Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 15
NarP 1 15.1
धर्मराज उवाच पाप भेदान्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा स्थूलाश्च यातनाः । शृणुष्व धैर्यमास्थाय रौद्रा ये नरका यतः
dharmarāja uvāca pāpa bhedānpravakṣyāmi yathā sthūlāśca yātanāḥ / śṛṇuṣva dhairyamāsthāya raudrā ye narakā yataḥ
Dharmarāja said: I shall declare the kinds of sin, and how the gross torments are. Listen, taking courage, since (there are) dreadful hells.
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NarP 1 15.2
पापिनो ये दुरात्मानो नरकाग्निषु सन्ततम् । पच्यन्ते येषु तान्वक्ष्ये भयङ्करफलप्रदान्
pāpino ye durātmāno narakāgniṣu santatam / pacyante yeṣu tānvakṣye bhayaṅkaraphalapradān
Those evil-souled sinners are cooked continually in the fires of hell — I shall tell of those (hells) in which (they are cooked), which yield terrifying fruits.
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NarP 1 15.3
तपनोवालुकाकुम्भौमहारौरवरौरवौ । कुम्भघीपाको निरुच्छ्वासः कालसूत्रः प्रमर्दनः
tapanovālukākumbhaumahārauravarauravau / kumbhaghīpāko nirucchvāsaḥ kālasūtraḥ pramardanaḥ
Tapana, Vālukākumbha, Mahāraurava and Raurava, Kumbhīpāka, Nirucchvāsa, Kālasūtra, Pramardana,
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NarP 1 15.4
असिपत्रवनं घोरं लालाभक्षोहिमोत्कटः । मूषावस्था वसाकूपस्तथा वैतरणी नदी
asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ lālābhakṣohimotkaṭaḥ / mūṣāvasthā vasākūpastathā vaitaraṇī nadī
the terrible Asipatravana, Lālābhakṣa, Himotkaṭa, Mūṣāvasthā, Vasākūpa, and likewise the river Vaitaraṇī,
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NarP 1 15.5
भक्ष्यन्ते मूत्रपानं च पुरीषह्लद एव च । तत्पशूलं तत्पशिला शाल्मलीद्रुम एव च
bhakṣyante mūtrapānaṃ ca purīṣahlada eva ca / tatpaśūlaṃ tatpaśilā śālmalīdruma eva ca
(where) they are devoured, and the drinking of urine, and the lake of excrement, the heated spike, the heated rock, and the śālmalī tree,
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NarP 1 15.6
तथा शोणितकूपश्च घोरः शोणितभोजनः । स्वमांसभोजनं चैव वह्निज्वालानिवेशनम्
tathā śoṇitakūpaśca ghoraḥ śoṇitabhojanaḥ / svamāṃsabhojanaṃ caiva vahnijvālāniveśanam
and likewise the well of blood, the dreadful Śoṇitabhojana ('blood-eating'), and the eating of one's own flesh, and entering into the flames of fire,
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NarP 1 15.7
शिलावृष्टिः शस्त्रवृष्टिर्वह्निवृष्टिस्तथैव च । क्षारोदकं चोष्णतोयं तत्पायः पिण्डभभणम्
śilāvṛṣṭiḥ śastravṛṣṭirvahnivṛṣṭistathaiva ca / kṣārodakaṃ coṣṇatoyaṃ tatpāyaḥ piṇḍabhabhaṇam
a rain of stones, a rain of weapons, and likewise a rain of fire, alkaline water and scalding water, the drinking of what is hot, the eating of lumps,
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NarP 1 15.8
अथ शिरःशोषणं च मरुत्प्रपतनं तथा । तथा पाशाणवर्णं च कृमिभोजनमेव च
atha śiraḥśoṣaṇaṃ ca marutprapatanaṃ tathā / tathā pāśāṇavarṇaṃ ca kṛmibhojanameva ca
then the drying up of the head, and falling into the wind, and likewise the colour of stone, and the eating of worms,
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NarP 1 15.9
क्षारो दपानं भ्रमणं तथा क्रकचदारणम् । पुरीषलेपनं चैव पुरीषस्य च भोजनम्
kṣāro dapānaṃ bhramaṇaṃ tathā krakacadāraṇam / purīṣalepanaṃ caiva purīṣasya ca bhojanam
the drinking of alkaline water, whirling about, and likewise being sawn apart by a saw, and the smearing with excrement and the eating of excrement,
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NarP 1 15.10
रेतः पानं महाघोरं सर्वसन्धिषुदाहनम् । धूमपानं पाशबन्धं नानाशूलानुलेपनम्
retaḥ pānaṃ mahāghoraṃ sarvasandhiṣudāhanam / dhūmapānaṃ pāśabandhaṃ nānāśūlānulepanam
The drinking of semen, most terrible; the burning of all the joints; the inhaling of smoke; binding with nooses; the smearing (of the body) with various stakes (or spikes).
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NarP 1 15.11
अङ्गारशयनं चैव तथा मुसलमर्द्दनम् । बहूनि काष्ठयन्त्राणि कषणं छेदनं तथा
aṅgāraśayanaṃ caiva tathā musalamarddanam / bahūni kāṣṭhayantrāṇi kaṣaṇaṃ chedanaṃ tathā
And lying on live coals, and being crushed with a pestle; many wooden devices, and scraping and cutting.
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NarP 1 15.12
पतनोत्पतनं चैव गदादण्डादिपीहनम् । गजदन्तप्रहरणं नानासर्पैश्च दंशनम्
patanotpatanaṃ caiva gadādaṇḍādipīhanam / gajadantapraharaṇaṃ nānāsarpaiśca daṃśanam
And falling and being flung up, and being crushed by clubs, staves and the like; being struck by elephants' tusks, and being bitten by various snakes.
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NarP 1 15.13
शीताम्बुसेचनं चैव नासायां च मुखे तथा । घोरक्षाराम्बुपानं च तथा लवणभक्षणम्
śītāmbusecanaṃ caiva nāsāyāṃ ca mukhe tathā / ghorakṣārāmbupānaṃ ca tathā lavaṇabhakṣaṇam
And the pouring of cold water into the nose and likewise into the mouth; and the drinking of terrible caustic water, and likewise the eating of salt.
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NarP 1 15.14
स्त्रायुच्छेदं स्नायुबन्धमस्थिच्छेदं तथैव च । क्षाराम्बुपूर्णरन्ध्राणां प्रवेशं मांसभोजनम्
strāyucchedaṃ snāyubandhamasthicchedaṃ tathaiva ca / kṣārāmbupūrṇarandhrāṇāṃ praveśaṃ māṃsabhojanam
The cutting of the sinews and the binding of the sinews, and likewise the breaking of the bones; entry into holes filled with caustic water; the eating of flesh.
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NarP 1 15.15
पित्तपानं महाघोरं तथैवःश्लेष्मभोजनम् । वृक्षाग्रात्पातनञ्चैव जलान्तर्मज्जनं तथा
pittapānaṃ mahāghoraṃ tathaivaḥśleṣmabhojanam / vṛkṣāgrātpātanañcaiva jalāntarmajjanaṃ tathā
The drinking of bile, most terrible, and likewise the eating of phlegm; and being thrown down from a treetop, and likewise being plunged under water.
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NarP 1 15.16
पाषाणधारणं चैव शयनं कण्टकोपरि । पिपीलिकादंशनं च वृश्चिकैश्चापि पीडनम्
pāṣāṇadhāraṇaṃ caiva śayanaṃ kaṇṭakopari / pipīlikādaṃśanaṃ ca vṛścikaiścāpi pīḍanam
And the carrying of stones, and lying upon thorns; and being bitten by ants, and being tormented by scorpions too.
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NarP 1 15.17
व्याघ्रपीडा शिवापीडा तथा महिषमीडनम् । कर्द्दमे शयनं चैव दुर्गन्धपरिपूरणम्
vyāghrapīḍā śivāpīḍā tathā mahiṣamīḍanam / karddame śayanaṃ caiva durgandhaparipūraṇam
Torment by tigers, torment by jackals, and likewise being trampled by buffaloes; and lying in mud, and being filled up with foul stench.
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NarP 1 15.18
बहुशश्चार्धशयनं महातिक्तनिषेवणम् । अत्युष्णतैलपानं च महाकटुनिषेवणम्
bahuśaścārdhaśayanaṃ mahātiktaniṣevaṇam / atyuṣṇatailapānaṃ ca mahākaṭuniṣevaṇam
And repeatedly lying half (down); the consuming of intensely bitter things; and the drinking of exceedingly hot oil, and the consuming of intensely pungent things.
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NarP 1 15.19
कषायोदकपानं च तत्पपाषाणतक्षणम् । अत्युष्णशीतस्नानं च तथा दशनशीर्णनम्
kaṣāyodakapānaṃ ca tatpapāṣāṇatakṣaṇam / atyuṣṇaśītasnānaṃ ca tathā daśanaśīrṇanam
And the drinking of astringent water, and the chipping of it (the body) with stones; and bathing in the exceedingly hot and the cold, and likewise the shattering of the teeth.
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NarP 1 15.20
तत्पायः शयनं चैव ह्ययोभारस्य बन्धनम् । एवमाद्यामहाभाग यातनाः कोटिकोटिशः
tatpāyaḥ śayanaṃ caiva hyayobhārasya bandhanam / evamādyāmahābhāga yātanāḥ koṭikoṭiśaḥ
And lying upon that (hot iron?), and the binding on of a load of iron: such and other torments, O greatly fortunate one, by tens of millions upon tens of millions —
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NarP 1 15.21
अपि वर्षसहस्रेण नाहं निगदितुं क्षमः । एतेषु यस्य यत्प्रात्पं पापिनः क्षितिरक्षक
api varṣasahasreṇa nāhaṃ nigadituṃ kṣamaḥ / eteṣu yasya yatprātpaṃ pāpinaḥ kṣitirakṣaka
even in a thousand years I am not able to recount them. Among these, whatever falls to whichever sinner, O protector of the earth,
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NarP 1 15.22
तत्सर्वं संप्रपक्ष्यामि तन्मे निगदतः शृणु । ब्रह्महा च सुरापी च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः
tatsarvaṃ saṃprapakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu / brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ
all that I shall relate; listen to me as I speak it. The killer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and he who violates the guru's bed —
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NarP 1 15.23
महापातकिनस्त्वेते तत्संसर्गी च पञ्चमः । पन्तिभेदीवृथापाकी नित्यं ब्रह्मणदूषकः
mahāpātakinastvete tatsaṃsargī ca pañcamaḥ / pantibhedīvṛthāpākī nityaṃ brahmaṇadūṣakaḥ
these are the great sinners, and the one who associates with such is the fifth. The breaker of ranks(?), one who cooks in vain, one who constantly reviles brahmins,
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NarP 1 15.24
आदेशी वेदविक्रेता पञ्चैते ब्रह्मधातकाः । ब्रह्मणं यः समाहूय दास्यामीति धनादिकम् । एश्चान्नास्तीति यो ब्रुयात्तमाहुर्ब्रह्मघातिनम्
ādeśī vedavikretā pañcaite brahmadhātakāḥ / brahmaṇaṃ yaḥ samāhūya dāsyāmīti dhanādikam / eścānnāstīti yo bruyāttamāhurbrahmaghātinam
the one who gives (unauthorized) instruction, the seller of the Veda — these five are killers of a brahmin. He who, having summoned a brahmin (saying) "I shall give wealth and the like," then says "there is none" — him they call a brahmin-killer.
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NarP 1 15.25
स्नानार्थं पूजनार्थं वा गच्छतो ब्राह्मणस्य यः । समायात्यन्तरायत्वं तमाहुर्ब्रह्मधातिनम्
snānārthaṃ pūjanārthaṃ vā gacchato brāhmaṇasya yaḥ / samāyātyantarāyatvaṃ tamāhurbrahmadhātinam
He who becomes an obstruction to a brahmin going for a bath or for worship — him they call a brahmin-killer.
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NarP 1 15.26
पस्निन्दासु निरतश्चात्मोत्कर्षरतश्व यः । असत्यनिरतश्वचैव ब्रह्महा परिकीर्तितः
pasnindāsu nirataścātmotkarṣarataśva yaḥ / asatyanirataśvacaiva brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ
And he who is intent on reviling others and devoted to his own exaltation, and he who delights in untruth, is declared a brahmin-killer.
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NarP 1 15.27
अधर्मस्यानुमन्ता च ब्रह्महा परिकीर्तितः । अन्योद्वेगरतश्चैव अन्येषां दोषसूवकः
adharmasyānumantā ca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ / anyodvegarataścaiva anyeṣāṃ doṣasūvakaḥ
And he who consents to unrighteousness is declared a brahmin-killer; and he who delights in agitating others, and who proclaims the faults of others,
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NarP 1 15.28
दम्भाचाररतश्वैव ब्रह्महेत्यभिधीयते । नित्यं प्रतिग्रहरतस्तथा प्राणिवधे रतः
dambhācārarataśvaiva brahmahetyabhidhīyate / nityaṃ pratigraharatastathā prāṇivadhe rataḥ
and he who is intent on hypocritical conduct — he is called a brahmin-killer; likewise one constantly bent on accepting gifts, and one bent on killing living beings.
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NarP 1 15.29
अधर्मस्यानुममन्ता च ब्रह्महा परिकीर्तितः । ब्रह्महत्या समं पापमेव बहुविधं नृप
adharmasyānumamantā ca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ / brahmahatyā samaṃ pāpameva bahuvidhaṃ nṛpa
And he who consents to unrighteousness is declared a brahmin-killer. Sin equal to brahmin-murder is indeed of many kinds, O king.
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NarP 1 15.30
सुरापानसमं पापं प्रवक्ष्यामि समासतः । गणान्नभोजनं चैव गणिकानां निषेवणम्
surāpānasamaṃ pāpaṃ pravakṣyāmi samāsataḥ / gaṇānnabhojanaṃ caiva gaṇikānāṃ niṣevaṇam
I shall declare in brief the sins that are equal to drinking liquor: eating the food of a guild (or crowd), and consorting with courtesans;
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NarP 1 15.31
पतितान्नादनं चैव सुरापानसमं स्मृतम् । उपासमापरित्यागो देवलानां च भोजनम्
patitānnādanaṃ caiva surāpānasamaṃ smṛtam / upāsamāparityāgo devalānāṃ ca bhojanam
and the eating of the food of outcastes is held to be equal to drinking liquor; the abandoning of (proper) worship, and eating (the food) of temple-priests (devalas);
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NarP 1 15.32
सुरापयोषित्संयोगः सुरापानसमः स्मृतः । यः शूद्रेण समाहतो भोजनं कुरुते द्विजः
surāpayoṣitsaṃyogaḥ surāpānasamaḥ smṛtaḥ / yaḥ śūdreṇa samāhato bhojanaṃ kurute dvijaḥ
union with a woman who drinks liquor is held equal to liquor-drinking; and the twice-born who, being struck (or summoned) by a śūdra, takes food (with him)—
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NarP 1 15.33
सुरापी स हि विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः । यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातः प्रेष्यकर्म करिति च
surāpī sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ / yaḥ śūdreṇābhyanujñātaḥ preṣyakarma kariti ca
he indeed is to be known as a liquor-drinker, cast out from all dharma; and he who, being ordered by a śūdra, performs servant's work,
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NarP 1 15.34
सुरापान समं पापं लभते स नराधमः । एवं बहुविधं पापं सुरापानसमं स्मृतम्
surāpāna samaṃ pāpaṃ labhate sa narādhamaḥ / evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ pāpaṃ surāpānasamaṃ smṛtam
that lowest of men incurs a sin equal to liquor-drinking. Thus manifold sin is declared to be equal to drinking liquor.
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NarP 1 15.35
हेमस्तेयसमं पापं प्रवक्ष्यामि निशामय । कन्दमूलफलानां च कस्तूरी पटवाससाम्
hemasteyasamaṃ pāpaṃ pravakṣyāmi niśāmaya / kandamūlaphalānāṃ ca kastūrī paṭavāsasām
I shall declare the sin equal to the theft of gold; listen. (The theft) of bulbs, roots and fruits, of musk and of perfumed powders,
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NarP 1 15.36
सदा स्तेयं च रत्नानां स्वर्णस्तेयसमं स्मृतम् । ताम्रायस्त्रपुकांस्यानामाज्यस्य मधुनस्तथा
sadā steyaṃ ca ratnānāṃ svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam / tāmrāyastrapukāṃsyānāmājyasya madhunastathā
and the constant theft of gems, is held equal to the theft of gold; (the theft) of copper, iron, tin and bell-metal, of clarified butter and of honey,
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NarP 1 15.37
स्तेयं सुगन्धद्रव्याण्णां स्वर्णस्तेयसमं स्मृतम् । क्रमुकस्यापिहरणमम्भसां चन्दनस्य च
steyaṃ sugandhadravyāṇṇāṃ svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam / kramukasyāpiharaṇamambhasāṃ candanasya ca
(and) the theft of fragrant substances, is held equal to the theft of gold; also the carrying off of areca nut, of waters, and of sandalwood,
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NarP 1 15.39
पर्णरसापहरणं स्वर्णस्तेयसमं स्मृतम् । पितृयज्ञपरित्यागो धर्मकार्यविलोपनम् ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।३८ ॥ यतीर्नां निन्दतं चैव स्वर्णस्तेयसमं स्मृतम् । भक्ष्याणां चापहरणं धान्यानां हरणं तथा
parṇarasāpaharaṇaṃ svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam / pitṛyajñaparityāgo dharmakāryavilopanam // narp_1,15.38 // yatīrnāṃ nindataṃ caiva svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam / bhakṣyāṇāṃ cāpaharaṇaṃ dhānyānāṃ haraṇaṃ tathā
(and) the carrying off of betel-leaf juice, is held equal to the theft of gold; abandoning the sacrifice to the fathers, ruining acts of dharma, [15.38] and the reviling of ascetics, are held equal to the theft of gold; and the carrying off of eatables, and the taking of grain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.40
रुद्राक्षहरणं चैव स्वर्णस्तेयसमं स्मृतम् । भागीनीगमनं चैव पुत्रस्त्रीगमनं तथा
rudrākṣaharaṇaṃ caiva svarṇasteyasamaṃ smṛtam / bhāgīnīgamanaṃ caiva putrastrīgamanaṃ tathā
and the taking of rudrākṣa beads, is held equal to the theft of gold. Going to one's sister, and likewise going to one's son's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.41
रजस्वलादिगमनं गुरुतल्पसमं स्मृतम् । हीनजात्याभिगमनं मद्यपस्त्रीनिषेवणम्
rajasvalādigamanaṃ gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam / hīnajātyābhigamanaṃ madyapastrīniṣevaṇam
(and) going to a menstruating woman and the like, is held equal to (violating) the guru's bed; approaching a woman of low birth, consorting with the wife of a drunkard,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.42
परस्त्रीगमनं चैव गुरुतल्पसमं स्मृतम् । भ्रातृस्त्रीगमनं चैव वयस्यस्त्रीनिषेवणम्
parastrīgamanaṃ caiva gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam / bhrātṛstrīgamanaṃ caiva vayasyastrīniṣevaṇam
and going to another's wife, is held equal to (violating) the guru's bed; and going to a brother's wife, and consorting with a friend's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.44
विश्वस्तागमनं चैव गुरुतल्पसमं स्मृतम् । अकाले कर्मकरणं पुत्रीगमन मेव च ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।४३ ॥ धर्मलोपः शास्त्रनिन्दा गुरुतल्पसमं स्मृतम् । इत्येवमादयो राजन्महापातकसंज्ञिताः
viśvastāgamanaṃ caiva gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam / akāle karmakaraṇaṃ putrīgamana meva ca // narp_1,15.43 // dharmalopaḥ śāstranindā gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam / ityevamādayo rājanmahāpātakasaṃjñitāḥ
and going to a woman who has trusted (one), is held equal to (violating) the guru's bed; performing the act at a forbidden time, and going to one's own daughter, [15.43] the breaking of dharma, the reviling of the scriptures—(these are) held equal to (violating) the guru's bed. These and such as these, O king, are termed great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.45
एतेष्वेकतमेनापि सङ्गकृत्तत्समो भवेत् । यथाकथञ्चित्पापानामेतेषां परमर्षिभिः
eteṣvekatamenāpi saṅgakṛttatsamo bhavet / yathākathañcitpāpānāmeteṣāṃ paramarṣibhiḥ
Even by association with any one of these one becomes equal to it. In whatever way, for these sins, by the supreme sages
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.46
शान्तैस्तु निष्कृतिर्दृष्टा प्रायश्चितादिकल्पनैः । प्रायश्चित्तविहीनानि पापानि शृणु भूपते
śāntaistu niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā prāyaścitādikalpanaiḥ / prāyaścittavihīnāni pāpāni śṛṇu bhūpate
who are at peace, an expiation has been seen, through the prescriptions of penance and the rest. Hear, O lord of the earth, the sins that are without expiation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.47
समस्तपापतुल्यानि महानरकदानि च । ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां कथञ्चिन्निष्कृतिर्भवेत्
samastapāpatulyāni mahānarakadāni ca / brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ kathañcinniṣkṛtirbhavet
which are equal to all sins together and which give (one) the great hell. For the sins beginning with brahmin-slaying there may somehow be an expiation;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.48
ब्रह्मणं द्वेष्टि यस्तस्य निष्कृतिर्नास्ति कुत्रचित् । विश्वस्तघातिनं चैव कृतन्घानां नरेश्वर
brahmaṇaṃ dveṣṭi yastasya niṣkṛtirnāsti kutracit / viśvastaghātinaṃ caiva kṛtanghānāṃ nareśvara
(but) for him who hates a brahmin there is no expiation anywhere; and for the slayer of one who trusted him, and for the ungrateful, O lord of men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.52
शूद्रस्त्रीसङ्गिनां चैव निष्कृतिर्नास्ति कुत्रचित् । शूद्रान्नपुष्टदेहानां वेदनिन्दारतात्मनाम् ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।४९ ॥ सत्कथानिन्दकानाञ्च नेहामुत्रचनिष्कृतिः ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।५० ॥ बौद्धालयं विशेद्यस्तु महापद्यपि वैद्विजः । नतस्यनिष्कृतिर्दृष्टाप्रायश्चितशतैरपि ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।५१ ॥ बौद्धाः पाषंण्डिनः प्रोक्ता यतो वेदविनिन्दकाः । तस्माद्विजस्तान्नेक्षेत यतो धर्मबहिष्कृताः
śūdrastrīsaṅgināṃ caiva niṣkṛtirnāsti kutracit / śūdrānnapuṣṭadehānāṃ vedanindāratātmanām // narp_1,15.49 // satkathānindakānāñca nehāmutracaniṣkṛtiḥ // narp_1,15.50 // bauddhālayaṃ viśedyastu mahāpadyapi vaidvijaḥ / natasyaniṣkṛtirdṛṣṭāprāyaścitaśatairapi // narp_1,15.51 // bauddhāḥ pāṣaṃṇḍinaḥ proktā yato vedavinindakāḥ / tasmādvijastānnekṣeta yato dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ
and for those who consort with śūdra women, there is no expiation anywhere; for those whose bodies are nourished by a śūdra's food, whose minds delight in reviling the Veda, [15.49] and for those who revile good discourses, there is no expiation here or hereafter. [15.50] The learned twice-born who enters a Buddhist dwelling, even in great distress—for him no expiation is seen, even by hundreds of penances. [15.51] The Buddhists are declared heretics, since they revile the Veda; therefore let a twice-born not look at them, since they are cast out from dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.53
ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो वापि द्विजो बोद्धालयं विशेत् । ज्ञात्वा चेन्निष्कृतिर्नास्ति शास्त्राणामिति निश्वयः
jñānato 'jñānato vāpi dvijo boddhālayaṃ viśet / jñātvā cenniṣkṛtirnāsti śāstrāṇāmiti niśvayaḥ
Whether knowingly or unknowingly a twice-born may enter a Buddhist dwelling: if knowingly, there is no expiation—such is the settled conclusion of the scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.56
एतेषां पापबाहुल्यान्नरकं कोटिकल्पकम् । प्रायश्चित्तविहीनानि प्रोक्तान्यन्यानि च प्रभो ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।५४ ॥ पापानि तेषां नरकान्गदतो मे निशामय ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।५५ ॥ महापातकिनस्तेषु प्रत्येकं युगवासिनः । तदन्ते पृथिवीमेत्य सत्पजन्मसु गर्दभाः
eteṣāṃ pāpabāhulyānnarakaṃ koṭikalpakam / prāyaścittavihīnāni proktānyanyāni ca prabho // narp_1,15.54 // pāpāni teṣāṃ narakāngadato me niśāmaya // narp_1,15.55 // mahāpātakinasteṣu pratyekaṃ yugavāsinaḥ / tadante pṛthivīmetya satpajanmasu gardabhāḥ
For these, on account of the abundance of sin, (there is) hell for ten million kalpas. Other (sins) too have been declared to be without expiation, O lord; [15.54] hear from me as I recount their sins and their hells. [15.55] Those guilty of great sins dwell in each of them for an age; at the end of that, coming to the earth, (they are born) as asses for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.57
ततः श्वानो विद्धदेहा भवेयुर्दशजन्मसु । आशताब्दं विट्कृमयः सर्पा द्वादशजन्मसु
tataḥ śvāno viddhadehā bhaveyurdaśajanmasu / āśatābdaṃ viṭkṛmayaḥ sarpā dvādaśajanmasu
Then they become dogs with pierced bodies for ten births; for a hundred years, worms in excrement; snakes for twelve births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.58
ततः सहस्रजन्मानि मृगाद्याः पशवो नृप । शताब्दं स्थावराश्चैव ततो गोधाशरीरिणः
tataḥ sahasrajanmāni mṛgādyāḥ paśavo nṛpa / śatābdaṃ sthāvarāścaiva tato godhāśarīriṇaḥ
Then, O king, for a thousand births (they are) beasts, deer and the like; and for a hundred years immobile (plants); then they have the bodies of monitor lizards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.59
ततस्तु सत्पजन्मानि चण्डालाः पापकारिणः । ततः षोडश जन्मानि शूद्राद्या हीनजातयः
tatastu satpajanmāni caṇḍālāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ / tataḥ ṣoḍaśa janmāni śūdrādyā hīnajātayaḥ
Then for seven births (they are) Caṇḍālas, doers of evil; then for sixteen births (they are) of low castes, Śūdras and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.60
ततस्तु जन्मद्वितये दरिद्राव्याधिपीडिताः । प्रतिग्रहपरा नित्यं ततो निरयगाः पुनः
tatastu janmadvitaye daridrāvyādhipīḍitāḥ / pratigrahaparā nityaṃ tato nirayagāḥ punaḥ
Then for two births (they are) poor and afflicted by disease, always intent on accepting gifts; and thereafter they go to hell again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.61
असूयाविष्टमनसो रौरवे नरके स्मृतम् । तत्र कल्पद्वयं स्थित्वा चाण्डालाः शतजन्मसु
asūyāviṣṭamanaso raurave narake smṛtam / tatra kalpadvayaṃ sthitvā cāṇḍālāḥ śatajanmasu
For those whose minds are possessed by envy, (their place) is declared to be in the Raurava hell; having stayed there two kalpas, (they become) Caṇḍālas for a hundred births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.62
मा ददस्वेति यो ब्रूयाद्गवान्गिब्राह्मणेषु च । शुनां योनिशतं गत्वा चाण्डालेषूपजायते
mā dadasveti yo brūyādgavāngibrāhmaṇeṣu ca / śunāṃ yoniśataṃ gatvā cāṇḍāleṣūpajāyate
He who says "Do not give!" concerning cows, fire (offerings?), and Brahmins, having passed through a hundred dog-wombs, is born among Caṇḍālas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.63
ततो विष्ठाकृतिमिश्चैव ततो व्याघ्रस्त्रिजन्मसु । तदन्ते नरकं याति युगानामेकविंशतिम्
tato viṣṭhākṛtimiścaiva tato vyāghrastrijanmasu / tadante narakaṃ yāti yugānāmekaviṃśatim
Then (he becomes) a worm in excrement, then a tiger for three births; at the end of that he goes to hell for twenty-one ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.64
परनिन्दापरा ये च ये च निष्ठुरभाषिणः । दानानां विन्घकर्त्तारस्तेषां पापफलं शृणु
paranindāparā ye ca ye ca niṣṭhurabhāṣiṇaḥ / dānānāṃ vinghakarttārasteṣāṃ pāpaphalaṃ śṛṇu
And those who are given to slandering others, and those who speak harshly, and those who obstruct gifts — hear the fruit of their sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.65
मुशलोलू खलाभ्यां तु चूर्ण्यन्ते तस्करा भृशम् । तदन्ते तत्पपाषाणग्रहणं वत्सरत्रघयम्
muśalolū khalābhyāṃ tu cūrṇyante taskarā bhṛśam / tadante tatpapāṣāṇagrahaṇaṃ vatsaratraghayam
Thieves are violently ground with pestle and mortar; at the end of that, for three years, (comes) the seizing (crushing) with red-hot stones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.68
ततश्च कालसूत्रेण भिद्यन्ते सत्प वत्सरान् । शोचन्तः स्वृनिकर्माणि परद्रव्यापहारकाः ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।६६ ॥ कर्मणा तत्र पच्यन्ते नरकान्गिषु सन्ततम् ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।६७ ॥ परस्वसूचकानां च नरकं शृणु दारुणम् । यावद्युगसहस्रं तु तत्पायः पिण्डभक्षणम्
tataśca kālasūtreṇa bhidyante satpa vatsarān / śocantaḥ svṛnikarmāṇi paradravyāpahārakāḥ // narp_1,15.66 // karmaṇā tatra pacyante narakāngiṣu santatam // narp_1,15.67 // parasvasūcakānāṃ ca narakaṃ śṛṇu dāruṇam / yāvadyugasahasraṃ tu tatpāyaḥ piṇḍabhakṣaṇam
And then those who steal others' property are split by the thread of Time for seven years, lamenting their own deeds; there they are cooked continually in the limbs of hell by (their) karma. And hear the terrible hell of those who inform on (steal) others' property: for a thousand ages, the eating of balls of hot molten metal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.69
संपीड्यते च रसना संदंशैर्भृशदारुणैः । निरुच्छ्वासं महाघोरे कल्पार्द्धं निवसन्ति ते
saṃpīḍyate ca rasanā saṃdaṃśairbhṛśadāruṇaiḥ / nirucchvāsaṃ mahāghore kalpārddhaṃ nivasanti te
And the tongue is crushed with exceedingly cruel pincers; without breath they dwell for half a kalpa in the Mahāghora (hell).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.70
परस्त्रीलोलुपानां च नरकं कथयामि ते । तत्पताम्रस्त्रियस्तेन सुरुपाभरणैर्युताः
parastrīlolupānāṃ ca narakaṃ kathayāmi te / tatpatāmrastriyastena surupābharaṇairyutāḥ
And I shall tell you the hell of those who lust after others' wives: there, women of red-hot iron, endowed with beautiful ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.71
यादृशीस्तादृशीस्ताश्च रमन्ते प्रसभं बहु । विद्ववन्तं भयेनासां गृह्णन्ति प्रसभं च तम्
yādṛśīstādṛśīstāśca ramante prasabhaṃ bahu / vidvavantaṃ bhayenāsāṃ gṛhṇanti prasabhaṃ ca tam
such as they are (in appearance), those women take their pleasure forcibly and much; and out of fear of them (the man) flees, and they seize him by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.72
कथयन्तश्च तत्कर्म नयन्ते नरकान्क्रमात् । अन्यं भजन्ते भूपाल पतिं त्यक्त्वा च याः स्त्रियः
kathayantaśca tatkarma nayante narakānkramāt / anyaṃ bhajante bhūpāla patiṃ tyaktvā ca yāḥ striyaḥ
And recounting that deed (of his), they lead him in turn to the hells. And, O protector of the earth, those women who abandon their husband and resort to another —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.73
तत्पायःपुरुशास्तास्तु तत्पायःशयनेबलात् । पातयित्वा रमन्ते च बहुकालं बलान्विताः
tatpāyaḥpuruśāstāstu tatpāyaḥśayanebalāt / pātayitvā ramante ca bahukālaṃ balānvitāḥ
for them there are men of red-hot iron, who, having thrown them down by force on beds of red-hot iron, take their pleasure for a long time, endowed with strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.74
ततस्तैर्योषितो मुक्ता हुताशनसमोज्ज्वलम् । अ यः स्तम्भं समाश्सिष्य तिष्ठन्त्यब्दसहस्रकम्
tatastairyoṣito muktā hutāśanasamojjvalam / a yaḥ stambhaṃ samāśsiṣya tiṣṭhantyabdasahasrakam
Then, released by them, the women embrace an iron pillar blazing like fire and stand (so) for a thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.75
ततः क्षारोदकस्नानं क्षारोदकनिषेवणम् । तदन्ते नरकान् सर्वान् भुञ्जते ऽब्दशतं शतम्
tataḥ kṣārodakasnānaṃ kṣārodakaniṣevaṇam / tadante narakān sarvān bhuñjate 'bdaśataṃ śatam
Then (comes) bathing in caustic water and drinking caustic water; at the end of that they undergo all the hells for a hundred times a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.76
यो हन्ति ब्राह्मणं गां च क्षत्रियं च नृपोत्तमम् । स चापि यातनाः सर्वा भुङ्क्ते कल्पेषु पञ्चसु
yo hanti brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca kṣatriyaṃ ca nṛpottamam / sa cāpi yātanāḥ sarvā bhuṅkte kalpeṣu pañcasu
He who kills a Brahmin, a cow, or a Kṣatriya, O best of kings — he too undergoes all the torments through five kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.77
यः शृणोति महन्निन्दां सादरं तत्फलं शृणु । तेषां कर्णेषु दाप्यन्ते तत्पायः कीलसंचयाः
yaḥ śṛṇoti mahannindāṃ sādaraṃ tatphalaṃ śṛṇu / teṣāṃ karṇeṣu dāpyante tatpāyaḥ kīlasaṃcayāḥ
He who listens respectfully to the slander of the great — hear the fruit of that: into their ears are driven heaps of red-hot iron spikes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.78
ततश्च तेषु छिद्रेषु तैलमत्युष्णमुल्बणम् । पूर्यते च ततश्चापिं कुम्भीपाकं प्रपद्यते
tataśca teṣu chidreṣu tailamatyuṣṇamulbaṇam / pūryate ca tataścāpiṃ kumbhīpākaṃ prapadyate
And then into those holes exceedingly hot, fierce oil is poured; and thereafter he attains the Kumbhīpāka (hell).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.79
नास्तिकानां प्रवक्ष्यामि विमुखानां हरे हरौ । अब्दानां कोटिपर्यन्तं लवणं भुञ्जते हि ते
nāstikānāṃ pravakṣyāmi vimukhānāṃ hare harau / abdānāṃ koṭiparyantaṃ lavaṇaṃ bhuñjate hi te
(Now) I shall declare (the fate) of unbelievers, of those turned away from Hari: for a full ten million years they eat (only) salt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.80
ततश्च कल्पपर्यन्तं रौरवे तत्पसैकते । भज्यन्ते पापकर्मणो ऽन्येप्येवं नराधिप
tataśca kalpaparyantaṃ raurave tatpasaikate / bhajyante pāpakarmaṇo 'nyepyevaṃ narādhipa
And then, to the end of an aeon, in Raurava, on its hot sand, the doers of evil are broken apart; and others too, O lord of men, (fare) in this way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.81
ब्राह्मणन्ये निरीक्षन्ते कोपदृष्ट्या नराधमाः । तत्पसूचीसहस्रेण चक्षुस्तेषां प्रसूर्यते
brāhmaṇanye nirīkṣante kopadṛṣṭyā narādhamāḥ / tatpasūcīsahasreṇa cakṣusteṣāṃ prasūryate
Those lowest of men who look upon brahmins with an angry eye — their eyes are pierced with a thousand red-hot needles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.82
ततः क्षाराम्बुधाराभिः सेच्यन्ते नृपसत्तम । ततश्च क्रकर्चेर्घोरैर्भिद्यन्ते पापकर्ंमणः
tataḥ kṣārāmbudhārābhiḥ secyante nṛpasattama / tataśca krakarcerghorairbhidyante pāpakarṃmaṇaḥ
Then, O best of kings, they are drenched with streams of caustic water; and then the doers of evil are sawn apart with terrible saws.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.83
विश्वासघातिनां चैव मर्यादाभेदिनां तथा । परान्नलोल्लुपानां च नरकं शृणु दारुणम्
viśvāsaghātināṃ caiva maryādābhedināṃ tathā / parānnalollupānāṃ ca narakaṃ śṛṇu dāruṇam
Hear now of the dreadful hell of those who betray trust, of those who break the bounds (of propriety), and of those greedy for others' food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.84
स्वमांसभोजिनो नित्यं भक्षमाणाः श्वभिस्तु ते । नरकेषु समस्तेषु प्रत्येकं ह्यब्दवासिनः
svamāṃsabhojino nityaṃ bhakṣamāṇāḥ śvabhistu te / narakeṣu samasteṣu pratyekaṃ hyabdavāsinaḥ
They constantly eat their own flesh while being devoured by dogs, dwelling a year in each one of all the hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.85
प्रतिग्रहरता ये च ये वै नक्षत्रपाठकाः । ये च देवलकान्नानां भोजिनस्ताञ्शृणुष्व मे
pratigraharatā ye ca ye vai nakṣatrapāṭhakāḥ / ye ca devalakānnānāṃ bhojinastāñśṛṇuṣva me
Those who are addicted to receiving gifts, and those who recite (fortunes from) the stars, and those who eat the food of temple-priests — hear of them from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.86
राजन्नाकल्पपर्यन्तं यातनास्वासु दुःखिताः । पच्यन्ते सततं पापाविष्टा भोगरताः सदा
rājannākalpaparyantaṃ yātanāsvāsu duḥkhitāḥ / pacyante satataṃ pāpāviṣṭā bhogaratāḥ sadā
O king, to the very end of the aeon, afflicted in these torments, they are cooked continually, possessed by sin, forever bent on enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.87
ततस्तैलेन पूर्यन्ते कालसूत्रप्रपीडिताः । ततः क्षारोदकस्नानं मूत्रविष्टानिषेवणम्
tatastailena pūryante kālasūtraprapīḍitāḥ / tataḥ kṣārodakasnānaṃ mūtraviṣṭāniṣevaṇam
Then they are filled with oil, tormented by the Kālasūtra (hell); then (comes) bathing in caustic water and the consuming of urine and excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.88
तदन्ते भुवमासाद्य भवन्ति म्लेच्छजातयः । अन्योद्वेगरता ये तु यान्ति वैतरणीं नदीम्
tadante bhuvamāsādya bhavanti mlecchajātayaḥ / anyodvegaratā ye tu yānti vaitaraṇīṃ nadīm
At the end of that, reaching the earth, they are born in barbarian castes; but those who delight in distressing others go to the river Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.89
त्यक्तपञ्चमहायज्ञा लालाभक्षं व्रजन्ति हि । उपासनापरित्यागी रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत्
tyaktapañcamahāyajñā lālābhakṣaṃ vrajanti hi / upāsanāparityāgī rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet
Those who abandon the five great sacrifices go indeed to (the hell where) saliva is the food; one who gives up worship goes to the hell Raurava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.90
विप्रग्रामकरादानं कुर्वतां शृणु भूपते । यातनास्वासु पच्यन्ते वावदाचन्द्रतारकम्
vipragrāmakarādānaṃ kurvatāṃ śṛṇu bhūpate / yātanāsvāsu pacyante vāvadācandratārakam
Hear, O lord of the earth, (the fate) of those who take taxes from a brahmin village: they are cooked in these torments as long as the moon and stars endure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.91
ग्रामेषु भूपालवरो यः कुर्यादधिकं करम् । स सहस्रकुलो भुङ्क्तेनरकं कल्पपञ्चसु
grāmeṣu bhūpālavaro yaḥ kuryādadhikaṃ karam / sa sahasrakulo bhuṅktenarakaṃ kalpapañcasu
Whichever chief of kings should levy an excessive tax in villages, he with a thousand of his line suffers hell for five aeons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.92
विप्रग्रामकरादाने यो ऽनुमन्तातु पापकृत् । स एव कृतवान् राजन्ब्रह्महत्यासहस्रकम्
vipragrāmakarādāne yo 'numantātu pāpakṛt / sa eva kṛtavān rājanbrahmahatyāsahasrakam
He who, being a doer of evil, consents to the taking of taxes from a brahmin village — he too, O king, has committed a thousand brahmin-murders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.93
कालसूत्रे महाघोरे स वसेद्दिचतुर्युगम् । अयोनौ च वियोनौ च पशुयोनौ च यो नरः
kālasūtre mahāghore sa vaseddicaturyugam / ayonau ca viyonau ca paśuyonau ca yo naraḥ
He shall dwell in the most terrible Kālasūtra for two sets of four ages; and the man who (couples) in no womb, in a wrong womb, or in the womb of a beast —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.94
त्यजेद्रेतो महापापी सरेतोभोजनं लभेत् । वसाकूपं ततः प्राप्य स्थित्वा दिव्याब्दसत्पकम्
tyajedreto mahāpāpī saretobhojanaṃ labhet / vasākūpaṃ tataḥ prāpya sthitvā divyābdasatpakam
— that great sinner sheds his seed, and he obtains semen as his food; then, reaching the pit of fat, and staying there a hundred divine years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.95
रेतोभोजी भवेन्मर्त्यः सर्वलोकेषु निन्दितः । उपवासदिने राजन्दन्तधावनकृन्नरः
retobhojī bhavenmartyaḥ sarvalokeṣu ninditaḥ / upavāsadine rājandantadhāvanakṛnnaraḥ
he becomes a mortal who eats semen, condemned in all the worlds. O king, the man who cleans his teeth on a fast day
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.96
स घोरं नरकं यातिव्याघ्रपक्षं चतुर्युगम् । यः स्वकर्मपरित्यागी पाषण्डीत्युच्यते बुधैः
sa ghoraṃ narakaṃ yātivyāghrapakṣaṃ caturyugam / yaḥ svakarmaparityāgī pāṣaṇḍītyucyate budhaiḥ
goes to a terrible hell for four ages, in the manner of a tiger. He who abandons his own duty is called a heretic by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.97
तत्संगकृतमोघः स्यात्तावुभावतिपापिनौ । कल्पकोटिसहस्रेषु प्रान्पुतो नरकान्क्रमात्
tatsaṃgakṛtamoghaḥ syāttāvubhāvatipāpinau / kalpakoṭisahasreṣu prānputo narakānkramāt
And he who keeps company with him becomes fruitless (in his acts); those two are exceedingly sinful, and for thousands of ten millions of aeons they pass in turn through the hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.98
देवद्रव्यापहर्त्तारो गुरुद्रव्यापहारकाः । ब्रह्महत्याव्रतसमं दुष्कृतं भुञ्जते नृप
devadravyāpaharttāro gurudravyāpahārakāḥ / brahmahatyāvratasamaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ bhuñjate nṛpa
Those who steal the property of the gods and those who take away the property of a teacher consume an evil deed equal to (that of) the vow of brahmin-murder, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.99
अनाथधनहर्त्तारो ह्यनाथं ये द्विषन्ति च । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि नरके ते वसन्ति च
anāthadhanaharttāro hyanāthaṃ ye dviṣanti ca / kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi narake te vasanti ca
Those who steal the property of the helpless, and those who hate a helpless person — they dwell in hell for thousands of crores of kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.100
स्त्रीशूद्राणां समीपे तु ये वेदाध्ययने रताः । तेषां पापफलं वक्ष्ये शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः
strīśūdrāṇāṃ samīpe tu ye vedādhyayane ratāḥ / teṣāṃ pāpaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ
But as for those who are given to reciting the Veda in the presence of women and śūdras — I shall declare the fruit of their sin; listen with full attention.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.101
अधःशीर्षोर्ध्वपादाश्च कीलिताः स्तम्भघकद्वये । ध्रूम्रपानरता नित्यं तिष्ठन्त्याब्रह्मवत्सरम्
adhaḥśīrṣordhvapādāśca kīlitāḥ stambhaghakadvaye / dhrūmrapānaratā nityaṃ tiṣṭhantyābrahmavatsaram
Head downward and feet upward, they are impaled in the pair of pillar-(hells?), constantly made to drink smoke, and they remain there for a Brahmā-year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.102
जले देवालये वापि यस्त्यजेद्देहजं मलम् । भ्रूणहत्यासमं पापं संप्रान्पोत्यतिदारुणम्
jale devālaye vāpi yastyajeddehajaṃ malam / bhrūṇahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ saṃprānpotyatidāruṇam
Whoever discharges bodily filth into water or in a temple obtains a most terrible sin equal to the killing of an embryo.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.103
दन्तास्थिकेशनखरान्ये त्यज्यन्त्यमरालये । जले वा भुक्तशेषं च तेषां पापफलं शृणु
dantāsthikeśanakharānye tyajyantyamarālaye / jale vā bhuktaśeṣaṃ ca teṣāṃ pāpaphalaṃ śṛṇu
Those who discard teeth, bones, hair, nails, or the leavings of food in a temple of the gods or in water — hear the fruit of their sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.104
प्रासप्रोता हलैर्भिन्ना आर्त्तरावविराविणः । अत्युष्णतैलपाके ऽतितप्यन्ते भृशदारुणे
prāsaprotā halairbhinnā ārttarāvavirāviṇaḥ / atyuṣṇatailapāke 'titapyante bhṛśadāruṇe
Pierced with spears, split with ploughs, wailing cries of pain, they are scorched in an exceedingly cruel cooking of very hot oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.105
कुर्वन्ति दुःखसंतत्पास्ततो ऽन्येषु व्रजन्ति च । ब्रह्मसंहरते यस्तु गन्धकाष्टं तथैव च
kurvanti duḥkhasaṃtatpāstato 'nyeṣu vrajanti ca / brahmasaṃharate yastu gandhakāṣṭaṃ tathaiva ca
Burning with pain they cry out, and then they pass on to other (hells). And he who takes away a brahmin's (property), and likewise fragrant wood —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.106
स याति नरकं घोरं यावदाचन्द्रतारकम् । ब्रह्मस्वहरणं राजन्निहामात्र च दुःखदम्
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadācandratārakam / brahmasvaharaṇaṃ rājannihāmātra ca duḥkhadam
— he goes to a dreadful hell for as long as the moon and stars endure. The seizing of a brahmin's property, O king, gives sorrow both here and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.108
इहसंपद्विनाशायपरत्रनरकाय च । कूटसाक्ष्यंवदेद्यस्तु तस्य पापफलंशृणु ॥ नर्प्_१,१५।१०७ ॥ स याति यातनाः सर्वा यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश । इहपुत्राश्च विनश्यन्ति परघत्र च
ihasaṃpadvināśāyaparatranarakāya ca / kūṭasākṣyaṃvadedyastu tasya pāpaphalaṃśṛṇu // narp_1,15.107 // sa yāti yātanāḥ sarvā yāvadindrāścaturdaśa / ihaputrāśca vinaśyanti paraghatra ca
(It leads) to the destruction of prosperity here and to hell hereafter. And he who gives false testimony — hear the fruit of his sin. // He undergoes all the torments for as long as fourteen Indras (endure); his sons perish here, and (he perishes) in the other world too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.109
रौरवं नरकं भुङ्क्ते ततो ऽन्यानपि च क्रमात् । ये चातिकामिनो मर्त्या ये च मिथ्याप्रवादिनः
rauravaṃ narakaṃ bhuṅkte tato 'nyānapi ca kramāt / ye cātikāmino martyā ye ca mithyāpravādinaḥ
He suffers the Raurava hell, and after that the others in turn. And those mortals who are excessively lustful, and those who speak falsehoods —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.110
तेषां सुखे जलौका स्तु पूर्य्यन्ते पन्नगोपमाः । एवं षष्टिसहस्राब्दे ततः क्षाराम्बगुसेचनम्
teṣāṃ sukhe jalaukā stu pūryyante pannagopamāḥ / evaṃ ṣaṣṭisahasrābde tataḥ kṣārāmbagusecanam
their bodies (?) are filled with leeches like serpents; thus for sixty thousand years, and thereafter a sprinkling with caustic water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.111
ये वृथामांसनिरततास्ते यान्ति क्षारकर्दमम् । ततो गजैर्निपातत्यन्ते मरुत्प्रपतनं यथा
ye vṛthāmāṃsaniratatāste yānti kṣārakardamam / tato gajairnipātatyante marutprapatanaṃ yathā
Those who are addicted to (eating) meat in vain go to the Kṣārakardama (hell); then they are trampled down by elephants, as (if) falling in the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.112
तदन्ते भवमासाद्य हीनाङ्गाः प्रभवन्ति च । यस्त्वृतौ नाभिगच्छेत स्वस्त्रिंय मनुजेश्वर
tadante bhavamāsādya hīnāṅgāḥ prabhavanti ca / yastvṛtau nābhigaccheta svastriṃya manujeśvara
At the end of that, coming to (re)birth, they are born with defective limbs. But he who does not approach his own wife in her fertile season, O lord of men —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.113
स याति रौरवं घोरं ब्रह्महकत्यां च विन्दति । अन्याचाररतं दृष्ट्वा यः शक्तो न निवारयेत्
sa yāti rauravaṃ ghoraṃ brahmahakatyāṃ ca vindati / anyācārarataṃ dṛṣṭvā yaḥ śakto na nivārayet
— he goes to the dreadful Raurava and incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-slaying. He who, though able, does not restrain one seen engaged in wrong conduct —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.114
तत्पापं समवान्पोति नरकं तावुभावपि । पापिनां पापगणनां कृत्वान्येभ्यो दिशन्ति विन्दति
tatpāpaṃ samavānpoti narakaṃ tāvubhāvapi / pāpināṃ pāpagaṇanāṃ kṛtvānyebhyo diśanti vindati
— he acquires that same sin, and both of them (go to) hell. Those who, after reckoning up the sins of sinners, point them out to others, incur (sin):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.115
अस्तित्वे तुल्यपापास्ते मिथ्यात्वे द्विगुणा नृप । अपापे पातकं यस्तु समरोप्य विनिन्दति
astitve tulyapāpāste mithyātve dviguṇā nṛpa / apāpe pātakaṃ yastu samaropya vinindati
if (the charge) is true they share equal sin, if false it is doubled, O king. And he who fastens a fault upon one who is faultless and reviles him —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.116
स याति नरकं घोरं यावञ्चर्द्रार्कतारकम् । पापिनां निन्द्यमानानां पापार्द्धं क्षयमेति च
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvañcardrārkatārakam / pāpināṃ nindyamānānāṃ pāpārddhaṃ kṣayameti ca
— he goes to a dreadful hell as long as moon, sun and stars endure. And when sinners are reviled, half their sin is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.117
यस्तु व्रतानि संगृह्य असमाप्य परित्यज्येत् । सो ऽसिपत्रे ऽनुभूयार्तिं हीनाङ्गोजायते भुवि
yastu vratāni saṃgṛhya asamāpya parityajyet / so 'sipatre 'nubhūyārtiṃ hīnāṅgojāyate bhuvi
But he who, having undertaken vows, abandons them without completing them — he, after suffering pain in the Asipatra (hell), is born on earth with defective limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.118
अन्यैः संगृह्यमाणानांव्रतानां विन्घकृन्नरः । अतीव दुःखदंरौद्रं स याति श्लोष्मभोजनम्
anyaiḥ saṃgṛhyamāṇānāṃvratānāṃ vinghakṛnnaraḥ / atīva duḥkhadaṃraudraṃ sa yāti śloṣmabhojanam
The man who obstructs vows being undertaken by others goes to the exceedingly painful and terrible (hell of) phlegm-eating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.119
न्याये च धर्मशिक्षायां पक्षपातं करोति यः । न तस्य निष्कृतिर्भूयः प्रायश्चित्तायुतैरपि
nyāye ca dharmaśikṣāyāṃ pakṣapātaṃ karoti yaḥ / na tasya niṣkṛtirbhūyaḥ prāyaścittāyutairapi
He who shows partiality in judgment and in the teaching of dharma — for him there is no expiation again, even by ten thousand penances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.120
अभोज्यभोजी संप्राप्यं विङ्भोज्यं तु समायुतम् । ततश्चण्डालयोनौ तु गोमांसाशी सदा भवेत्
abhojyabhojī saṃprāpyaṃ viṅbhojyaṃ tu samāyutam / tataścaṇḍālayonau tu gomāṃsāśī sadā bhavet
One who eats food that must not be eaten obtains (a state of) eating excrement for ten thousand (years); thereafter, (born) in a Caṇḍāla womb, he becomes forever an eater of cow's flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.121
अवमान्य द्विजान्वाग्भिर्ब्रह्महत्यां च विन्दति । सर्वाश्चयातना भुक्त्वा चाण्डालो दशजन्मसु
avamānya dvijānvāgbhirbrahmahatyāṃ ca vindati / sarvāścayātanā bhuktvā cāṇḍālo daśajanmasu
Having insulted twice-born men with (harsh) words, he incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-murder; having undergone all the tortures, (he becomes) a Caṇḍāla for ten births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.122
विग्राय दीयमाने तु यस्तु विन्घं समाचरेत् । ब्रह्महत्यासमं तेन कर्त्तव्यं व्रतमेव च
vigrāya dīyamāne tu yastu vinghaṃ samācaret / brahmahatyāsamaṃ tena karttavyaṃ vratameva ca
But whoever obstructs (a gift) while it is being given, having disputed (it) — by him a vow equal to (that for) brahmin-murder must be performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.123
अपहृत्य पःस्यार्थं यः परेभ्यः प्रयच्छति । अपहर्त्ता तु निरयी यस्यार्थस्तस्य तत्फलम्
apahṛtya paḥsyārthaṃ yaḥ parebhyaḥ prayacchati / apaharttā tu nirayī yasyārthastasya tatphalam
He who takes away another's property and gives it to others — the taker indeed goes to hell, (but) the fruit of that (gift) belongs to him whose property it was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.124
प्रतिश्रुत्याप्रदानेन लालाभक्षं व्रजेन्नरः । यतिनिन्दापरो राजन् शिलानमात्रे प्रयाति हि
pratiśrutyāpradānena lālābhakṣaṃ vrajennaraḥ / yatinindāparo rājan śilānamātre prayāti hi
By not giving after having promised, a man goes to (the hell) Lālābhakṣa; one bent on reviling ascetics, O king, goes indeed to Śilānamātra (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.125
आरामच्छेदिनो यान्ति युगानामेकविंशतिम् । श्वभोजनं ततः सर्वा भुञ्जते यातनाः क्रमात्
ārāmacchedino yānti yugānāmekaviṃśatim / śvabhojanaṃ tataḥ sarvā bhuñjate yātanāḥ kramāt
Those who cut down (pleasure-)groves go (to hell) for twenty-one ages; then (to the hell) Śvabhojana; thereafter they undergo all the tortures in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.126
देवतागृहभेत्तारस्तडागानां च भूपते । पुष्पारामभिदश्चैव यां गतिं यान्ति तच्छृणु
devatāgṛhabhettārastaḍāgānāṃ ca bhūpate / puṣpārāmabhidaścaiva yāṃ gatiṃ yānti tacchṛṇu
Hear what course those go to, O lord of the earth, who break down temples of the gods and (break) reservoirs, and who destroy flower-gardens.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.127
यातनास्वासु सर्वासु पच्यन्ते वै पृथक् पृथक् । ततश्च विष्टाकृमयः कल्पानामेकविंशतिम्
yātanāsvāsu sarvāsu pacyante vai pṛthak pṛthak / tataśca viṣṭākṛmayaḥ kalpānāmekaviṃśatim
They are cooked in all these tortures, each one separately; and then (they become) worms in excrement for twenty-one kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.128
ततश्चाण्डालयोनौ तु शतजन्मानि भूपते । ग्रामविध्वं सकानां तु दाहकानां च लुम्पताम्
tataścāṇḍālayonau tu śatajanmāni bhūpate / grāmavidhvaṃ sakānāṃ tu dāhakānāṃ ca lumpatām
And thereafter (they are born) in a Caṇḍāla womb for a hundred births, O lord of the earth. But of those who destroy villages, who burn (them) and who plunder (them) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.129
महत्पापं तदादेष्टुं न क्षमो ऽहं निजायुषा । उच्छिष्टभोजिनो ये च मित्रद्रोहपराश्व ये
mahatpāpaṃ tadādeṣṭuṃ na kṣamo 'haṃ nijāyuṣā / ucchiṣṭabhojino ye ca mitradrohaparāśva ye
— that sin is so great that I am not able to declare it within my own lifespan. And those who eat leftovers, and those bent on betraying a friend —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.130
एतेषां यातनास्तीव्रा भवन्त्याचन्द्रतारकम् । उच्छिन्नपितॄदेवेज्या वेन्दमार्गबहिःस्थिताः
eteṣāṃ yātanāstīvrā bhavantyācandratārakam / ucchinnapitṝdevejyā vendamārgabahiḥsthitāḥ
— their tortures are severe, lasting as long as the moon and stars. (So too) those who have cut off the offerings to the ancestors and the gods, and those who stand outside the path of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.131
पापानां यातानानां च धर्माणां चापि भूपते । एवं बहुविधा भूप यातनाः पापकारिणणाम्
pāpānāṃ yātānānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ cāpi bhūpate / evaṃ bahuvidhā bhūpa yātanāḥ pāpakāriṇaṇām
Of the sins and the tortures, and also of the duties, O lord of the earth — thus, O king, manifold are the tortures of those who do evil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.132
तेषां तासां च संख्यानं कर्त्तुं नासमहं प्रभो । पापानां यातनानां च धर्माणां चापि भूपते
teṣāṃ tāsāṃ ca saṃkhyānaṃ karttuṃ nāsamahaṃ prabho / pāpānāṃ yātanānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ cāpi bhūpate
I am not able, O lord, to make a count of them (the sins) and of them (the tortures) — of the sins and the tortures, and also of the duties, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.133
संख्यां निगदितुं लोके कः क्षमो विष्णुना विना । एतेषां सर्वपापानां धर्मशास्त्रविधानतः
saṃkhyāṃ nigadituṃ loke kaḥ kṣamo viṣṇunā vinā / eteṣāṃ sarvapāpānāṃ dharmaśāstravidhānataḥ
Who in the world is able to state the number, apart from Viṣṇu? Of all these sins, according to the prescription of the treatises on dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.134
प्रायश्चित्तेषु चीर्णेषु पापराशिः प्रणश्यति । प्रायश्चित्तानि कार्याणि समीपे कमलापतेः
prāyaścitteṣu cīrṇeṣu pāparāśiḥ praṇaśyati / prāyaścittāni kāryāṇi samīpe kamalāpateḥ
when the expiations have been performed, the mass of sin perishes. The expiations are to be done in the presence of the Lord of Lakṣmī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.135
न्यूनातिरिक्तकृत्यानां संपूर्तिकरणाय च । गङ्गा चतुलसी चैव सत्सङ्गो हरिकीर्त्तनम्
nyūnātiriktakṛtyānāṃ saṃpūrtikaraṇāya ca / gaṅgā catulasī caiva satsaṅgo harikīrttanam
and for the making complete of acts done deficiently or excessively. The Ganges, and Tulasī, and the company of the good, the praising of Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.136
अनसूया ह्यहिंसा च सर्वेप्येते हि पापहाः । विष्ण्वर्पितानि कर्माणि सफलानि भवन्ति हि
anasūyā hyahiṃsā ca sarvepyete hi pāpahāḥ / viṣṇvarpitāni karmāṇi saphalāni bhavanti hi
freedom from envy and non-injury — all these indeed destroy sin. For acts offered to Viṣṇu become fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.137
अनर्प्पितानि कर्माणि भस्मविन्यस्तद्रव्यवत् । नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं यच्चान्यन्मोक्षमाधनम्
anarppitāni karmāṇi bhasmavinyastadravyavat / nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ yaccānyanmokṣamādhanam
Acts not (so) offered are like substances cast into ashes. Whatever is regular, occasional, or optional, and whatever else is a means to liberation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.138
विष्णौ समार्पितं सर्वं सात्त्विकं सफलं भवेत् । हरिभक्तिः परा नृणां सर्वं पापप्राणाशिनी
viṣṇau samārpitaṃ sarvaṃ sāttvikaṃ saphalaṃ bhavet / haribhaktiḥ parā nṛṇāṃ sarvaṃ pāpaprāṇāśinī
everything offered to Viṣṇu becomes sattvic and fruitful. Devotion to Hari is the highest thing for men, destroying all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.139
सा भक्तिद्रशधा ज्ञेया पापारण्यदवोपमा । तामसै राजसैश्वैव सात्त्विकैश्च नृपोत्तम
sā bhaktidraśadhā jñeyā pāpāraṇyadavopamā / tāmasai rājasaiśvaiva sāttvikaiśca nṛpottama
That devotion is to be known as tenfold, like a forest-fire to the wilderness of sin — (differentiated) by tamasic, rajasic and sattvic (kinds), O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.140
यच्चान्यस्य विनाशार्थं भजनं श्रीपतेर्नृप । सा तामस्यधमा भक्तिः खलभावधरा यतः
yaccānyasya vināśārthaṃ bhajanaṃ śrīpaternṛpa / sā tāmasyadhamā bhaktiḥ khalabhāvadharā yataḥ
And that worship of the Lord of Śrī which is (undertaken) for the destruction of another, O king — that devotion is the lowest of the dark (tāmasa) kind, since it bears a malicious disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.141
योर्ऽचयेत्कैतवधिया स्वैरिणी स्वपतिं यथा । नारायणं जगन्नाथं तामसी मध्यमा तु सा
yor'cayetkaitavadhiyā svairiṇī svapatiṃ yathā / nārāyaṇaṃ jagannāthaṃ tāmasī madhyamā tu sā
But he who worships Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of the world, with a deceitful mind, as a wanton woman (serves) her own husband — that is the middling dark (devotion).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.142
देवापूजापरान्दृष्ट्वा मात्सर्याद्योर्ऽचयेद्धीरम् । सा भक्तिः पृथिवीपाल तामसी चोत्तमा स्मृता
devāpūjāparāndṛṣṭvā mātsaryādyor'cayeddhīram / sā bhaktiḥ pṛthivīpāla tāmasī cottamā smṛtā
He who, seeing others intent on the worship of the god, worships the Steadfast One out of envy — that devotion, O protector of the earth, is held to be the highest of the dark kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.143
धनधान्यादिकं यस्तु प्रार्थयन्नर्चयेद्वरिम् । श्रद्धया परया युक्तः सा राजस्यधमा स्मृता
dhanadhānyādikaṃ yastu prārthayannarcayedvarim / śraddhayā parayā yuktaḥ sā rājasyadhamā smṛtā
But he who, praying for wealth, grain and the like, worships the Boon-giver, endowed with the highest faith — that is held to be the lowest of the passionate (rājasa) kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.144
यः सर्वलोकविख्यातकीर्तिमुद्दिश्य माधवम् । अर्चयेत्परया भक्त्या सा मध्या राजसी मता
yaḥ sarvalokavikhyātakīrtimuddiśya mādhavam / arcayetparayā bhaktyā sā madhyā rājasī matā
He who worships Mādhava with supreme devotion aiming at fame renowned in all the worlds — that is considered the middling passionate (devotion).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.145
सालोक्यादि पदं यस्तु समुद्दिश्यार्चयेद्धरिम् । सा राजस्युत्तमा भक्तिः कीर्तिता पृथिवीपते
sālokyādi padaṃ yastu samuddiśyārcayeddharim / sā rājasyuttamā bhaktiḥ kīrtitā pṛthivīpate
But he who worships Hari aiming at the state of dwelling in the same world (as the Lord) and the like — that, O lord of the earth, is proclaimed the highest passionate devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.146
यस्तु स्वकृतपापानां क्षयार्थं प्रार्चयेद्वरिम् । श्रद्धया परयोपेतः सा सात्त्विक्यधमा स्मृता
yastu svakṛtapāpānāṃ kṣayārthaṃ prārcayedvarim / śraddhayā parayopetaḥ sā sāttvikyadhamā smṛtā
But he who worships the Boon-giver for the destruction of the sins he himself has committed, possessed of supreme faith — that is held to be the lowest of the pure (sāttvika) kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.147
हरेरिदं प्रियमिति शुश्रूषां कुरुते तु यः । श्रद्धया संयुतो भूयः सात्त्विकी मध्यमा तु सा
hareridaṃ priyamiti śuśrūṣāṃ kurute tu yaḥ / śraddhayā saṃyuto bhūyaḥ sāttvikī madhyamā tu sā
But he who renders service (thinking) 'this is dear to Hari', joined ever more with faith — that is the middling pure (devotion).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.148
विधिबुद्ध्यार्चयेद्यस्तु दासवच्छ्रीपतिं नृप । भक्तीनां प्रवरा सा तु उत्तमा सात्त्विकी स्मृता
vidhibuddhyārcayedyastu dāsavacchrīpatiṃ nṛpa / bhaktīnāṃ pravarā sā tu uttamā sāttvikī smṛtā
But he who worships the Lord of Śrī like a servant, with the thought of (fulfilling) the injunction, O king — that is the foremost of devotions, held to be the highest pure kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.149
महीमानं हरेर्यस्तु किञ्चित्कृत्वा प्रियो नरः । तन्मयत्वेन संतुष्टः सा भक्तिरुत्तमोत्तमा
mahīmānaṃ hareryastu kiñcitkṛtvā priyo naraḥ / tanmayatvena saṃtuṣṭaḥ sā bhaktiruttamottamā
But the man who, having done even a little for Hari's greatness, becomes dear (to him) and is content through being filled with him — that devotion is the highest of the high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 15.150
अहमेव परो विष्णुर्मयिसर्वमिदं जगत् । इति यः सततं पश्येत्तं विद्यादुत्तमोत्तमम्
ahameva paro viṣṇurmayisarvamidaṃ jagat / iti yaḥ satataṃ paśyettaṃ vidyāduttamottamam
'I myself am the supreme Viṣṇu; in me is all this world' — he who constantly sees thus, him one should know as the highest of the high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.151
एवं दशविधा भक्तिः संसारच्छेदकारिणी । तत्रापि सात्त्विकी भक्तिः सर्वकामफल प्रदा
evaṃ daśavidhā bhaktiḥ saṃsāracchedakāriṇī / tatrāpi sāttvikī bhaktiḥ sarvakāmaphala pradā
Thus devotion is of ten kinds, cutting off the round of rebirth; and among these the pure (sāttvika) devotion bestows the fruit of all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.152
तस्माच्छृणुष्व भूपाल संसारविजिगीषथुणा । स्वकर्मणो विरोधेन भक्तिः कार्या जनार्दने
tasmācchṛṇuṣva bhūpāla saṃsāravijigīṣathuṇā / svakarmaṇo virodhena bhaktiḥ kāryā janārdane
Therefore listen, O ruler of the earth, you who wish to conquer the round of rebirth: devotion to Janārdana is to be practised without conflict with one's own duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.153
यः स्वधर्मं परित्यज्य भक्तिमात्रेण जीवति । न तस्य तुष्यते विष्णुराचारेणैव तुष्यते
yaḥ svadharmaṃ parityajya bhaktimātreṇa jīvati / na tasya tuṣyate viṣṇurācāreṇaiva tuṣyate
He who, abandoning his own duty, lives by devotion alone — with him Viṣṇu is not pleased; he is pleased only by (right) conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.154
सर्वागमानामाचारः प्रथमं परिकल्पते । आचारप्रभवो धर्मो धर्मस्य प्रभुरच्युतः
sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ prathamaṃ parikalpate / ācāraprabhavo dharmo dharmasya prabhuracyutaḥ
Conduct is laid down as the first of all the scriptures; dharma arises from conduct, and the lord of dharma is Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.155
तस्मात्कार्या हरेर्भक्तिः स्वर्धमस्याविरोधिनी । सदाचारविहीनानां धर्मा अप्यसुखप्रदाः
tasmātkāryā harerbhaktiḥ svardhamasyāvirodhinī / sadācāravihīnānāṃ dharmā apyasukhapradāḥ
Therefore devotion to Hari should be practised in a way not conflicting with one's own duty; for those devoid of good conduct, even their religious acts give no happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.156
स्वधर्महीना भक्तिश्वाप्यकृतैव प्रकीर्तिता । यत्तु पृष्टं त्वया भूयस्तत्सर्वं गदितं मया
svadharmahīnā bhaktiśvāpyakṛtaiva prakīrtitā / yattu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhūyastatsarvaṃ gaditaṃ mayā
Devotion bereft of one's own duty is declared to be as good as not done. And all that you asked again, that has been told by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.157
तस्माद्धर्मपरो भूत्वा पूजयस्व जनार्दनम् । नारायणमणीयांसं सुखमेष्यसि शाश्वकतम्
tasmāddharmaparo bhūtvā pūjayasva janārdanam / nārāyaṇamaṇīyāṃsaṃ sukhameṣyasi śāśvakatam
Therefore, becoming devoted to dharma, worship Janārdana, Nārāyaṇa the most minute; you will attain everlasting happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.158
शिव एव हरिः साक्षाद्धरिरेव शिवः स्वयम् । द्वयोरन्तरदृग्याति नरकारन्कोटिशः खलः
śiva eva hariḥ sākṣāddharireva śivaḥ svayam / dvayorantaradṛgyāti narakārankoṭiśaḥ khalaḥ
Śiva himself is Hari in person, and Hari himself is Śiva; the wicked man who sees a difference between the two goes to hells by the ten millions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.159
तस्माद्विष्णुं शिवं वापि समं बुद्धा समर्चय । भेदकृद्दुःखमाप्नोति इह लोके परत्रघ च
tasmādviṣṇuṃ śivaṃ vāpi samaṃ buddhā samarcaya / bhedakṛdduḥkhamāpnoti iha loke paratragha ca
Therefore, knowing Viṣṇu and Śiva to be the same, worship (them) alike; the maker of division obtains sorrow in this world and in the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.161
आत्मघातकपाप्मानो दग्धाः कपिलकोपतः । वसन्ति नरके ते तु राजंस्तव पितामहाः
ātmaghātakapāpmāno dagdhāḥ kapilakopataḥ / vasanti narake te tu rājaṃstava pitāmahāḥ
"Guilty of the sin of self-slaughter, burnt up by Kapila's wrath, your grandfathers, O king, dwell in hell."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.162
तानुद्धर महाभाग गङ्गानयनकर्मणा । गङ्गा सर्वाणि पापानि नाशयत्येव भूपते
tānuddhara mahābhāga gaṅgānayanakarmaṇā / gaṅgā sarvāṇi pāpāni nāśayatyeva bhūpate
"Deliver them, greatly fortunate one, by the act of bringing down the Ganges; for the Ganges destroys all sins, O lord of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.163
केशास्थिनखदन्दाश्च भस्मापिर नृपसत्तम । नयति विष्णुसदनं स्पृष्टा गाङ्गेनर वारिणा
keśāsthinakhadandāśca bhasmāpira nṛpasattama / nayati viṣṇusadanaṃ spṛṣṭā gāṅgenara vāriṇā
"Hair, bones, nails and teeth, and even ashes, O best of kings, when touched by the water of the Ganges, (she) carries to the abode of Viṣṇu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.164
यस्यास्थि भस्म वा राजन् गङ्गायां क्षिप्यते नरैः । स सर्वपापनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति भवनं हरेः
yasyāsthi bhasma vā rājan gaṅgāyāṃ kṣipyate naraiḥ / sa sarvapāpanirmuktaḥ prayāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ
"He whose bone or ashes is cast by men into the Ganges, O king, is freed from all sins and goes to the house of Hari."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.165
यानि कानि च पापानि प्रोक्तानि तव भूपते । तानि कर्माणिर नश्यन्ति गङ्गाबिन्द्वभिषेचनात्
yāni kāni ca pāpāni proktāni tava bhūpate / tāni karmāṇira naśyanti gaṅgābindvabhiṣecanāt
"And whatever sins have been declared to you, O lord of the earth, those deeds perish by being sprinkled with a drop of Ganges water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.166
सनक उवाच इत्युक्त्वा मुनिशार्दूल महाराजं भगीरथम् । धर्मात्मानं धर्मराजः सद्यश्वान्तर्दधेतदा
sanaka uvāca ityuktvā muniśārdūla mahārājaṃ bhagīratham / dharmātmānaṃ dharmarājaḥ sadyaśvāntardadhetadā
Sanaka said: Having spoken thus, O tiger among sages, to the great king Bhagīratha, whose self was set on dharma, the King of Dharma then at once vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 15.167
स तु राजा महाप्राज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगाः । निक्षिप्य पृथिवीं सर्वां सचिवेषु ययौ वनम्
sa tu rājā mahāprājñaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragāḥ / nikṣipya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saciveṣu yayau vanam
But that king, of great wisdom, who had mastered the meaning of all the scriptures, laid the whole earth upon his ministers and went to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition