a firebrand; my attendant constantly thrusts a torch into her mouth.
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DB 9 35.20
दण्डेन ताडयेन्मूर्ध्नि तल्लोमाब्दप्रमाणकम् । ततो भवेन्मानवी च विधवा सप्तजन्मसु
daṇḍena tāḍayenmūrdhni tallomābdapramāṇakam | tato bhavenmānavī ca vidhavā saptajanmasu
He would strike (her) on the head with a rod, for a term of years equal to (the number of) her hairs; and thereafter the woman becomes a widow for seven births.
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DB 9 35.21
सा भुक्त्वा चैव वैधव्यं व्याधियुक्ता ततः शुचिः । या ब्राह्मणी शूद्रभोग्या चान्धकूपे प्रयाति सा
sā bhuktvā caiva vaidhavyaṃ vyādhiyuktā tataḥ śuciḥ | yā brāhmaṇī śūdrabhogyā cāndhakūpe prayāti sā
Having undergone widowhood and been afflicted with disease, she is thereafter pure. A Brahmin woman who is enjoyed by a Śūdra goes to the Blind-Well (hell).
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DB 9 35.22
तप्तशौचोदके ध्वान्ते तदाहारी दिवानिशम् । निवसेदतिसन्तप्ता मम दूतेन ताडिता
taptaśaucodake dhvānte tadāhārī divāniśam | nivasedatisantaptā mama dūtena tāḍitā
In the dark, in the hot water of the sewer, feeding on that day and night, she would dwell utterly scorched, beaten by my messenger.
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DB 9 35.23
शौचोदके निमग्ना सा यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश । काकी जन्मसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरी
śaucodake nimagnā sā yāvadindrāścaturdaśa | kākī janmasahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkarī
Sunk in the sewer-water she (remains) as long as fourteen Indras; (then she is) a crow for a thousand births, a sow for a hundred births.
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DB 9 35.24
शृगाली शतजन्मानि शतजन्मानि कुक्कुटी । पारावती सप्तजन्म वानरी सप्तजन्मसु
śṛgālī śatajanmāni śatajanmāni kukkuṭī | pārāvatī saptajanma vānarī saptajanmasu
A jackal-bitch for a hundred births, a hen for a hundred births, a female pigeon for seven births, a she-monkey for seven births.
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DB 9 35.25
ततो भवेत्सा चाण्डाली सर्वभोग्या च भारते । ततो भवेच्च रजकी यक्ष्मग्रस्ता च पुंश्चली
tato bhavetsā cāṇḍālī sarvabhogyā ca bhārate | tato bhavecca rajakī yakṣmagrastā ca puṃścalī
Then she becomes a Cāṇḍāla woman in Bhārata, to be enjoyed by all; then she becomes a washerwoman, consumption-stricken and unchaste.
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DB 9 35.26
ततः कुष्ठयुता तैलकारी शुद्धा भवेत्ततः । निवसेद्वेधने वेश्या पुङ्गी च दण्डताडने
tataḥ kuṣṭhayutā tailakārī śuddhā bhavettataḥ | nivasedvedhane veśyā puṅgī ca daṇḍatāḍane
Then, afflicted with leprosy, an oil-presser's wife, and thereafter she becomes pure. A harlot dwells in (the hell) Vedhana ('Piercing'), and a puṅgī-woman in Daṇḍatāḍana ('Rod-Beating').
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DB 9 35.27
जलरन्ध्रे वसेद्वेश्या कुलटा देहचूर्णके । स्वैरिणी दलने चैव धृष्टा च शोषणे तथा
jalarandhre vasedveśyā kulaṭā dehacūrṇake | svairiṇī dalane caiva dhṛṣṭā ca śoṣaṇe tathā
A harlot would dwell in Jalarandhra ('Water-Hole'), an adulteress in Dehacūrṇaka ('Body-Pulverizing'), a wanton woman in Dalana ('Crushing'), and likewise a brazen woman in Śoṣaṇa ('Desiccation').
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DB 9 35.28
निवसेद्यातनायुक्ता मम दूतेन ताडिता । विण्मूत्रभक्षा सततं यावन्मन्वन्तरं सति
nivasedyātanāyuktā mama dūtena tāḍitā | viṇmūtrabhakṣā satataṃ yāvanmanvantaraṃ sati
She would dwell subjected to torment, beaten by my messenger, eating dung and urine continually for a whole Manvantara, O virtuous lady.
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DB 9 35.29
ततो भवेद्विट्कृमिश्च लक्षवर्षं ततः शुचिः । ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेत्क्षत्रियां वापि क्षत्रियः
tato bhavedviṭkṛmiśca lakṣavarṣaṃ tataḥ śuciḥ | brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇīṃ gacchetkṣatriyāṃ vāpi kṣatriyaḥ
Then she becomes a dung-worm for a hundred thousand years, and thereafter is pure. A Brahmin may go to a Brahmin woman, and a Kṣatriya to a Kṣatriya woman;
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DB 9 35.30
वैश्यो वैश्यां च शूद्रा वा शूद्रश्चापि व्रजेद्यदि । सवर्णपरदारैश्च कषायं यान्ति ते जनाः
vaiśyo vaiśyāṃ ca śūdrā vā śūdraścāpi vrajedyadi | savarṇaparadāraiśca kaṣāyaṃ yānti te janāḥ
a Vaiśya to a Vaiśya woman, and a Śūdra too may go to a Śūdra woman. But if (they go) with other men's wives of their own class, those people go to (the hell) Kaṣāya.
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DB 9 35.31
भुक्त्वा कषायतप्तोदं निवसेद्वा शताब्दकम् । ततो विप्रो भवेच्छुद्धस्ततो वै क्षत्रियादयः
bhuktvā kaṣāyataptodaṃ nivasedvā śatābdakam | tato vipro bhavecchuddhastato vai kṣatriyādayaḥ
Having consumed the hot astringent water, one would dwell (there) for a hundred years; then the Brahmin becomes pure, and then likewise the Kṣatriya and the rest.
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DB 9 35.32
योषितश्चापि शुद्ध्यन्तीत्येवमाह पितामहः । क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेद्वैश्यो वापि पतिव्रते
yoṣitaścāpi śuddhyantītyevamāha pitāmahaḥ | kṣatriyo brāhmaṇīṃ gacchedvaiśyo vāpi pativrate
And the women too are purified — thus spoke the Grandfather. If a Kṣatriya goes to a Brahmin woman, or a Vaiśya (does so), O devoted wife,
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DB 9 35.33
मातृगामी भवेत्सोऽपि शूर्पे च नरके वसेत् । शूर्पाकारैश्च कृमिभिर्ब्राह्मण्या सह भक्षितः
mātṛgāmī bhavetso'pi śūrpe ca narake vaset | śūrpākāraiśca kṛmibhirbrāhmaṇyā saha bhakṣitaḥ
he becomes one who has gone to his own mother, and he would dwell in the hell Śūrpa ('Winnowing-Basket'), devoured together with the Brahmin woman by worms shaped like winnowing baskets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.34
प्रतप्तमूत्रभोजी च मम दूतेन ताडितः । तत्रैव यातनां भुङ्क्ते यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
prataptamūtrabhojī ca mama dūtena tāḍitaḥ | tatraiva yātanāṃ bhuṅkte yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
And, feeding on scalding urine, beaten by my messenger, he undergoes torment in that very place for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).
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DB 9 35.35
सप्तजन्म वराहश्च छागलश्च ततः शुचिः । करे धृत्वा तु तुलसीं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् नानाकर्मविपाकफलकथनं नाम पञ्चत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
saptajanma varāhaśca chāgalaśca tataḥ śuciḥ | kare dhṛtvā tu tulasīṃ pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet nānākarmavipākaphalakathanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
And (he becomes) a boar for seven births, and a goat, and thereafter is pure. But one who, holding tulasī in his hand, does not keep his promise —
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DB 9 35.36
मिथ्या वा शपथं कुर्यात्स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् । गङ्गातोयं करे कृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत्
mithyā vā śapathaṃ kuryātsa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet | gaṅgātoyaṃ kare kṛtvā pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet
or who swears a false oath — he goes to Jvālāmukha ('Flame-Mouth'). One who, taking Ganges water in his hand, does not keep his promise,
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DB 9 35.37
शिलां वा देवप्रतिमां स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् । दत्त्वा दक्षिणहस्तं च प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत्
śilāṃ vā devapratimāṃ sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet | dattvā dakṣiṇahastaṃ ca pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet
or (who takes in hand) a stone or an image of a god — he too goes to Jvālāmukha. One who, having given his right hand, does not keep his promise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.38
स्थित्वा देवगृहे वापि स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् । आस्पृश्य ब्राह्मणं गां च ज्वालावह्निं व्रजेद् द्विजः
sthitvā devagṛhe vāpi sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet | āspṛśya brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca jvālāvahniṃ vrajed dvijaḥ
or (having sworn) while standing in a god's house — he too goes to Jvālāmukha. Having touched a Brahmin or a cow, a twice-born man goes to the blazing fire (Jvālāvahni),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.39
न पालयेत्प्रतिज्ञां च स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् । मित्रद्रोही कृतघ्नश्च यश्च विश्वासघातकः
na pālayetpratijñāṃ ca sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet | mitradrohī kṛtaghnaśca yaśca viśvāsaghātakaḥ
And he who does not keep his promise, he too goes to Jvālāmukha; the betrayer of a friend, the ingrate, and he who breaks a trust —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.40
मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदश्चैव स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् । एते तत्र वसन्त्येव यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
mithyāsākṣyapradaścaiva sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet | ete tatra vasantyeva yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
and he who gives false witness, he too goes to Jvālāmukha. These dwell there as long as fourteen Indras (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.41
तथाङ्गारप्रदग्धाश्च मम दूतेन ताडिताः । चाण्डालस्तुलसीं स्पृष्ट्वा सप्तजन्म ततः शुचिः
tathāṅgārapradagdhāśca mama dūtena tāḍitāḥ | cāṇḍālastulasīṃ spṛṣṭvā saptajanma tataḥ śuciḥ
Likewise they are burned by coals and beaten by my messenger. A Caṇḍāla who has touched a tulasī (plant) is thereafter pure for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.42
म्लेच्छो गङ्गाजलस्पर्शी पञ्चजन्म ततः शुचिः । शिलास्पर्शी विट्कृमिश्च सप्तजन्मसु सुन्दरि
mleccho gaṅgājalasparśī pañcajanma tataḥ śuciḥ | śilāsparśī viṭkṛmiśca saptajanmasu sundari
A Mleccha who touches the water of the Gaṅgā is thereafter pure for five births. One who touches the (sacred) stone becomes a dung-worm for seven births, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.43
अर्चास्पर्शी ब्रह्मकृमिः सप्तजन्म ततः शुचि । दक्षहस्तप्रदाता च सर्पश्च सप्तजन्मसु
arcāsparśī brahmakṛmiḥ saptajanma tataḥ śuci | dakṣahastapradātā ca sarpaśca saptajanmasu
One who touches the image becomes a brahma-worm; thereafter he is pure for seven births. And one who offers (it) with the right hand becomes a serpent for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 35.44
ततो भवेद् ब्रह्महीनो मानवश्च ततः शुचिः । मिथ्यावादी देवगृहे देवलः सप्तजन्मसु
tato bhaved brahmahīno mānavaśca tataḥ śuciḥ | mithyāvādī devagṛhe devalaḥ saptajanmasu
Then he becomes devoid of brahminhood, and then a man, and then pure. One who speaks falsehood in a temple becomes a temple-priest (devala) for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.45
विप्रादिस्पर्शकारी च व्याघ्रजातिर्भवेद् ध्रुवम् । ततो भवेच्च मूकः स बधिरश्च त्रिजन्मनि
viprādisparśakārī ca vyāghrajātirbhaved dhruvam | tato bhavecca mūkaḥ sa badhiraśca trijanmani
And one who touches brahmins and the like (impurely) surely becomes of the tiger species; then he becomes mute, and deaf for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.46
भार्याहीनो बन्धुहीनो वंशहीनस्ततः शुचिः । मित्रद्रोही च नकुलः कृतघ्नश्चापि गण्डकः
bhāryāhīno bandhuhīno vaṃśahīnastataḥ śuciḥ | mitradrohī ca nakulaḥ kṛtaghnaścāpi gaṇḍakaḥ
Wifeless, kinless, without lineage — thereafter he is pure. The betrayer of a friend (becomes) a mongoose, and the ingrate a rhinoceros.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.47
विश्वासघाती व्याघ्रश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते । मिथ्यासाक्षी च वक्तव्ये मण्डूकः सप्तजन्मसु
viśvāsaghātī vyāghraśca saptajanmasu bhārate | mithyāsākṣī ca vaktavye maṇḍūkaḥ saptajanmasu
The breaker of trust (becomes) a tiger for seven births in Bhārata; and one who is a false witness when he should speak (becomes) a frog for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.48
पूर्वान्सप्तापरान्सप्त पुरुषान्हन्ति चात्मनः । नित्यक्रियाविहीनश्च जडत्वेन युतो द्विजः
pūrvānsaptāparānsapta puruṣānhanti cātmanaḥ | nityakriyāvihīnaśca jaḍatvena yuto dvijaḥ
And he destroys seven of his own forefathers and seven descendants. And the twice-born who is devoid of the daily rites is joined with dullness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.49
यस्यानास्था वेदवाक्ये मन्दं हसति संततम् । व्रतोपवासहीनश्च सद्वाक्यपरनिन्दकः
yasyānāsthā vedavākye mandaṃ hasati saṃtatam | vratopavāsahīnaśca sadvākyaparanindakaḥ
He who has no faith in the word of the Veda, who constantly laughs foolishly, who is without vows and fasts, who reviles others' good words —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.50
धूम्रान्धे च वसेत्सोऽपि शताब्दं धूम्रभक्षकः । जलजन्तुर्भवेत्सोऽपि शतजन्मक्रमेण च
dhūmrāndhe ca vasetso'pi śatābdaṃ dhūmrabhakṣakaḥ | jalajanturbhavetso'pi śatajanmakrameṇa ca
He too dwells in Dhūmrāndha for a hundred years, eating smoke; and he becomes a water-creature through a succession of a hundred births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.51
ततो नानाप्रकारश्च मत्स्यजातिस्ततः शुचिः । यः करोत्युपहासं च देवब्राह्मणयोर्धने
tato nānāprakāraśca matsyajātistataḥ śuciḥ | yaḥ karotyupahāsaṃ ca devabrāhmaṇayordhane
Then (he takes) various kinds (of births), and the fish species, and thereafter is pure. And he who makes mockery of the wealth of gods and brahmins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.52
पातयित्वा स पुरुषान्दशपूर्वान्दशापरान् । सोऽयं याति च धूम्रान्धं धूम्रध्वान्तसमन्वितम्
pātayitvā sa puruṣāndaśapūrvāndaśāparān | so'yaṃ yāti ca dhūmrāndhaṃ dhūmradhvāntasamanvitam
having caused ten forefathers and ten descendants to fall, he goes to Dhūmrāndha, which is filled with smoky darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.53
धूम्रक्लिष्टो धूम्रभोजी वसेत्तत्र चतुर्गुणम् । ततो मूषकजातिश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते
dhūmrakliṣṭo dhūmrabhojī vasettatra caturguṇam | tato mūṣakajātiśca saptajanmasu bhārate
Tormented by smoke and eating smoke, he dwells there fourfold (as long); then (he takes) the mouse species for seven births in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.54
ततो नानाविधाः पक्षिजातयः कृमिजातिभिः । ततो नानाविधा वृक्षा पशवश्च ततो नरः
tato nānāvidhāḥ pakṣijātayaḥ kṛmijātibhiḥ | tato nānāvidhā vṛkṣā paśavaśca tato naraḥ
Then (he takes) various kinds of bird species along with the worm species; then various kinds of trees, and beasts, and then (becomes) a man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.55
विप्रो दैवज्ञजीवी च वैद्यजीवी चिकित्सकः । लाक्षालोहादिव्यापारी रसादिविक्रयी च यः
vipro daivajñajīvī ca vaidyajīvī cikitsakaḥ | lākṣālohādivyāpārī rasādivikrayī ca yaḥ
A brahmin who lives by astrology, who lives as a physician, a healer, who trades in lac, iron and the like, and who sells liquids (or mercury) and the like —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.56
स याति नागवेष्टं च नागैर्वेष्टितमेव च । वसेत्स लोममानाब्दं तत्रैव नागपाशितः
sa yāti nāgaveṣṭaṃ ca nāgairveṣṭitameva ca | vasetsa lomamānābdaṃ tatraiva nāgapāśitaḥ
he goes to Nāgaveṣṭa, which is indeed encircled by serpents; he dwells there bound by serpents for as many years as (he has) hairs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.57
ततो नानाविधाः पक्षिजातयश्च ततो नरः । ततो भवेत्स गणको वैद्यश्च सप्तजन्मसु
tato nānāvidhāḥ pakṣijātayaśca tato naraḥ | tato bhavetsa gaṇako vaidyaśca saptajanmasu
Then (he takes) various kinds of bird species, and then (becomes) a man; then he becomes an astrologer and a physician for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.58
गोपश्च कर्मकारश्च रङ्गकारस्ततः शुचिः । प्रसिद्धानि च कुण्डानि कथितानि पतिव्रते
gopaśca karmakāraśca raṅgakārastataḥ śuciḥ | prasiddhāni ca kuṇḍāni kathitāni pativrate
And a cowherd, and a smith, and a dyer — thereafter he is pure. The well-known pits have (now) been told, O faithful wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 35.59
अन्यानि चाप्रसिद्धानि क्षुद्राणि सन्ति तत्र वै । सन्ति पातकिनस्तेषु स्वकर्मफलभोगिनः । भ्रमन्ति नानायोनिं च किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
anyāni cāprasiddhāni kṣudrāṇi santi tatra vai | santi pātakinasteṣu svakarmaphalabhoginaḥ | bhramanti nānāyoniṃ ca kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
And there are other, unrenowned, minor (pits) there as well; in them are sinners who consume the fruit of their own deeds, and they wander through various wombs. What more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition