Markandeya Purana — Chapter 14
MkP 14.1
इति पृष्टस्तदा तेन शृण्वतां नो महात्मना । उवाच पुरुषो याम्यो घोरो ऽपि प्रसृतं वचः
iti pṛṣṭastadā tena śṛṇvatāṃ no mahātmanā / uvāca puruṣo yāmyo ghoro 'pi prasṛtaṃ vacaḥ
Thus questioned then by that great-souled one, as we listened, the man of Yama, dreadful though he was, spoke gentle words.
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MkP 14.2
महाराज ! यथात्थ त्वं तथैतन्नात्र संशयः । किन्तु स्वल्पं कृतं पापं भवता स्मारयामि तत्
mahārāja ! yathāttha tvaṃ tathaitannātra saṃśayaḥ / kintu svalpaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhavatā smārayāmi tat
"Great king! It is just as you say; of this there is no doubt. But a small evil was done by you—I shall remind you of it.
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MkP 14.3
वैदर्भो तव या पत्नी पीवरी नाम नामतः । ऋतुमत्या ऋतुर्वन्ध्यस्त्वया तस्याः कृतः पुरा
vaidarbho tava yā patnī pīvarī nāma nāmataḥ / ṛtumatyā ṛturvandhyastvayā tasyāḥ kṛtaḥ purā
O king of Vidarbha, that wife of yours named Pīvarī — formerly, when she was in her fertile season, you made her season fruitless.
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MkP 14.4
शुशोभनायां कैकेय्यामासक्तेन ततो भवान् । ऋतुव्यतिक्रमात् प्राप्तो नरकं घोरमीदृशम्
śuśobhanāyāṃ kaikeyyāmāsaktena tato bhavān / ṛtuvyatikramāt prāpto narakaṃ ghoramīdṛśam
Then, because you were attached to the Kaikeyī woman Śuśobhanā, by transgressing the fertile season you have obtained a hell as dreadful as this.
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MkP 14.5
होमकाले यथा वह्निराज्यपातमवेक्षते । ऋतौ प्रजापतिस्तद्वद् बीजपातमवेक्षते
homakāle yathā vahnirājyapātamavekṣate / ṛtau prajāpatistadvad bījapātamavekṣate
As at the time of the oblation the fire awaits the pouring of the ghee, so at the fertile season Prajāpati awaits the casting of the seed.
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MkP 14.6
यस्तमुल्लङ्घ्य धर्मात्मा कामेष्वासक्तिमान् भवेत् । स तु पित्र्यादृणात् पापमवाप्य नरकं पतेत्
yastamullaṅghya dharmātmā kāmeṣvāsaktimān bhavet / sa tu pitryādṛṇāt pāpamavāpya narakaṃ patet
He who, being of righteous nature, overleaps that (season) and becomes attached to (other) pleasures — he incurs sin from the debt to the fathers and the rest, and falls into hell.
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MkP 14.7
एतावदेव ते पापं नान्यत् किञ्चन विद्यते । तदेहि गच्छ पुण्यानामुपभोगाय पार्थिव
etāvadeva te pāpaṃ nānyat kiñcana vidyate / tadehi gaccha puṇyānāmupabhogāya pārthiva
Just this much is your sin; no other whatsoever is found. So come, go, O king, to the enjoyment of your merits.
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MkP 14.8
यास्यामि देवानुचर यत्र त्वं मां नयिष्यसि । किञ्चित् पृच्छामि तन्मे त्वं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
yāsyāmi devānucara yatra tvaṃ māṃ nayiṣyasi / kiñcit pṛcchāmi tanme tvaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi
I will go, O attendant of the gods, wherever you will lead me; (but) I ask something — you ought to tell me that as it truly is.
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MkP 14.9
वज्रतुण्डास्त्वमी काकाः पुंसां नयनहारिणः । पुनः पुनश्च नेत्राणि तद्वदेषां भवन्ति हि
vajratuṇḍāstvamī kākāḥ puṃsāṃ nayanahāriṇaḥ / punaḥ punaśca netrāṇi tadvadeṣāṃ bhavanti hi
These crows with beaks hard as adamant are tearing away men's eyes, and again and again their eyes come to be just so (again).
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MkP 14.10
किं कर्म कृतवन्तश्च कथयैतज्जुगुप्सितम् । हरन्त्येषां तथा जिह्वां जायमानां पुनर्नवाम्
kiṃ karma kṛtavantaśca kathayaitajjugupsitam / harantyeṣāṃ tathā jihvāṃ jāyamānāṃ punarnavām
What deed have they done? Tell (me) this loathsome (deed); likewise (the birds) carry off their tongue as it grows anew again.
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MkP 14.11
परपत्रेण पाट्यन्ते कस्मादेते ऽतिदुः खिताः । करम्भवालुकास्वेते पच्यन्ते तैलगोचराः
parapatreṇa pāṭyante kasmādete 'tiduḥ khitāḥ / karambhavālukāsvete pacyante tailagocarāḥ
Why are these, so greatly afflicted, split apart with the leaf of another? And these are cooked in karambha-sands, immersed in oil.
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MkP 14.12
अयोमुखैः खगैश्चैते कृष्यन्ते किंविधा वद । विश्र्लिष्टदेहबन्धार्ति-महारावविराविणः
ayomukhaiḥ khagaiścaite kṛṣyante kiṃvidhā vada / viśrliṣṭadehabandhārti-mahārāvavirāviṇaḥ
And these are dragged by iron-beaked birds — tell (me), of what sort are they? — crying out with great cries from the pain of their bodily joints being torn asunder.
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MkP 14.13
अयश्चञ्चुनिपातेन सर्वाङ्गक्षतदुः खिताः । किमेते ऽनिष्टकर्तारस्तुद्यन्ते ऽहर्निशं नराः
ayaścañcunipātena sarvāṅgakṣataduḥ khitāḥ / kimete 'niṣṭakartārastudyante 'harniśaṃ narāḥ
Afflicted with wounds over all their limbs from the striking of iron beaks — are these men who did harm to others, that they are tormented day and night?
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MkP 14.14
एताश्चान्याश्च दृश्यन्ते यातनाः पापकर्मिणाम् । येन कर्मविपाकेण तन्ममाशेषतो वद
etāścānyāśca dṛśyante yātanāḥ pāpakarmiṇām / yena karmavipākeṇa tanmamāśeṣato vada
These and other torments of evildoers are seen; tell me completely by what ripening of what deed (they come about).
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MkP 14.15
यन्मां पृच्छसि भूपाल ! पापकर्मफलोदयम् । तत् ते ऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि संक्षेपेण यथातथम्
yanmāṃ pṛcchasi bhūpāla ! pāpakarmaphalodayam / tat te 'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepeṇa yathātatham
What you ask of me, O king — the arising of the fruit of evil deeds — that I shall declare to you in brief, as it truly is.
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MkP 14.16
पुण्यापुण्ये हि पुरुषः पर्यायेण समश्नते । भुञ्जतश्च क्षयं याति पापं पुण्यमथापि वा
puṇyāpuṇye hi puruṣaḥ paryāyeṇa samaśnate / bhuñjataśca kṣayaṃ yāti pāpaṃ puṇyamathāpi vā
For a man consumes merit and demerit by turns; and as he consumes it, the evil, or else the merit, comes to exhaustion.
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MkP 14.17
न तु भोगादृते पुण्यं किञ्चिद्वा कर्म मानवम् । पापकं वा पुनात्याशु क्षयो भोगात् प्रजायते
na tu bhogādṛte puṇyaṃ kiñcidvā karma mānavam / pāpakaṃ vā punātyāśu kṣayo bhogāt prajāyate
But apart from experiencing (it), no human deed, whether meritorious or evil, quickly cleanses (a man); the exhaustion (of karma) arises from experiencing it.
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MkP 14.18
परित्यजति भोगाच्च पुण्यापुण्ये निबोध मे । दुर्भिक्षादेव दुर्भिक्षं क्लेशात् क्लेशं भयाद्भयम्
parityajati bhogācca puṇyāpuṇye nibodha me / durbhikṣādeva durbhikṣaṃ kleśāt kleśaṃ bhayādbhayam
And one lets go of merit and demerit through experiencing (them). Learn from me: (they go) from famine to famine, from affliction to affliction, from fear to fear.
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MkP 14.19
मृतेभ्यः प्रमृता यान्ति दरिद्राः पापकर्मिणः । गतिं नानाविधां यान्ति जन्तवः कर्मबन्धनात्
mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtā yānti daridrāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ / gatiṃ nānāvidhāṃ yānti jantavaḥ karmabandhanāt
The poor, the doers of evil deeds, pass from deaths to further deaths; through the bondage of their deeds creatures go to destinies of many kinds.
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MkP 14.20
उत्सवादुत्सवं यान्ति स्वर्गात् स्वर्गं सुखात् सुखम् । श्रद्धधानाश्च शान्ताश्च धनदाः शुभकारिणः
utsavādutsavaṃ yānti svargāt svargaṃ sukhāt sukham / śraddhadhānāśca śāntāśca dhanadāḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ
The faithful, the tranquil, the givers of wealth, the doers of good go from festival to festival, from heaven to heaven, from happiness to happiness.
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MkP 14.21
व्यालकुञ्जरदुर्गाणि सर्पचौरभयानि तु । हताः पापेन गच्छन्ति पापिनः किमतः परम्
vyālakuñjaradurgāṇi sarpacaurabhayāni tu / hatāḥ pāpena gacchanti pāpinaḥ kimataḥ param
Struck down by their sin, sinners go to places beset by beasts of prey and elephants, to perils of snakes and thieves — what more than this (need be said)?
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MkP 14.23
अनेकशतसाहस्त्र-जन्मसंचयसञ्चितम् । पुण्यापुण्यं नृणां तद्वत् सुखदुः खाङ्कुरोद्भवम्
anekaśatasāhastra-janmasaṃcayasañcitam / puṇyāpuṇyaṃ nṛṇāṃ tadvat sukhaduḥ khāṅkurodbhavam
The merit and demerit of men, heaped up by the accumulation of many hundreds of thousands of births, likewise gives rise to the sprout of pleasure and pain.
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MkP 14.24
यथा बीजं हि भूपाल ! पयांसि समवेक्षते । पुण्यापुण्ये तथा कालदेशान्यकर्मकारकम्
yathā bījaṃ hi bhūpāla ! payāṃsi samavekṣate / puṇyāpuṇye tathā kāladeśānyakarmakārakam
For as a seed, O ruler of the earth, waits upon the waters, so do merit and demerit (wait upon) time, place, and the other agents that bring about action.
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MkP 14.25
स्वल्पं पापं कृतं पुंसा देशकालोपपादितम् । पादन्यासकृतं दुः खं कण्टकोत्थं प्रयच्छति
svalpaṃ pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ puṃsā deśakālopapāditam / pādanyāsakṛtaṃ duḥ khaṃ kaṇṭakotthaṃ prayacchati
A small sin committed by a man, when brought to fruition by place and time, yields the pain caused by setting down the foot, arising from a thorn.
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MkP 14.26
तत् प्रभूततरं स्थूलं शूलकीलकसम्भवम् । दुः खं यच्छति तद्वच्च शिरोरोगादि दुः सहम्
tat prabhūtataraṃ sthūlaṃ śūlakīlakasambhavam / duḥ khaṃ yacchati tadvacca śirorogādi duḥ saham
When that (sin) is much greater and gross, it gives pain arising from stabs and splinters, and likewise unbearable head-disease and the rest.
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MkP 14.27
अपथ्याशनशीतोष्ण-श्रमतापादिकारकम् । तथान्यो ऽन्यमपेक्षन्ते पापानि फलसङ्गमे
apathyāśanaśītoṣṇa-śramatāpādikārakam / tathānyo 'nyamapekṣante pāpāni phalasaṅgame
(It) produces unwholesome eating, cold and heat, fatigue, fever and the like; thus sins wait upon one another when they come together for fruition.
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MkP 14.28
एवं महान्ति पापानि दीर्घरोगादिविक्रियाम् । तद्वच्छस्त्राग्निकृच्छ्रार्ति-बन्धनादिफलाय वै
evaṃ mahānti pāpāni dīrgharogādivikriyām / tadvacchastrāgnikṛcchrārti-bandhanādiphalāya vai
In this way great sins (bring about) the disorder of long illness and the rest, and likewise (they lead) to the fruit of weapons, fire, distress, pain, imprisonment and so on.
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MkP 14.29
स्वल्पं पुण्यं शुभं गन्धं हेलया सम्प्रयच्छिति । स्पर्श वाप्यथवा शब्दं रसं रूपमथापि वा
svalpaṃ puṇyaṃ śubhaṃ gandhaṃ helayā samprayacchiti / sparśa vāpyathavā śabdaṃ rasaṃ rūpamathāpi vā
A small merit easily bestows a pleasant smell, or a touch, or a sound, a taste, or else a form.
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MkP 14.30
चिराद् गुरुतरं तद्वन्महान्तमपि कालजम् । एवञ्च सुखदुः खानि पुण्यापुण्योद्भवानि वै
cirād gurutaraṃ tadvanmahāntamapi kālajam / evañca sukhaduḥ khāni puṇyāpuṇyodbhavāni vai
So too, after a long time, (a merit) that is weightier (bestows) even a great (fruit) born of time. And thus the pleasures and pains that arise from merit and demerit—
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MkP 14.31
भुञ्जानो ऽनेकसंसार-सम्भवानीह तिष्ठति । जाति देशावरुद्धानि ज्ञानाज्ञानफलानि च
bhuñjāno 'nekasaṃsāra-sambhavānīha tiṣṭhati / jāti deśāvaruddhāni jñānājñānaphalāni ca
—enjoying them, arisen from many rounds of transmigration, (a man) remains here; (and enjoys) those confined by birth and place, and the fruits of knowledge and ignorance.
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MkP 14.32
तिष्णन्ति तत्र युक्तानि लिङ्गमात्रेण चात्मनि । वपुषा मनसा वाचा न कदाचित् क्वचिन्नरः
tiṣṇanti tatra yuktāni liṅgamātreṇa cātmani / vapuṣā manasā vācā na kadācit kvacinnaraḥ
There they stand, joined (to him) merely by the subtle mark, within the self; never and nowhere does a man,
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MkP 14.33
अकुर्वन् पापकं कर्म पुण्यं वाप्यवतिष्ठते । यद् यत् प्राप्नोति पुरुषो दुः खं सुखमथापि वा
akurvan pāpakaṃ karma puṇyaṃ vāpyavatiṣṭhate / yad yat prāpnoti puruṣo duḥ khaṃ sukhamathāpi vā
not doing an act either sinful or meritorious, remain (idle). Whatever a man obtains, pain or else pleasure,
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MkP 14.34
प्रभूतमथवा स्वल्पं विक्रियाकारि चेतसः । तावता तस्य पुण्यं वा पापं वाप्यथ चेतरत्
prabhūtamathavā svalpaṃ vikriyākāri cetasaḥ / tāvatā tasya puṇyaṃ vā pāpaṃ vāpyatha cetarat
abundant or slight, producing a change in the mind—by just so much (is) his merit, or sin, or else the other.
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MkP 14.35
उपभोगात् क्षयं याति भुज्यमानमिवाशनम् । एवमेते महापापं यातनाभिरहर्निशम्
upabhogāt kṣayaṃ yāti bhujyamānamivāśanam / evamete mahāpāpaṃ yātanābhiraharniśam
Through enjoyment it comes to exhaustion, like food that is being eaten. Thus these (men) by torments, day and night,
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MkP 14.36
क्षपयन्ति नरा घोरं नरकान्तर्विवर्तिनः । तथैव राजन् ! पुण्यानि स्वर्गलोके ऽमरैः सह
kṣapayanti narā ghoraṃ narakāntarvivartinaḥ / tathaiva rājan ! puṇyāni svargaloke 'maraiḥ saha
—men who revolve within the hells—wear away their dreadful great sin. And just so, O king, (they wear away) their merits in the world of heaven together with the immortals,
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MkP 14.37
गन्धर्वसिद्धाप्सरसां गीताद्यैरुपभुञ्जते । देवत्वे मानुषत्वे च तिर्यक्त्वे च शुभाशुभम्
gandharvasiddhāpsarasāṃ gītādyairupabhuñjate / devatve mānuṣatve ca tiryaktve ca śubhāśubham
enjoying them by the songs and the rest of the gandharvas, siddhas and apsarases. In godhood, in the human state, and in the animal state,
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MkP 14.38
पुण्यपापोद्भवं भुङ्क्ते सुखदुः खोपलक्षणम् । यद् त्वं पृच्छसि मां राजन् ! यातनाः पापकर्मिणाम् । केन केनेति पापेन तत् ते वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः
puṇyapāpodbhavaṃ bhuṅkte sukhaduḥ khopalakṣaṇam / yad tvaṃ pṛcchasi māṃ rājan ! yātanāḥ pāpakarmiṇām / kena keneti pāpena tat te vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ
(a being) enjoys good and evil arising from merit and sin, marked out as pleasure and pain. As for what you ask me, O king—the torments of evildoers, and by which particular sin (each comes about)—that I shall tell you in full.
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MkP 14.39
दुष्टेन चक्षुषा दृष्टाः परदारा नराधमैः । मानसेन च दुष्टेन परद्रव्यञ्च सस्पृहैः
duṣṭena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭāḥ paradārā narādhamaiḥ / mānasena ca duṣṭena paradravyañca saspṛhaiḥ
Other men's wives are looked at with an evil eye by the basest of men, and other men's property (is coveted) with an evil mind by the greedy:
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MkP 14.40
वज्रतुण्डाः खगास्तेषां हरन्त्येते विलोचने । पुनः पुनश्च सम्भूतिरक्ष्णोरेषां भवत्यथ
vajratuṇḍāḥ khagāsteṣāṃ harantyete vilocane / punaḥ punaśca sambhūtirakṣṇoreṣāṃ bhavatyatha
birds with adamant beaks tear out their eyes, and again and again their eyes come into being anew;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.41
यावतो ऽक्षिनिमेषांस्तु पापमेभिर्नृभिः कृतम् । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि नेत्रात्ति प्राप्नुवन्त्युत
yāvato 'kṣinimeṣāṃstu pāpamebhirnṛbhiḥ kṛtam / tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi netrātti prāpnuvantyuta
and for as many eye-blinks as the sin was committed by these men, for that many thousands of years they obtain the torment of the eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 14.42
असच्छास्त्रोपदेशास्तु यैर्दत्ता यैश्च मन्त्रिताः । सम्यग्दृष्टेर्विनाशाय रिपूणामपि मानवैः
asacchāstropadeśāstu yairdattā yaiśca mantritāḥ / samyagdṛṣṭervināśāya ripūṇāmapi mānavaiḥ
But those men by whom false doctrines have been taught, and those by whom they have been counselled, for the destruction of right vision even in enemies;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.43
यैः शास्त्रमन्यथा प्रोक्तं यैरसद्वागुदाहृता । वेददेवद्विजातीनां गुरोर्निन्दा च यैः कृता
yaiḥ śāstramanyathā proktaṃ yairasadvāgudāhṛtā / vedadevadvijātīnāṃ gurornindā ca yaiḥ kṛtā
those by whom scripture has been declared otherwise (than it is), those by whom evil speech has been uttered, and those by whom censure of the Vedas, the gods, the twice-born, and the teacher has been made—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.44
हरन्ति तेषां जिह्वाश्च जायमानाः पुनः पुनः । तावतो वत्सरानेते वज्रतुण्डाः सदारुणाः
haranti teṣāṃ jihvāśca jāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ / tāvato vatsarānete vajratuṇḍāḥ sadāruṇāḥ
(These birds) tear away their tongues, which grow again and again; for that many years these ever-cruel ones with adamantine beaks (do so).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.45
मित्रभेदं तथा पित्रा पुत्रस्य स्वजनस्य च । याज्योपाध्याययोर्मात्रा सुतस्य सहचारिणः
mitrabhedaṃ tathā pitrā putrasya svajanasya ca / yājyopādhyāyayormātrā sutasya sahacāriṇaḥ
And those lowest of men who caused division between friends, or between a father and (his) son, or among kinsmen, between the sacrificer and the officiating teacher, between a mother and (her) son, between companions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.46
भार्यापत्योश्च ये केचिद् भेदं चक्रुर्नराधमाः । त हमे पश्य पाट्यन्ते करपत्रेण पार्थिव
bhāryāpatyośca ye kecid bhedaṃ cakrurnarādhamāḥ / ta hame paśya pāṭyante karapatreṇa pārthiva
and between wife and husband — look, O king, these here are being sawn in two with a saw.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.47
परोपतापका ये च ये चाह्लादनिषेधकाः । तालवृन्तानिलस्थान-चन्दनोशीरहारिणः
paropatāpakā ye ca ye cāhlādaniṣedhakāḥ / tālavṛntānilasthāna-candanośīrahāriṇaḥ
And those who cause pain to others, and those who obstruct (others') refreshment, who take away palm-leaf fans, breezy spots, sandal paste and uśīra root,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 14.48
प्राणान्तिकं ददुस्तापमदुष्टानाञ्च ये ऽधमाः । करम्भवालुकासंस्थास्त इमे पापभागिनः
prāṇāntikaṃ dadustāpamaduṣṭānāñca ye 'dhamāḥ / karambhavālukāsaṃsthāsta ime pāpabhāginaḥ
and those base ones who inflicted deadly torment on the innocent — these sharers in sin are set in hot sand mixed with grain-gruel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 14.49
भुङ्क्ते श्राद्धन्तु यो ऽन्यस्य नरो ऽन्येन निमन्त्रितः । दैवे वाप्यथवा पित्र्ये स द्विधा कृष्यते खगैः
bhuṅkte śrāddhantu yo 'nyasya naro 'nyena nimantritaḥ / daive vāpyathavā pitrye sa dvidhā kṛṣyate khagaiḥ
But the man who, invited by one, eats another's śrāddha-offering, whether at a rite for the gods or for the ancestors, is torn in two by birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.50
मर्माणि यस्तु साधूनामसद्वाग्भिर्निकृन्तति । तमिमे तुदमानास्तु खगास्तिष्ठन्त्यवारिता
marmāṇi yastu sādhūnāmasadvāgbhirnikṛntati / tamime tudamānāstu khagāstiṣṭhantyavāritā
And he who cuts into the vital parts of good men with evil words — these birds stand pecking at him unhindered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.51
यः करोति च पैशुन्यमन्यवागन्यथामतिः । पाट्यते हि द्विधा जिह्वा तस्येत्थं निशितैः क्षुरैः
yaḥ karoti ca paiśunyamanyavāganyathāmatiḥ / pāṭyate hi dvidhā jihvā tasyetthaṃ niśitaiḥ kṣuraiḥ
And he who, of perverse mind, commits slander, speaking one thing (while meaning) another — his tongue is thus split in two with sharpened razors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.52
माता-पित्रोर्गुरूणाञ्च ये ऽवज्ञां चक्रुरुद्धताः । त इमे पूयविण्मूत्र-गर्ते मज्जन्त्यधोमुखाः
mātā-pitrorgurūṇāñca ye 'vajñāṃ cakruruddhatāḥ / ta ime pūyaviṇmūtra-garte majjantyadhomukhāḥ
Those insolent ones who showed contempt for mother and father and for teachers — these here sink head-downward into a pit of pus, excrement and urine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.53
देवतातिथिभूतेषु भृत्येष्वभ्यागतेषु च । अभुक्तवत्सु ये ऽश्नन्ति तद्वत् पित्रग्निपक्षिषु
devatātithibhūteṣu bhṛtyeṣvabhyāgateṣu ca / abhuktavatsu ye 'śnanti tadvat pitragnipakṣiṣu
Those who eat while the gods, guests, spirits, servants and arrivals have not yet eaten, and likewise (while) the ancestors, the fire and the birds (have not),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.54
दुष्टास्ते पूयनिर्यास-भुजः सूचीमुखास्तु ते । जायन्ते गिरिवर्ष्माणः पश्यैते यादृशा नराः
duṣṭāste pūyaniryāsa-bhujaḥ sūcīmukhāstu te / jāyante girivarṣmāṇaḥ paśyaite yādṛśā narāḥ
those wicked ones become needle-mouthed eaters of oozing pus; they are born with bodies as huge as mountains — look what sort of men these are!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.55
एकपङ्क्त्या तु ये विप्रमथवेतरवर्णजम् । विषमं बोजयन्तीह विड्भुजस्त इमे यथा
ekapaṅktyā tu ye vipramathavetaravarṇajam / viṣamaṃ bojayantīha viḍbhujasta ime yathā
But those who here feed a brahmin, or one born of another class, unequally in a single row (at a meal) — these are eaters of excrement, as (you see).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.56
एकसार्थप्रयातं ये निः स्वमर्थार्थिनं नरम् । अपास्य स्वान्नमश्नन्ति त इमे श्लेष्मभोजिनः
ekasārthaprayātaṃ ye niḥ svamarthārthinaṃ naram / apāsya svānnamaśnanti ta ime śleṣmabhojinaḥ
Those who, pushing aside a destitute man travelling in the same caravan and seeking wealth, eat their own food — these here are eaters of phlegm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.57
गोबाह्मणाग्नयः स्पृष्टा यैरुच्छिष्टैर्नरेश्वर । तेषामेते ऽग्निकुम्भेषु लेलिह्यन्त्याहिताः कराः
gobāhmaṇāgnayaḥ spṛṣṭā yairucchiṣṭairnareśvara / teṣāmete 'gnikumbheṣu lelihyantyāhitāḥ karāḥ
By whom, O lord of men, cows, brahmins and fires were touched while (they were) impure with food-remnants — their hands, thrust into pots of fire, keep licking (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 14.58
सूर्येन्दुतारका दृष्टा यैरुच्छिष्टैस्तु कामतः । तेषां याम्यैर्नरैर्नेत्रे न्यस्तो वह्निः समेध्यते
sūryendutārakā dṛṣṭā yairucchiṣṭaistu kāmataḥ / teṣāṃ yāmyairnarairnetre nyasto vahniḥ samedhyate
By whom the sun, moon and stars were looked at deliberately while impure with food-remnants — the men of Yama place fire in their eyes and fan it into flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.59
गावो ऽग्निर्जननी विप्रोज्येष्ठभ्राता पिता स्वसा । जामयो गुरवो वृद्धा यैः स्पृष्टास्तु पदा नृभिः
gāvo 'gnirjananī viprojyeṣṭhabhrātā pitā svasā / jāmayo guravo vṛddhā yaiḥ spṛṣṭāstu padā nṛbhiḥ
By what men cows, fire, a mother, a brahmin, an eldest brother, a father, a sister, kinswomen, teachers and elders were touched with the foot —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.60
बद्धाङ्घ्रयस्ते निगडैलौहैरग्निप्रतापितैः । अङ्गारराशिमध्यस्थास्तिष्ठन्त्याजानुदाहिनः
baddhāṅghrayaste nigaḍailauhairagnipratāpitaiḥ / aṅgārarāśimadhyasthāstiṣṭhantyājānudāhinaḥ
they, their feet bound with iron fetters heated in fire, stand in the midst of a heap of coals, burning up to the knees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.61
पायसं कृशरं छागो देवान्नानि च यानि वै । भुक्तानि यैरसंस्कृत्य तेषां नेत्राणि पापिनाम्
pāyasaṃ kṛśaraṃ chāgo devānnāni ca yāni vai / bhuktāni yairasaṃskṛtya teṣāṃ netrāṇi pāpinām
Milk-rice, kṛśara, goat's flesh, and whatever foods belong to the gods, which were eaten by some without consecrating (them) — the eyes of those sinners,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.62
निपातितानां भूपृष्ठे उद्वृत्ताक्षि निरीक्षताम् । सन्दंशैः पश्य कृष्यन्ते नरैर्याम्यैर्मुखात् ततः
nipātitānāṃ bhūpṛṣṭhe udvṛttākṣi nirīkṣatām / sandaṃśaiḥ paśya kṛṣyante narairyāmyairmukhāt tataḥ
as they lie thrown down on the surface of the earth, staring with eyes rolled up — look, they are dragged out with pincers by Yama's men from the face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.63
गुरु-देव-द्विजातीनां वेदानाञ्च नराधमैः । निन्दा निशामिता यैश्च पापानामभिनन्दताम्
guru-deva-dvijātīnāṃ vedānāñca narādhamaiḥ / nindā niśāmitā yaiśca pāpānāmabhinandatām
And by which lowest of men, delighting in sins, the reviling of teachers, gods, brahmins and of the Vedas was listened to —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.64
तेषामयोमयान् कीलानग्निवर्षान् पुनः पुनः । कर्णेषु प्रेरयन्त्येते याम्या विलपतामपि
teṣāmayomayān kīlānagnivarṣān punaḥ punaḥ / karṇeṣu prerayantyete yāmyā vilapatāmapi
Into their ears these servants of Yama drive iron nails and showers of fire again and again, though they wail aloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.65
यैः प्रपा-देवविप्रौको-देवालयसभाः शुभाः । भङ्क्त्वा विध्वंसमानीताः क्रोधलोभानुवर्तिभिः
yaiḥ prapā-devaviprauko-devālayasabhāḥ śubhāḥ / bhaṅktvā vidhvaṃsamānītāḥ krodhalobhānuvartibhiḥ
Those who, following anger and greed, having broken down the auspicious watering-places, the houses of gods and brahmins, the temples and the assembly halls, brought them to ruin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.66
तेषामेतैः शितैः शस्त्रैर्मुहुर्विलपतां त्वचः । पृथक् कुर्वन्ति वै याम्याः शरीरादतिदारुणाः
teṣāmetaiḥ śitaiḥ śastrairmuhurvilapatāṃ tvacaḥ / pṛthak kurvanti vai yāmyāḥ śarīrādatidāruṇāḥ
— of those, as they wail again and again, the exceedingly cruel servants of Yama separate the skin from the body with these sharp weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.67
गोब्राह्मणार्कमार्गेषु ये ऽवमेहन्ति मानवाः । तेषामेतानि कृष्यन्ते गुदेनान्त्राणि वायसैः
gobrāhmaṇārkamārgeṣu ye 'vamehanti mānavāḥ / teṣāmetāni kṛṣyante gudenāntrāṇi vāyasaiḥ
Those men who urinate upon cows, brahmins, the sun, or roads — these intestines of theirs are dragged out through the anus by crows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.68
दत्त्वा कन्यां च एकस्मै द्वितीयाय प्रयच्छति । स त्वेवं नैकधाच्छिन्नः क्षारनद्यां प्रवाह्यते
dattvā kanyāṃ ca ekasmai dvitīyāya prayacchati / sa tvevaṃ naikadhācchinnaḥ kṣāranadyāṃ pravāhyate
And one who, having given a girl (in marriage) to one man, bestows her on a second — he, thus cut apart in many places, is set adrift in the river of caustic lye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.69
स्वपोषणपरो यस्तु परित्यजति मानवः । पुत्र-भृत्य-कलत्रादि-बन्धुवर्गमकिञ्चिनम्
svapoṣaṇaparo yastu parityajati mānavaḥ / putra-bhṛtya-kalatrādi-bandhuvargamakiñcinam
But the man who, intent on feeding himself alone, abandons his sons, servants, wife and the rest of his circle of kin when they are destitute,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.70
दुर्भिक्षे सम्भ्रमे वापि सो ऽप्येवं यमकिङ्करैः । उत्कृत्य दत्तानि मुखे स्वमांसान्यश्नुते क्षुधा
durbhikṣe sambhrame vāpi so 'pyevaṃ yamakiṅkaraiḥ / utkṛtya dattāni mukhe svamāṃsānyaśnute kṣudhā
in famine or in some calamity — he too in this way, by Yama's servants, eats out of hunger his own flesh, cut off and thrust into his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.71
शरणागतान् यस्त्यजति लोभाद् वृत्त्युपजीविनः । सो ऽप्येवं यन्त्रपीडाभिः पीड्यते यमकिङ्करैः
śaraṇāgatān yastyajati lobhād vṛttyupajīvinaḥ / so 'pyevaṃ yantrapīḍābhiḥ pīḍyate yamakiṅkaraiḥ
He who out of greed forsakes those who have come to him for refuge and live dependent on him for their livelihood — he too is thus crushed by Yama's servants with the torments of the press.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.72
सुकृतं ये प्रयच्छन्ति यावज्जन्म कृतं नराः । ते पिष्यन्ते शिलापेषैर्यथैते पापकर्मिणः
sukṛtaṃ ye prayacchanti yāvajjanma kṛtaṃ narāḥ / te piṣyante śilāpeṣairyathaite pāpakarmiṇaḥ
Those men who make over the merit they have earned throughout their life — they are ground down by stone-crushers, like these doers of evil here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.73
न्यासापहारिणो बद्धाः सर्वगात्रेषु बन्धनैः । कृमिवृश्चिककाकोलैर्भुज्यन्ते ऽहर्निशं नराः
nyāsāpahāriṇo baddhāḥ sarvagātreṣu bandhanaiḥ / kṛmivṛścikakākolairbhujyante 'harniśaṃ narāḥ
Men who steal what has been left with them in trust are bound with fetters on all their limbs and are devoured day and night by worms, scorpions and kākola birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.74
क्षुत्क्षामास्तृट्पतज्जिह्वा-तालवो वेदनातुराः । दिवामैथुनिनः पापाः परदारभुजश्च ये
kṣutkṣāmāstṛṭpatajjihvā-tālavo vedanāturāḥ / divāmaithuninaḥ pāpāḥ paradārabhujaśca ye
Gaunt with hunger, their tongues and palates drooping with thirst, tortured by pain — these are the sinners who copulate by day and those who enjoy others' wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.75
तथैव कण्टकैर्देर्घैरायसैः पश्य शाल्मलिम् । आरोपिता विभिन्नाङ्गाः प्रभूतासृक्स्त्रवाविलाः
tathaiva kaṇṭakairderghairāyasaiḥ paśya śālmalim / āropitā vibhinnāṅgāḥ prabhūtāsṛkstravāvilāḥ
Just so, look at the silk-cotton tree with its long iron thorns: (men) hoisted upon it, their limbs torn open, foul with the copious flow of blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.76
मूषायामपि पश्यैतान् नाश्यमानान् यमानुगैः । पुरुषैः पुरुषाव्याघ्र ! परदारावमर्षिणः
mūṣāyāmapi paśyaitān nāśyamānān yamānugaiḥ / puruṣaiḥ puruṣāvyāghra ! paradārāvamarṣiṇaḥ
And see these too, tiger among men, being destroyed in a crucible by the men who attend upon Yama — those who violated the wives of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.77
उपाद्यायमधः कृत्वा स्तब्धो यो ऽध्ययनं नरः । गृह्णाति शिल्पमथवा सो ऽप्येवं शिरसा शिलाम्
upādyāyamadhaḥ kṛtvā stabdho yo 'dhyayanaṃ naraḥ / gṛhṇāti śilpamathavā so 'pyevaṃ śirasā śilām
And a man who, stiff with pride, sets his teacher beneath him and takes up study, or a craft — he too in this way, with a stone on his head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 14.78
बिभ्रत् क्लेशमवाप्नोति जनमार्गे ऽतिपीडितः । क्षुत्क्षामो ऽहर्निशं भारपीडाव्यथितमस्तकः
bibhrat kleśamavāpnoti janamārge 'tipīḍitaḥ / kṣutkṣāmo 'harniśaṃ bhārapīḍāvyathitamastakaḥ
bearing it, meets with affliction, sorely oppressed on the public road, gaunt with hunger day and night, his head aching from the pressure of the load.
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MkP 14.79
मूत्र-श्लेष्म-पूरीषाणि यैरुत्सृष्टानि वारिणि । त इमे श्लेष्मविण्मूत्र-दुर्गन्धं नरकं गताः
mūtra-śleṣma-pūrīṣāṇi yairutsṛṣṭāni vāriṇi / ta ime śleṣmaviṇmūtra-durgandhaṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ
Those by whom urine, phlegm and excrement were discharged into water — these here have gone to the hell that stinks of phlegm, dung and urine.
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MkP 14.80
परस्परञ्च मांसानि भक्ष्यन्ति क्षुधान्विताः । भुक्तं नातिथ्यविधिना पूर्वमेभैः परस्परम्
parasparañca māṃsāni bhakṣyanti kṣudhānvitāḥ / bhuktaṃ nātithyavidhinā pūrvamebhaiḥ parasparam
And, gripped by hunger, they will eat one another's flesh; for formerly these men ate at one another's houses without observing the rule of hospitality.
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MkP 14.81
अपविद्धास्तु यैर्वेदा वहनयश्चाहिताग्निभिः । त इमे शालशृङ्गाग्रात् पात्यन्ते ऽधः पुनः पुनः
apaviddhāstu yairvedā vahanayaścāhitāgnibhiḥ / ta ime śālaśṛṅgāgrāt pātyante 'dhaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
But those by whom the Vedas were cast aside, and the fires (abandoned) by men who had once set up the sacred fires — these here are flung down again and again from the tip of the sāla tree's crest.
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MkP 14.82
पुनर्भूपतयो जीर्णा यावज्जीवन्ति ये नराः । इमे कृमित्वमापन्ना भक्ष्यन्ते ऽत्र पिपीलिकैः
punarbhūpatayo jīrṇā yāvajjīvanti ye narāḥ / ime kṛmitvamāpannā bhakṣyante 'tra pipīlikaiḥ
Those men who live out their whole lives as husbands of remarried women, grown decrepit — these, having become worms, are eaten here by ants.
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MkP 14.83
पतितप्रतिग्रहादानाद्यजनान्नित्यसेवनात् । पाषाणमध्यकीटत्वं नरः सततमश्नुते
patitapratigrahādānādyajanānnityasevanāt / pāṣāṇamadhyakīṭatvaṃ naraḥ satatamaśnute
Through accepting gifts from the fallen and through constant attendance upon those who do not sacrifice, a man endlessly attains the condition of a worm inside a rock.
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MkP 14.84
पश्यतो भृत्यवर्गस्य मित्राणामतिथेस्तथा । एको मिष्टान्नभुग् भुङ्क्ते ज्वलदङ्गारसञ्चयम्
paśyato bhṛtyavargasya mitrāṇāmatithestathā / eko miṣṭānnabhug bhuṅkte jvaladaṅgārasañcayam
While the crowd of servants looks on, and friends, and a guest as well, the man who eats sweet food alone is eating a heap of blazing coals.
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MkP 14.85
वृकैर्भयङ्करैः पृष्ठं नित्यमस्योपभुज्यते । पृष्ठमांसं नृपैतेन यतो लोकस्य भक्षितम्
vṛkairbhayaṅkaraiḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ nityamasyopabhujyate / pṛṣṭhamāṃsaṃ nṛpaitena yato lokasya bhakṣitam
His back is constantly fed upon by terrifying wolves, O king, because by him the flesh of people's backs was eaten (i.e. he slandered them behind their backs).
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MkP 14.86
अन्धो ऽथ बधिरो मूको भ्राम्यते ऽयं क्षुधातुरः । अकृतज्ञो ऽधमः पुंसामुपकारेषु वर्तताम्
andho 'tha badhiro mūko bhrāmyate 'yaṃ kṣudhāturaḥ / akṛtajño 'dhamaḥ puṃsāmupakāreṣu vartatām
Then blind, deaf and dumb, this one is driven about, afflicted with hunger — the ungrateful man, lowest of men, toward those who act for his benefit.
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MkP 14.87
अयं कृतघ्रो मित्राणामपकारी सुदुर्मतिः । तत्पकुम्भे निपतति ततो यास्यति पेषणम्
ayaṃ kṛtaghro mitrāṇāmapakārī sudurmatiḥ / tatpakumbhe nipatati tato yāsyati peṣaṇam
This ungrateful man, a doer of harm to friends, of very evil mind, falls into (the hell) Heated Jar; from there he will go to Crushing.
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MkP 14.88
करम्भवालुकां तस्मात् ततो यन्त्रानपीडनम् । असिपत्रवनं तस्मात् करपत्रेण पाटनम्
karambhavālukāṃ tasmāt tato yantrānapīḍanam / asipatravanaṃ tasmāt karapatreṇa pāṭanam
From there (to) Gruel-Sand, then to the crushing in machines, then the Sword-Leaf Forest, then splitting apart with a saw.
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MkP 14.89
कालसूत्रे तथा छेदमनेकाश्चैव यातनाः । प्राप्य निष्कृतिमेतस्मान्न वेद्मि कथमेष्यति
kālasūtre tathā chedamanekāścaiva yātanāḥ / prāpya niṣkṛtimetasmānna vedmi kathameṣyati
And likewise the cutting on the Thread of Time, and many torments — having undergone (these), I do not know how he will come to release from this.
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MkP 14.90
श्राद्धसङ्गतिनो विप्राः समुत्पत्य परस्परम् । दुष्टा हि निः सृतं फेनं सर्वाङ्गेभ्यः पिबन्ति वै
śrāddhasaṅgatino viprāḥ samutpatya parasparam / duṣṭā hi niḥ sṛtaṃ phenaṃ sarvāṅgebhyaḥ pibanti vai
Wicked brahmins who consort together at a śrāddha, springing upon one another, drink the froth that oozes out from all their limbs.
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MkP 14.91
सुवर्णस्तेयी विप्रघ्रः सुरापी गुरुतल्पगः । अधश्चोर्ध्वञ्च दीप्ताग्नौ दह्यमानाः समन्ततः
suvarṇasteyī vipraghraḥ surāpī gurutalpagaḥ / adhaścordhvañca dīptāgnau dahyamānāḥ samantataḥ
The stealer of gold, the killer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the violator of the guru's bed — being burned below and above and all around in blazing fire —
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MkP 14.92
तिष्ठन्त्यब्दसहस्राणि सुबहूनि ततः पुनः । जायन्ते मानवाः कुष्ठ-क्षयरोगादिचिह्नताः
tiṣṭhantyabdasahasrāṇi subahūni tataḥ punaḥ / jāyante mānavāḥ kuṣṭha-kṣayarogādicihnatāḥ
they remain for very many thousands of years; then again they are born as men marked by leprosy, wasting disease and the like.
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MkP 14.93
मृताः पुनश्च नरकं पुनर्जाताश्च तादृशम् । व्याधिमृच्छन्ति कल्पान्तपरिमाणं नराधिप
mṛtāḥ punaśca narakaṃ punarjātāśca tādṛśam / vyādhimṛcchanti kalpāntaparimāṇaṃ narādhipa
And having died, (they go) again to hell, and born again they meet with such a disease, for a duration lasting to the end of a kalpa, O lord of men.
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MkP 14.94
गोघ्रो न्यूरतरं याति नरके ऽथ त्रिजन्मनि । तथोपपातकानाञ्च सर्वेषामिति निश्चयः
goghro nyūrataraṃ yāti narake 'tha trijanmani / tathopapātakānāñca sarveṣāmiti niścayaḥ
The cow-killer goes to a still lower (state) in hell, then for three births; and so likewise for all the minor sins — this is the settled conclusion.
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MkP 14.95
नरकप्रच्युता यानि यैर्यैर्विहितपातकैः । प्रयान्ति योनिजातानि तन्मे निगदतः शृणु
narakapracyutā yāni yairyairvihitapātakaiḥ / prayānti yonijātāni tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu
Hear from me as I tell which births in wombs those who have fallen out of hell go to, and through which sins committed.
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