Varaha Purana — Chapter 198
VrP 198.1
अथ संसारचक्रयातनास्वरूपवर्णनम् ।। वर्त्तमानः सभामध्ये राजा प्रेतपुराधिपः ।। मामेकमृषभं तत्र दर्शनं च ददौ यमः
atha saṃsāracakrayātanāsvarūpavarṇanam || varttamānaḥ sabhāmadhye rājā pretapurādhipaḥ || māmekamṛṣabhaṃ tatra darśanaṃ ca dadau yamaḥ
Now the description of the nature of the torments of the wheel of transmigration. The king, lord of the city of the dead, present in the midst of the assembly — Yama gave his sight (audience) there to me, a bull, alone.
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VrP 198.2
याथातथ्येन मे पूजा कार्येण विधिनाऽकरोत् ।। आसनं पाद्यमर्घ्यं च वेददृष्टेन कर्मणा
yāthātathyena me pūjā kāryeṇa vidhinā'karot || āsanaṃ pādyamarghyaṃ ca vedadṛṣṭena karmaṇā
He performed worship of me properly, with the rite as it should be done — a seat, water for the feet, and the guest-offering — with an act prescribed in the Veda.
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VrP 198.3
अब्रवीच्च पुनर्हृष्टो ह्यास्यतां च वरासने ।। कांचने कुशसंच्छन्ने दिव्यपुष्पोपशोभिते
abravīcca punarhṛṣṭo hyāsyatāṃ ca varāsane || kāṃcane kuśasaṃcchanne divyapuṣpopaśobhite
And, delighted, he spoke again: "Be seated on this excellent seat, golden, covered with kuśa grass, adorned with divine flowers."
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VrP 198.4
तस्य वक्त्रं महारौद्रं नित्यमेव भयानकम् ।। पश्यतस्तस्य मां विप्रास्ततः सौम्यतरं बभौ
tasya vaktraṃ mahāraudraṃ nityameva bhayānakam || paśyatastasya māṃ viprāstataḥ saumyataraṃ babhau
His face, exceedingly fierce and always terrifying — as he looked at me, O brahmins, it then became gentler.
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VrP 198.5
लोहिते तस्य वै नेत्रे जल्पतश्च पुनःपुनः ।। पद्मपत्रनिभे चैव जज्ञाते मम सौहृदात्
lohite tasya vai netre jalpataśca punaḥpunaḥ || padmapatranibhe caiva jajñāte mama sauhṛdāt
His two eyes, red indeed, as he spoke again and again became like lotus petals, out of friendship for me.
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VrP 198.6
ततोऽहं तस्य भावेन भावितश्च पुनःपुनः ।। प्रहृष्टमानसो जातो विश्वासं च परं गतः
tato'haṃ tasya bhāvena bhāvitaśca punaḥpunaḥ || prahṛṣṭamānaso jāto viśvāsaṃ ca paraṃ gataḥ
Then I, again and again brought into (his) mood by his feeling, became glad of mind and attained the highest confidence.
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VrP 198.7
तस्य प्रीतिकरं सद्यः सर्वदोषविनाशनम् ।। कामदं च यशोदं च दैवतैश्चापि पूजितम्
tasya prītikaraṃ sadyaḥ sarvadoṣavināśanam || kāmadaṃ ca yaśodaṃ ca daivataiścāpi pūjitam
(A hymn) that at once gives him pleasure, that destroys all faults, that grants desires and grants fame, and that is honoured even by the gods,
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VrP 198.8
कालवृद्धिकरं स्तोत्रं क्षिप्रं तत्र उदीरयन् ।। येन प्रीतो महातेजा यमः परमधार्मिकः
kālavṛddhikaraṃ stotraṃ kṣipraṃ tatra udīrayan || yena prīto mahātejā yamaḥ paramadhārmikaḥ
— quickly uttering there the hymn that brings about increase of time, by which Yama, of great splendour, supremely righteous, was pleased.
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VrP 198.9
ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ।। त्वं धाता च विधाता च श्राद्धे चैव हि दृश्यसे ।। पितॄणां परमो देवश्चतुष्पाद नमोऽस्तु ते
ṛṣiputra uvāca || tvaṃ dhātā ca vidhātā ca śrāddhe caiva hi dṛśyase || pitṝṇāṃ paramo devaścatuṣpāda namo'stu te
The sage's son said: You are the ordainer and the disposer, and you are seen in the śrāddha rite; you are the supreme god of the Fathers — homage to you, O four-footed one!
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VrP 198.11
कर्म कारयिता चैव भूतभव्य भवत्प्रभो ।। पावको मोहनश्चैव संक्षेपो विस्तरस्तथा
karma kārayitā caiva bhūtabhavya bhavatprabho || pāvako mohanaścaiva saṃkṣepo vistarastathā
You are the one who makes (beings) perform action, O (lord of) past and future, lord of what is; you are the purifier and the deluder, the contraction and the expansion likewise.
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VrP 198.12
दण्डपाणे विरूपाक्ष पाशहस्त नमोऽस्तु ते ।। आदित्यसदृशाकार सर्वजीवहर प्रभो
daṇḍapāṇe virūpākṣa pāśahasta namo'stu te || ādityasadṛśākāra sarvajīvahara prabho
O staff-in-hand, misshapen-eyed one, noose-in-hand — homage to you! O you whose form is like the sun, remover of all living beings, lord!
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VrP 198.13
कृष्णवर्ण दुराधर्ष तैलरूप नमोऽस्तु ते ।। मार्तण्डसदृश श्रीमन्मार्तण्डसदृशद्युतिः
kṛṣṇavarṇa durādharṣa tailarūpa namo'stu te || mārtaṇḍasadṛśa śrīmanmārtaṇḍasadṛśadyutiḥ
O black-coloured one, hard to assail, oil-formed one — homage to you! O you like Mārtaṇḍa (the sun), glorious one, whose radiance resembles Mārtaṇḍa's!
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VrP 198.14
हव्यकव्यवहस्त्वं हि प्रभविष्णो नमोऽस्तु ते ।। पापहन्ता व्रती श्राद्धा नित्ययुक्तो महातपाः
havyakavyavahastvaṃ hi prabhaviṣṇo namo'stu te || pāpahantā vratī śrāddhā nityayukto mahātapāḥ
For you are the conveyer of the oblations to gods and to the Fathers — O mighty one, homage to you! Destroyer of sin, keeper of vows, endowed with faith, ever intent, of great austerity.
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VrP 198.15
एकदृग्बहुदृग्भूत्वा काल मृत्यो नमोऽस्तु ते।। क्वचिद्दण्डी क्वचिन्मुण्डी क्वचित् कालो दुरासदः
ekadṛgbahudṛgbhūtvā kāla mṛtyo namo'stu te|| kvaciddaṇḍī kvacinmuṇḍī kvacit kālo durāsadaḥ
Having become one-eyed and many-eyed, O Time, O Death — homage to you! Somewhere staff-bearing, somewhere shaven-headed, somewhere Time hard to approach.
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VrP 198.16
क्वचिद्बालः क्वचिद्वृद्धः क्वचिद्रौद्रो नमोऽस्तु ते ।। त्वया विराजितो लोकः शासितो धर्महेतुना
kvacidbālaḥ kvacidvṛddhaḥ kvacidraudro namo'stu te || tvayā virājito lokaḥ śāsito dharmahetunā
Somewhere a child, somewhere an old man, somewhere terrible — homage to you! By you the world is made resplendent and governed for the sake of dharma.
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VrP 198.17
प्रत्यक्ष्यं दृश्यते देव त्वां विना न च सिध्यति ।। देवानां परमो देवस्तपसां परमं तपः
pratyakṣyaṃ dṛśyate deva tvāṃ vinā na ca sidhyati || devānāṃ paramo devastapasāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ
You are seen directly, O god, and without you nothing is accomplished; you are the supreme god of the gods, the supreme austerity of austerities.
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VrP 198.18
जपानां परमं जप्यं त्वत्तश्चान्यो न दृश्यते ।। ऋषयो वा तथा क्रुद्धा हतबन्धुसुहृज्जनाः
japānāṃ paramaṃ japyaṃ tvattaścānyo na dṛśyate || ṛṣayo vā tathā kruddhā hatabandhusuhṛjjanāḥ
You are the supreme thing to be muttered among mutterings; no other is seen (higher) than you — nor the seers, so too when angered, their kinsmen and friends slain.
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VrP 198.19
पतिव्रतास्तु या नार्यो दुःखितास्तपसि स्थिताः ।। न त्वं शक्त इह स्थानात्पातनाय कदाचन
pativratāstu yā nāryo duḥkhitāstapasi sthitāḥ || na tvaṃ śakta iha sthānātpātanāya kadācana
And those women who are devoted to their husbands, who, afflicted, remain in austerity — you are never able to cast them down from this station.
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VrP 198.21
वैशम्पायन उवाच ।। एवं श्रुत्वा स्तवं दिव्यमृषिपुत्रेण भाषितम् ।। परितुष्टस्तदा धर्मो ह्यौद्दालकसुतं प्रति
vaiśampāyana uvāca || evaṃ śrutvā stavaṃ divyamṛṣiputreṇa bhāṣitam || parituṣṭastadā dharmo hyauddālakasutaṃ prati
Vaiśampāyana said: Having thus heard the divine hymn spoken by the sage's son, Dharma was then thoroughly pleased with the son of Auddālaka.
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VrP 198.22
यम उवाच ।। परितुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते माधुर्येण तवानघ ।। याथातथ्येन वाक्येन ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते
yama uvāca || parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te mādhuryeṇa tavānagha || yāthātathyena vākyena brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te
Yama said: I am thoroughly pleased — blessings on you! — by your sweetness, O sinless one. Tell me in a truthful word: what shall I do for you?
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VrP 198.23
वरं वरय भद्रं ते यं वरं काङ्क्षसे द्विज ।। शुभं वा श्रेयसा युक्तं जीवितं वाप्यनामयम्
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yaṃ varaṃ kāṅkṣase dvija || śubhaṃ vā śreyasā yuktaṃ jīvitaṃ vāpyanāmayam
Choose a boon — blessings on you! — whatever boon you desire, O twice-born: something auspicious, or joined with welfare, or life free from disease.
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VrP 198.24
ऋषिपुत्र उवाच।। नेच्छाम्यहं महाभाग मृत्युं वा जीवितं प्रभो ।। यदि त्वं वरदो राजन्सर्वभूतहिते रतः
ṛṣiputra uvāca|| necchāmyahaṃ mahābhāga mṛtyuṃ vā jīvitaṃ prabho || yadi tvaṃ varado rājansarvabhūtahite rataḥ
The sage's son said: I do not desire death or life, O greatly fortunate lord. If you are a granter of boons, O king, devoted to the welfare of all beings —
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VrP 198.25
द्रष्टुमिच्छाम्यहं देव तव देशं यथातथम् ।। पापानां च शुभानां च या गतिस्त्विह दृश्यते
draṣṭumicchāmyahaṃ deva tava deśaṃ yathātatham || pāpānāṃ ca śubhānāṃ ca yā gatistviha dṛśyate
— I wish to see, O god, your realm as it truly is, and what course is seen here for the wicked and for the good.
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VrP 198.26
सर्वं दर्शय मे राजन्यदि त्वं वरदो मम ।। चित्रगुप्तं च तं राजन्कार्यार्थं तव चिन्तकम्
sarvaṃ darśaya me rājanyadi tvaṃ varado mama || citraguptaṃ ca taṃ rājankāryārthaṃ tava cintakam
Show me all of it, O king, if you are a granter of boons to me — and Citragupta too, O king, who considers the business of your affairs.
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VrP 198.27
दर्शयस्व महाभाग सर्वलोकस्य चिन्तक ।। यथा कर्मविशेषाणां दर्शनार्थं करोति सः
darśayasva mahābhāga sarvalokasya cintaka || yathā karmaviśeṣāṇāṃ darśanārthaṃ karoti saḥ
Show (him to me), O greatly fortunate one, O you who consider the whole world — and how he acts so as to make the particulars of (each one's) deeds visible.
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VrP 198.28
एवमुक्तो महातेजा द्वारस्थं संदिदेश ह ।। चित्रगुप्तसकाशं तु नय विप्रं सुयन्त्रितम्
evamukto mahātejā dvārasthaṃ saṃdideśa ha || citraguptasakāśaṃ tu naya vipraṃ suyantritam
Thus addressed, the greatly splendid one instructed the gatekeeper: "Lead this brahmin, well secured, into the presence of Citragupta."
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VrP 198.29
वक्तव्यश्च महाबाहुरस्मिन्विप्रे यथातथम् ।। प्राप्तकालं च युक्तं च तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि
vaktavyaśca mahābāhurasminvipre yathātatham || prāptakālaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi
"And it must be told, O mighty-armed one, truly, in the case of this brahmin: whatever is timely and fitting, all that you ought to tell (him)."
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VrP 198.31
प्रत्युत्थितश्च मां दृष्ट्वा चिन्तयित्वा तु तत्त्वतः ।। स्वागतं मुनिशार्दूल यथेष्टं परिगम्यताम्
pratyutthitaśca māṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayitvā tu tattvataḥ || svāgataṃ muniśārdūla yatheṣṭaṃ parigamyatām
And having risen up and seen me, and having reflected on the matter truly, (he said:) "Welcome, tiger among sages; move about here as you please."
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VrP 198.32
एवं सम्भाष्य मां वीरः स्वान्भृत्यान्सन्दिदेश ह ।। कृताञ्जलिपुटान्सर्वान्घोररूपान्भयानकान्
evaṃ sambhāṣya māṃ vīraḥ svānbhṛtyānsandideśa ha || kṛtāñjalipuṭānsarvānghorarūpānbhayānakān
Having spoken to me thus, the hero gave orders to his own servants, all of them standing with palms joined, of terrible form and frightening.
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VrP 198.33
चित्रगुप्त उवाच ।। भो भो शृणुत मे दूता मम चित्तानुवर्त्तकाः ।। भक्तिमन्तो दुराधर्षा नित्यं व्रतपरायणाः
citragupta uvāca || bho bho śṛṇuta me dūtā mama cittānuvarttakāḥ || bhaktimanto durādharṣā nityaṃ vrataparāyaṇāḥ
Citragupta said: Ho, ho, hear me, my messengers, who follow my mind, devoted, unassailable, ever intent upon (your) duty.
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VrP 198.34
अयं विप्रो मयादिष्टः प्रेतावासं गमिष्यति ।। अस्य रक्षा च गुप्तिश्च भवद्भिः क्रियतामिति
ayaṃ vipro mayādiṣṭaḥ pretāvāsaṃ gamiṣyati || asya rakṣā ca guptiśca bhavadbhiḥ kriyatāmiti
This brahmin, instructed by me, will go to the dwelling of the departed; let his protection and guarding be done by you.
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VrP 198.35
नैव दुःखेन खेदः स्यान्न चोष्णेन च शीततः ।। भुक्षापि तृषा वापि एष आज्ञापयामि वः
naiva duḥkhena khedaḥ syānna coṣṇena ca śītataḥ || bhukṣāpi tṛṣā vāpi eṣa ājñāpayāmi vaḥ
Let there be no distress for him from pain, nor from heat nor from cold, nor from hunger or thirst either — this I command you.
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VrP 198.36
एवं दत्तवरो विप्रो गुरुचित्तानुचिन्तकः ।। सर्वभूतदयावांश्च द्रव्यवांश्च स वै द्विजः
evaṃ dattavaro vipro gurucittānucintakaḥ || sarvabhūtadayāvāṃśca dravyavāṃśca sa vai dvijaḥ
The brahmin, granted a boon in this way, mindful of his teacher's intent, compassionate to all beings and possessed of substance — that twice-born,
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VrP 198.37
यथाकाममयं पश्येद्धर्म्मराजपुरोत्तमम् ।। एवमुक्त्वा महातेजा गच्छ गच्छेति चाब्रवीत्
yathākāmamayaṃ paśyeddharmmarājapurottamam || evamuktvā mahātejā gaccha gaccheti cābravīt
may he behold this best of cities of the King of Dharma as he pleases. Having said this, the greatly splendid one said, "Go, go!"
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VrP 198.38
ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ।। सन्दिष्टाश्च ततो दूताश्चित्रगुप्तेन धीमता ।। धावन्तस्त्वरमाणास्तु गृह्णन्तो घ्नन्त एव च
ṛṣiputra uvāca || sandiṣṭāśca tato dūtāścitraguptena dhīmatā || dhāvantastvaramāṇāstu gṛhṇanto ghnanta eva ca
The sage's son said: Then the messengers, instructed by the wise Citragupta, running and hurrying, seizing and indeed striking,
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VrP 198.39
बन्धयन्ति महाकाया निर्दहन्ति महाबलाः ।। पाटयन्ति प्रहारैश्च ताडयन्ति पुनः पुनः
bandhayanti mahākāyā nirdahanti mahābalāḥ || pāṭayanti prahāraiśca tāḍayanti punaḥ punaḥ
the huge-bodied ones bind, the mighty ones burn up, they tear apart with blows and beat (them) again and again.
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VrP 198.41
रुदन्ति करुणं घोरं त्रातारं नाप्नुवन्ति ते ।। नरकेऽपि तथा पूर्णे ह्यगाधे तमसावृते
rudanti karuṇaṃ ghoraṃ trātāraṃ nāpnuvanti te || narake'pi tathā pūrṇe hyagādhe tamasāvṛte
They weep piteously and terribly; they find no rescuer — likewise in the hell too, which is full, bottomless, covered with darkness.
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VrP 198.42
केचिच्च तेषु पच्यन्ते दह्यन्ते पावकेन्धनम् ।। तैलपाके तथा केचित्केचित्क्षारेण सर्पिषा
kecicca teṣu pacyante dahyante pāvakendhanam || tailapāke tathā kecitkecitkṣāreṇa sarpiṣā
And some are cooked in those (hells), burned as fuel for the fire; some likewise in boiling oil, some with caustic lye, (some) with ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.43
पतन्ति ते दुरात्मानस्तत्र तत्र च कर्मभिः ।। यातनाभिर्दह्यमाना घोराभिश्च ततस्ततः
patanti te durātmānastatra tatra ca karmabhiḥ || yātanābhirdahyamānā ghorābhiśca tatastataḥ
Those evil-souled ones fall there and there according to their deeds, burned by terrible torments here and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.44
केचिद्यन्त्रमुपारोप्य संपीड्यन्ते तिला इव ।। तेषां संपीड्यमानानां शोणितं स्रवते बहु
kecidyantramupāropya saṃpīḍyante tilā iva || teṣāṃ saṃpīḍyamānānāṃ śoṇitaṃ sravate bahu
Some, mounted upon a press, are squeezed like sesame seeds; and from them, as they are squeezed, much blood flows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.45
ततो वैतरणी घोरा संभूता निम्नगा तथा ।। सफेनसलिलावर्त्ता दुस्तरा पापकर्मिणाम्
tato vaitaraṇī ghorā saṃbhūtā nimnagā tathā || saphenasalilāvarttā dustarā pāpakarmiṇām
From that came into being the terrible river Vaitaraṇī, flowing downward, its water with foam and whirlpools, hard for evil-doers to cross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.46
अथान्ये शूल आरोप्य दूताः पादेषु गृह्य वै ।। वैतरण्यां सुघोरायां प्रक्षिपन्ति सहस्रशः
athānye śūla āropya dūtāḥ pādeṣu gṛhya vai || vaitaraṇyāṃ sughorāyāṃ prakṣipanti sahasraśaḥ
Then other messengers, impaling (them) on a stake and seizing (them) by the feet, hurl them by the thousands into the most terrible Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.47
नानुष्णे रुधिरे तत्र फेनमालासमाकुलाः ।। दशन्ति सर्पास्तांस्तत्र प्राणिनस्तु सहस्रशः
nānuṣṇe rudhire tatra phenamālāsamākulāḥ || daśanti sarpāstāṃstatra prāṇinastu sahasraśaḥ
There, in the not-cool blood thick with garlands of foam, serpents bite those creatures there by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.48
अनुत्तार्य तदा तस्या उच्छ्रिता विकृतावशाः ।। आवर्त्तादूर्मयश्चैव ह्युत्तिष्ठन्ति सहस्रशः
anuttārya tadā tasyā ucchritā vikṛtāvaśāḥ || āvarttādūrmayaścaiva hyuttiṣṭhanti sahasraśaḥ
Not letting (them) cross over, its (waves) then rise up, distorted and uncontrollable; and waves rise up by the thousands from the whirlpool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.49
तत्र शुष्यन्ति ते पापाः सर्वदोषसमन्विताः ।। मज्जन्तश्च वमन्तश्च त्रातारं नाप्नुवन्ति ते
tatra śuṣyanti te pāpāḥ sarvadoṣasamanvitāḥ || majjantaśca vamantaśca trātāraṃ nāpnuvanti te
There those sinners, filled with every fault, dry up; sinking and vomiting, they find no rescuer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.51
असिशक्तिप्रहारैश्च ताडयन्ति पुनःपुनः ।। तत्र शाखासु घोरासु मया दृष्टाः सहस्रशः
asiśaktiprahāraiśca tāḍayanti punaḥpunaḥ || tatra śākhāsu ghorāsu mayā dṛṣṭāḥ sahasraśaḥ
And they beat (them) again and again with blows of sword and spear. There on the terrible branches thousands were seen by me:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.52
कूष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च लंबमाना भयानकाः ।। अतिक्रम्य च ते स्कन्धास्तीक्ष्णकण्टकसङ्कुलाः
kūṣmāṇḍā yātudhānāśca laṃbamānā bhayānakāḥ || atikramya ca te skandhāstīkṣṇakaṇṭakasaṅkulāḥ
Kūṣmāṇḍas and demons, hanging, frightful; and those trunks, crowded with sharp thorns, having passed over (them)...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.53
वेदनार्त्तास्तु वेगेन शीघ्रं शाखा उपारुहन् ।। तत्र ते निहता घोरा राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः
vedanārttāstu vegena śīghraṃ śākhā upāruhan || tatra te nihatā ghorā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ
Tormented by pain, they swiftly and forcefully climbed up the branches; there those dreadful, flesh-eating demons were struck down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.54
घ्नन्ति चारूढगात्राणि निःशङ्कं तमसा वृतम् ।। संक्रमाच्चैव खादन्ति शालायां कपिवद्भृशम्
ghnanti cārūḍhagātrāṇi niḥśaṅkaṃ tamasā vṛtam || saṃkramāccaiva khādanti śālāyāṃ kapivadbhṛśam
And they strike the bodies of those who have climbed up, fearlessly, (in a place) enveloped in darkness; and from the crossing-beam they devour (them) violently, like a monkey in a hall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.55
यथा च कुक्कुटं खादेत् कश्चिन्म्लेच्छो निराकृतः ।। तथा कटकटाशब्दस्तस्मिन्वृक्षे मया श्रुतः
yathā ca kukkuṭaṃ khādet kaścinmleccho nirākṛtaḥ || tathā kaṭakaṭāśabdastasminvṛkṣe mayā śrutaḥ
And just as some outcaste barbarian might eat a cock, so was a crunching sound heard by me in that tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.56
पक्वमाम्रफलं यद्वन्नरः खादेद्यथा वने ।। एवं ते मुखतः कृत्वा महावक्त्रा दुरासदाः
pakvamāmraphalaṃ yadvannaraḥ khādedyathā vane || evaṃ te mukhataḥ kṛtvā mahāvaktrā durāsadāḥ
Just as a man in the forest would eat a ripe mango fruit, so those great-mouthed, unapproachable ones, having taken (them) into their mouths—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.58
ततो जवेन संयुक्ता वनस्थाश्चूषिताः पुनः ।। आविष्टानि च कर्माणि पुनः शीघ्रमकामयन्
tato javena saṃyuktā vanasthāścūṣitāḥ punaḥ || āviṣṭāni ca karmāṇi punaḥ śīghramakāmayan
Then, endowed with speed, those standing in the wood were sucked dry again; and again they quickly desired the deeds that had possessed (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.59
अधस्तात्तु पुनस्तत्र पश्यन्तः पापकर्मिणः ।। बहुसंख्येषु पापेषु दारुणेषु सुदुःखिताः
adhastāttu punastatra paśyantaḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ || bahusaṃkhyeṣu pāpeṣu dāruṇeṣu suduḥkhitāḥ
But again, below, there, seeing the doers of evil deeds, greatly afflicted amid evils many in number and terrible—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.61
पाषाणवर्षैः केचित्तु पांसुवर्षैश्च विद्रुताः ।। प्रविशन्ति नगच्छायां ततस्ते प्रज्वलन्ति तु
pāṣāṇavarṣaiḥ kecittu pāṃsuvarṣaiśca vidrutāḥ || praviśanti nagacchāyāṃ tataste prajvalanti tu
Some, scattered by rains of stones and by rains of dust, enter the shade of a tree, and then they burst into flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.62
द्रवन्ति च पुनस्तत्र दूतैश्चापि दृढं हताः ।। भुवनेषु च घोरेषु पच्यन्ते ते दृढाग्निना
dravanti ca punastatra dūtaiścāpi dṛḍhaṃ hatāḥ || bhuvaneṣu ca ghoreṣu pacyante te dṛḍhāgninā
And again they run there, and are beaten hard by the messengers; and in dreadful chambers they are cooked by a fierce fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.63
वारिपूर्णं ततः कुम्भं शीतलं च जलं पुनः ।। दीयतां दीयतां चेति ब्रुवते नः प्रसीदथ
vāripūrṇaṃ tataḥ kumbhaṃ śītalaṃ ca jalaṃ punaḥ || dīyatāṃ dīyatāṃ ceti bruvate naḥ prasīdatha
Then (they say): "A pot filled with water, and cool water again—let it be given, let it be given! Be gracious to us," they say.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.64
ततः पानीयरूपेण जलं तप्तं तु दीयते ।। तेन दग्धाश्च आर्त्ताश्च क्रोशन्तश्च परस्परम्
tataḥ pānīyarūpeṇa jalaṃ taptaṃ tu dīyate || tena dagdhāśca ārttāśca krośantaśca parasparam
Then, in the guise of drinking-water, heated water is given; burned by it and afflicted, they cry out to one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.65
आलिङ्ग्यालिङ्ग्य दुःखार्त्ताः केचित्तत्र पतन्ति वै ।। तथान्ये क्षुधितास्तत्र हाहाभूतमचेतसः
āliṅgyāliṅgya duḥkhārttāḥ kecittatra patanti vai || tathānye kṣudhitāstatra hāhābhūtamacetasaḥ
Embracing one another again and again, afflicted with pain, some there fall down; and likewise others there, hungry, are senseless, crying "alas, alas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.66
अन्नानां च सुमिष्टानां भक्ष्याणां च विशेषतः ।। पश्यन्ति राशिं तत्रस्थां सुगन्धां पर्वतोपमाम्
annānāṃ ca sumiṣṭānāṃ bhakṣyāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ || paśyanti rāśiṃ tatrasthāṃ sugandhāṃ parvatopamām
And they see there a heap of foods very sweet, and especially of things to eat, fragrant, resembling a mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.67
दधिक्षीररसांश्चैव कृसरान्पायसं तथा ।। मधुमाधवपूर्णानि सुरामैरेयकस्य च
dadhikṣīrarasāṃścaiva kṛsarānpāyasaṃ tathā || madhumādhavapūrṇāni surāmaireyakasya ca
And curds, milk, juices, kṛsara (rice and sesame dish), and rice-pudding too; (vessels) full of honey-wine and mādhava, and of surā and maireya liquor,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.68
माध्वीकस्य च पानस्य सीधोर्जातीरसस्य च ।। पानानि दिव्यानि सुगन्धीनि वै शीतलानिच
mādhvīkasya ca pānasya sīdhorjātīrasasya ca || pānāni divyāni sugandhīni vai śītalānica
and of mādhvīka drink, and of sīdhu and of jātī-juice—drinks divine, fragrant indeed, and cool,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.69
गोरसस्य च पानानि भाजनानि च नित्यशः ।। तपोऽर्जितानि दिव्यानि तिष्ठन्ति सुकृतात्मनाम्
gorasasya ca pānāni bhājanāni ca nityaśaḥ || tapo'rjitāni divyāni tiṣṭhanti sukṛtātmanām
and drinks of milk-products, and vessels perpetually—divine (things) earned by austerity—stand there for those of good deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.71
भोजनेषु च सर्वेषु स्त्रियः कान्ता मनोहराः ।। गृहीतकुम्भमणिकाः सर्वाभरणभूषिताः
bhojaneṣu ca sarveṣu striyaḥ kāntā manoharāḥ || gṛhītakumbhamaṇikāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ
And at all the meals, women, lovely and charming, holding water-jars and jewelled pots, adorned with every ornament;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.72
फलानि कुण्डहस्ताश्च पात्रहस्तास्तथापराः ।। सुमनःपाद्य हस्ताश्च अदीना परमाङ्गनाः
phalāni kuṇḍahastāśca pātrahastāstathāparāḥ || sumanaḥpādya hastāśca adīnā paramāṅganāḥ
others with fruits and bowls in their hands, and likewise with dishes in their hands, and with flowers and foot-water in their hands—excellent women, not downcast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.73
अन्नदानरताश्चैव भोजयन्ति सहस्रशः ।। नूपुरोज्वलपादाश्च तिष्ठन्ति च मनोहराः
annadānaratāścaiva bhojayanti sahasraśaḥ || nūpurojvalapādāśca tiṣṭhanti ca manoharāḥ
And devoted to the giving of food, they feed (them) by thousands; and charming, with feet bright with anklets, they stand by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.74
उपस्थाप्य महायोग्यमत्र काले च योषितः ।। ब्रुवन्ति सर्वास्ताश्चैव तस्यां तस्य च दक्षिणाः
upasthāpya mahāyogyamatra kāle ca yoṣitaḥ || bruvanti sarvāstāścaiva tasyāṃ tasya ca dakṣiṇāḥ
Having presented what is greatly fitting here and at (the proper) time, the women, all of them, speak; and (there are) gifts for her and for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.75
पापाशया निष्कृतिकाः सर्वदानविवर्जिताः ।। परापवादनिरताः पापैर्बद्धकथानकाः
pāpāśayā niṣkṛtikāḥ sarvadānavivarjitāḥ || parāpavādaniratāḥ pāpairbaddhakathānakāḥ
(But those) of evil intent, given to trickery, wholly devoid of giving, delighting in slandering others, whose talk is bound up with sins—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.77
निर्लज्जा गृहका देया याचितुं मनसा हिताः ।। सुलभानि न दत्तानि विभवे सति लौकिके
nirlajjā gṛhakā deyā yācituṃ manasā hitāḥ || sulabhāni na dattāni vibhave sati laukike
Shameless, (they said) "the little house must be given," (yet) they were well-disposed only in mind toward one begging; though wealth was there in the world, even easy (gifts) were not given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.78
पानीयमथ काष्ठानि यद्यन्नं सुखमागतम् ।। तेन वध्या भवन्तो वै यातनाभिरनेकशः
pānīyamatha kāṣṭhāni yadyannaṃ sukhamāgatam || tena vadhyā bhavanto vai yātanābhiranekaśaḥ
Water, or firewood, or food, if it came easily (to you) — for that very reason you are indeed to be slain with tortures of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.79
निघ्नन्तश्च हसन्तश्च दूता निष्ठुरवादिनः ।। भोभो कृतघ्ना लुब्धाश्च परदाराभिमर्शकाः कर्मणां च क्षयो जातः संसारे यदि पच्यते ।। विमुक्ताश्चेह लोकात्तु जनिष्यथ सुदुर्गताः
nighnantaśca hasantaśca dūtā niṣṭhuravādinaḥ || bhobho kṛtaghnā lubdhāśca paradārābhimarśakāḥ karmaṇāṃ ca kṣayo jātaḥ saṃsāre yadi pacyate || vimuktāśceha lokāttu janiṣyatha sudurgatāḥ
And the messengers, striking and laughing, speaking harshly: "Ho there, you ungrateful and greedy men, molesters of others' wives! And (your) deeds have come to exhaustion, if one is cooked in saṃsāra; released from this world you shall be born in utterly wretched (conditions)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.81
वृत्तस्था भुञ्जते हेमांश्चातुर्वर्ण्यान्विशेषतः ।। ततः सत्यरता शान्ता दयावन्तः सुधार्मिकाः
vṛttasthā bhuñjate hemāṃścāturvarṇyānviśeṣataḥ || tataḥ satyaratā śāntā dayāvantaḥ sudhārmikāḥ
Those established in (good) conduct enjoy gold, (and) the four classes especially; hence (they become) devoted to truth, calm, compassionate, thoroughly righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.82
इह विश्राम्य ते धीराः किंचित्कालं सहानुगाः ।। गच्छन्ति परमं स्थानं पृथिव्यां वा महत्कुले
iha viśrāmya te dhīrāḥ kiṃcitkālaṃ sahānugāḥ || gacchanti paramaṃ sthānaṃ pṛthivyāṃ vā mahatkule
Having rested here for some time, those steadfast ones, together with their followers, go to the highest station, or (are born) on earth in a great family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 198.83
बहुसुन्दरनारीके समृद्धे सुसमाहिताः ।। अजायन्त तथा क्षान्ताः प्राप्स्यन्ति परमां गतिम्
bahusundaranārīke samṛddhe susamāhitāḥ || ajāyanta tathā kṣāntāḥ prāpsyanti paramāṃ gatim
In a prosperous (house) with many beautiful women they were born, well collected in mind; and so, being patient, they will attain the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.97
चूषयित्वा तु तान्सर्वांस्ते च तस्मिन्नगोत्तमे ।। विसृजन्ति क्षितिं यावदास्थिभूतान्नरांस्तथा
cūṣayitvā tu tānsarvāṃste ca tasminnagottame || visṛjanti kṣitiṃ yāvadāsthibhūtānnarāṃstathā
But having sucked them all dry, they, on that best of trees, release them onto the earth, the men being reduced to mere bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 198.198
कालज्ञश्च कृतज्ञश्च सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः ।। प्रेतनाथ महाभाग धर्मराज नमोऽस्तु ते तस्मात्त्वं सर्वदेवेषु चैको धर्मभृतां वरः ।। कृतज्ञः सत्यवादी च सर्वभूतहिते रतः ततोऽहं त्वरितं नीतस्तेन दूतेन दर्शितः ।। प्राप्तश्च परया प्रीत्या चित्रगुप्तनिवेशनम् वेणुयष्टिप्रहारैश्च प्रहरन्ति ततोऽधिकैः ।। भग्ना भिन्ना विभिन्नाश्च तथा भग्नशिरोधराः अथान्ये बहवस्तत्र बहुभिश्चापि दूतकैः ।। कूटशाल्मलिमारोप्य लोहकण्टकसंवृताम् भो देव पाहि मुञ्चेति वदन्तः पुरुषं वचः ।। यमदूता निरामर्षाः सूदयन्ति पुनः पुनः माल्यानि धूपं गन्धाश्च नानारससमायुताः ।। मनोहराश्च कान्ताश्च भूयिष्ठाश्च सहस्रशः कुलेषु सुदरिद्रेषु सञ्जाताः पापकर्मिणः।। पापैरनुगता घोरैर्मानुषं लोकमाश्रिताः
kālajñaśca kṛtajñaśca satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ || pretanātha mahābhāga dharmarāja namo'stu te tasmāttvaṃ sarvadeveṣu caiko dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ || kṛtajñaḥ satyavādī ca sarvabhūtahite rataḥ tato'haṃ tvaritaṃ nītastena dūtena darśitaḥ || prāptaśca parayā prītyā citraguptaniveśanam veṇuyaṣṭiprahāraiśca praharanti tato'dhikaiḥ || bhagnā bhinnā vibhinnāśca tathā bhagnaśirodharāḥ athānye bahavastatra bahubhiścāpi dūtakaiḥ || kūṭaśālmalimāropya lohakaṇṭakasaṃvṛtām bho deva pāhi muñceti vadantaḥ puruṣaṃ vacaḥ || yamadūtā nirāmarṣāḥ sūdayanti punaḥ punaḥ mālyāni dhūpaṃ gandhāśca nānārasasamāyutāḥ || manoharāśca kāntāśca bhūyiṣṭhāśca sahasraśaḥ kuleṣu sudaridreṣu sañjātāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ|| pāpairanugatā ghorairmānuṣaṃ lokamāśritāḥ
"Knower of the (right) time, grateful, truth-speaking, firm in vows — lord of the departed, greatly fortunate one, King of Dharma, homage be to you! Therefore you alone among all the gods are the best of the upholders of dharma: grateful, truth-speaking, and devoted to the welfare of all beings." Then I was quickly led away by that messenger and shown (things), and with the greatest delight I reached the dwelling of Citragupta. And they strike with blows of bamboo staves, and with worse than those; (the victims are) broken, split, cut apart, and their heads and necks broken. And then many others there, by many messengers, are made to climb the deceitful śālmali tree covered with iron thorns. Saying to a man the words "O lord, save me, release me!", Yama's messengers, without pity, hack (him) again and again. Garlands, incense, and perfumes, endowed with many flavours, and charming, lovely (women), most abundant, by the thousands (— such they had enjoyed). (Now) the doers of evil are born in utterly destitute families; pursued by their terrible sins they have resorted to the human world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain