Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 37
DB 9 37.1
नानानरककुण्डवर्णनम् सावित्र्युवाच धर्मराज उवाच पूर्णेन्दुमण्डलाकारं सर्वं कुण्डं च वर्तुलम् । निम्नं पाषाणभेदैश्च पाचितं बहुभिः सति
nānānarakakuṇḍavarṇanam sāvitryuvāca dharmarāja uvāca pūrṇendumaṇḍalākāraṃ sarvaṃ kuṇḍaṃ ca vartulam | nimnaṃ pāṣāṇabhedaiśca pācitaṃ bahubhiḥ sati
Description of the various hell-pits. Sāvitrī said — Dharmarāja said: Every pit is round, shaped like the disk of the full moon, sunken, and baked hard with many fragments of stone, O good lady.
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DB 9 37.2
न नश्वरं चाप्रलयं निर्मितं चेश्वरेच्छया । क्लेशदं पातकानां च नानारूपं तदालयम्
na naśvaraṃ cāpralayaṃ nirmitaṃ ceśvarecchayā | kleśadaṃ pātakānāṃ ca nānārūpaṃ tadālayam
It is not perishable, and not subject to dissolution; it was fashioned by the will of the Lord. That abode, of many forms, gives torment to sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.3
ज्वलदङ्गाररूपं च शतहस्तशिखान्वितम् । परितः क्रोशमानं च वह्निकुण्डं प्रकीर्तितम्
jvaladaṅgārarūpaṃ ca śatahastaśikhānvitam | paritaḥ krośamānaṃ ca vahnikuṇḍaṃ prakīrtitam
Having the form of blazing coals, possessed of flames a hundred cubits (high), and a krośa in extent all around — that is declared to be the fire-pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.4
महाशब्दं प्रकुर्वद्भिः पापिभिः परिपूरितम् । रक्षितं मम दूतैश्च ताडितैश्चापि सन्ततम्
mahāśabdaṃ prakurvadbhiḥ pāpibhiḥ paripūritam | rakṣitaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiścāpi santatam
It is filled with sinners raising a great outcry, guarded by my messengers, and (they are) beaten continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.5
प्रतप्तोदकपूर्णं च हिंस्रजन्तुसमन्वितम् । महाघोरं काकुशब्दं प्रहारेण दृढेन च
prataptodakapūrṇaṃ ca hiṃsrajantusamanvitam | mahāghoraṃ kākuśabdaṃ prahāreṇa dṛḍhena ca
(Another is) filled with scalding water and infested with savage creatures, most horrible, (echoing with) cries of woe from the hard blows (dealt there);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.6
क्रोशार्धमानं तद्दूतैस्ताडितैर्मम पार्षदैः । तप्तक्षारोदकैः पूर्णं पुनः काकैश्च सङ्कुलम्
krośārdhamānaṃ taddūtaistāḍitairmama pārṣadaiḥ | taptakṣārodakaiḥ pūrṇaṃ punaḥ kākaiśca saṅkulam
(That pit is) half a krośa in measure, (filled) with my attendants' victims struck by those messengers; it is full of hot alkaline water, and again it is thronged with crows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.7
सङ्कुलं पापिभिश्चैव क्रोशमानं भयानकम् । त्राहीति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिर्मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः
saṅkulaṃ pāpibhiścaiva krośamānaṃ bhayānakam | trāhīti śabdaṃ kurvadbhirmama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ
And it is thronged with sinners, a krośa in measure, terrifying, (crowded) with those who cry out 'Save (me)!' and are beaten by my messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.8
प्रचलद्भिरनाहारैः शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकैः । विड्भिरेव कृतं पूर्णं क्रोशमानं च कुत्सितम्
pracaladbhiranāhāraiḥ śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaiḥ | viḍbhireva kṛtaṃ pūrṇaṃ krośamānaṃ ca kutsitam
(Crowded) with those who stagger about, without food, their throats, lips and palates dry; another, a krośa in measure and loathsome, is filled full with excrement itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.9
अतिदुर्गन्धिसंसक्तं व्याप्तं पापिभिरन्वहम् । ताडितैर्मम दूतैश्च तदाहारैः सुदारुणैः
atidurgandhisaṃsaktaṃ vyāptaṃ pāpibhiranvaham | tāḍitairmama dūtaiśca tadāhāraiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ
Charged with an extreme stench, day after day pervaded by sinners beaten by my messengers, with that (excrement) as their most dreadful food,
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DB 9 37.10
रक्षेति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिस्तत्कीटैरेव भक्षितैः । तप्तमूत्रद्रवैः पूर्णं मूत्रकीटैश्च सङ्कुलम्
rakṣeti śabdaṃ kurvadbhistatkīṭaireva bhakṣitaiḥ | taptamūtradravaiḥ pūrṇaṃ mūtrakīṭaiśca saṅkulam
who cry out 'Protect (me)!' and are devoured by the worms there; (another is) filled with hot liquid urine and thronged with urine-worms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.11
युक्तं महापातकिभिस्तत्कीटैर्भक्षितैः सदा । गव्यूतिमानं ध्वान्ताक्तं शब्दकृद्भिश्च सन्ततम्
yuktaṃ mahāpātakibhistatkīṭairbhakṣitaiḥ sadā | gavyūtimānaṃ dhvāntāktaṃ śabdakṛdbhiśca santatam
joined with great sinners, ever devoured by those worms; (it is) a gavyūti in measure, smeared with darkness, and constantly (filled) with those making an outcry,
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DB 9 37.12
मद्दूतैस्ताडितैर्घोरैः शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकैः । श्लेष्मपूर्णं प्रशमितं तत्कीटैः पूरितं सदा
maddūtaistāḍitairghoraiḥ śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaiḥ | śleṣmapūrṇaṃ praśamitaṃ tatkīṭaiḥ pūritaṃ sadā
beaten by my dreadful messengers, their throats, lips and palates dry. (Another,) full of phlegm, still, is ever filled with the worms of it,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.13
तद्भोजिभिः पापिभिश्च वेष्टितं वेष्टितैः सदा । क्रोशार्धं गरकुण्डं च गरभोजिभिरन्वितम्
tadbhojibhiḥ pāpibhiśca veṣṭitaṃ veṣṭitaiḥ sadā | krośārdhaṃ garakuṇḍaṃ ca garabhojibhiranvitam
and it is encircled by sinners who eat that (phlegm) and are forever hemmed in. And the poison-pit, half a krośa (in measure), is occupied by poison-eaters,
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DB 9 37.14
गरकीटैर्भक्षितैश्च पापिभिः पूर्णमेव च । ताडितैर्मम दूतैश्च शब्दकृद्भिश्च कम्पितैः
garakīṭairbhakṣitaiśca pāpibhiḥ pūrṇameva ca | tāḍitairmama dūtaiśca śabdakṛdbhiśca kampitaiḥ
and it is quite full of sinners devoured by poison-worms, beaten by my messengers, crying out and trembling,
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DB 9 37.15
सर्पाकारेर्वज्रदंष्ट्रै शुष्ककण्ठैः सुदारुणैः । नेत्रयोर्मलपूर्णं च क्रोशार्धं कीटसंयुतम्
sarpākārervajradaṃṣṭrai śuṣkakaṇṭhaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ | netrayormalapūrṇaṃ ca krośārdhaṃ kīṭasaṃyutam
(beaten) by those of serpent form, with adamantine fangs, dry-throated and most dreadful. (Another,) half a krośa (in measure), is full of the discharge of the two eyes and infested with worms,
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DB 9 37.16
पापिभिः सङ्कुलं शश्वद्भ्रमद्भिः कीटभक्षितैः । वसारसेन सम्पूर्णं क्रोशतुर्यं सुदुःसहम्
pāpibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ śaśvadbhramadbhiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ | vasārasena sampūrṇaṃ krośaturyaṃ suduḥsaham
thronged with sinners who wander about ceaselessly and are devoured by worms. (Another,) filled with the fluid of body-fat, a quarter-krośa (in measure), most unbearable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.17
तद्भोजिभिः पातकिभिर्मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । शुक्रकुण्डं क्रोशमितं शुक्रकीटैश्च संयुतम्
tadbhojibhiḥ pātakibhirmama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | śukrakuṇḍaṃ krośamitaṃ śukrakīṭaiśca saṃyutam
(is thronged) with sinners who eat that, beaten by my messengers. The semen-pit, a krośa in measure, is infested with semen-worms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.18
पापिभिः सङ्कुलं शश्वद् द्रवद्भिः कीटभक्षितैः । दुर्गन्धिरक्तपूर्णं च वापीमानं गभीरकम्
pāpibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ śaśvad dravadbhiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ | durgandhiraktapūrṇaṃ ca vāpīmānaṃ gabhīrakam
thronged with sinners who ceaselessly run about and are devoured by worms. And (another,) full of foul-smelling blood, of the measure of a deep tank,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.19
तद्भोजिभिः पापिभिश्च सङ्कुलं कीटभक्षितम् । पूर्णं नेत्राश्रुभिस्तप्तं बहुपापिभिरन्वितम्
tadbhojibhiḥ pāpibhiśca saṅkulaṃ kīṭabhakṣitam | pūrṇaṃ netrāśrubhistaptaṃ bahupāpibhiranvitam
is thronged with sinners who eat that and are devoured by worms. (Another,) filled with the tears of the eyes and hot, is occupied by many sinners,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.20
वापीतुर्यप्रमाणं च रुदद्भिः कीटभक्षितैः । नृणां गात्रमलैर्युक्तं तद्भक्षैः पापिभिर्युतम्
vāpīturyapramāṇaṃ ca rudadbhiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ | nṛṇāṃ gātramalairyuktaṃ tadbhakṣaiḥ pāpibhiryutam
of the measure of a quarter of a tank, (filled) with those who weep and are devoured by worms. (Another) is filled with the bodily filth of men, occupied by sinners who eat that,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.21
ताडितैर्मम दूतैश्च व्यग्रैश्च कीटभक्षितैः । कर्णविट्परिपूर्णं च तद्भक्षैः पापिभिर्वृतम्
tāḍitairmama dūtaiśca vyagraiśca kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ | karṇaviṭparipūrṇaṃ ca tadbhakṣaiḥ pāpibhirvṛtam
beaten by my messengers, distraught and devoured by worms. And (another,) filled full of ear-wax, is surrounded by sinners who eat that,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.22
वापीतुर्यप्रमाणं च ब्रुवद्भिः कीटभक्षितैः । मज्जापूर्णं नराणां च महादुर्गन्धिसंयुतम्
vāpīturyapramāṇaṃ ca bruvadbhiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ | majjāpūrṇaṃ narāṇāṃ ca mahādurgandhisaṃyutam
of the measure of a quarter of a tank, (filled) with those who cry out and are devoured by worms. And (another,) full of the marrow of men, joined with a great stench,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.23
महापातकिभिर्युक्तं वापीतुर्यप्रमाणकम् । परिपूर्णं सिग्धमांसैर्मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः
mahāpātakibhiryuktaṃ vāpīturyapramāṇakam | paripūrṇaṃ sigdhamāṃsairmama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ
is occupied by great sinners, of the measure of a quarter of a tank. (Another) is filled full of moist flesh, (crowded) with those beaten by my messengers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.24
पापिभिः सङ्कुलं चैव वापीमानं भयानकम् । कन्याविक्रयिभिश्चैव तद्भक्ष्यैः कीटभक्षितैः
pāpibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ caiva vāpīmānaṃ bhayānakam | kanyāvikrayibhiścaiva tadbhakṣyaiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ
and thronged with sinners, of the measure of a tank, terrifying, and with those who sell their daughters, who eat that and are devoured by worms,
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DB 9 37.25
पाहीति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिस्त्रासितैश्च भयानकैः । वापीतुर्यप्रमाणं च नखादिकचतुष्टयम्
pāhīti śabdaṃ kurvadbhistrāsitaiśca bhayānakaiḥ | vāpīturyapramāṇaṃ ca nakhādikacatuṣṭayam
who cry out 'Save (me)!' and are terrified by frightful (beings). And (another) of the measure of a quarter of a tank (is filled with) the four things beginning with nails (and hair),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.26
पापिभिः संयुतं शश्वन्मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । प्रतप्तताम्रकुण्डं च ताम्रोपर्युल्मुकान्वितम्
pāpibhiḥ saṃyutaṃ śaśvanmama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | prataptatāmrakuṇḍaṃ ca tāmroparyulmukānvitam
(It is) constantly filled with sinners who are beaten by my messengers. And there is the pit of heated copper, with firebrands on top of the copper.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.27
ताम्राणां प्रतिमालक्षैः प्रतप्तैर्व्यापृतं सदा । प्रत्येकं प्रतिमाश्लिष्टैः रुदद्भिः पापिभिर्युतम्
tāmrāṇāṃ pratimālakṣaiḥ prataptairvyāpṛtaṃ sadā | pratyekaṃ pratimāśliṣṭaiḥ rudadbhiḥ pāpibhiryutam
It is always covered with hundreds of thousands of heated copper images; it is filled with sinners, each one clasped to an image, weeping.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.28
गव्यूतिमानं विस्तीर्णं मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । प्रतप्तलोहधारं च ज्ववलदङ्गारसंयुतम्
gavyūtimānaṃ vistīrṇaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | prataptalohadhāraṃ ca jvavaladaṅgārasaṃyutam
(It is) a gavyūti in extent, (filled) with those beaten by my messengers; it has a rim of heated iron and is filled with blazing coals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.29
लोहानां प्रतिमाश्लिष्टैः रुदद्भिः पापिभिर्युतम् । प्रत्येकं प्रतिमाश्लिष्टैः शश्वत्प्रज्वलितैर्भिया
lohānāṃ pratimāśliṣṭaiḥ rudadbhiḥ pāpibhiryutam | pratyekaṃ pratimāśliṣṭaiḥ śaśvatprajvalitairbhiyā
It is filled with weeping sinners who are clasped to images of iron, each one clasped to an image, (the images) ever aflame, out of fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.30
रक्ष रक्षेति शब्दं च कुर्वद्भिर्दूतताडितैः । महापातकिभिर्युक्तं द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणकम्
rakṣa rakṣeti śabdaṃ ca kurvadbhirdūtatāḍitaiḥ | mahāpātakibhiryuktaṃ dvigavyūtipramāṇakam
It is filled with great sinners crying out "Save (me), save (me)!", beaten by the messengers; it measures two gavyūtis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.31
भयानकं ध्वान्तयुक्तं लोहकुण्डं प्रकीर्तितम् । चर्मकुण्डं तप्तसुराकुण्डं वाप्यर्धमेव च
bhayānakaṃ dhvāntayuktaṃ lohakuṇḍaṃ prakīrtitam | carmakuṇḍaṃ taptasurākuṇḍaṃ vāpyardhameva ca
Terrifying and full of darkness — such is the iron pit declared to be. (Next) the hide-pit and the pit of heated liquor, each just half a vāpī (in size).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.32
तद्भोजिपापिभिर्व्याप्तं मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । अतः शाल्मलिकुण्डं च वृक्षकण्टकशोभितम्
tadbhojipāpibhirvyāptaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | ataḥ śālmalikuṇḍaṃ ca vṛkṣakaṇṭakaśobhitam
It is crowded with the sinners who consumed that (liquor), beaten by my messengers. Next, the śālmali pit, adorned with a thorn-tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.33
लक्षपौरुषमानं च क्रोशमानं च दुःखदम् । धनुर्मानैः कण्टकैश्च सुतीक्ष्णैः परिवेष्टितम्
lakṣapauruṣamānaṃ ca krośamānaṃ ca duḥkhadam | dhanurmānaiḥ kaṇṭakaiśca sutīkṣṇaiḥ pariveṣṭitam
(The tree is) a hundred thousand man-heights (tall), and (the pit) a krośa in measure, giving pain; it is encircled with very sharp thorns a bow-length (long).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.34
प्रत्येकं विद्धगात्रैश्च महापातकिभिर्युतम् । वृक्षाग्रान्निपतद्भिश्च मम दूतैश्च पातितैः
pratyekaṃ viddhagātraiśca mahāpātakibhiryutam | vṛkṣāgrānnipatadbhiśca mama dūtaiśca pātitaiḥ
It is filled with great sinners, each with his limbs pierced, falling from the top of the tree, thrown down by my messengers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.35
जलं देहीति शब्दं च कुर्वद्भिः शुष्कतालुकैः । महाभियातिव्यग्रैश्च दण्डैः सम्भग्नमस्तकैः
jalaṃ dehīti śabdaṃ ca kurvadbhiḥ śuṣkatālukaiḥ | mahābhiyātivyagraiśca daṇḍaiḥ sambhagnamastakaiḥ
crying out "Give (me) water!" with parched palates, distraught with great terror, their heads broken by clubs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.36
प्रचलद्भिर्यथा तप्ततैलजीविभिरेव च । विषोदैस्तक्षकाणां च पूर्वं च क्रोशमानकम्
pracaladbhiryathā taptatailajīvibhireva ca | viṣodaistakṣakāṇāṃ ca pūrvaṃ ca krośamānakam
trembling like those that live in boiling oil. And (next) the pit of the poison-water of tree-borers, a krośa in measure as before,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.37
तद्भक्षैः पापिभिर्युक्तं मम दूतैश्च ताडिते । प्रतप्ततैलपूर्णं च कीटादिपरिवर्जितम् नारायणनारदसंवादे नानानरककुण्डवर्णनं नाम सप्तत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
tadbhakṣaiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍite | prataptatailapūrṇaṃ ca kīṭādiparivarjitam nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde nānānarakakuṇḍavarṇanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
filled with the sinners who ate that, beaten by my messengers. And (the next is) full of heated oil, free of worms and the like. [Thus] the thirty-seventh chapter, called the description of the various hell-pits, in the dialogue of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.38
महापातकिभिर्युक्तं दग्धाङ्गारैश्च वेष्टितम् । काकुशब्दं प्रकुर्वद्भिश्चलद्भिर्दूतपीडितैः
mahāpātakibhiryuktaṃ dagdhāṅgāraiśca veṣṭitam | kākuśabdaṃ prakurvadbhiścaladbhirdūtapīḍitaiḥ
It is filled with great sinners and surrounded by burnt coals, (with those) uttering piteous cries and writhing, tormented by the messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.39
ध्वान्तयुक्तं क्रोशमानं क्लेशदं च भयानकम् । शूलाकारैः सुतीक्ष्णाग्रैर्लोहशस्त्रैश्च वेष्टितम्
dhvāntayuktaṃ krośamānaṃ kleśadaṃ ca bhayānakam | śūlākāraiḥ sutīkṣṇāgrairlohaśastraiśca veṣṭitam
Full of darkness, a krośa in measure, giving distress and terrifying, it is encircled with iron weapons shaped like spears, with very sharp points.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.40
शस्त्रतल्पस्वरूपञ्च कोशतुर्यप्रमाणकम् । वेष्टितं तत्पातकिभिः कुन्तविद्धैश्च वेष्टितैः
śastratalpasvarūpañca kośaturyapramāṇakam | veṣṭitaṃ tatpātakibhiḥ kuntaviddhaiśca veṣṭitaiḥ
And (there is one) in the form of a bed of weapons, a quarter of a krośa in measure, crowded with those sinners, pierced by lances and hemmed in,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.41
ताडितैर्मम दूतैश्च शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकैः । कीटैश्च शङ्कुप्रमितैः सर्पमानैर्भयङ्करैः
tāḍitairmama dūtaiśca śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaiḥ | kīṭaiśca śaṅkupramitaiḥ sarpamānairbhayaṅkaraiḥ
beaten by my messengers, their throats, lips and palates dry; and (it is filled) with worms the size of stakes, snake-sized and terrifying,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.42
तीक्ष्णदन्तैश्च विकृतैर्व्याप्तं ध्वान्तयुतं सति । महापातकिभिर्युक्तं मम दूतैश्च ताडिते
tīkṣṇadantaiśca vikṛtairvyāptaṃ dhvāntayutaṃ sati | mahāpātakibhiryuktaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍite
sharp-toothed and deformed — pervaded (by them) and full of darkness, O good lady; filled with great sinners, and beaten by my messengers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.43
द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणं च पूयकुण्डं प्रचक्षते । तद्भक्ष्यैः प्राणिभिर्युक्तं मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः
dvigavyūtipramāṇaṃ ca pūyakuṇḍaṃ pracakṣate | tadbhakṣyaiḥ prāṇibhiryuktaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ
two gavyūtis in measure — they call it the pit of pus. It is filled with creatures who eat that, and beaten by my messengers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.44
तालवृक्षप्रमाणैश्च सर्पकोटिभिरावृतम् । सर्पवेष्टितगात्रैश्च पापिभिः सर्पभक्षितैः
tālavṛkṣapramāṇaiśca sarpakoṭibhirāvṛtam | sarpaveṣṭitagātraiśca pāpibhiḥ sarpabhakṣitaiḥ
covered with ten million snakes the size of palm trees, with sinners whose bodies are wrapped in snakes, devoured by snakes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.45
सङ्कुलं शब्दकृद्भिश्च मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । कुण्डत्रयं मशादीनां पूर्णं च मशकादिभिः
saṅkulaṃ śabdakṛdbhiśca mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | kuṇḍatrayaṃ maśādīnāṃ pūrṇaṃ ca maśakādibhiḥ
crowded with those crying out, and beaten by my messengers. (Next) a triad of pits of gnats and the like, full of gnats and such,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.46
सर्वं कोशार्धमानं च महापातकिभिर्युतम् । हस्तपादादिबद्धैश्च क्षतजौघेन लोहितैः
sarvaṃ kośārdhamānaṃ ca mahāpātakibhiryutam | hastapādādibaddhaiśca kṣatajaughena lohitaiḥ
All of it, half a kośa in measure, filled with great sinners bound by hands and feet and the rest, reddened with streams of blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.47
हाहेति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिस्ताडितैर्मम पार्षदैः । वज्रवृश्चिकयोः कुण्डं ताभ्यां च परिपूरितम्
hāheti śabdaṃ kurvadbhistāḍitairmama pārṣadaiḥ | vajravṛścikayoḥ kuṇḍaṃ tābhyāṃ ca paripūritam
(Filled) with those who cry out "alas, alas!" as they are beaten by my attendants; the pit of thunderbolts and scorpions — it is filled full with those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.48
वाप्यर्धं पापिभिर्युक्तं वज्रवृश्चिकदंशितैः । कुण्डत्रयं शरादीनां तैरेव परिपूरितम्
vāpyardhaṃ pāpibhiryuktaṃ vajravṛścikadaṃśitaiḥ | kuṇḍatrayaṃ śarādīnāṃ taireva paripūritam
Half a step-well (in measure), filled with sinners bitten by the thunderbolts and scorpions; and three pits of arrows and the like, filled full with those very things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.49
तैर्विद्धैः पापिभिर्युक्तं वाप्यर्धं रक्तलोहितैः । तप्ततोयोदकैः पूर्णं सध्वान्तं गोलकुण्डकम्
tairviddhaiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ vāpyardhaṃ raktalohitaiḥ | taptatoyodakaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sadhvāntaṃ golakuṇḍakam
Half a step-well (in measure), filled with sinners pierced by those (arrows), red with blood; and the ball-pit, full of scalding water and shrouded in darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.50
कीटैः शङ्कुसमानैश्च भक्षितैः पापिभिर्युतम् । वाप्यर्थमानं भीतैश्च पापिभिः कीटभक्षितैः
kīṭaiḥ śaṅkusamānaiśca bhakṣitaiḥ pāpibhiryutam | vāpyarthamānaṃ bhītaiśca pāpibhiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ
Filled with sinners devoured by worms as big as stakes; half a step-well in measure, with terrified sinners eaten by worms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.51
रुदद्भिः क्रोशमानैश्च मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । अतिदुर्गन्धिसंयुक्तं दुःखदं पापिनां सदा
rudadbhiḥ krośamānaiśca mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | atidurgandhisaṃyuktaṃ duḥkhadaṃ pāpināṃ sadā
(Filled) with those weeping and screaming and beaten by my messengers; joined with an extremely foul stench, always giving pain to sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.52
दारुणैर्विकृताकारैर्भक्षितं पापिभिर्युतम् । वाप्यर्धं परिपूर्णं च जलस्थैर्नक्रकोटिभिः
dāruṇairvikṛtākārairbhakṣitaṃ pāpibhiryutam | vāpyardhaṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca jalasthairnakrakoṭibhiḥ
Filled with sinners devoured by dreadful (creatures) of distorted shape; and half a step-well filled full with tens of millions of crocodiles that live in the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.53
विण्मूत्रश्लेष्मभक्षैश्च संयुतं शतकोटिभिः । काकैश्च विकृताकारैर्भक्षितैः पापिभिर्युतम्
viṇmūtraśleṣmabhakṣaiśca saṃyutaṃ śatakoṭibhiḥ | kākaiśca vikṛtākārairbhakṣitaiḥ pāpibhiryutam
And joined with hundreds of millions (of creatures) that feed on excrement, urine and phlegm; and filled with sinners devoured by crows of distorted shape.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.54
मन्थानकुण्डं बीजकुण्डं ताभ्यां पूर्णं धनुःशतम् । भक्षितैः पापिभिर्युक्तं शब्दकृद्भिश्च सन्ततम्
manthānakuṇḍaṃ bījakuṇḍaṃ tābhyāṃ pūrṇaṃ dhanuḥśatam | bhakṣitaiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ śabdakṛdbhiśca santatam
The churning-pit and the seed-pit: with those two, a hundred bow-lengths is filled; occupied by sinners being devoured and continually crying out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.55
धनुःशतं जीवयुक्तं पापिभिः सङ्कुलं सदा । शब्दकृद्भिर्वज्रदंष्ट्रैः सान्द्रध्वान्तमयं परम्
dhanuḥśataṃ jīvayuktaṃ pāpibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ sadā | śabdakṛdbhirvajradaṃṣṭraiḥ sāndradhvāntamayaṃ param
A hundred bow-lengths, teeming with living beings, always crowded with sinners crying out, (bitten) by those with adamantine fangs, exceedingly filled with dense darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.56
वापीद्विगुणमानं च तप्तप्रस्तरनिर्मितम् । ज्वलदङ्गारसदृशं चलद्भिः पापिभिर्युतम्
vāpīdviguṇamānaṃ ca taptaprastaranirmitam | jvaladaṅgārasadṛśaṃ caladbhiḥ pāpibhiryutam
And twice a step-well in measure, made of heated stone slabs, resembling glowing coals, filled with sinners moving about (on it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.57
क्षुरधारोपमैस्तीक्ष्णैः पाषाणैर्निर्मितं परम् । महापातकिभिर्युक्तं लालाकुण्डं च लोहितैः
kṣuradhāropamaistīkṣṇaiḥ pāṣāṇairnirmitaṃ param | mahāpātakibhiryuktaṃ lālākuṇḍaṃ ca lohitaiḥ
Further, one made of stones sharp as razors' edges, filled with great sinners; and the saliva-pit, (filled) with the bloodied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.58
क्रोशमात्रं च गम्भीरं मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । तप्ताञ्जनाचलाकारैः परिपूर्णं धनुःशतम्
krośamātraṃ ca gambhīraṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | taptāñjanācalākāraiḥ paripūrṇaṃ dhanuḥśatam
And a kośa deep, (filled) with those beaten by my messengers; a hundred bow-lengths filled full with (masses) shaped like mountains of heated collyrium.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.59
चलद्भिः पापिभिर्युक्तं मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । पूर्णं चूर्णद्रवैः क्रोशमानं पापिभिरन्वितम्
caladbhiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | pūrṇaṃ cūrṇadravaiḥ krośamānaṃ pāpibhiranvitam
Filled with sinners moving about and beaten by my messengers; a kośa in measure, full of liquid powder, occupied by sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.60
तद्भोजिभिः प्रदग्धैश्च मम दूतैश्च ताडितैः । कुण्डं कुलालचक्रं च घूर्णमानञ्च सन्ततम्
tadbhojibhiḥ pradagdhaiśca mama dūtaiśca tāḍitaiḥ | kuṇḍaṃ kulālacakraṃ ca ghūrṇamānañca santatam
And with those who are burned by consuming that, and beaten by my messengers; and the pit that is a potter's wheel, whirling continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.61
सुतीक्ष्णं षोडशारं च चूर्णितैः पापिभिर्युतम् । अतीव वक्रं निम्नं च द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणकम्
sutīkṣṇaṃ ṣoḍaśāraṃ ca cūrṇitaiḥ pāpibhiryutam | atīva vakraṃ nimnaṃ ca dvigavyūtipramāṇakam
Very sharp and having sixteen spokes, filled with sinners ground to powder; extremely crooked and deep, two gavyūtis in measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.62
कन्दराकारनिर्माणं तप्तोदैश्च समन्वितम् । महापातकिभिर्युक्तं भक्षितैर्जलजन्तुभिः
kandarākāranirmāṇaṃ taptodaiśca samanvitam | mahāpātakibhiryuktaṃ bhakṣitairjalajantubhiḥ
Built in the shape of a cavern, and filled with scalding water, filled with great sinners devoured by water-creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.63
ज्वलद्भिः शब्दकृद्भिश्च ध्वान्तयुक्तं भयानकम् । कोटिभिर्विकृताकारैः कच्छपैश्च सुदारुणैः
jvaladbhiḥ śabdakṛdbhiśca dhvāntayuktaṃ bhayānakam | koṭibhirvikṛtākāraiḥ kacchapaiśca sudāruṇaiḥ
Blazing and resounding, filled with darkness, terrifying, with tens of millions of misshapen and most dreadful tortoises,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.64
जलस्थैः संयुतं तैश्च भक्षितैः पापिभिर्युतम् । ज्वालाकलापैस्तेजोभिर्निर्मितैः क्रोशमानकम्
jalasthaiḥ saṃyutaṃ taiśca bhakṣitaiḥ pāpibhiryutam | jvālākalāpaistejobhirnirmitaiḥ krośamānakam
and filled with those (tortoises) that dwell in the water, and with sinners devoured by them; a kośa in measure, made of masses of flames and fiery radiance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.65
शब्दकृद्भिः पातकिभिः संयुतं क्लेशदं सदा । क्रोशमानञ्च गम्भीरं तप्तभस्मभिरन्वितम्
śabdakṛdbhiḥ pātakibhiḥ saṃyutaṃ kleśadaṃ sadā | krośamānañca gambhīraṃ taptabhasmabhiranvitam
filled with sinners crying out, always inflicting torment; and a kośa in measure and deep, filled with hot ashes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.66
शश्वज्ज्वलद्भिः संयुक्तं पापिभिर्भस्मभक्षितैः । तप्तपाषाणलोहानां समूहैः परिपूरितैः
śaśvajjvaladbhiḥ saṃyuktaṃ pāpibhirbhasmabhakṣitaiḥ | taptapāṣāṇalohānāṃ samūhaiḥ paripūritaiḥ
(It is) filled with sinners who burn perpetually and who feed on ashes, crammed with heaps of heated stones and iron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.67
पापिभिर्दग्धगात्रैश्च युक्तञ्च शुष्कतालुकैः । क्रोशमानं ध्वान्तयुक्तं गम्भीरमतिदारुणम्
pāpibhirdagdhagātraiśca yuktañca śuṣkatālukaiḥ | krośamānaṃ dhvāntayuktaṃ gambhīramatidāruṇam
And (it is) filled with sinners whose bodies are burnt and whose palates are dry, a krośa in measure, filled with darkness, deep and exceedingly terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.68
ताडितैश्च प्रदग्धैश्च दग्धकुण्डं प्रकीर्तितम् । अतीवोर्मियुतं तोयं प्रतप्तक्षारसंयुतम्
tāḍitaiśca pradagdhaiśca dagdhakuṇḍaṃ prakīrtitam | atīvormiyutaṃ toyaṃ prataptakṣārasaṃyutam
With (sinners) beaten and thoroughly burnt — this is proclaimed the Burning Pit; its water, full of surging waves, mixed with scalding lye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.69
नानाप्रकारैर्विरुतैर्जलजन्तुभिरन्वितम् । द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणं च गम्भीरं ध्वान्तसंयुतम्
nānāprakārairvirutairjalajantubhiranvitam | dvigavyūtipramāṇaṃ ca gambhīraṃ dhvāntasaṃyutam
(It is) filled with water-creatures of many kinds, making various cries, two gavyūtis in measure, deep, and enveloped in darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.70
तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिर्युक्तं दंशितैर्जलजन्तुभिः । ज्वलद्भिः शब्दकृद्भिश्च न पश्यद्भिः परस्परम्
tadbhakṣyaiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ daṃśitairjalajantubhiḥ | jvaladbhiḥ śabdakṛdbhiśca na paśyadbhiḥ parasparam
It is filled with sinners who are their food, bitten by the water-creatures — (the sinners) blazing and crying out, unable to see one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.71
प्रतप्तसूचीकुण्डञ्च कीर्तितं च भयानकम् । असीव धारापत्रस्याऽप्युच्चैस्तालतरोरधः
prataptasūcīkuṇḍañca kīrtitaṃ ca bhayānakam | asīva dhārāpatrasyā'pyuccaistālataroradhaḥ
And the Pit of Heated Needles is proclaimed, and (it is) terrifying; the blade of the sword-leaf too (is) high up, beneath a palmyra tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.72
क्रोशार्धमानं कुण्डं च पतत्पत्रसमन्वितम् । पापिनां रक्तपूर्णं च वृक्षाग्रात्पततां ध्रुवम्
krośārdhamānaṃ kuṇḍaṃ ca patatpatrasamanvitam | pāpināṃ raktapūrṇaṃ ca vṛkṣāgrātpatatāṃ dhruvam
And the pit, half a krośa in measure, is set about with falling leaves (blades), and full of the blood of sinners who inevitably fall from the treetop.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.73
परित्राहीति शब्दं च कुर्वतामसतामपि । गम्भीरं ध्वान्तयुक्तं च रक्तकीटसमन्वितम्
paritrāhīti śabdaṃ ca kurvatāmasatāmapi | gambhīraṃ dhvāntayuktaṃ ca raktakīṭasamanvitam
And of the wicked who cry out "Save me!" — (the pit is) deep, filled with darkness, and swarming with worms (bred) in the blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.74
तदसीपत्रकुण्डं च कीर्तितं च भयानकम् । धनुःशतप्रमाणं च क्षुरधारास्त्रसंयुतम्
tadasīpatrakuṇḍaṃ ca kīrtitaṃ ca bhayānakam | dhanuḥśatapramāṇaṃ ca kṣuradhārāstrasaṃyutam
That is proclaimed the Sword-Leaf Pit, and (it is) terrifying, a hundred bows in measure, set with razor-edged weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.75
पापिनां रक्तपूर्णं च क्षुरधारं भयानकम् । सूचीमुखास्त्रसंयुक्तं पापिरक्तौघपूरतम्
pāpināṃ raktapūrṇaṃ ca kṣuradhāraṃ bhayānakam | sūcīmukhāstrasaṃyuktaṃ pāpiraktaughapūratam
And full of the blood of sinners is the terrifying Razor's Edge (pit); (the next is) set with needle-mouthed weapons, filled with the flood of sinners' blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.76
पञ्चाशद्धनुरायामं क्लेशदं सूचिकामुखम् । कस्यचिज्जन्तुभेदस्य गोकाख्यस्य मुखाकृति
pañcāśaddhanurāyāmaṃ kleśadaṃ sūcikāmukham | kasyacijjantubhedasya gokākhyasya mukhākṛti
Fifty bows in length, affliction-giving, is the Needle-Mouth; it has the shape of the mouth of a certain kind of creature called goka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.77
कूपरूपं गभीरं च धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम् । महापातकिनां चैव महत्क्लेशप्रदं परम्
kūparūpaṃ gabhīraṃ ca dhanurviṃśatpramāṇakam | mahāpātakināṃ caiva mahatkleśapradaṃ param
Well-shaped and deep, twenty bows in measure, giving very great affliction to the great sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.78
तत्कीटभक्षितानां च नम्रास्यानां च सन्ततम् । कुण्डं नक्रमुखाकारं धनुःषोडशमानकम्
tatkīṭabhakṣitānāṃ ca namrāsyānāṃ ca santatam | kuṇḍaṃ nakramukhākāraṃ dhanuḥṣoḍaśamānakam
And of those constantly devoured by those worms, with faces bent down — (next) the pit shaped like a crocodile's mouth, sixteen bows in measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.79
गम्भीरं कूपरूपं च पापिनां सङ्कुलं सदा । धनुःशतप्रमाणं च कीर्तितं गजदंशनम्
gambhīraṃ kūparūpaṃ ca pāpināṃ saṅkulaṃ sadā | dhanuḥśatapramāṇaṃ ca kīrtitaṃ gajadaṃśanam
Deep and well-shaped, always crowded with sinners, a hundred bows in measure — it is proclaimed the Elephant's Bite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.80
धनुस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणं च कुण्डं च गोमुखाकृति । पापिनां क्लेशदं शश्वद् गोमुखं परिकीर्तितम्
dhanustriṃśatpramāṇaṃ ca kuṇḍaṃ ca gomukhākṛti | pāpināṃ kleśadaṃ śaśvad gomukhaṃ parikīrtitam
And thirty bows in measure is the pit shaped like a cow's mouth; ever giving affliction to sinners, it is called Gomukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.81
कालचक्रेण संयुक्तं भ्रममाणं भयानकम् । कुम्भाकारं ध्वान्तयुक्तं द्विगव्यूतिप्रमाणकम्
kālacakreṇa saṃyuktaṃ bhramamāṇaṃ bhayānakam | kumbhākāraṃ dhvāntayuktaṃ dvigavyūtipramāṇakam
Joined to the wheel of time, whirling, terrifying, jar-shaped, filled with darkness, two gavyūtis in measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.82
लक्षपौरुषमानं च गम्भीरं विस्मृतं सति । कुत्रचित्तप्ततैलं च ताम्रादिकुण्डमेव च
lakṣapauruṣamānaṃ ca gambhīraṃ vismṛtaṃ sati | kutracittaptatailaṃ ca tāmrādikuṇḍameva ca
And a hundred thousand fathoms in measure, deep, forgotten (?) indeed; in some places (there is) heated oil, and the pit of copper and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.83
पापिनां च प्रधानैश्च मूर्च्छितैः कृमिभिर्युतम् । परस्परं च नश्यद्भिः शब्दकृद्भिश्च सन्ततम्
pāpināṃ ca pradhānaiśca mūrcchitaiḥ kṛmibhiryutam | parasparaṃ ca naśyadbhiḥ śabdakṛdbhiśca santatam
It is filled with the chief among sinners, swooning, and with worms, (the sinners) constantly destroying one another and crying out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.84
ताडितैर्यमदूतैश्च मुसलैर्मुद्गरैस्तथा । घूर्णमानैः पतद्भिश्च मूर्च्छितैश्च क्षणं क्षणम्
tāḍitairyamadūtaiśca musalairmudgaraistathā | ghūrṇamānaiḥ patadbhiśca mūrcchitaiśca kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇam
And (they are) beaten by Yama's messengers with pestles and with mallets, reeling, falling, and swooning moment by moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.85
पातितैर्यमदूतैश्च रुदन्त्यस्मात्क्षणं पुनः । यावन्तः पापिनः सन्ति सर्वकुण्डेषु सुन्दरि
pātitairyamadūtaiśca rudantyasmātkṣaṇaṃ punaḥ | yāvantaḥ pāpinaḥ santi sarvakuṇḍeṣu sundari
Thrown down by Yama's messengers, they weep from this for a moment again; however many sinners there are in all the pits, O lovely one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.86
ततश्चतुर्गुणाः सन्ति कुम्भीपाके च दुःखदे । सुचिरं वध्यमानास्ते भोगदेहा न नश्वराः
tataścaturguṇāḥ santi kumbhīpāke ca duḥkhade | suciraṃ vadhyamānāste bhogadehā na naśvarāḥ
Beyond that, (the torments) in the pain-giving Kumbhīpāka are four times as great; slain there for a very long time, their bodies-of-experience do not perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.87
सर्वकुण्डप्रधानं च कुम्भीपाकं प्रकीर्तितम् । कालनिर्मितसूत्रेण निबद्धा यत्र पापिनः
sarvakuṇḍapradhānaṃ ca kumbhīpākaṃ prakīrtitam | kālanirmitasūtreṇa nibaddhā yatra pāpinaḥ
And Kumbhīpāka is declared the chief of all the pits, where the sinners are bound with a cord fashioned by Time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.88
उत्थापिताश्च दूतैश्च क्षणमेव निमज्जिताः । निःश्वासबद्धाः सुचिरं तथा मोहं गताः पुनः
utthāpitāśca dūtaiśca kṣaṇameva nimajjitāḥ | niḥśvāsabaddhāḥ suciraṃ tathā mohaṃ gatāḥ punaḥ
Lifted up by the messengers, they are plunged in again the very next moment; their breath stopped for a long while, they thus fall into unconsciousness again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.89
अतीव क्लेशसंयुक्ता देहभोगेन सुन्दरि । प्रतप्ततोययुक्तं च कालसूत्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
atīva kleśasaṃyuktā dehabhogena sundari | prataptatoyayuktaṃ ca kālasūtraṃ prakīrtitam
Exceedingly joined with anguish through the body's experiencing (of it), O fair one. And Kālasūtra is declared to be filled with scalding water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.90
अवटः कूपभेदश्च मत्स्योदः स उदाहृतः । प्रतप्ततोयपूर्णं च चतुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम्
avaṭaḥ kūpabhedaśca matsyodaḥ sa udāhṛtaḥ | prataptatoyapūrṇaṃ ca caturviṃśatpramāṇakam
The pit (called) Avaṭa is a variety of well; it is said to be fish-water, filled with scalding water and twenty-four (bow-lengths) in measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.91
व्याप्तं महापातकिभिर्व्यादग्धाङ्गैश्च सन्ततम् । मद्दूतैस्ताडितैः शश्वदवटोदं प्रकीर्तितम्
vyāptaṃ mahāpātakibhirvyādagdhāṅgaiśca santatam | maddūtaistāḍitaiḥ śaśvadavaṭodaṃ prakīrtitam
It is filled with great sinners whose limbs are continually burnt through, ever beaten by my messengers: that is declared to be Avaṭoda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.92
यत्रोदस्पर्शमात्रेण सर्वव्याधिश्च पापिनाम् । भवेदकस्मात्पततां यस्मिन्कुण्डे धनुःशते
yatrodasparśamātreṇa sarvavyādhiśca pāpinām | bhavedakasmātpatatāṃ yasminkuṇḍe dhanuḥśate
In which pit, a hundred bow-lengths (in size), by the mere touch of the water every disease of the sinners who fall in arises all at once —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.93
अरुन्तुदैर्भक्षितैस्तु प्राणिभिर्यच्च सङ्कुलम् । हाहेति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिस्तदेवारुन्तुदं विदुः
aruntudairbhakṣitaistu prāṇibhiryacca saṅkulam | hāheti śabdaṃ kurvadbhistadevāruntudaṃ viduḥ
And which is crowded with beings that gnaw the vitals, by whom (the sinners) are devoured as they cry out "alas, alas!" — that indeed they know as Aruntuda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.94
तप्तपांसुभिराकीर्णं ज्वलद्भिस्तुषदग्धकैः । तद्भक्षैः पापिभिर्युक्तं पांसुभोजैर्धनुःशतम्
taptapāṃsubhirākīrṇaṃ jvaladbhistuṣadagdhakaiḥ | tadbhakṣaiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ pāṃsubhojairdhanuḥśatam
Strewn with hot dust, blazing, burning like husks; joined with sinners who feed on that — (the pit) of the dust-eaters, a hundred bow-lengths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.95
पातमात्रेण पापी च पाशेन वेष्टितो भवेत् । क्रोशमात्रेण कुण्डं च तत्पाशवेष्टनं विदुः
pātamātreṇa pāpī ca pāśena veṣṭito bhavet | krośamātreṇa kuṇḍaṃ ca tatpāśaveṣṭanaṃ viduḥ
And the sinner, the moment he falls, becomes wrapped about with a noose; the pit is a krośa in measure, and they know it as Pāśaveṣṭana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.96
पातमात्रेण पापी च शूलेन वेष्टितो भवेत् । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च शूलप्रोतं प्रकीर्तितम्
pātamātreṇa pāpī ca śūlena veṣṭito bhavet | dhanurviṃśatpramāṇaṃ ca śūlaprotaṃ prakīrtitam
And the sinner, the moment he falls, becomes pierced through with a spike; it measures twenty bow-lengths and is declared Śūlaprota.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.97
पततां पापिनां यत्र भवेदेव प्रकम्पनम् । अतीव हिमतोयाक्तं क्रोशार्धं च प्रकम्पनम्
patatāṃ pāpināṃ yatra bhavedeva prakampanam | atīva himatoyāktaṃ krośārdhaṃ ca prakampanam
Where the sinners who fall in are seized with violent trembling — smeared with exceedingly icy water, half a krośa (in size): that is Prakampana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.98
ददत्येव हि मे दूता यत्रोल्काः पापिनां मुखे । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं तदुल्काभिश्च सुसङ्कुलम्
dadatyeva hi me dūtā yatrolkāḥ pāpināṃ mukhe | dhanurviṃśatpramāṇaṃ tadulkābhiśca susaṅkulam
Where my messengers thrust firebrands into the mouths of the sinners — that measures twenty bow-lengths and is thick with firebrands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.99
लक्षपौरुषमानं च गम्भीरं च धनुःशतम् । नानाप्रकारकृमिभिः संयुक्तं च भयानकम्
lakṣapauruṣamānaṃ ca gambhīraṃ ca dhanuḥśatam | nānāprakārakṛmibhiḥ saṃyuktaṃ ca bhayānakam
A hundred bow-lengths (across) and deep by a hundred thousand man-heights, and fearsome, teeming with worms of many kinds;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.100
अत्यन्धकारव्याप्तं च कूपाकारं च वर्तुलम् । तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिर्युक्तं प्रणश्यद्भिः परस्परम्
atyandhakāravyāptaṃ ca kūpākāraṃ ca vartulam | tadbhakṣyaiḥ pāpibhiryuktaṃ praṇaśyadbhiḥ parasparam
Pervaded by utter darkness, well-shaped and round, filled with sinners who are food for those (worms) and who destroy one another;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.101
तप्ततोयप्रदग्धैश्च ज्वलद्भिः कीटभक्षितैः । ध्वान्तेन चक्षुषा चान्धैरन्धकूपः प्रकीर्तितः
taptatoyapradagdhaiśca jvaladbhiḥ kīṭabhakṣitaiḥ | dhvāntena cakṣuṣā cāndhairandhakūpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
(Filled) with those scalded by hot water, blazing, devoured by insects, and blinded in their eyes by the darkness: (that) is declared to be Andhakūpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.102
नानाप्रकारशस्त्रौघैर्यत्र विद्धाश्च पापिनः । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च वेधनं तत्प्रकीर्तितम्
nānāprakāraśastraughairyatra viddhāśca pāpinaḥ | dhanurviṃśatpramāṇaṃ ca vedhanaṃ tatprakīrtitam
Where the sinners are pierced by floods of weapons of many kinds — that, twenty bow-lengths in measure, is declared to be Vedhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.103
दण्डेन ताडिता यत्र मम दूतैश्च पापिनः । धनुःषोडशमानं च तत्कुण्डं दण्डताडनम्
daṇḍena tāḍitā yatra mama dūtaiśca pāpinaḥ | dhanuḥṣoḍaśamānaṃ ca tatkuṇḍaṃ daṇḍatāḍanam
Where the sinners are beaten with the rod by my messengers — that pit, sixteen bow-lengths in measure, is Daṇḍatāḍana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.104
निरुद्धाश्च महाजालैर्यथा मीनाश्च पापिनः । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च जालरन्ध्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
niruddhāśca mahājālairyathā mīnāśca pāpinaḥ | dhanurviṃśatpramāṇaṃ ca jālarandhraṃ prakīrtitam
And where the sinners are held fast in great nets like fish — that, twenty bow-lengths in measure, is declared to be Jālarandhra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.105
पततां पापिनां कुण्डे देहश्चूर्णो भवेदिह । लोहबन्दीनिबद्धानां कोटिपौरुषमानकम्
patatāṃ pāpināṃ kuṇḍe dehaścūrṇo bhavediha | lohabandīnibaddhānāṃ koṭipauruṣamānakam
Here, when the sinners fall into the pit, the body is ground to powder; for those bound in iron fetters it measures a crore of man-heights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.106
गम्भीरं ध्वान्तसंयुक्तं धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम् । मूर्च्छितानां जडानां च देहचूर्णं प्रकीर्तितम्
gambhīraṃ dhvāntasaṃyuktaṃ dhanurviṃśatpramāṇakam | mūrcchitānāṃ jaḍānāṃ ca dehacūrṇaṃ prakīrtitam
Deep, filled with darkness, twenty bow-lengths in measure — (this pit) of those who have fainted and of the dull-witted is proclaimed "body-powder" (dehacūrṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.107
दलिताः पापिनो यत्र मम दूतैश्च ताडिताः । धनुःषोडशमानं च तत्कुण्डं दलनं स्मृतम्
dalitāḥ pāpino yatra mama dūtaiśca tāḍitāḥ | dhanuḥṣoḍaśamānaṃ ca tatkuṇḍaṃ dalanaṃ smṛtam
Where the sinners are crushed and beaten by my messengers — that pit, sixteen bow-lengths in measure, is known as "Crushing" (dalana).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.108
पतनेनैव पापी च शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः । बालुकासु च तप्तासु धनुस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणकम्
patanenaiva pāpī ca śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ | bālukāsu ca taptāsu dhanustriṃśatpramāṇakam
And merely by falling (there) the sinner has throat, lips and palate dried up — in the heated sands, thirty bow-lengths in measure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.109
शतपौरुषमानं च गम्भीरं ध्वान्तसंयुतम् । शोषणं कुण्डमेतद्धि पापिनां परदुःखदम्
śatapauruṣamānaṃ ca gambhīraṃ dhvāntasaṃyutam | śoṣaṇaṃ kuṇḍametaddhi pāpināṃ paraduḥkhadam
a hundred fathoms in measure, deep, joined with darkness — this pit indeed is "Drying" (śoṣaṇa), which gives the sinners the utmost pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.110
नानाचर्मकषायोदपरिपूर्णं धनुःशतम् । दुर्गन्धियुक्ततद्भक्ष्यैः प्राणिभिः सङ्कुलं कषम्
nānācarmakaṣāyodaparipūrṇaṃ dhanuḥśatam | durgandhiyuktatadbhakṣyaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ kaṣam
A hundred bow-lengths (in size), filled completely with water astringent from various hides, crowded and harsh with creatures that feed on that foul-smelling (stuff),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.111
शूर्पाकारमुखं कुण्डं धनुर्द्वादशमानकम् । तप्तलोहबालुकाभिः पूर्णं पातकिसंयुतम्
śūrpākāramukhaṃ kuṇḍaṃ dhanurdvādaśamānakam | taptalohabālukābhiḥ pūrṇaṃ pātakisaṃyutam
a pit whose mouth has the shape of a winnowing basket, twelve bow-lengths in measure, filled with heated iron sand, occupied by the sinner,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.112
दुर्गन्धियुक्तं तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिः सङ्कुलं सति । शूर्पाकारमुखं कुण्डं धनुर्द्वादशमात्रकम्
durgandhiyuktaṃ tadbhakṣyaiḥ pāpibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ sati | śūrpākāramukhaṃ kuṇḍaṃ dhanurdvādaśamātrakam
foul-smelling, crowded, O good lady, with sinners who feed on that — a pit whose mouth has the shape of a winnowing basket, of just twelve bow-lengths,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.113
प्रतप्तबालुकापूर्णं महापातकिभिर्युतम् । अन्तरग्निशिखानां च ज्वालाव्याप्तमुखं सदा
prataptabālukāpūrṇaṃ mahāpātakibhiryutam | antaragniśikhānāṃ ca jvālāvyāptamukhaṃ sadā
filled with scorching sand, occupied by the great sinners, and its mouth always pervaded by the flames of the fire within.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.114
धनुर्विंशतिमात्रं च प्रमाणं यस्य सुन्दरि । ज्वालाभिर्दग्धगात्रैश्च पापिभिर्व्याप्तमेव च
dhanurviṃśatimātraṃ ca pramāṇaṃ yasya sundari | jvālābhirdagdhagātraiśca pāpibhirvyāptameva ca
And whose measure is a mere twenty bow-lengths, O beautiful one, and which is pervaded by sinners whose limbs are burnt by the flames —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.115
तन्महाक्लेशदं शश्वत्कुण्डं ज्वालामुखं स्मृतम् । पातमात्राद्यत्र पापी मूर्च्छितो वै नरो भवेत्
tanmahākleśadaṃ śaśvatkuṇḍaṃ jvālāmukhaṃ smṛtam | pātamātrādyatra pāpī mūrcchito vai naro bhavet
that pit, giving great affliction perpetually, is known as "Flame-mouth" (jvālāmukha); there, merely by falling, the sinful man becomes senseless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 37.116
तप्तेष्टकाभ्यन्तरितं वाप्यर्धं जिह्मकुण्डकम् । धूमान्धकारसंयुक्तं धूम्रान्धैः पापिभिर्युतम्
tapteṣṭakābhyantaritaṃ vāpyardhaṃ jihmakuṇḍakam | dhūmāndhakārasaṃyuktaṃ dhūmrāndhaiḥ pāpibhiryutam
Lined within with heated bricks, half a well, a crooked little pit, joined with the darkness of smoke, occupied by sinners blinded by smoke,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.117
धनुःशतं श्वासरन्ध्रैर्धूम्रान्धं परिकीर्तितम् । पातमात्राद्यत्र पापी नागैश्च वेष्टितो भवेत्
dhanuḥśataṃ śvāsarandhrairdhūmrāndhaṃ parikīrtitam | pātamātrādyatra pāpī nāgaiśca veṣṭito bhavet
a hundred bow-lengths (in size), it is declared to be "Smoke-blind" (dhūmrāndha) by reason of the breathing-holes; there, merely by falling, the sinner becomes encircled by serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 37.118
धनुःशतं नागपूर्णं तन्नागैर्वेष्टितं भवेत् । षडशीति च कुण्डानि मयोक्तानि निशामय । लक्षणं चापि तेषां च किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
dhanuḥśataṃ nāgapūrṇaṃ tannāgairveṣṭitaṃ bhavet | ṣaḍaśīti ca kuṇḍāni mayoktāni niśāmaya | lakṣaṇaṃ cāpi teṣāṃ ca kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
A hundred bow-lengths, full of serpents — there he becomes encircled by those serpents. Hear now: eighty-six pits have been described by me, and also their characteristics. What more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition