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Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 3

GaP 2 3.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३ सूत उवाच । एवमुत्साहितः पक्षी स्वरूपं निरयस्य तु । पप्रच्छनरकाण्येवं श्रुत्वा चोत्कूलितान्तरः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 3 sūta uvāca / evamutsāhitaḥ pakṣī svarūpaṃ nirayasya tu / papracchanarakāṇyevaṃ śrutvā cotkūlitāntaraḥ

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 3. Sūta said: Thus encouraged, the bird asked about the nature of hell, and having heard thus about the hells, his inward being was stirred up.

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GaP 2 3.2

गरुड उवाच । नरकाणां स्वरूपं मे वद येषु विकर्मिणः । पात्यन्ते दुः खभूयिष्ठास्तेषां भेदांश्च कीर्तय

garuḍa uvāca / narakāṇāṃ svarūpaṃ me vada yeṣu vikarmiṇaḥ / pātyante duḥ khabhūyiṣṭhāsteṣāṃ bhedāṃśca kīrtaya

Garuḍa said: Tell me the nature of the hells, into which the doers of forbidden deeds are cast down, (hells) abounding in pain; and proclaim their kinds.

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GaP 2 3.3

श्रीभगवानुवाच । नरकाणां सहस्राणि वर्तन्ते ह्यरुणानुज । शक्यं विस्तरतो नैव वक्तुं प्राधान्यतो ब्रुवे

śrībhagavānuvāca / narakāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi vartante hyaruṇānuja / śakyaṃ vistarato naiva vaktuṃ prādhānyato bruve

The Blessed Lord said: There are indeed thousands of hells, O younger brother of Aruṇa; it is not possible to tell them in detail — I shall speak of the principal ones.

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GaP 2 3.4

रौरवं नाम नरकं मुख्यं तद्वैनिबोध मे । रौरवे कूटसाक्षी तु याति यश्चानृती नरः

rauravaṃ nāma narakaṃ mukhyaṃ tadvainibodha me / raurave kūṭasākṣī tu yāti yaścānṛtī naraḥ

The hell named Raurava is the chief one; learn of it from me. To Raurava goes the false witness and the man who speaks untruth.

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GaP 2 3.5

योजनानां सहस्रे द्वे रौरवो हि प्रमाणतः । जानुमात्रप्रमाणं तु तत्र गर्तं सुदुस्तरम्

yojanānāṃ sahasre dve rauravo hi pramāṇataḥ / jānumātrapramāṇaṃ tu tatra gartaṃ sudustaram

Raurava is two thousand yojanas in measure; and there is a pit there, knee-deep, very hard to get across.

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GaP 2 3.6

तत्राङ्गारचयौघेन कृतं तद्धरणीसमम् । तत्राग्निना सुतीव्रेण तापिताङ्गारभूमिना

tatrāṅgāracayaughena kṛtaṃ taddharaṇīsamam / tatrāgninā sutīvreṇa tāpitāṅgārabhūminā

There it is made level with the ground by a mass of heaps of embers, (heated) there by a very fierce fire, with its ground of embers made hot.

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GaP 2 3.7

तन्मध्ये पापकर्माणं विमुञ्चन्ति यमानुगाः । स दह्यमानस्तीव्रेण वह्निना परिधावति

tanmadhye pāpakarmāṇaṃ vimuñcanti yamānugāḥ / sa dahyamānastīvreṇa vahninā paridhāvati

Into the midst of it Yama's servants release the doer of evil; being burnt by the fierce fire, he runs about.

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GaP 2 3.8

पदेपदे च पादो ऽस्य स्फुट्यते शीर्यते पुनः । अहोरात्रेणोद्धरणं पादन्यासेन गच्छति

padepade ca pādo 'sya sphuṭyate śīryate punaḥ / ahorātreṇoddharaṇaṃ pādanyāsena gacchati

And at every step his foot splits open and crumbles away again; with (the passing of) a day and a night he advances by the setting down of one foot.

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GaP 2 3.9

एवं सहस्रं विस्तीर्णं योजनानां विमुच्यते । ततो ऽन्यत्पापशुद्ध्यर्थं तादृङ्निरयमृच्छति

evaṃ sahasraṃ vistīrṇaṃ yojanānāṃ vimucyate / tato 'nyatpāpaśuddhyarthaṃ tādṛṅnirayamṛcchati

Thus, when a thousand yojanas of extent (have been crossed), he is released; then he goes to another hell like it, for the purifying of his sin.

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GaP 2 3.10

रौरवस्ते समाख्यातः प्रथमो नरको मया । महारौरवसंज्ञं तु शृणुष्व नरकं खग

rauravaste samākhyātaḥ prathamo narako mayā / mahārauravasaṃjñaṃ tu śṛṇuṣva narakaṃ khaga

Raurava, the first hell, has been described to you by me; now hear, O bird, of the hell called Mahāraurava.

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GaP 2 3.11

योजनानां सहस्राणि सन्ति पञ्च समन्ततः । तत्र ताम्रमयी भूमिरधस्तस्या हुताशनः

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi santi pañca samantataḥ / tatra tāmramayī bhūmiradhastasyā hutāśanaḥ

There are five thousand yojanas on every side; there the ground is made of copper, and beneath it is fire.

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GaP 2 3.12

तया तपन्त्या सा सर्वा प्रोद्यद्विद्युत्समप्रभा । विभाव्यते महारौद्रा पापिनां दर्शनादिषु

tayā tapantyā sā sarvā prodyadvidyutsamaprabhā / vibhāvyate mahāraudrā pāpināṃ darśanādiṣu

As that (fire) burns, the whole of it, with a radiance like flashing lightning, appears exceedingly terrible to the sinners when they see it and so on.

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GaP 2 3.13

तस्यां बद्धकराभ्यां च पद्भ्यां चैव यमानुगैः । मुच्यते पापकृन्मध्ये लुण्ठमानः स गच्छति

tasyāṃ baddhakarābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ caiva yamānugaiḥ / mucyate pāpakṛnmadhye luṇṭhamānaḥ sa gacchati

Upon it the evil-doer, with his hands and feet bound by Yama's servants, is released in the middle, and he goes rolling about.

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GaP 2 3.14

काकैर्बकैर्वृकोलूकैर्मशकैर्वृश्चिकैस्तथा । भक्ष्यमाणैस्तथा रौद्रैर्गतो मार्गे विकृष्यते

kākairbakairvṛkolūkairmaśakairvṛścikaistathā / bhakṣyamāṇaistathā raudrairgato mārge vikṛṣyate

Being devoured by crows, herons, wolves and owls, by mosquitoes and scorpions, and by other fearsome (creatures), he is dragged along the road as he goes.

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GaP 2 3.15

दह्यमानो गतमतिर्भ्रान्तस्तातेति चाकुलः । वदत्यसकृदुद्वग्नो न शान्तिमधिगच्छति

dahyamāno gatamatirbhrāntastāteti cākulaḥ / vadatyasakṛdudvagno na śāntimadhigacchati

Burning, his wits gone, bewildered and distraught, he cries 'Father!' again and again in his distress, and finds no relief.

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GaP 2 3.16

एवं तस्मान्नरैर्मोक्षस्त्वतिक्रान्तैरवाप्यते । वर्षायुतायुतैः पापं यैः कृतं दुष्टबुद्धिभिः

evaṃ tasmānnarairmokṣastvatikrāntairavāpyate / varṣāyutāyutaiḥ pāpaṃ yaiḥ kṛtaṃ duṣṭabuddhibhiḥ

Thus release from it is obtained by men only after they have passed through tens of thousands of years — (those) evil-minded ones by whom sin was committed.

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GaP 2 3.17

तथान्यस्तु ततो नाम सो ऽतिशीतः स्वभावतः । महारौरववद्दीर्घस्तथान्धतमसा वृतः

tathānyastu tato nāma so 'tiśītaḥ svabhāvataḥ / mahārauravavaddīrghastathāndhatamasā vṛtaḥ

And another after that, named (thus), is by its very nature extremely cold; it is as vast as the Mahāraurava and is wrapped in blind darkness.

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GaP 2 3.18

शीतार्तास्तत्र बध्यन्ते नरास्तमसि दारुणे । परस्परं समासाद्य परिरभ्याश्रयन्ति ते

śītārtāstatra badhyante narāstamasi dāruṇe / parasparaṃ samāsādya parirabhyāśrayanti te

There, in that terrible darkness, men afflicted by cold are bound; coming upon one another, they embrace and cling together.

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GaP 2 3.19

दन्तास्तेषां च भज्यन्ते शीतार्तिपरिकम्पिताः । क्षुतृषातिबलाः पक्षिन्नथ तत्राप्युपदवाः

dantāsteṣāṃ ca bhajyante śītārtiparikampitāḥ / kṣutṛṣātibalāḥ pakṣinnatha tatrāpyupadavāḥ

And their teeth break, chattering from the pain of the cold; and there too, O bird, hunger and thirst overpower them, and afflictions (arise).

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GaP 2 3.20

हिमखण्डवहो वायुभिनत्त्यस्थीनि दारुणः । मज्जासृगस्थिगलितमश्रन्त्यत्र क्षुधान्विताः

himakhaṇḍavaho vāyubhinattyasthīni dāruṇaḥ / majjāsṛgasthigalitamaśrantyatra kṣudhānvitāḥ

A terrible wind carrying blocks of ice splits their bones; there, filled with hunger, they eat what has dripped down—marrow, blood and bone.

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GaP 2 3.21

आलिङ्ग्यमाना भ्राम्यन्ते परस्परसमागमे । एवं तत्रापि सुमहान्क्लेशस्तमसि मानवैः

āliṅgyamānā bhrāmyante parasparasamāgame / evaṃ tatrāpi sumahānkleśastamasi mānavaiḥ

Being embraced, they are whirled about when they come together with one another; thus there too, in the darkness, men suffer very great torment.

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GaP 2 3.22

प्राप्यते शकुनिश्रेष्ठ यो बहूकृतसञ्चयः । निकृन्तन इति ख्यातस्ततो ऽन्यो नरकोत्तमः

prāpyate śakuniśreṣṭha yo bahūkṛtasañcayaḥ / nikṛntana iti khyātastato 'nyo narakottamaḥ

It is attained, O best of birds, by him who has amassed a great accumulation (of sin). Beyond that is another chief among hells, known as Nikṛntana ('the Cutting-off').

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GaP 2 3.23

कुलालचक्राणि तत्र भ्राम्यन्त्यविरतं खग । तेष्वापाष्ये निकृष्यन्ते कालसूत्रेण मानवाः

kulālacakrāṇi tatra bhrāmyantyavirataṃ khaga / teṣvāpāṣye nikṛṣyante kālasūtreṇa mānavāḥ

There potters' wheels revolve without ceasing, O sky-goer; upon them men are (bound) and are cut apart by the thread of Time.

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GaP 2 3.24

यमानुमाङ्गुलिस्थेन आपादतलमस्तकम् । न चैषां जीवितभ्रंशो जायते पक्षिसत्तम

yamānumāṅgulisthena āpādatalamastakam / na caiṣāṃ jīvitabhraṃśo jāyate pakṣisattama

...(cut) from the soles of the feet to the head by (the cord) held in the finger of Yama's servant; and yet, O best of birds, no loss of life comes to them.

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GaP 2 3.25

छिन्नानि तेषां शतशः खण्डान्यैक्यं व्रजन्ति हि । एवं वर्षसहस्राणि भ्राम्यन्ते पापकर्मिणः

chinnāni teṣāṃ śataśaḥ khaṇḍānyaikyaṃ vrajanti hi / evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi bhrāmyante pāpakarmiṇaḥ

Their pieces, cut into hundreds, indeed come together into one again; thus for thousands of years the doers of evil are whirled about.

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GaP 2 3.26

तावद्यावदशेषं च तत्पापं संक्षयं गतम् । अप्रातष्ठं च नरकं शृणुष्व गदतो मम

tāvadyāvadaśeṣaṃ ca tatpāpaṃ saṃkṣayaṃ gatam / aprātaṣṭhaṃ ca narakaṃ śṛṇuṣva gadato mama

—for just so long, until that sin has gone to complete destruction without remainder. And now hear from me, as I speak, of the hell Apratiṣṭha.

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GaP 2 3.27

तत्रस्थैर्नारकैर्दुः खमसह्यमनुभूयते । तान्येव तत्र चक्राणि घटीयन्त्राणि चान्यतः

tatrasthairnārakairduḥ khamasahyamanubhūyate / tānyeva tatra cakrāṇi ghaṭīyantrāṇi cānyataḥ

There an unbearable suffering is undergone by the hell-dwellers who abide there: those same wheels are there, and elsewhere well-machines (water-wheels),

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GaP 2 3.28

दुः खस्य हेतुभूतानि पापकर्मकृतां नृणाम् । चक्रेष्वारोपिताः केचिद्भाम्यन्ते तत्र मानवाः

duḥ khasya hetubhūtāni pāpakarmakṛtāṃ nṛṇām / cakreṣvāropitāḥ kecidbhāmyante tatra mānavāḥ

which have become the cause of suffering for men who have done evil deeds. Some men, mounted upon the wheels, are whirled about there.

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GaP 2 3.29

यावद्वर्षसहस्राणि न तेषां स्थितिरन्तरा । घटीयन्त्रेषु बद्वा ये बद्धा तोयवटी यथा

yāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi na teṣāṃ sthitirantarā / ghaṭīyantreṣu badvā ye baddhā toyavaṭī yathā

For thousands of years there is no rest for them in between; and those who, bound upon the well-machines, are tied like water-pots—

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GaP 2 3.30

भ्राम्यन्ते मानवा रक्तमुद्गिरन्तः पुनः पुनः । अन्त्रैर्मुखविनिष्क्रान्तैर्नेत्रैरन्त्रावलम्बिभैः

bhrāmyante mānavā raktamudgirantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ / antrairmukhaviniṣkrāntairnetrairantrāvalambibhaiḥ

—the men are whirled about, vomiting blood again and again, with their entrails come out of their mouths and their eyes hanging out with the entrails.

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GaP 2 3.31

दुः खानि प्राप्नुवन्तीह यान्यसह्यानि जन्तुभिः । असिपत्रवनं नाम नरकं शृणु चापरम्

duḥ khāni prāpnuvantīha yānyasahyāni jantubhiḥ / asipatravanaṃ nāma narakaṃ śṛṇu cāparam

Here creatures undergo sufferings that are unbearable. Hear now of another hell, named Asipatravana ('Sword-leaf Forest').

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GaP 2 3.32

योजनानां सहस्रं यो ज्वलत्यग्न्याशृतावनिः । सप्ततीव्रकराश्चैण्डर्यत्र तीव्र सुदारुणे

yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ yo jvalatyagnyāśṛtāvaniḥ / saptatīvrakarāścaiṇḍaryatra tīvra sudāruṇe

(A ground) a thousand leagues (across), which blazes, an earth pervaded by fire; and there in that fierce, most terrible (place) there are seven fierce-rayed (suns).

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GaP 2 3.33

प्रतपन्ति सदा तत्र प्राणिनो नरकौकसः । तन्मध्ये चरणं शीतस्निग्धपत्रं विभाष्यते

pratapanti sadā tatra prāṇino narakaukasaḥ / tanmadhye caraṇaṃ śītasnigdhapatraṃ vibhāṣyate

There the living beings who dwell in that hell are scorched constantly; in the midst of it a tree with cool, glossy leaves appears.

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GaP 2 3.34

पत्राणि यत्र खण्डानि फलानां पक्षिसत्तम । श्वानश्च तत्र सुबलाश्चरन्त्यामिषभोजनाः

patrāṇi yatra khaṇḍāni phalānāṃ pakṣisattama / śvānaśca tatra subalāścarantyāmiṣabhojanāḥ

Where the leaves are (sharp) blades and the fruits (likewise), O best of birds; and dogs of great strength roam there, feeding on flesh,

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GaP 2 3.35

महावक्त्रा महादंष्ट्रा व्याघ्रा इव महाबलाः । ततश्च वनमालोक्य शिशिरच्छायमग्रतः

mahāvaktrā mahādaṃṣṭrā vyāghrā iva mahābalāḥ / tataśca vanamālokya śiśiracchāyamagrataḥ

with huge mouths and huge fangs, of great might like tigers. And then, seeing the forest with its cool shade ahead,

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GaP 2 3.36

प्रयान्ति प्राणिनस्तत्र क्षुत्तापपरिपीडिताः । मातर्भ्रातस्तात इति क्रन्दमानाः सुदुः खिताः

prayānti prāṇinastatra kṣuttāpaparipīḍitāḥ / mātarbhrātastāta iti krandamānāḥ suduḥ khitāḥ

the creatures, tormented by hunger and burning, go there, crying out in great misery, "Mother! Brother! Father!"

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GaP 2 3.37

दह्यमानाङ्घ्रियुगला धरणिस्थेन वह्निना । तेषां गतानां तत्रापि अति शीतिः समीरणः

dahyamānāṅghriyugalā dharaṇisthena vahninā / teṣāṃ gatānāṃ tatrāpi ati śītiḥ samīraṇaḥ

Their two feet burning from the fire that is in the ground — and even there, for those who have gone (in), an extremely cold wind (blows).

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GaP 2 3.38

प्रवाति तेन पात्यन्ते तेषां खड्गास्तथोपरि । छिन्नाः पतन्ति ते भूमौ ज्वलत्पावकसंचये

pravāti tena pātyante teṣāṃ khaḍgāstathopari / chinnāḥ patanti te bhūmau jvalatpāvakasaṃcaye

It blows, and thereby the swords above them are made to fall; cut apart, they fall to the ground onto a heap of blazing fire.

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GaP 2 3.39

लेलिह्यमाने चान्यत्र तप्ताशेषमहीतले । सारमेयाश्च ते शीघ्रं शातयन्ति शरीरतः

lelihyamāne cānyatra taptāśeṣamahītale / sārameyāśca te śīghraṃ śātayanti śarīrataḥ

And elsewhere, on the whole scorched surface of the earth being licked (by flames), the dogs quickly tear (the flesh) from their bodies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.40

तेषां खण्डान्यनेकानि रुदतामतिभीषणे । असिपत्रवनं तात मयैतत्परिकीर्तितम्

teṣāṃ khaṇḍānyanekāni rudatāmatibhīṣaṇe / asipatravanaṃ tāta mayaitatparikīrtitam

(There are) many pieces of them as they weep in that most terrifying (place). This, my dear, is the sword-leaf forest as declared by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.41

अतः परं भीमतरं तप्तकुंभं निबोध मे । समन्ततस्तप्तकुम्भा वह्निज्वालासमन्विताः

ataḥ paraṃ bhīmataraṃ taptakuṃbhaṃ nibodha me / samantatastaptakumbhā vahnijvālāsamanvitāḥ

Beyond this, learn from me of the still more terrible Taptakumbha (Heated Pot): all around are heated pots endowed with flames of fire,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.42

ज्वलदग्निचयास्तप्ततैलायश्चूर्णपूरिताः । एषु दुष्कृतकर्माणो याम्यैः क्षिप्ता ह्यधोमुखाः

jvaladagnicayāstaptatailāyaścūrṇapūritāḥ / eṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇo yāmyaiḥ kṣiptā hyadhomukhāḥ

with masses of blazing fire, filled with heated oil and iron filings. Into these the doers of evil deeds are thrown headlong by Yama's servants,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.43

क्वाथ्यन्ते विस्फुटद्गात्रा गलन्मज्जाजलान्विताः । स्फुटत्कपालेनत्रास्थिच्छिद्यमाना विभीषणैः

kvāthyante visphuṭadgātrā galanmajjājalānvitāḥ / sphuṭatkapālenatrāsthicchidyamānā vibhīṣaṇaiḥ

and they are boiled, their limbs bursting apart, flowing with the fluid of their marrow, their skulls splitting, their eyes and bones being cut by the terrifying (attendants).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.44

गृध्रैरुत्पाट्य मुच्यन्ते पुनस्तेष्वेव वेगितैः । पुनश्चिमचिमायन्ते तैलनैक्यं व्रजन्ति च

gṛdhrairutpāṭya mucyante punasteṣveva vegitaiḥ / punaścimacimāyante tailanaikyaṃ vrajanti ca

Torn out by vultures they are let go, and again (dropped) into those very (pots) by the swift (birds); again they sizzle and become one with the oil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.45

द्रवीभूतैः शिरोगात्रैः स्नायुमांसत्वगास्थिभिः । ततो याम्यैर्नरैराशु दर्व्याघट्टनघट्टिताः

dravībhūtaiḥ śirogātraiḥ snāyumāṃsatvagāsthibhiḥ / tato yāmyairnarairāśu darvyāghaṭṭanaghaṭṭitāḥ

With their heads and limbs, sinews, flesh, skin and bones melted away, then quickly stirred by Yama's men with the striking of ladles,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.46

कृतावर्ते महातैले क्वाथ्यन्ते पापकर्मिणः । एष ते विस्तरेणोक्तस्तप्तकुम्भो मया खग

kṛtāvarte mahātaile kvāthyante pāpakarmiṇaḥ / eṣa te vistareṇoktastaptakumbho mayā khaga

the doers of sin are boiled in the great oil whirled into an eddy. This Taptakumbha has been told to you at length by me, O bird.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.47

आदिमो रौरवः प्रोक्तो महारौरवको ऽपरः । अतिशीतस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो हि निकृन्तनः

ādimo rauravaḥ prokto mahārauravako 'paraḥ / atiśītastṛtīyastu caturtho hi nikṛntanaḥ

The first is called Raurava, the next Mahāraurava, the third Atiśīta, and the fourth indeed Nikṛntana;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.48

अप्रतिष्ठः पञ्चमः स्यादसिपत्रवनो ऽपरः । सप्तमस्तप्तकुम्भस्तु सप्तैते नरका मताः

apratiṣṭhaḥ pañcamaḥ syādasipatravano 'paraḥ / saptamastaptakumbhastu saptaite narakā matāḥ

the fifth would be Apratiṣṭha, the next Asipatravana, and the seventh Taptakumbha: these are held to be the seven hells.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.49

श्रूयन्तेन्यान्यपि तथा नरकाणि नराधमाः । कर्मणां तारतम्येन तेषुतेषु पतन्ति हि

śrūyantenyānyapi tathā narakāṇi narādhamāḥ / karmaṇāṃ tāratamyena teṣuteṣu patanti hi

Still other hells too are heard of; lowest of men fall into this one and that according to the gradation of their deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.50

तथा हि नरको रोधः शूकरस्ताल एव च । तप्तकुम्भो महाज्वालः शबलो ऽथ विमोहनः

tathā hi narako rodhaḥ śūkarastāla eva ca / taptakumbho mahājvālaḥ śabalo 'tha vimohanaḥ

Thus: the hell Rodha, and Śūkara, and Tāla, Taptakumbha, Mahājvāla, Śabala, and then Vimohana,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.51

क्रिमिश्च क्रिमभक्षश्च लालाभक्षो विषञ्जनः । अधः शिराः पूयवहो रुधिरान्धश्च विड्रभुजः

krimiśca krimabhakṣaśca lālābhakṣo viṣañjanaḥ / adhaḥ śirāḥ pūyavaho rudhirāndhaśca viḍrabhujaḥ

and Krimi, and Krimibhakṣa, Lālābhakṣa, Viṣañjana, Adhaḥśiras, Pūyavaha, Rudhirāndha, and Viḍbhuj,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.52

तथा वैतरणी सू (मू) मसिपत्रवनं तथा । अग्निज्वालो महाघोरः सन्दंशो वाप्यभोजनः

tathā vaitaraṇī sū (mū) masipatravanaṃ tathā / agnijvālo mahāghoraḥ sandaṃśo vāpyabhojanaḥ

likewise Vaitaraṇī, Mūma(?), and Asipatravana, Agnijvāla, Mahāghora, Sandaṃśa, and Apyabhojana,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.53

तमश्च कालसूत्रं च लोहश्चाप्यभिदस्तथा । अप्रतिष्ठो ऽप्यवीचिश्च नरका एवमादयः

tamaśca kālasūtraṃ ca lohaścāpyabhidastathā / apratiṣṭho 'pyavīciśca narakā evamādayaḥ

and Tamas, and Kālasūtra, and Loha, and Abhida likewise, and Apratiṣṭha and Avīci — hells such as these.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.54

तामसा नरकाः सर्वे यमस्य विषये स्थिताः । येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पतन्ति हि पृथक्पृथक्

tāmasā narakāḥ sarve yamasya viṣaye sthitāḥ / yeṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇaḥ patanti hi pṛthakpṛthak

All these dark hells are situated in Yama's realm, into which the doers of evil deeds fall, each separately.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.55

भूमेरधस्तात्ते सर्वे रौरवाद्याः प्रकीर्तिताः । रोघो गोघ्नो भ्रूणहा च अग्निदाता नरः पतेत्

bhūmeradhastātte sarve rauravādyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / rogho goghno bhrūṇahā ca agnidātā naraḥ patet

All those beginning with Raurava are declared to be below the earth. The killer of a priest(?), the killer of a cow, the destroyer of an embryo, and the man who sets fire (to houses) would fall (there).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.56

सूकरे ब्रह्महा मज्जेत्सुरापः स्वर्णतस्करः । ताले पतेत्क्षत्त्रहन्ता हत्वा वैश्यं च दुर्गतिः

sūkare brahmahā majjetsurāpaḥ svarṇataskaraḥ / tāle patetkṣattrahantā hatvā vaiśyaṃ ca durgatiḥ

The brahmin-killer, the drinker of liquor, and the stealer of gold would sink in Sūkara; the slayer of a kṣatriya falls into Tāla, and having killed a vaiśya (one comes to) an evil course.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.57

ब्रह्महत्यां च यः कुर्याद्यश्च स्याद्गुरुतल्पगः । स्वसृगामी तप्तकुम्भी तथा राजभटो ऽनृती

brahmahatyāṃ ca yaḥ kuryādyaśca syādgurutalpagaḥ / svasṛgāmī taptakumbhī tathā rājabhaṭo 'nṛtī

He who commits the killing of a brahmin, and he who violates his teacher's bed, and he who goes with his sister — (these fall into) Taptakumbha; likewise the king's soldier and the liar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.58

तप्तलोहैश्च विक्रेता तथा बन्धनरक्षिता । माध्वी विक्रयकर्तां च यस्तु भक्तं परित्यजेत्

taptalohaiśca vikretā tathā bandhanarakṣitā / mādhvī vikrayakartāṃ ca yastu bhaktaṃ parityajet

And with hot irons (are punished) the seller, likewise the one who guards (people) in bondage, and the seller of madhvī liquor, and he who abandons a devotee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.59

महाज्वाली दुहितरं स्नुषां गच्छति यस्तु वै । वेदो विक्रीयते यैश्च वेदं दूषयते तु यः

mahājvālī duhitaraṃ snuṣāṃ gacchati yastu vai / vedo vikrīyate yaiśca vedaṃ dūṣayate tu yaḥ

He who goes to his daughter or his daughter-in-law (falls into) Mahājvāla; and those by whom the Veda is sold, and he who reviles the Veda.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.60

गुरुं चैवावमन्यन्ते वाक्शरैस्ताडयन्ति च । अगम्यागामी च नरो नरकं शबलं व्रजेत्

guruṃ caivāvamanyante vākśaraistāḍayanti ca / agamyāgāmī ca naro narakaṃ śabalaṃ vrajet

And those who despise their teacher and strike (him) with the arrows of speech, and the man who goes to a woman not to be approached — he goes to the hell Śabala.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.61

विमोहे पतते शूरे मर्यादां यो भिनत्ति वै । दुरिष्टं कुरुते यस्तु कृमिभक्षं प्रपद्यते

vimohe patate śūre maryādāṃ yo bhinatti vai / duriṣṭaṃ kurute yastu kṛmibhakṣaṃ prapadyate

He who breaks the bounds (of proper conduct) falls into Vimoha, into Śūra; and he who performs a wrongly-made sacrifice attains Kṛmibhakṣa (worm-eating).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.62

देवब्राह्मणविद्वेष्टा लालाभक्षे पतत्यपि । कुण्डकर्ता कुलालश्च न्यासहर्ता चिकित्सकः

devabrāhmaṇavidveṣṭā lālābhakṣe patatyapi / kuṇḍakartā kulālaśca nyāsahartā cikitsakaḥ

One who hates gods and brahmins falls into Lālābhakṣa (saliva-eating); (also) the maker of pots, the potter, the stealer of a deposit, and the physician.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.63

आरामेष्वग्निदाता च एते यान्ति विषञ्जने । असत्प्रतिग्रही यस्तु तथैवायाज्ययाजकः

ārāmeṣvagnidātā ca ete yānti viṣañjane / asatpratigrahī yastu tathaivāyājyayājakaḥ

And one who sets fire to pleasure-groves — these go to Viṣañjana; and he who accepts gifts from the wicked, and likewise he who sacrifices for those unfit to sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.64

न क्षत्त्रैर्जोवते यस्तु नरो गच्छेदधोमुखम् । क्षीरं सुरां च मासं लाक्षां गन्धं रसं तिलान्

na kṣattrairjovate yastu naro gacchedadhomukham / kṣīraṃ surāṃ ca māsaṃ lākṣāṃ gandhaṃ rasaṃ tilān

The man who does not live by the (duties of the) kṣatriyas goes head-downward. Milk, liquor, meat, lac, perfume, juice, sesame seeds —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.65

एवमादीनि विक्रीणन् घोरे पूयवहे पतेत् । यः कुक्कुटान्निबध्नाति मार्जारान् सूकरांश्च तान् । पक्षिणश्च मृगांश्छा गान्सो ऽप्येवं नरकं व्रजेत्

evamādīni vikrīṇan ghore pūyavahe patet / yaḥ kukkuṭānnibadhnāti mārjārān sūkarāṃśca tān / pakṣiṇaśca mṛgāṃśchā gānso 'pyevaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

— selling such things as these, one falls into the terrible Pūyavaha (pus-stream). He who binds up cocks, cats, and pigs, and birds and deer and goats — he too goes to that hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.66

आजाविको माहिषिकस्तथा चक्री ध्वजी च यः । रङ्गोपजीविको विप्रः शाकुनिर्ग्रामयाजकः

ājāviko māhiṣikastathā cakrī dhvajī ca yaḥ / raṅgopajīviko vipraḥ śākunirgrāmayājakaḥ

One who lives by goats and sheep, one who lives by buffaloes, one who works an oil-press, one who bears a banner, a brahmin who lives by the theatre, a fowler, a village sacrificer —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.67

अगारदाही गरदः कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयी । सुरापो मांसभक्षी च तथा च पशुघातकः

agāradāhī garadaḥ kuṇḍāśī somavikrayī / surāpo māṃsabhakṣī ca tathā ca paśughātakaḥ

— a house-burner, a poisoner, one who eats the food of a kuṇḍa, a seller of soma, a drinker of liquor, an eater of meat, and likewise a slayer of cattle:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.68

रुधिरान्धे पतन्त्येते पतन्त्येते एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः । उपविष्टन्त्वेकपङ्क्त्यां विषं सम्भोजयन्ति ये

rudhirāndhe patantyete patantyete evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / upaviṣṭantvekapaṅktyāṃ viṣaṃ sambhojayanti ye

these fall into Rudhirāndha — so the wise declare. And those who, when (someone) is seated in the same row (at a meal), feed him poison,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.69

पतन्ति निरये घोरे विड्भुजे नात्र संशयः । मधुग्राहो वैतरणीमाक्रोशी मूत्रसंज्ञके

patanti niraye ghore viḍbhuje nātra saṃśayaḥ / madhugrāho vaitaraṇīmākrośī mūtrasaṃjñake

they fall into the terrible hell Viḍbhuja (dung-eating) — of this there is no doubt. The taker of honey (goes) to Vaitaraṇī; the reviler into the one named Mūtra (urine).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.70

असिपत्रवने ऽसौची क्रोधनश्च एतेदपि । अग्निज्वालां मृगव्याधो भोज्यते यत्र वायसैः

asipatravane 'saucī krodhanaśca etedapi / agnijvālāṃ mṛgavyādho bhojyate yatra vāyasaiḥ

In Asipatravana (the sword-leaf forest) (fall) the unclean man and the wrathful — these also. The deer-hunter (goes) to Agnijvālā, where he is fed upon by crows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.71

इज्यायां व्रतलोपाच्च सन्दंशे नरके पतेत् । स्कन्दन्ते यदि वा स्वप्ने यतिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः

ijyāyāṃ vratalopācca sandaṃśe narake patet / skandante yadi vā svapne yatino brahmacāriṇaḥ

And through the breaking of a vow at a sacrifice one falls into the hell Sandaṃśa; and (likewise) ascetics and celibate students, if they emit semen, even in a dream.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.72

पुत्रैरध्यापिता ये च पुत्रैराज्ञापिताश्च ये । ते सर्वे नरकं यान्ति निरयं चाप्यभोजनम्

putrairadhyāpitā ye ca putrairājñāpitāśca ye / te sarve narakaṃ yānti nirayaṃ cāpyabhojanam

Those who have been taught by their sons and those who have been commanded by their sons — all of them go to hell, and to the hell (called) Abhojana (no-food).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.73

वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धानि क्रोधहर्षसमन्विताः । कर्माणि ये तु कुर्वन्ति सर्वे निरयवासिनः

varṇāśramaviruddhāni krodhaharṣasamanvitāḥ / karmāṇi ye tu kurvanti sarve nirayavāsinaḥ

Those who, filled with anger and elation, perform acts contrary to (the rules of) class and stage of life — all are dwellers in hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.74

उपरिष्टात्स्थितो घोर उष्णात्मा रौरवो महान् । सुदारुणः सुशीतात्मा तस्या धस्तामसः स्मृतः

upariṣṭātsthito ghora uṣṇātmā rauravo mahān / sudāruṇaḥ suśītātmā tasyā dhastāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ

Situated above is the terrible, hot-natured, great Raurava; below that is said to be the very cruel, very cold-natured Tāmasa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.75

एवमादिक्रमेणैव सर्वे ऽधो ऽधः परिस्थिताः । दुः खोत्कर्षश्च सर्वेषु कर्मस्वपि निमित्ततः

evamādikrameṇaiva sarve 'dho 'dhaḥ paristhitāḥ / duḥ khotkarṣaśca sarveṣu karmasvapi nimittataḥ

In just this order all (the hells) are situated one below the other; and in all of them the intensity of pain is according to the cause, that is, according to the deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.76

सुखोत्कर्षश्च सर्वत्र धर्मस्येहनिमिततः । पश्यन्तिनरकान्देवा ह्यधोवक्त्रान्सुदारुणान्

sukhotkarṣaśca sarvatra dharmasyehanimitataḥ / paśyantinarakāndevā hyadhovaktrānsudāruṇān

And everywhere the intensity of pleasure is on account of the performance of dharma here. The gods look down on the hells, which face downward and are very cruel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.77

नारकाश्चापि ते देवान्सर्वान्पश्यन्ति ऊर्ध्वगान् । एतान्यान्यानि शतशो नरकाणि वियद्गते

nārakāścāpi te devānsarvānpaśyanti ūrdhvagān / etānyānyāni śataśo narakāṇi viyadgate

And those hell-dwellers too see all the gods moving above. These and other hells, by the hundreds, (are) in the region of the sky.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.78

दिनेदिने तु नरके पच्यते दह्यतेन्यतः । शीर्यते भिद्यते ऽन्यत्र चूर्यते क्लिद्यतेन्यतः

dinedine tu narake pacyate dahyatenyataḥ / śīryate bhidyate 'nyatra cūryate klidyatenyataḥ

Day after day in hell (the sinner) is cooked, and in another place burnt; in one place he is broken apart, in another split, elsewhere ground up, elsewhere made to rot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.79

क्वथ्यते दीप्यते ऽन्यत्र तथा वातहतो ऽन्यतः । एकं दिनं वर्षशतप्रमाणं नरके भवेत्

kvathyate dīpyate 'nyatra tathā vātahato 'nyataḥ / ekaṃ dinaṃ varṣaśatapramāṇaṃ narake bhavet

He is boiled, elsewhere set aflame, and elsewhere struck by wind; a single day in hell is of the measure of a hundred years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.80

ततः सर्वेषु निस्तीर्णः पापी तिर्यक्त्वमश्नते । कृमिकीटपतङ्गेषु स्थावरैकशफेषु च

tataḥ sarveṣu nistīrṇaḥ pāpī tiryaktvamaśnate / kṛmikīṭapataṅgeṣu sthāvaraikaśapheṣu ca

Then, having passed through all of them, the sinner attains the animal state—among worms, insects and flying creatures, among immobile beings and among the single-hoofed;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.81

गत्वा वनगजाढ्येषु गोष्वषु तथैव च । खरो ऽश्वो ऽश्वतरो गौरः शरभश्चमरी तथा

gatvā vanagajāḍhyeṣu goṣvaṣu tathaiva ca / kharo 'śvo 'śvataro gauraḥ śarabhaścamarī tathā

having gone among the forest elephants and the like, and likewise among cattle: the ass, the horse, the mule, the gaura, the śarabha, and the camarī (yak).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.82

एते चैकशफाः षट् च शृणु पञ्चनखानतः । अन्यासु बहुपापासु दुः खदासु च यो निषु

ete caikaśaphāḥ ṣaṭ ca śṛṇu pañcanakhānataḥ / anyāsu bahupāpāsu duḥ khadāsu ca yo niṣu

These six are the single-hoofed; now hear of the five-clawed—and (of birth) in other wombs that are full of much sin and bring suffering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.83

मानुष्यं प्राप्यते कुब्जो कुत्सितो वामनो ऽपि वा । चण्डालपुक्कसाद्यासु नरयोनिषु जायते

mānuṣyaṃ prāpyate kubjo kutsito vāmano 'pi vā / caṇḍālapukkasādyāsu narayoniṣu jāyate

(Then) human birth is attained, (as one) hunchbacked, despised, or even a dwarf; he is born in human wombs such as those of Caṇḍālas and Pukkasas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.84

मुहुर्गर्भे वसन्त्येव म्रियन्ते च मुहुर्मुहुः । अवशिष्टेन पापेन पुण्येन च समन्वितः

muhurgarbhe vasantyeva mriyante ca muhurmuhuḥ / avaśiṣṭena pāpena puṇyena ca samanvitaḥ

Again and again they dwell in the womb, and again and again they die; then, endowed with the sin that remains and with merit,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.85

ततश्चारोहिणीं योनिं शूद्रवैश्यनृपादिकम् । विप्रदेवेन्द्रतां चापि कदाचिदधिरोहति

tataścārohiṇīṃ yoniṃ śūdravaiśyanṛpādikam / vipradevendratāṃ cāpi kadācidadhirohati

thereafter he ascends an upward-leading birth—that of a Śūdra, a Vaiśya, a king and so on—and sometimes even the state of a brahmin or of Indra of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.86

एवं तु पापकर्माणो निरयेषु पतन्त्यधः । यथा पुण्यकृतो यान्ति तन्मे निगदतः शृणु

evaṃ tu pāpakarmāṇo nirayeṣu patantyadhaḥ / yathā puṇyakṛto yānti tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Thus do doers of evil deeds fall down into the hells. Hear from me as I tell how those who have done meritorious deeds go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.87

ते यमेन विनिर्दिष्टां योनिं पुण्यगतिं नराः । प्रगीतगन्धर्वगणा नृत्योत्सवसमाकुलाः

te yamena vinirdiṣṭāṃ yoniṃ puṇyagatiṃ narāḥ / pragītagandharvagaṇā nṛtyotsavasamākulāḥ

Those men (go) to the birth of a meritorious course appointed by Yama, with troops of Gandharvas singing before them, thronged with festivals of dancing;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.88

हारनूपुरमाधुर्यैः शोभितान्यमलानि तु । प्रयान्त्याशु विमानानि दिव्यगन्धस्रगुज्ज्वलाः

hāranūpuramādhuryaiḥ śobhitānyamalāni tu / prayāntyāśu vimānāni divyagandhasragujjvalāḥ

spotless flying chariots, adorned with the sweet sounds of necklaces and anklets, radiant with divine garlands and perfumes, swiftly bear (them) onward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.89

तस्माच्च प्रच्युता राज्ञामन्येषां च महात्मनाम् । जायन्ते नीरुजां गेहे स द्वृत्तिपीरपालकाः

tasmācca pracyutā rājñāmanyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām / jāyante nīrujāṃ gehe sa dvṛttipīrapālakāḥ

And having fallen from that (heaven), they are born in the houses of kings and of other great-souled ones, free from disease, upholders of good conduct.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.90

भोगान्सम्प्राप्नुवन्त्युग्रांस्ततो यान्त्यूर्ध्वमन्यथा । अवरोहिणीं सम्प्राप्य पूर्ववद्यन्ति मानवाः

bhogānsamprāpnuvantyugrāṃstato yāntyūrdhvamanyathā / avarohiṇīṃ samprāpya pūrvavadyanti mānavāḥ

They obtain intense enjoyments; then they go upward, or else, reaching a downward-leading (birth), the men go as before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.91

जातस्य मृत्युलोके वै प्राणिनो मरणं ध्रुवम् । पापिष्ठानामदोमार्गाज्जीवो निष्क्रमते ध्रुवम्

jātasya mṛtyuloke vai prāṇino maraṇaṃ dhruvam / pāpiṣṭhānāmadomārgājjīvo niṣkramate dhruvam

For a living being born in the world of death, death is certain; and for the most sinful, the soul certainly departs by the lower passage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.92

पृथिव्यां लीयते पृथ्वी आपश्चैव तथाप्सु च । तेजस्तेजसि लीयते समीरे च समीरणः

pṛthivyāṃ līyate pṛthvī āpaścaiva tathāpsu ca / tejastejasi līyate samīre ca samīraṇaḥ

Earth dissolves into earth, and the waters likewise into water; fire dissolves into fire, and wind into wind;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.93

आकाशे च तथाकाशं सर्वव्यापि निशाकरे । तत्र कामस्तथा क्रोधः काये पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि च

ākāśe ca tathākāśaṃ sarvavyāpi niśākare / tatra kāmastathā krodhaḥ kāye pañcendriyāṇi ca

and likewise space (dissolves) into space, the all-pervading (into?) the moon. There (in the body) are desire and anger, and the five senses in the body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.94

एते तार्क्ष्य समाख्याता देहे तिष्ठन्ति तस्कराः । कामः क्रोधो ह्यहङ्कारो मनस्तत्रैव नायकः

ete tārkṣya samākhyātā dehe tiṣṭhanti taskarāḥ / kāmaḥ krodho hyahaṅkāro manastatraiva nāyakaḥ

These, Tārkṣya, are declared to be the thieves that dwell in the body: desire, anger, and egoism—and the mind is their leader there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.95

संहारश्चैव कालो ऽसौ पुण्यपापेन संयुतः । पञ्चेन्द्रियसमायुक्तः सकलैर्विबुधैः सह

saṃhāraścaiva kālo 'sau puṇyapāpena saṃyutaḥ / pañcendriyasamāyuktaḥ sakalairvibudhaiḥ saha

And this is the dissolution, this is (the work of) time; joined with merit and sin, united with the five senses, together with all the faculties,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.96

प्रविशेत्स नवे देहे पृहे दरधे गुही यथा । शरीरे ये समासीनाः सर्वे वै सप्त धातवः

praviśetsa nave dehe pṛhe daradhe guhī yathā / śarīre ye samāsīnāḥ sarve vai sapta dhātavaḥ

he enters into a new body, as a householder (enters) a new house. All those that are seated in the body are indeed the seven constituents.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.97

षाट्कौशिको ह्ययं कायः सर्वे वाताश्च देहिनाम् । मूत्रं पुरीषं तद्योगाद्ये चान्ये व्याधयस्तथा

ṣāṭkauśiko hyayaṃ kāyaḥ sarve vātāśca dehinām / mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ tadyogādye cānye vyādhayastathā

For this body is made of six sheaths, as are all the winds of embodied beings; urine, faeces, and, from the conjunction of these, whatever other diseases there are.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.98

पित्तं श्लेष्मा तथा मज्जा मांसं वै मेद एव च । अस्थि शुक्रं तथा स्नायुर्देहेन सह दह्यति

pittaṃ śleṣmā tathā majjā māṃsaṃ vai meda eva ca / asthi śukraṃ tathā snāyurdehena saha dahyati

Bile, phlegm, and marrow, flesh and fat as well, bone, semen and sinew — (all this) is burnt along with the body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.99

एष ते कथितस्तार्क्ष्य विनासः सर्वदेहिनम् । कथयामि पुनस्तेषां शरीरं च यथा भवेत्

eṣa te kathitastārkṣya vināsaḥ sarvadehinam / kathayāmi punasteṣāṃ śarīraṃ ca yathā bhavet

This, Tārkṣya, has been told to you: the destruction of all embodied beings. Again I shall tell how their body comes to be.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.100

एकस्तम्बंस्नायुबद्धं स्थूणात्रयविभूषणम् । इन्द्रियैश्च समायुक्तं नवद्वारं शरीरकम्

ekastambaṃsnāyubaddhaṃ sthūṇātrayavibhūṣaṇam / indriyaiśca samāyuktaṃ navadvāraṃ śarīrakam

Bound with sinews to a single pillar, adorned with three posts, joined with the senses — such is the little body with nine doors.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.101

विषयैश्च समाक्रान्तं कामक्रोधसमाकुलम् । रागद्वेषसमाकीर्णं तृष्णादुर्गमतस्करम्

viṣayaiśca samākrāntaṃ kāmakrodhasamākulam / rāgadveṣasamākīrṇaṃ tṛṣṇādurgamataskaram

Overrun by the objects of sense, filled with desire and anger, strewn with attachment and aversion, having thirst as the thief in its stronghold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 3.102

लोभजालपरिच्छिन्नं मोहवस्त्रेण वेष्टितम् । सुबद्धं मायया चैतल्लोभेनाधिष्ठितं पुरम्

lobhajālaparicchinnaṃ mohavastreṇa veṣṭitam / subaddhaṃ māyayā caitallobhenādhiṣṭhitaṃ puram

Cut off by the net of greed, wrapped in the garment of delusion — this city is well bound by illusion and presided over by greed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.103

एतद्गुणसमाकीर्णं शरीरं सर्वदेहिनाम् । आत्मानं ये न जानन्ति ते नराः पशवः स्मृताः

etadguṇasamākīrṇaṃ śarīraṃ sarvadehinām / ātmānaṃ ye na jānanti te narāḥ paśavaḥ smṛtāḥ

The body of all embodied beings is filled with these qualities; those men who do not know the Self are declared to be beasts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 3.104

एवमेव समाख्यातं शरीरं ते चतुर्विधम् । चतुरशीतिलक्षाणि निर्मिता योनयः पुरा

evameva samākhyātaṃ śarīraṃ te caturvidham / caturaśītilakṣāṇi nirmitā yonayaḥ purā

Thus indeed the fourfold body has been described to you; eighty-four hundred thousand wombs were fashioned of old.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition