Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 70
PdP 2 70.1
मातलिरुवाच- यमपीडां प्रवक्ष्यामि महातीव्रां सुदारुणाम् । भुंजंति पापिनः सर्वे क्रूरास्ते ब्रह्मघातकाः
mātaliruvāca- yamapīḍāṃ pravakṣyāmi mahātīvrāṃ sudāruṇām | bhuṃjaṃti pāpinaḥ sarve krūrāste brahmaghātakāḥ
Mātali said: I shall describe the torment of Yama, exceedingly fierce and most terrible; all sinners suffer it, and those cruel ones who kill brāhmaṇas.
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PdP 2 70.2
क्वचित्पापाः प्रपच्यंते तीव्रेण करिषाग्निना । क्वचित्सिंहैर्वृकैर्व्याघ्रैर्दंशैः कीटैश्च दारुणैः
kvacitpāpāḥ prapacyaṃte tīvreṇa kariṣāgninā | kvacitsiṃhairvṛkairvyāghrairdaṃśaiḥ kīṭaiśca dāruṇaiḥ
In one place the sinners are cooked by a fierce fire of dung; in another (they are tormented) by lions, wolves, tigers, gadflies and dreadful insects;
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PdP 2 70.3
क्वचिन्महाजलौकोभिः क्वचिदाजगरैः पुनः । मक्षिकाभिश्च रौद्राभिः क्वचित्सर्पैर्विषोल्बणैः
kvacinmahājalaukobhiḥ kvacidājagaraiḥ punaḥ | makṣikābhiśca raudrābhiḥ kvacitsarpairviṣolbaṇaiḥ
in one place by huge leeches, in another again by boa constrictors, and by terrible flies, in one place by snakes overflowing with venom;
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PdP 2 70.4
मत्तमातंगयूथैश्च बलोत्कृष्टैः प्रमाथिभिः । पंथानमुल्लिखद्भिश्च तीक्ष्णशृंगमहावृषैः
mattamātaṃgayūthaiśca balotkṛṣṭaiḥ pramāthibhiḥ | paṃthānamullikhadbhiśca tīkṣṇaśṛṃgamahāvṛṣaiḥ
and by herds of rutting elephants, of surpassing strength, crushing (them), and by great bulls with sharp horns that gouge up the path;
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PdP 2 70.5
महाशृंगैश्च महिषैर्दुष्टगात्रप्रबाधकैः । डाकिनीभिश्च रौद्राभिर्विकरालैश्च राक्षसैः
mahāśṛṃgaiśca mahiṣairduṣṭagātraprabādhakaiḥ | ḍākinībhiśca raudrābhirvikarālaiśca rākṣasaiḥ
and by buffaloes with great horns that batter their wicked bodies, and by dreadful ḍākinīs and by gape-jawed rākṣasas;
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PdP 2 70.6
व्याधिभिश्च महाघोरैः पीड्यमाना व्रजंति ते । महातुलां समारूढा दह्यमाना दवानले
vyādhibhiśca mahāghoraiḥ pīḍyamānā vrajaṃti te | mahātulāṃ samārūḍhā dahyamānā davānale
and tormented by most horrible diseases they move along; mounted on a great balance-scale, burning in a forest fire,
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PdP 2 70.7
महावेगप्रधूतास्ते महाचंडेन वायुना । महापाषाणवर्षेण भिद्यमानाश्च सर्वतः
mahāvegapradhūtāste mahācaṃḍena vāyunā | mahāpāṣāṇavarṣeṇa bhidyamānāśca sarvataḥ
Shaken with great violence by a mighty fierce wind, and split apart on every side by a rain of huge stones,
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PdP 2 70.8
पतद्भिर्वज्रनिर्घोषैरुल्कापातैश्च दारुणैः । प्रदीप्तांगारवर्षेण हन्यमाना व्रजंति ते
patadbhirvajranirghoṣairulkāpātaiśca dāruṇaiḥ | pradīptāṃgāravarṣeṇa hanyamānā vrajaṃti te
struck by falling (bolts) that roar like thunder, by dreadful meteor-falls, and by a rain of blazing coals, they go on.
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PdP 2 70.9
महता पांसुवर्षेण पूर्यमाणा यमं गताः । ये नराः पापकर्माणः पापं भुंजंति दारुणम्
mahatā pāṃsuvarṣeṇa pūryamāṇā yamaṃ gatāḥ | ye narāḥ pāpakarmāṇaḥ pāpaṃ bhuṃjaṃti dāruṇam
Buried under a great downpour of dust they have gone to Yama — those men of evil deeds who reap dreadful evil.
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PdP 2 70.10
एवं पापविशेषेण पापिष्ठाः पापकारकाः । नरकं प्रतिभुंजंति बहुपीडासमाकुलम्
evaṃ pāpaviśeṣeṇa pāpiṣṭhāḥ pāpakārakāḥ | narakaṃ pratibhuṃjaṃti bahupīḍāsamākulam
Thus, according to the particular sin, the most sinful doers of evil reap in turn a hell crowded with many torments.
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PdP 2 70.11
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं विवेकं पुण्यपापयोः । अन्यत्किं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि धर्मशास्त्रमनुत्तमम्
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vivekaṃ puṇyapāpayoḥ | anyatkiṃ te pravakṣyāmi dharmaśāstramanuttamam
All this has been told to you, the discrimination between merit and sin. What else, the most excellent law-treatise, shall I declare to you?
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