Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 16
PdP 2 16.1
सुमनोवाच- अंगारसंचये मार्गे घृष्यमाणो हि नीयते । दह्यमानः स दुष्टात्मा चेष्टमानः पुनः पुनः
sumanovāca- aṃgārasaṃcaye mārge ghṛṣyamāṇo hi nīyate | dahyamānaḥ sa duṣṭātmā ceṣṭamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Sumanas said: On a road that is a mass of live coals he is led, being scraped along; that evil-souled one, burning, writhing again and again,
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PdP 2 16.2
यत्रातपो महातीव्रो द्वादशादित्यतापितः । नीयते तेन मार्गेण संतप्तः सूर्यरश्मिभिः
yatrātapo mahātīvro dvādaśādityatāpitaḥ | nīyate tena mārgeṇa saṃtaptaḥ sūryaraśmibhiḥ
(passes) where the heat is exceedingly fierce, scorched by twelve suns; by that road he is led, tormented by the sun's rays.
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PdP 2 16.3
पर्वतेष्वेव दुर्गेषु छायाहीनेषु दुर्मतिः । नीयते तेन मार्गेण क्षुधातृष्णाप्रपीडितः
parvateṣveva durgeṣu chāyāhīneṣu durmatiḥ | nīyate tena mārgeṇa kṣudhātṛṣṇāprapīḍitaḥ
Over mountains, over impassable places devoid of shade, that evil-minded one is led by that road, afflicted by hunger and thirst.
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PdP 2 16.4
स दूतैर्हन्यमानस्तु गदाखड्गैः परश्वधैः । कशाभिस्ताड्यमानस्तु निंद्यमानस्तु दूतकैः
sa dūtairhanyamānastu gadākhaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ | kaśābhistāḍyamānastu niṃdyamānastu dūtakaiḥ
He, being struck by the messengers with clubs, swords and axes, being beaten with whips, being reviled by the messengers —
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PdP 2 16.5
ततः शीतमये मार्गे वायुना सेव्यते पुनः । तेन शीतेन दुःखी स भूत्वा याति न संशयः
tataḥ śītamaye mārge vāyunā sevyate punaḥ | tena śītena duḥkhī sa bhūtvā yāti na saṃśayaḥ
then on a road made of cold he is attended upon again by the wind; made wretched by that cold, he goes on — there is no doubt.
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PdP 2 16.6
आकृष्यमाणो दूतैस्तु नानादुर्गेषु नीयते । एवं पापी स दुष्टात्मा देवब्राह्मणनिंदकः
ākṛṣyamāṇo dūtaistu nānādurgeṣu nīyate | evaṃ pāpī sa duṣṭātmā devabrāhmaṇaniṃdakaḥ
Being dragged along by the messengers, he is led through various impassable places. Thus that sinner, that evil-souled reviler of gods and brahmins,
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PdP 2 16.7
सर्वपापसमाचारो नीयते यमकिंकरैः । यमं पश्यति दुष्टात्मा कृष्णांजनचयोपमम्
sarvapāpasamācāro nīyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ | yamaṃ paśyati duṣṭātmā kṛṣṇāṃjanacayopamam
whose conduct is all sin, is led away by Yama's servants; the evil-souled one beholds Yama, resembling a heap of black collyrium,
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PdP 2 16.8
तमुग्रं दारुणं भीमं भीमदूतैः समावृतम् । सर्वव्याधिसमाकीर्णं चित्रगुप्तसमन्वितम्
tamugraṃ dāruṇaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmadūtaiḥ samāvṛtam | sarvavyādhisamākīrṇaṃ citraguptasamanvitam
him fierce, dreadful, terrifying, surrounded by terrifying messengers, thronged with all diseases, accompanied by Citragupta,
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PdP 2 16.9
आरूढं महिषं देवं धर्मराजं द्विजोत्तम । दंष्ट्राकरालमत्युग्रं तस्यास्यं कालसंनिभम्
ārūḍhaṃ mahiṣaṃ devaṃ dharmarājaṃ dvijottama | daṃṣṭrākarālamatyugraṃ tasyāsyaṃ kālasaṃnibham
(He sees) the god Dharmarāja, best of twice-born, mounted on a buffalo, terrible with his tusks and exceedingly fierce; his face is like Death (Kāla) itself.
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PdP 2 16.10
पीतवासं गदाहस्तं रक्तगंधानुलेपनम् । रक्तमाल्यकृताभूषं गदाहस्तं भयंकरम्
pītavāsaṃ gadāhastaṃ raktagaṃdhānulepanam | raktamālyakṛtābhūṣaṃ gadāhastaṃ bhayaṃkaram
Clad in yellow, mace in hand, smeared with red sandal-paste, adorned with red garlands, mace in hand, terrifying.
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PdP 2 16.11
एवंविधं महाकायं यमं पश्यति दुर्मतिः । तं दृष्ट्वा समनुप्राप्तं सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतम्
evaṃvidhaṃ mahākāyaṃ yamaṃ paśyati durmatiḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā samanuprāptaṃ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtam
Such is the huge-bodied Yama whom the evil-minded man sees; and (Yama), seeing him arrived, cast out from all dharma—
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PdP 2 16.12
यमः पश्यति तं दुष्टं पापिष्ठं धर्मकंटकम् । शासयेत्तु महादुःखैः पीडाभिर्दारुमुद्गलैः
yamaḥ paśyati taṃ duṣṭaṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ dharmakaṃṭakam | śāsayettu mahāduḥkhaiḥ pīḍābhirdārumudgalaiḥ
Yama looks upon that wicked one, most sinful, a thorn to dharma, and punishes (him) with great sufferings, with torments by wooden clubs.
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PdP 2 16.13
यावद्युगसहस्रांतं तावत्कालं प्रपच्यते । नानाविधे च नरके पच्यते च पुनः पुनः
yāvadyugasahasrāṃtaṃ tāvatkālaṃ prapacyate | nānāvidhe ca narake pacyate ca punaḥ punaḥ
For as long as a thousand ages last, for that length of time he is cooked, and in hells of many kinds he is cooked again and again.
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PdP 2 16.14
नारकीं याति वै योनिं कृमिकोटिषु पापकृत् । अमेध्ये पच्यते नित्यं हाहाभूतो विचेतनः
nārakīṃ yāti vai yoniṃ kṛmikoṭiṣu pāpakṛt | amedhye pacyate nityaṃ hāhābhūto vicetanaḥ
The doer of sin goes indeed to a hellish womb, among crores of worms; he is cooked forever in filth, crying 'alas, alas', bereft of consciousness.
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PdP 2 16.15
मरणं च स पापात्मा एवं याति सुनिश्चितम् । एवं पापस्य संयोगं भुंक्ते चैव सु दुर्मतिः
maraṇaṃ ca sa pāpātmā evaṃ yāti suniścitam | evaṃ pāpasya saṃyogaṃ bhuṃkte caiva su durmatiḥ
And that evil-souled one goes thus to death, most assuredly; thus the very evil-minded one experiences the consequence of sin.
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PdP 2 16.16
पुनर्जन्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यासु योनिषु याति च । शुनां योनिशतं प्राप्य भुंक्ते वै पातकं पुनः
punarjanma pravakṣyāmi yāsu yoniṣu yāti ca | śunāṃ yoniśataṃ prāpya bhuṃkte vai pātakaṃ punaḥ
I shall declare his rebirth, and in which wombs he goes: having obtained a hundred births as a dog, he again suffers (the fruit of) his sin.
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PdP 2 16.17
व्याघ्रो भवति दुष्टात्मा रासभीं याति वै पुनः । मार्जार शूकरीं योनिं सर्पयोनिं तथैव च
vyāghro bhavati duṣṭātmā rāsabhīṃ yāti vai punaḥ | mārjāra śūkarīṃ yoniṃ sarpayoniṃ tathaiva ca
The wicked-souled one becomes a tiger, and again he goes to a she-ass, to the womb of a cat and of a sow, and likewise to the womb of a snake.
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PdP 2 16.18
नानाभेदासु सर्वासु तिर्यक्षु च पुनः पुनः । पापपक्षिषु संयाति अन्यासु महतीषु च
nānābhedāsu sarvāsu tiryakṣu ca punaḥ punaḥ | pāpapakṣiṣu saṃyāti anyāsu mahatīṣu ca
Again and again (he is born) among all the manifold kinds of animals, and he goes among sinful birds and among other great (creatures).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 16.19
चांडाल भिल्लयोनिं च पुलिंदीं याति पापकृत् । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं पापिनां जन्म चैव हि
cāṃḍāla bhillayoniṃ ca puliṃdīṃ yāti pāpakṛt | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ pāpināṃ janma caiva hi
The sinner goes to the womb of a Cāṇḍāla, a Bhilla, and of a Pulinda woman. All this has been told to you, and the birth of sinners.
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PdP 2 16.20
मरणे शृणु कांत त्वं चेष्टां तेषां सुदारुणाम् । पापपुण्यसमाचारस्तवाग्रे कथितो मया
maraṇe śṛṇu kāṃta tvaṃ ceṣṭāṃ teṣāṃ sudāruṇām | pāpapuṇyasamācārastavāgre kathito mayā
Hear, beloved, of their most dreadful behaviour at death. The conduct of sin and merit has been related by me to you before.
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PdP 2 16.21
अन्यदेवं प्रवक्ष्यामि यदि पृच्छसि मानद
anyadevaṃ pravakṣyāmi yadi pṛcchasi mānada
I shall declare something else, if you ask, O giver of honour.
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