Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 7

SiP 5 7.1

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। अथ पापैर्नरा यांति यमलोकं चतुर्विधैः ।। संत्रासजननं घोरं विवशास्सर्वदेहिनः

sanatkumāra uvāca || atha pāpairnarā yāṃti yamalokaṃ caturvidhaiḥ || saṃtrāsajananaṃ ghoraṃ vivaśāssarvadehinaḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Now, by the four kinds of sins men go to Yama's world, which is terrifying and dreadful; all embodied beings (go there) helpless.

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SiP 5 7.2

गर्भस्थैर्जायमानैश्च बालैस्तरुणमध्यमैः ।। स्त्रीपुन्नपुंसकैर्जीवैर्ज्ञातव्यं सर्वजंतुषु

garbhasthairjāyamānaiśca bālaistaruṇamadhyamaiḥ || strīpunnapuṃsakairjīvairjñātavyaṃ sarvajaṃtuṣu

It is to be understood, among all creatures, of beings in the womb, being born, children, young and middle-aged, of women, men and the sexless.

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SiP 5 7.3

शुभाशुभफलं चात्र देहिनां संविचार्यते ।। चित्रगुप्तादिभिस्सर्वैर्वसिष्ठप्रमुखैस्तथा

śubhāśubhaphalaṃ cātra dehināṃ saṃvicāryate || citraguptādibhissarvairvasiṣṭhapramukhaistathā

And there the fruit, good and bad, of embodied beings is examined by Citragupta and all the others, and likewise by those headed by Vasiṣṭha.

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SiP 5 7.4

न केचित्प्राणिनस्संति ये न यांति यमक्षयम् ।। अवश्यं हि कृतं कर्म भोक्तव्यं तद्विचार्य्यताम्

na kecitprāṇinassaṃti ye na yāṃti yamakṣayam || avaśyaṃ hi kṛtaṃ karma bhoktavyaṃ tadvicāryyatām

There are no living beings who do not go to Yama's abode; for the deed that has been done must necessarily be undergone — let that be considered.

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SiP 5 7.5

तत्र ये शुभकर्माणस्सौम्यचित्ता दयान्विताः ।। ते नरा यांति सौम्येन पूर्वं यमनिकेतनम् क्वचित्पंकेन महता उरुतोकैश्च पातकैः ।। लोहसूचीनिभैर्दर्भैस्सम्पन्नेन पथा क्वचित् महाधूलिविमिश्रेण महाचण्डेन वायुना ।। महापाषाणवर्षेण हन्यमाना निराश्रयाः प्रेता भूत्वा विवस्त्राश्च शुष्ककंठौष्ठतालुकाः ।। असौम्या भयभीताश्च दह्यमानाः क्षुधान्विताः भिन्दिपालैर्विभियंते स्रवतः पूयशोणितम् ।। शकृता कृमिदिग्धाश्च नीयंते विवशा नराः ऊर्ध्वकेशं महाश्मश्रुमूर्ध्वप्रस्फुरिताधरम् ।। अष्टादशभुजं क्रुद्धं नीलांजनचयोपमम्

tatra ye śubhakarmāṇassaumyacittā dayānvitāḥ || te narā yāṃti saumyena pūrvaṃ yamaniketanam kvacitpaṃkena mahatā urutokaiśca pātakaiḥ || lohasūcīnibhairdarbhaissampannena pathā kvacit mahādhūlivimiśreṇa mahācaṇḍena vāyunā || mahāpāṣāṇavarṣeṇa hanyamānā nirāśrayāḥ pretā bhūtvā vivastrāśca śuṣkakaṃṭhauṣṭhatālukāḥ || asaumyā bhayabhītāśca dahyamānāḥ kṣudhānvitāḥ bhindipālairvibhiyaṃte sravataḥ pūyaśoṇitam || śakṛtā kṛmidigdhāśca nīyaṃte vivaśā narāḥ ūrdhvakeśaṃ mahāśmaśrumūrdhvaprasphuritādharam || aṣṭādaśabhujaṃ kruddhaṃ nīlāṃjanacayopamam

Among them, those who are of good deeds, gentle-minded and endowed with compassion — those men go by the gentle eastern (road) to Yama's dwelling. (But others go) somewhere by a road covered with deep mire and with sins that cause great pain, somewhere with darbha-grass like iron needles; struck by a most violent wind mixed with great dust and by a rain of huge stones, without refuge; having become pretas, naked, their throats, lips and palates dry, unlovely and terrified, burning, afflicted with hunger; they are split open with bhindipāla missiles, oozing pus and blood; smeared with excrement and worms, the men are led away helpless; (they see one) with hair erect, with a great beard, his lower lip quivering upward, eighteen-armed, wrathful, like a heap of dark antimony.

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SiP 5 7.6

ये पुनः पापकर्म्माणः पापा दानविवर्जिताः ।। ते घोरेण पथा यांति दक्षिणेन यमालयम्

ye punaḥ pāpakarmmāṇaḥ pāpā dānavivarjitāḥ || te ghoreṇa pathā yāṃti dakṣiṇena yamālayam

But those who are of sinful deeds, wicked, devoid of giving — they go by the dreadful southern road to Yama's abode.

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SiP 5 7.7

षडशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानामतीत्य तत् ।। वैवस्वतपुरं ज्ञेयं नानारूपमवस्थितम्

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanānāmatītya tat || vaivasvatapuraṃ jñeyaṃ nānārūpamavasthitam

Having passed eighty-six thousand yojanas, that city of the son of Vivasvat is to be known, standing there in manifold forms.

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SiP 5 7.8

समीपस्थमिवाभाति नराणां पुण्यकर्मणाम्।। पापिनामतिदूरस्थं पथा रौद्रेण गच्छताम्

samīpasthamivābhāti narāṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām|| pāpināmatidūrasthaṃ pathā raudreṇa gacchatām

To men of meritorious deeds it appears as if close at hand; to sinners going by the terrible road it stands very far away.

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SiP 5 7.9

तीक्ष्णकंटकयुक्तेन शर्कराविचितेन च ।। क्षुरधारानिभैस्तीक्ष्णैः पाषाणै रचितेन च

tīkṣṇakaṃṭakayuktena śarkarāvicitena ca || kṣuradhārānibhaistīkṣṇaiḥ pāṣāṇai racitena ca

(By a road) set with sharp thorns and strewn with gravel, and made of stones sharp as razor-edges,

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SiP 5 7.11

तटप्रायातिविषमैः पर्वतैर्वृक्षसंकुलैः ।। प्रतप्तांगारयुक्तेन यांति मार्गेण दुःखिताः

taṭaprāyātiviṣamaiḥ parvatairvṛkṣasaṃkulaiḥ || prataptāṃgārayuktena yāṃti mārgeṇa duḥkhitāḥ

with mountains exceedingly rough, mostly steep banks, thick with trees — by a road furnished with burning coals the afflicted ones go.

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SiP 5 7.12

क्वचिद्विषमगर्तैश्च क्वचिल्लोष्टैस्सुदुष्करैः ।। सुतप्तवालुकाभिश्च तथा तीक्ष्णैश्च शंकुभिः

kvacidviṣamagartaiśca kvacilloṣṭaissuduṣkaraiḥ || sutaptavālukābhiśca tathā tīkṣṇaiśca śaṃkubhiḥ

somewhere with uneven pits, somewhere with clods most hard to pass, and with scorching sands, and likewise with sharp stakes;

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SiP 5 7.13

अनेक शाखाविततैर्व्याप्तं वंशवनैः क्वचित्।। कष्टेन तमसा मार्गे नानालम्बेन कुत्रचित्

aneka śākhāvitatairvyāptaṃ vaṃśavanaiḥ kvacit|| kaṣṭena tamasā mārge nānālambena kutracit

somewhere overspread with bamboo thickets spread out with many branches; on the road, with painful darkness, in places with nothing to hold on to.

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SiP 5 7.14

अयश्शृंगाटकैस्तीक्ष्णैः क्वचिद्दावाग्निना पुनः ।। क्वचित्तप्तशिलाभिश्च क्वचिद्व्याप्तं हिमेन च

ayaśśṛṃgāṭakaistīkṣṇaiḥ kvaciddāvāgninā punaḥ || kvacittaptaśilābhiśca kvacidvyāptaṃ himena ca

with sharp iron caltrops, and again in places with forest fire, in places with heated rocks, and in places covered with snow;

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SiP 5 7.15

क्वचिद्वालुकया व्याप्तमाकंठांतः प्रवेशया ।। क्वचिद्दुष्टाम्बुना व्याप्तं क्वचिच्च करिषाग्निना

kvacidvālukayā vyāptamākaṃṭhāṃtaḥ praveśayā || kvacidduṣṭāmbunā vyāptaṃ kvacicca kariṣāgninā

in places covered with sand that one sinks into up to the neck, in places covered with foul water, and in places with a fire of dung;

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SiP 5 7.16

क्वचित्सिंहैर्वृकैर्व्याघ्रैर्मशकैश्च सुदारुणैः ।। क्वचिन्महाजलौकाभिः क्वचिच्चाजगरैस्तथा

kvacitsiṃhairvṛkairvyāghrairmaśakaiśca sudāruṇaiḥ || kvacinmahājalaukābhiḥ kvaciccājagaraistathā

In one place (they are beset) by lions, wolves, tigers, and most fearsome mosquitoes; in another by huge leeches, and in another by boa-constrictors.

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SiP 5 7.17

मक्षिकाभिश्च रौद्राभिः क्वचित्सर्पैर्विषोल्बणैः ।। मत्तमातंगयूथैश्च बलोन्मत्तैः प्रमाथिभिः

makṣikābhiśca raudrābhiḥ kvacitsarpairviṣolbaṇaiḥ || mattamātaṃgayūthaiśca balonmattaiḥ pramāthibhiḥ

And by savage flies, in one place by snakes swollen with venom, and by herds of maddened elephants, crazed with strength, that trample (all).

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SiP 5 7.18

पंथानमुल्लिखद्भिश्च सूकरैस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रिभिः।। तीक्ष्णशृंगैश्च महिषैस्सर्वभूतैश्च श्वापदैः

paṃthānamullikhadbhiśca sūkaraistīkṣṇadaṃṣṭribhiḥ|| tīkṣṇaśṛṃgaiśca mahiṣaissarvabhūtaiśca śvāpadaiḥ

And by boars with sharp tusks that furrow up the path, and by buffaloes with sharp horns, and by all kinds of beasts of prey.

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SiP 5 7.19

डाकिनीभिश्च रौद्राभिर्विकरालैश्च राक्षसैः ।। व्याधिभिश्च महाघोरैः पीड्यमाना व्रजंति हि

ḍākinībhiśca raudrābhirvikarālaiśca rākṣasaiḥ || vyādhibhiśca mahāghoraiḥ pīḍyamānā vrajaṃti hi

And by savage ḍākinīs and by hideous rākṣasas, and by most terrible diseases—thus tormented they go on.

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SiP 5 7.21

क्वचिद्विद्युत्प्रपातेन दह्यमाना व्रजन्ति च ।। महता बाणवर्षेण विध्यमानाश्च सर्वतः

kvacidvidyutprapātena dahyamānā vrajanti ca || mahatā bāṇavarṣeṇa vidhyamānāśca sarvataḥ

In one place, burned by the falling of lightning, they go on; and pierced on every side by a great rain of arrows.

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SiP 5 7.22

पतद्भिर्वज्रपातैश्च उल्कापातैश्च दारुणैः ।। प्रदीप्तांगारवर्षेण दह्यमानाश्च संति हि

patadbhirvajrapātaiśca ulkāpātaiśca dāruṇaiḥ || pradīptāṃgāravarṣeṇa dahyamānāśca saṃti hi

And by falling thunderbolts that descend, and by dreadful falls of meteors, and they are burned by a rain of blazing coals.

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SiP 5 7.23

महता पांसुवर्षेण पूर्यमाणा रुदंति च।। महामेघरवैर्घोरैस्त्रस्यंते च मुहुर्मुहुः

mahatā pāṃsuvarṣeṇa pūryamāṇā rudaṃti ca|| mahāmegharavairghoraistrasyaṃte ca muhurmuhuḥ

Buried under a great rain of dust, they weep; and they are terrified again and again by the dreadful roars of great clouds.

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SiP 5 7.24

निशितायुधवर्षेण भिद्यमानाश्च सर्वतः ।। महाक्षाराम्बुधाराभिस्सिच्यमाना व्रजंति च

niśitāyudhavarṣeṇa bhidyamānāśca sarvataḥ || mahākṣārāmbudhārābhissicyamānā vrajaṃti ca

And split open on every side by a rain of sharpened weapons, and drenched by streams of intensely salty water, they go on.

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SiP 5 7.25

महीशीतेन मरुता रूक्षेण परुषेण च ।। समंताद्बाध्यमानाश्च शुष्यंते संकुचन्ति च

mahīśītena marutā rūkṣeṇa paruṣeṇa ca || samaṃtādbādhyamānāśca śuṣyaṃte saṃkucanti ca

And, afflicted on all sides by a wind that is bitterly cold, harsh and rough, they shrivel up and shrink.

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SiP 5 7.26

इत्थं मार्गेण रौद्रेण पाथेयरहितेन च ।। निरालम्बेन दुर्गेण निर्जलेन समंततः

itthaṃ mārgeṇa raudreṇa pātheyarahitena ca || nirālambena durgeṇa nirjalena samaṃtataḥ

Thus by a road that is dreadful and without provisions, offering no support, hard to pass, waterless on every side,

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SiP 5 7.27

विषमेणैव महता निर्जनापाश्रयेण च ।। तमोरूपेण कष्टेन सर्वदुष्टाश्रयेण च

viṣameṇaiva mahatā nirjanāpāśrayeṇa ca || tamorūpeṇa kaṣṭena sarvaduṣṭāśrayeṇa ca

vast and rugged indeed, deserted and without shelter, dark in form, painful, and the resort of all evil things—

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SiP 5 7.28

नीयंते देहिनस्सर्वे ये मूढाः पापकर्मिणः ।। यमदूतैर्महाघोरैस्तदाज्ञाकारिभिर्बलात्

nīyaṃte dehinassarve ye mūḍhāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ || yamadūtairmahāghoraistadājñākāribhirbalāt

—along it all those embodied beings who are deluded and doers of evil are led by force by the most terrible messengers of Yama, who carry out his command.

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SiP 5 7.29

एकाकिनः पराधीना मित्रबन्धुविवर्जिताः ।। शोचंतस्स्वानि कर्म्माणि रुदंतश्च मुहुर्मुहुः

ekākinaḥ parādhīnā mitrabandhuvivarjitāḥ || śocaṃtassvāni karmmāṇi rudaṃtaśca muhurmuhuḥ

Alone, in the power of others, deprived of friends and kinsmen, grieving over their own deeds and weeping again and again,

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SiP 5 7.31

बद्धाश्शृंखलया केचिदुत्ता नपादका नराः ।। कृष्यंते कृष्यमाणाश्च यमदूतैर्बलोत्कटैः

baddhāśśṛṃkhalayā keciduttā napādakā narāḥ || kṛṣyaṃte kṛṣyamāṇāśca yamadūtairbalotkaṭaiḥ

Some men, bound with a chain, with their feet turned upward, are dragged—dragged along by Yama's messengers of overwhelming strength.

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SiP 5 7.32

उरसाधोमुखाश्चान्ये घृष्यमाणास्सुदुःखिताः ।। केशपाशनि बंधेन संस्कृष्यंते च रज्जुना

urasādhomukhāścānye ghṛṣyamāṇāssuduḥkhitāḥ || keśapāśani baṃdhena saṃskṛṣyaṃte ca rajjunā

And others, face down upon the chest, are scraped along in great pain; and (some) are dragged with a rope by a knot tied in the mass of their hair.

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SiP 5 7.33

ललाटे चांकुशेनान्ये भिन्ना दुष्यंति देहिनः ।। उत्तानाः कंटकपथा क्वचिदंगारवर्त्मना

lalāṭe cāṃkuśenānye bhinnā duṣyaṃti dehinaḥ || uttānāḥ kaṃṭakapathā kvacidaṃgāravartmanā

And other embodied beings, pierced on the forehead with a hook, are ruined; (some) lie face upward, (dragged) along a path of thorns, in one place along a road of live coals.

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SiP 5 7.35

ग्रीवापाशेन कृष्यंते प्रयांत्यन्ये सुदुःखिताः ।। जिह्वांकुशप्रवेशेन रज्ज्वाकृष्यन्त एव ते

grīvāpāśena kṛṣyaṃte prayāṃtyanye suduḥkhitāḥ || jihvāṃkuśapraveśena rajjvākṛṣyanta eva te

Others are dragged by a noose about the neck and go on in great pain; and those very ones are dragged by a rope through the insertion of a hook in the tongue.

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SiP 5 7.36

नासाभेदेन रज्ज्वा च त्वाकृश्यन्ते तथापरे ।। भिन्नाः कपोलयो रज्ज्वाकृष्यंतेऽन्ये तथौष्ठयोः

nāsābhedena rajjvā ca tvākṛśyante tathāpare || bhinnāḥ kapolayo rajjvākṛṣyaṃte'nye tathauṣṭhayoḥ

And others likewise are dragged with a rope by the piercing of the nose; and others, pierced through both cheeks, are dragged with a rope, and likewise through both lips.

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SiP 5 7.37

छिन्नाग्रपादहस्ताश्च च्छिन्नकर्णोष्ठनासिकाः ।। संछिन्नशिश्नवृषणाः छिन्नभिन्नांगसंधयः

chinnāgrapādahastāśca cchinnakarṇoṣṭhanāsikāḥ || saṃchinnaśiśnavṛṣaṇāḥ chinnabhinnāṃgasaṃdhayaḥ

With the tips of their feet and hands cut off, their ears, lips and noses cut off, their penis and testicles severed, the joints of their limbs cut and broken,

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SiP 5 7.38

आभिद्यमानाः कुंतैश्च भिद्यमानाश्च सायकैः ।। इतश्चेतश्च धावंतः क्रंदमाना निराश्रयाः

ābhidyamānāḥ kuṃtaiśca bhidyamānāśca sāyakaiḥ || itaścetaśca dhāvaṃtaḥ kraṃdamānā nirāśrayāḥ

Being pierced through with spears and split by arrows, running this way and that, crying out, without refuge,

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SiP 5 7.39

मुद्गरैर्लोहदण्डैश्च हन्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः ।। कंटकैर्विविधैर्घोरैर्ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभैः

mudgarairlohadaṇḍaiśca hanyamānā muhurmuhuḥ || kaṃṭakairvividhairghorairjvalanārkasamaprabhaiḥ

(They are) struck again and again with mallets and iron rods, and with manifold dreadful thorns whose glow is like blazing fire or the sun.

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SiP 5 7.41

याचमानाश्च सलिलमन्नं वापि बुभुक्षिताः ।। छायां प्रार्थयमानाश्च शीतार्ताश्चानलं पुनः

yācamānāśca salilamannaṃ vāpi bubhukṣitāḥ || chāyāṃ prārthayamānāśca śītārtāścānalaṃ punaḥ

And, being hungry, they beg for water or for food; and they ask for shade, and, tormented by cold, again for fire.

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SiP 5 7.42

दानहीनाः प्रयांत्येवं प्रार्थयंतस्सुखं नराः ।। गृहीतदान पाथेयास्सुखं यांति यमालयम्

dānahīnāḥ prayāṃtyevaṃ prārthayaṃtassukhaṃ narāḥ || gṛhītadāna pātheyāssukhaṃ yāṃti yamālayam

Thus do men who have given no gifts go on, begging for ease; but those who have taken (the merit of) giving as their provisions for the road go to Yama's abode in comfort.

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SiP 5 7.43

एवं न्यायेन कष्टेन प्राप्ताः प्रेतपुरं यदा ।। प्रज्ञापितास्ततो दूतैर्निवेश्यंते यमाग्रतः ।।

evaṃ nyāyena kaṣṭena prāptāḥ pretapuraṃ yadā || prajñāpitāstato dūtairniveśyaṃte yamāgrataḥ ||

When, by this manner (of travel), with such hardship, they have reached the city of the dead, then, being announced by the messengers, they are set down before Yama.

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SiP 5 7.44

पश्चाद्बाहुनिबद्धाश्च जठरेण प्रपीडिताः ।। पूरिताश्शृंखलाभिश्च हस्तयोश्च सुकीलिताः तत्र ये शुभकर्म्माणस्तांस्तु सम्मानयेद्यमः ।। स्वागतासनदानेन पाद्यार्घ्येण प्रियेण च

paścādbāhunibaddhāśca jaṭhareṇa prapīḍitāḥ || pūritāśśṛṃkhalābhiśca hastayośca sukīlitāḥ tatra ye śubhakarmmāṇastāṃstu sammānayedyamaḥ || svāgatāsanadānena pādyārghyeṇa priyeṇa ca

With their arms bound behind them, squeezed tight about the belly, filled up (weighed down?) with chains and firmly pinned at both hands — but among them those who have done good deeds, them Yama honours, with welcome and the offer of a seat, with water for the feet and the guest-offering, and with kind (words).

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SiP 5 7.45

धन्या यूयं महात्मानो निगमोदितकारिणः ।। यैश्च दिव्यसुखार्थाय भवद्भिस्सुकृतं कृतम्

dhanyā yūyaṃ mahātmāno nigamoditakāriṇaḥ || yaiśca divyasukhārthāya bhavadbhissukṛtaṃ kṛtam

"Fortunate are you, great-souled ones, doers of what the scriptures declare — you by whom good works were done for the sake of heavenly happiness."

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SiP 5 7.46

दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य दिव्यस्त्रीभोगभूषितम् ।। स्वर्गं गच्छध्वममलं सर्वकामसमन्वितम्

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya divyastrībhogabhūṣitam || svargaṃ gacchadhvamamalaṃ sarvakāmasamanvitam

"Mounting a heavenly chariot adorned with the enjoyments of divine women, go to spotless heaven, endowed with every desire."

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SiP 5 7.47

तत्र भुक्त्वा महाभोगानंते पुण्यस्य संक्षयात् ।। यत्किंचिदल्पमशुभं पुनस्तदिह भोक्ष्यथ

tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānaṃte puṇyasya saṃkṣayāt || yatkiṃcidalpamaśubhaṃ punastadiha bhokṣyatha

"Having enjoyed great pleasures there, at the end, when the merit is exhausted, whatever small evil (remains), that you will experience here again."

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SiP 5 7.48

धर्म्मात्मानो नरा ये च मित्रभूत्वा इवात्मनः ।। सौम्यं सुखं प्रपश्यंति धर्मराजत्वमेव च

dharmmātmāno narā ye ca mitrabhūtvā ivātmanaḥ || saumyaṃ sukhaṃ prapaśyaṃti dharmarājatvameva ca

And those men who are righteous of soul, as though he had become their own friend, behold him as gentle and pleasant, and (see) his very kingship of dharma.

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SiP 5 7.49

ये पुनः क्रूरकर्म्माणस्ते पश्यंति भयानकम् ।। दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं भृकुटीकुटिलेक्षणम्

ye punaḥ krūrakarmmāṇaste paśyaṃti bhayānakam || daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhṛkuṭīkuṭilekṣaṇam

But those whose deeds were cruel see (him) terrifying, his mouth gaping with fangs, his glance crooked with a frown,

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SiP 5 7.51

सर्वायुधोद्धतकरं सर्वदण्डेन तर्जयन् ।। महामहिषमारूढं दीप्ताग्निसमलोचनम्

sarvāyudhoddhatakaraṃ sarvadaṇḍena tarjayan || mahāmahiṣamārūḍhaṃ dīptāgnisamalocanam

with hands raised with every weapon, threatening with the rod of every (punishment), mounted on a great buffalo, his eyes like blazing fire,

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SiP 5 7.52

रक्तमाल्यांबरधरं महामेरुमिवोच्छ्रितम्।। प्रलयाम्बुदनिर्घोषं पिबन्निव महोदधिम् ।।

raktamālyāṃbaradharaṃ mahāmerumivocchritam|| pralayāmbudanirghoṣaṃ pibanniva mahodadhim ||

wearing red garlands and garments, towering like great Meru, roaring like the clouds of the world's dissolution, as if drinking up the great ocean,

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SiP 5 7.53

ग्रसंतमिव शैलेन्द्रमुद्गिरंतमिवानलम् ।। मृत्युश्चैव समीपस्थः कालानलसमप्रभुः

grasaṃtamiva śailendramudgiraṃtamivānalam || mṛtyuścaiva samīpasthaḥ kālānalasamaprabhuḥ

as if swallowing the lord of mountains, as if spewing out fire; and Death stands nearby, mighty as the fire of time,

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SiP 5 7.54

कालश्चांजनसंकाशः कृतांतश्च भयानकः ।। मारीचोग्रमहामारी कालरात्रिश्च दारुणा

kālaścāṃjanasaṃkāśaḥ kṛtāṃtaśca bhayānakaḥ || mārīcogramahāmārī kālarātriśca dāruṇā

and Time, dark as collyrium, and terrible Kṛtānta (the Ender), and Mārīcī, the fierce great pestilence, and dreadful Kālarātri (the Night of Time),

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SiP 5 7.55

विविधा व्याधयः कुष्ठा नानारूपा भयावहाः ।। शक्तिशूलांकुशधराः पाशचक्रासिपाणयः

vividhā vyādhayaḥ kuṣṭhā nānārūpā bhayāvahāḥ || śaktiśūlāṃkuśadharāḥ pāśacakrāsipāṇayaḥ

and diseases of many kinds, leprosies, of various forms, fearsome, bearing spears, tridents and hooks, with nooses, discs and swords in their hands,

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SiP 5 7.56

वजतुंडधरा रुद्रा क्षुरतूणधनुर्द्धराः।। नानायुधधरास्सर्वे महावीरा भयंकराः

vajatuṃḍadharā rudrā kṣuratūṇadhanurddharāḥ|| nānāyudhadharāssarve mahāvīrā bhayaṃkarāḥ

bearing thunderbolt-beaks (?), fierce, carrying razors, quivers and bows — all of them bearing various weapons, great heroes, terrifying,

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SiP 5 7.57

असंख्याता महावीराः कालाञ्जनसमप्रभाः ।। सर्वायुधोद्यतकरा यमदूता भयानकाः

asaṃkhyātā mahāvīrāḥ kālāñjanasamaprabhāḥ || sarvāyudhodyatakarā yamadūtā bhayānakāḥ

countless great warriors, glowing like black collyrium, their hands raised with every weapon — Yama's terrifying messengers.

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SiP 5 7.58

अनेन परिचारेण वृतं तं घोरदर्शनम् ।। यमं पश्यंति पापिष्ठाश्चित्रगुप्तं च भीषणम्

anena paricāreṇa vṛtaṃ taṃ ghoradarśanam || yamaṃ paśyaṃti pāpiṣṭhāścitraguptaṃ ca bhīṣaṇam

Surrounded by this retinue, dreadful to look upon, the worst sinners behold that Yama, and the fearsome Citragupta.

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SiP 5 7.59

निर्भर्त्सयति चात्यंतं यमस्तान्पापकर्म्मणः ।। चित्रगुप्तश्च भगवान्धर्म्मवाक्यैः प्रबोधयेत्

nirbhartsayati cātyaṃtaṃ yamastānpāpakarmmaṇaḥ || citraguptaśca bhagavāndharmmavākyaiḥ prabodhayet

And Yama reviles those evildoers utterly; and the lord Citragupta instructs (them) with words of dharma.

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