Varaha Purana — Chapter 200
VrP 200.1
पुनः नरकयातनास्वरूपवर्णनम् ।। ऋषिपुत्र उवाच।। तप्तं चैव महातप्तं महारौरवरौरवौ ।। सप्ततालश्च नरको नरकः कालसूत्रकः
punaḥ narakayātanāsvarūpavarṇanam || ṛṣiputra uvāca|| taptaṃ caiva mahātaptaṃ mahārauravarauravau || saptatālaśca narako narakaḥ kālasūtrakaḥ
Again, the description of the forms of hell-torment. The sage's son said: Tapta ("Heated") and Mahātapta ("Greatly Heated"), Mahāraurava and Raurava, the hell Saptatāla ("Seven Palms"), and the hell Kālasūtraka ("Thread of Time"),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.2
अन्धकारश्च नरको अन्धकारवरस्तथा।। अष्टावेते तु नरकाः पच्यन्ते यत्र पापिनः
andhakāraśca narako andhakāravarastathā|| aṣṭāvete tu narakāḥ pacyante yatra pāpinaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.3
प्रथमे प्रथमं विद्याद्द्वितीये द्विगुणं तथा।। तृतीये त्रिगुणं विद्याच्चतुर्थे तु चतुर्गुणम्
prathame prathamaṃ vidyāddvitīye dviguṇaṃ tathā|| tṛtīye triguṇaṃ vidyāccaturthe tu caturguṇam
In the first (hell) one should know (the torment to be) single; in the second, twofold; in the third one should know it threefold, and in the fourth fourfold.
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VrP 200.4
पञ्चमे तु गुणाः पञ्च षष्ठे षङ्गुणमुच्यते।। सप्तमे तु गुणाः सप्त अष्टमेऽष्टविधा गुणाः
pañcame tu guṇāḥ pañca ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṅguṇamucyate|| saptame tu guṇāḥ sapta aṣṭame'ṣṭavidhā guṇāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.5
अहोरात्रेण चाध्वानं प्रेता गच्छन्ति तत्पुरम्।। दुःखितानां ततो दुःखं दुःखाद्दुःखतरं ततः
ahorātreṇa cādhvānaṃ pretā gacchanti tatpuram|| duḥkhitānāṃ tato duḥkhaṃ duḥkhādduḥkhataraṃ tataḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.6
दुःखमेवात्र न सुखं दुःखैर्दुःखं विवर्ध्यते ।। उपायस्तत्र नैवास्ति येन स्वल्पं सुखं भवेत्
duḥkhamevātra na sukhaṃ duḥkhairduḥkhaṃ vivardhyate || upāyastatra naivāsti yena svalpaṃ sukhaṃ bhavet
Here there is only suffering, no pleasure; suffering is increased by sufferings. And there is no means there by which even a little pleasure might come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.7
मुच्यते च मृतस्तत्र मारकास्तत्र दुर्लभाः ।। शब्दे स्पर्शे तथा रूपे रसे गन्धे तु पञ्चमे
mucyate ca mṛtastatra mārakāstatra durlabhāḥ || śabde sparśe tathā rūpe rase gandhe tu pañcame
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.8
न सुखं तत्र तस्यास्ति किञ्चिदेवात्र विद्यते ।। शारीरैर्मानसैश्चैव दुःखैर्दुःखांतगामिभिः
na sukhaṃ tatra tasyāsti kiñcidevātra vidyate || śārīrairmānasaiścaiva duḥkhairduḥkhāṃtagāmibhiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.9
आयसैः कण्टकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तप्तैस्तप्तावृता मही ।। अन्तरिक्षं खगानीकैरग्निजिह्वैः समावृतम्
āyasaiḥ kaṇṭakaistīkṣṇaistaptaistaptāvṛtā mahī || antarikṣaṃ khagānīkairagnijihvaiḥ samāvṛtam
The ground, itself scorching, is covered over with sharp iron spikes made red-hot; and the mid-air is filled with flocks of birds whose tongues are fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.11
पातुकामश्च पानीयं राक्षसैर्नीयते सरः ।। हंससारससंकीर्णं पद्मोत्पलविभूषितम्
pātukāmaśca pānīyaṃ rākṣasairnīyate saraḥ || haṃsasārasasaṃkīrṇaṃ padmotpalavibhūṣitam
And one who wishes to drink water is led by the rākṣasas to a lake, thronged with geese and cranes, adorned with lotuses and water-lilies.
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VrP 200.12
पातुकामश्च पानीयं सहसा तत्र धावति ।। सलिलं प्रेक्षते चैव तत्र तप्ततरं तथा
pātukāmaśca pānīyaṃ sahasā tatra dhāvati || salilaṃ prekṣate caiva tatra taptataraṃ tathā
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.13
ततः पक्वानि मांसानि राक्षसैः परिणीयते ।। क्षारोदकेऽपि च तथा क्षिप्यतेऽत्र महाह्रदे
tataḥ pakvāni māṃsāni rākṣasaiḥ pariṇīyate || kṣārodake'pi ca tathā kṣipyate'tra mahāhrade
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 200.14
तत्र चैव ह्रदे नैका मत्स्याः खादन्ति सर्वशः ।। ततः कालावसाने तु कथञ्चित्प्रपलायिनः
tatra caiva hrade naikā matsyāḥ khādanti sarvaśaḥ || tataḥ kālāvasāne tu kathañcitprapalāyinaḥ
And there in that very lake not just one but many fishes devour (them) on all sides; then, at the end of (their allotted) time, (they become) somehow fugitives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.15
किञ्चिदन्तरमागम्य वेदनार्थाः पतन्ति हि ।। यातनार्थं पुनस्तत्र मांसं चैवोपजायते
kiñcidantaramāgamya vedanārthāḥ patanti hi || yātanārthaṃ punastatra māṃsaṃ caivopajāyate
Having gained some little interval, they fall (again), destined for pain; and for the purpose of torment their flesh grows back again there.
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VrP 200.16
शिरस्येवोपविष्टस्य प्रस्थितस्य प्रधावतः ।। तस्यार्त्तायामवस्थायां दुःखं भवति दारुणम्
śirasyevopaviṣṭasya prasthitasya pradhāvataḥ || tasyārttāyāmavasthāyāṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavati dāruṇam
Of one seated as if upon (its) head, of one setting out, of one running hard — in that afflicted condition of his there is terrible pain.
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VrP 200.17
करीषगर्त्तस्तत्रैव कुम्भीपाकः सुदारुणः ।। पद्मपत्राकृतिस्तस्य पेशी तत्र शरीरजः
karīṣagarttastatraiva kumbhīpākaḥ sudāruṇaḥ || padmapatrākṛtistasya peśī tatra śarīrajaḥ
There too is the pit of dung, and the most terrible Kumbhīpāka; there the lump of flesh born of his body has the shape of a lotus-leaf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.18
पाटयन्ति सुमार्गेण राक्षसाः करपत्रिकाः ।। निपीड्य दशनै रोषं भीमनादाः सुरोषिताः
pāṭayanti sumārgeṇa rākṣasāḥ karapatrikāḥ || nipīḍya daśanai roṣaṃ bhīmanādāḥ suroṣitāḥ
The rākṣasas, saw-handed, split (him) along a straight line, grinding their teeth in rage, roaring fearfully, greatly enraged.
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VrP 200.19
असिपत्रवनं चात्र शृङ्गाटकवनं तथा ।। तत्र शृङ्गाटकाश्चैव तप्तवालुकमिश्रिताः
asipatravanaṃ cātra śṛṅgāṭakavanaṃ tathā || tatra śṛṅgāṭakāścaiva taptavālukamiśritāḥ
And here is the forest of sword-leaves and likewise the forest of caltrops; there the caltrops are mixed with burning sand.
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VrP 200.21
श्यामाश्च शबलाश्चैव श्वानस्तेऽत्र दुरासदाः ।। खादन्ति च सुसंरब्धाः सर्पवृश्चिकसन्निभैः
śyāmāśca śabalāścaiva śvānaste'tra durāsadāḥ || khādanti ca susaṃrabdhāḥ sarpavṛścikasannibhaiḥ
And there are dogs, black and spotted, hard to withstand; and, greatly enraged, they devour (him) with (fangs) like snakes and scorpions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.22
कण्टकैः प्रतिकूलैश्च तत्रान्या कूट शाल्मलिः ।। कर्षन्ति तत्र चैवैनं यावदस्थ्यवशेषितः
kaṇṭakaiḥ pratikūlaiśca tatrānyā kūṭa śālmaliḥ || karṣanti tatra caivainaṃ yāvadasthyavaśeṣitaḥ
And there is another (place), the Kūṭa-śālmali tree, with thorns turned backwards; and there they drag him until only bones are left.
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VrP 200.23
यद्दुःखं तस्य दुर्बुद्धेः प्रतिकूलं च तस्य यत् ।। तत्तदोत्पद्यते शीघ्रं यातनार्थाय यत्नतः
yadduḥkhaṃ tasya durbuddheḥ pratikūlaṃ ca tasya yat || tattadotpadyate śīghraṃ yātanārthāya yatnataḥ
Whatever is painful for that evil-minded one, and whatever is contrary to him, just that arises at once, deliberately, for the purpose of torment.
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VrP 200.24
शीतकामस्य वै चोष्णमुष्णकामस्य शीतलम् ।। सुखकामस्य वै दुःखं सुखं नैवात्र विद्यते
śītakāmasya vai coṣṇamuṣṇakāmasya śītalam || sukhakāmasya vai duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ naivātra vidyate
For one who wants cold there is heat, for one who wants heat there is cold, for one who wants pleasure there is pain; no pleasure at all is found here.
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VrP 200.25
छिन्नाश्च शतधाप्येवं ह्यनिशं तैः सहस्रशः ।। छिन्नाङ्गाः सर्वगात्रेषु सर्वमेव स विन्दति
chinnāśca śatadhāpyevaṃ hyaniśaṃ taiḥ sahasraśaḥ || chinnāṅgāḥ sarvagātreṣu sarvameva sa vindati
And thus (his limbs are) cut a hundredfold, indeed thousandfold, by them without cease; with limbs severed in all his members, he experiences every single thing.
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VrP 200.26
सलिलं च नदीं घोरां व्यालाकीर्णां भयानकाम् ।। उत्तार्यन्ते च तां प्रेतां यां दृष्ट्वैव भयं भवेत्
salilaṃ ca nadīṃ ghorāṃ vyālākīrṇāṃ bhayānakām || uttāryante ca tāṃ pretāṃ yāṃ dṛṣṭvaiva bhayaṃ bhavet
And (there is) water, a dreadful river, filled with beasts of prey, terrifying; and those departed ones are made to cross it — the mere sight of which would cause fear.
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VrP 200.27
करम्भवालुका नाम शतयोजनमायता ।। अग्निज्वालासमा घोरा यथा येन स गच्छति
karambhavālukā nāma śatayojanamāyatā || agnijvālāsamā ghorā yathā yena sa gacchati
(There is one) named Karambhavālukā, a hundred yojanas in extent, dreadful, like the flame of fire — whichever way he goes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.28
ततो वैतरणी नाम क्षारोदा तु महानदी ।। योजनानि तु पञ्चाशदधस्थात्पंचयोजनम्
tato vaitaraṇī nāma kṣārodā tu mahānadī || yojanāni tu pañcāśadadhasthātpaṃcayojanam
Then (there is) the great river named Vaitaraṇī, with salt water: fifty yojanas (across), and five yojanas from below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.29
अगाधपङ्का वै तत्र चर्ममांसास्थिभेदना ।। तत्र कर्कटका घोरा वज्रदंष्ट्रा विशन्ति ताम्
agādhapaṅkā vai tatra carmamāṃsāsthibhedanā || tatra karkaṭakā ghorā vajradaṃṣṭrā viśanti tām
There it has bottomless mud, splitting skin, flesh and bone; there dreadful crabs with adamantine fangs go into it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.31
समुत्तीर्य तु कृच्छ्रेण तस्माद्योजनकर्दमात् ।। वसन्त्यत्र धरे केचिच्छून्यागारे निराश्रये
samuttīrya tu kṛcchreṇa tasmādyojanakardamāt || vasantyatra dhare kecicchūnyāgāre nirāśraye
Having crossed with difficulty out of that yojana-wide mire, some dwell here on the ground, in an empty house without shelter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.32
यत्र वै मूषिकगणा भक्षयन्ति ह्यनेकशः ।। मूषकैर्जग्ध गात्रस्तु ह्यस्थिमात्रावशेषितः
yatra vai mūṣikagaṇā bhakṣayanti hyanekaśaḥ || mūṣakairjagdha gātrastu hyasthimātrāvaśeṣitaḥ
Where indeed troops of mice devour (him) many times over; his body eaten by the mice, only the bones are left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.33
प्रभाते वायुना स्पृष्टः पुनर्मांसं स विन्दति ।। शून्यागारप्रवेशात्तु गव्यूतेर्नातिदूरतः
prabhāte vāyunā spṛṣṭaḥ punarmāṃsaṃ sa vindati || śūnyāgārapraveśāttu gavyūternātidūrataḥ
At dawn, touched by the wind, he obtains flesh again. From the entrance of the empty house, not too far, at a distance of a gavyūti,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.34
सहकारवनं नाम रौद्रा यत्र च पक्षिणः ।। निस्त्वगस्थिस्तैः क्रियते निर्मांसश्चैव मानवः
sahakāravanaṃ nāma raudrā yatra ca pakṣiṇaḥ || nistvagasthistaiḥ kriyate nirmāṃsaścaiva mānavaḥ
(is) the forest called Sahakāravana, where the birds are fierce; by them the man is made skinless, (mere) bone, and stripped of flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.36
सन्ध्याभ्र इव चाभाति प्रदीप्तो नित्यमेव तु ।। दशयोजनविस्तार्णा अधः शतसमायता
sandhyābhra iva cābhāti pradīpto nityameva tu || daśayojanavistārṇā adhaḥ śatasamāyatā
And it shines like a cloud at twilight, forever ablaze; ten yojanas in breadth, extending a hundred below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.37
यमचुल्लीति विख्याता गम्भीरा सा त्रियोजनम् ।। नित्यं प्रज्वलिता सा तु नित्यं धूमान्धकारिता
yamacullīti vikhyātā gambhīrā sā triyojanam || nityaṃ prajvalitā sā tu nityaṃ dhūmāndhakāritā
It is known as Yamacullī (Yama's oven), deep by three yojanas; it is forever blazing, forever darkened with smoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.38
तत्र प्रेतसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।। प्रक्षिप्यन्ते त्वहोरात्रं राक्षसैर्यमकिङ्करैः
tatra pretasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca || prakṣipyante tvahorātraṃ rākṣasairyamakiṅkaraiḥ
There thousands, millions, and hundreds of millions of departed ones are cast in, day and night, by the rākṣasas who are Yama's servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.39
निःशिराजालकश्चैव निरक्षिश्रवणस्तथा ।। वटवृक्षो नातिदूरे दक्षिणे तु त्रियोजनम् मासमेकं वसत्यन्यो तस्यां चुल्ल्यां परिभ्रमन् ।। ततः शकुनिका नाम वसामेदोवहा नदी
niḥśirājālakaścaiva nirakṣiśravaṇastathā || vaṭavṛkṣo nātidūre dakṣiṇe tu triyojanam māsamekaṃ vasatyanyo tasyāṃ cullyāṃ paribhraman || tataḥ śakunikā nāma vasāmedovahā nadī
(One is) headless and tuft-haired, another without eyes and ears; not too far off, three yojanas to the south, (there stands) a banyan tree. Another dwells for one month, wandering about in that fire-pit; then (comes) the river named Śakunikā, which flows with fat and marrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.41
एकैकं दुस्तरं घोरं यथापूर्वं यथाक्रमात् ।। अनुभुङ्क्ते स कृच्छ्रेण दुष्कृती तीव्रवेदनाः
ekaikaṃ dustaraṃ ghoraṃ yathāpūrvaṃ yathākramāt || anubhuṅkte sa kṛcchreṇa duṣkṛtī tīvravedanāḥ
One after another, hard to pass and dreadful, in the earlier order, in due sequence, that evildoer undergoes with agony these sharp torments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.42
दश तत्र लताः शूलाः कुम्भीपाकास्त्रयोदश ।। याति पापमहोरात्रं तस्मिन्नियमितेन तु
daśa tatra latāḥ śūlāḥ kumbhīpākāstrayodaśa || yāti pāpamahorātraṃ tasminniyamitena tu
There (are) ten creepers (i.e. whips), spikes, and thirteen cauldron-boilings; the sinner goes for a day and a night, being confined in that (place).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.43
राक्षसैर्निरनुक्रोशैर्दुर्निरीक्ष्यैस्ततस्ततः ।। अङ्गारेषु विधूमेषु शूलप्रोतस्तु पच्यते
rākṣasairniranukrośairdurnirīkṣyaistatastataḥ || aṅgāreṣu vidhūmeṣu śūlaprotastu pacyate
(He is driven) here and there by pitiless demons, dreadful to look at; impaled on a spike, he is roasted over smokeless coals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.44
शुष्कोदपाने धूमे च अधःशीर्षोऽवलम्बते ।। ज्वाल्यते तीक्ष्णतैले तु कटाहे स तु पच्यते
śuṣkodapāne dhūme ca adhaḥśīrṣo'valambate || jvālyate tīkṣṇataile tu kaṭāhe sa tu pacyate
In a dry well and in smoke he is hung head-downward; he is set ablaze, and he is cooked in a pan of pungent oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.45
करीषगर्त्ते स पुनः पच्यते मेदवह्निना ।। एकैकस्मिन्दशाहं च शूलादिषु स पच्यते
karīṣagartte sa punaḥ pacyate medavahninā || ekaikasmindaśāhaṃ ca śūlādiṣu sa pacyate
Again he is cooked in a pit of dung by a fire of fat; and in each one of the spikes and the rest he is cooked for ten days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.46
यातनाः सप्तकास्तस्य निष्क्रान्तस्य त्रियोजने ।। यतो यमनदी नाम तप्तत्रपुजलोर्मिणी
yātanāḥ saptakāstasya niṣkrāntasya triyojane || yato yamanadī nāma taptatrapujalormiṇī
Seven torments (belong) to him who has come out, over three yojanas; then (comes) the river called Yamanadī, whose waves are of molten tin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.47
समुत्तीर्य तु कृच्छ्रेण दह्यमानस्त्वचेतनः ।। ततो मुहूर्त्तं विश्रान्तः किंचिदन्तरमागतः
samuttīrya tu kṛcchreṇa dahyamānastvacetanaḥ || tato muhūrttaṃ viśrāntaḥ kiṃcidantaramāgataḥ
Having crossed over with great difficulty, burning and senseless, he then rests for a moment and comes some distance further.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.48
दीर्घिकां मोक्षते कान्तां शीतोदां शीतकाननाम् ।। सर्वकामान्स लभते भगिनी सा यमस्य तु
dīrghikāṃ mokṣate kāntāṃ śītodāṃ śītakānanām || sarvakāmānsa labhate bhaginī sā yamasya tu
He gains release at a pool, lovely, with cool water and a cool grove; there he obtains all he desires — she is Yama's sister.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.49
भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च सर्वैस्तु पापिभिस्तत्र लभ्यते ।। स सर्वं विस्मरत्यत्र त्रिरात्रमुषितोऽपि सन्
bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca sarvaistu pāpibhistatra labhyate || sa sarvaṃ vismaratyatra trirātramuṣito'pi san
There food to chew and food to eat is obtained by all the sinners; there he forgets everything, having stayed for three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.51
तत्र वर्षति पर्जन्यस्तत्र तप्तजलं सदा ।। तत्र कृच्छ्रेण तरति अहोरात्रेण मानवः
tatra varṣati parjanyastatra taptajalaṃ sadā || tatra kṛcchreṇa tarati ahorātreṇa mānavaḥ
There the rain-cloud rains, there the water is always scalding; there a man crosses over with difficulty in a day and a night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.52
शृङ्गारकवनं नाम तत्र पश्यन्ति शाद्वलम् ।। नीलमक्षिकदंशैश्च सुव्याप्तं तद्वनं महत्
śṛṅgārakavanaṃ nāma tatra paśyanti śādvalam || nīlamakṣikadaṃśaiśca suvyāptaṃ tadvanaṃ mahat
There they see a grassy place, the wood named Śṛṅgāraka — that great wood thickly infested with blue flies and gadflies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.53
यैस्तु स्पृष्टश्च दष्टश्च कृमिरूपश्च जायते ।। प्रेतो वर्षति मांसासृगस्मात्कृच्छ्रात्तु निर्गतः
yaistu spṛṣṭaśca daṣṭaśca kṛmirūpaśca jāyate || preto varṣati māṃsāsṛgasmātkṛcchrāttu nirgataḥ
Touched and bitten by these, he is born in the form of a worm; the preta rains flesh and blood — (then) he comes out of this torment with difficulty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.54
ततोऽन्यल्लभते चैव यातनार्थं प्रयत्नतः ।। ततः पश्यति पुत्रांस्तु महद्दुःखं सुदारुणम्
tato'nyallabhate caiva yātanārthaṃ prayatnataḥ || tataḥ paśyati putrāṃstu mahadduḥkhaṃ sudāruṇam
Then he gets yet another (torment), deliberately, for the sake of punishment; then he sees his sons — a great and most terrible sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.55
मातरं पितरं चैव पुत्रान्दारांस्तथा प्रियान्।। पुरस्ताद्बध्यमानं स क्रन्दमानमचेतनम्
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva putrāndārāṃstathā priyān|| purastādbadhyamānaṃ sa krandamānamacetanam
(He sees) his mother and father, his sons and his dear wives, (and) himself being bound before (them), crying out and senseless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.56
हा त्राहि त्राहि पुत्रेति क्रन्दमानस्ततस्ततः ।। लगुडैर्मुद्गरैर्दण्डैर्जानुभिर्वेणुभिस्तथा
hā trāhi trāhi putreti krandamānastatastataḥ || laguḍairmudgarairdaṇḍairjānubhirveṇubhistathā
Crying out this way and that, "Alas, save me, save me, my son!" — with clubs, mallets, staves, knees, and bamboo rods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.57
मुष्टिभिश्च कशाभिश्च व्यालैरङ्कगतैरपि ।। तद्दृष्ट्वा तादृशं दुःखं ततो मोहं स गच्छति
muṣṭibhiśca kaśābhiśca vyālairaṅkagatairapi || taddṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ tato mohaṃ sa gacchati
and with fists and whips, and with snakes set upon his lap — seeing such suffering, he then falls into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.58
एवमेवात्मकर्माणि पर्यायेण पुनः पुनः ।। प्राप्नुवन्तीह तेऽत्रैव नरा दुष्कृतकारिणः
evamevātmakarmāṇi paryāyeṇa punaḥ punaḥ || prāpnuvantīha te'traiva narā duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ
Just so do men who do evil deeds meet with their own deeds here, in this very place, in turn again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.59
पातकानि च चत्वारि समाचारेण पंचमम् ।। कृत्वा तानि नरा यान्ति तं देशं पापकारिणः
pātakāni ca catvāri samācāreṇa paṃcamam || kṛtvā tāni narā yānti taṃ deśaṃ pāpakāriṇaḥ
Having committed the four great sins, and the fifth by association, those sinful men go to that region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.61
तदा वा स्थावरे तेषु जातस्य हि भवेन्नरः ।। क्रमशः स भवेत्प्रेतस्तदा पशुगणेष्वपि
tadā vā sthāvare teṣu jātasya hi bhavennaraḥ || kramaśaḥ sa bhavetpretastadā paśugaṇeṣvapi
Or then a man may (be born) as one born among those immobile beings; step by step he may become a preta, and then also (be born) among the herds of cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.62
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च ।। गतः स वसति प्रेतो नरके तु पुनःपुनः
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca || gataḥ sa vasati preto narake tu punaḥpunaḥ
For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years, having gone (there), that departed spirit dwells in hell, again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.63
ततो निवृत्तकर्मा तु स्वेदजः सम्भवेत्पुनः ।। स्वेदजानां ततो नित्यं सर्वसंसारचंक्रमात्
tato nivṛttakarmā tu svedajaḥ sambhavetpunaḥ || svedajānāṃ tato nityaṃ sarvasaṃsāracaṃkramāt
Then, his (evil) deeds having ceased, he is born again as one sweat-born; thereafter he is constantly among the sweat-born, through the whole round of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.64
ततश्च पक्षिणां योनिं सर्वां संतरते पुनः ।। गोयोनौ तु ततो गत्वा पुनर्मानुषतां व्रजेत्
tataśca pakṣiṇāṃ yoniṃ sarvāṃ saṃtarate punaḥ || goyonau tu tato gatvā punarmānuṣatāṃ vrajet
And then he passes again through the whole class of birds; then, having gone into the womb of a cow, he comes again to human status.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.65
मानुषे शूद्रतां याति लब्ध्वा यदि तु तुष्यति ।। ततो वैश्यत्वमागच्छेत्कमर्णाऽनेन वेष्टितः
mānuṣe śūdratāṃ yāti labdhvā yadi tu tuṣyati || tato vaiśyatvamāgacchetkamarṇā'nena veṣṭitaḥ
Among men he attains the condition of a śūdra; but if, having obtained it, he is content, then he comes to the state of a vaiśya, being (still) wrapped about by his deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.66
वैश्यात्क्षत्रियतां याति तस्माच्च ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ।। ब्राह्मणत्वमपि प्राप्तः पापकर्मा दुरात्मवान्
vaiśyātkṣatriyatāṃ yāti tasmācca brāhmaṇo bhavet || brāhmaṇatvamapi prāptaḥ pāpakarmā durātmavān
From vaiśya he goes to the state of a kṣatriya, and from that he becomes a brāhmaṇa; but even having attained brāhmaṇa-hood, (if he is) an evil-doer, wicked of soul,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.67
दुःशिक्षितेन मनसा ह्यात्मद्रोग्धा भवेत्तदा ।। शरीरं मानसं घोरं व्यसनैरुपपादितम्
duḥśikṣitena manasā hyātmadrogdhā bhavettadā || śarīraṃ mānasaṃ ghoraṃ vyasanairupapāditam
then, with a badly trained mind, he becomes an injurer of himself; his body and mind (become) dreadful, brought to ruin by calamities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.68
उपयुक्तो नरो जातः पूर्वकर्मभिरन्वितः ।। ज्ञेयश्च ब्रह्महा कुष्ठी काकाक्षः काकतालुकः
upayukto naro jātaḥ pūrvakarmabhiranvitaḥ || jñeyaśca brahmahā kuṣṭhī kākākṣaḥ kākatālukaḥ
A man is born (thus) afflicted, attended by his former deeds; and a slayer of a brāhmaṇa is to be recognized (as) a leper, crow-eyed, crow-palated;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.69
सुरापः श्यावदन्तश्च पूतिगन्धश्च पापकृत् ।। राजहा पितृहा चैव सुरापश्चापि यो भवेत्
surāpaḥ śyāvadantaśca pūtigandhaśca pāpakṛt || rājahā pitṛhā caiva surāpaścāpi yo bhavet
the drinker of liquor (is known by) dark teeth and foul smell — an evil-doer; and (so too) the killer of a king, the killer of a father, and whoever is a liquor-drinker;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.70
सुवर्णहर्ता च नरो ब्रह्मघ्नेन समो हि सः ।। क्वचिच्चात्र विरूपाणां नराणां पापकर्मिणाम्
suvarṇahartā ca naro brahmaghnena samo hi saḥ || kvaciccātra virūpāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ pāpakarmiṇām
and a man who steals gold — he is indeed equal to a brāhmaṇa-slayer. And here and there in this (place), of deformed men, doers of evil deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.71
यावद्भिः कर्मभिस्तैस्तैस्तेषु निर्याणवेश्मसु ।। छिन्नभिन्नविशस्तानां रुधिरेण समन्ततः
yāvadbhiḥ karmabhistaistaisteṣu niryāṇaveśmasu || chinnabhinnaviśastānāṃ rudhireṇa samantataḥ
by however many deeds, by these and those, in those houses of departure, of those (men) cut, split and hacked apart, all around with blood
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 200.72
व्याप्तं महीतलं सर्वमापगाश्चापि निर्गताः ।। अजस्रं क्लिश्यमानानां क्रन्दतां च सुदारुणम्
vyāptaṃ mahītalaṃ sarvamāpagāścāpi nirgatāḥ || ajasraṃ kliśyamānānāṃ krandatāṃ ca sudāruṇam
the whole surface of the earth is covered, and rivers too have flowed forth; and of those ceaselessly tormented and wailing, a most dreadful
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.73
समुत्तस्थौ महानादो हाहाकारसमाकुलः ।। बध्नतो विविधैर्बन्धैर्घातयन्तश्च दारुणम्
samuttasthau mahānādo hāhākārasamākulaḥ || badhnato vividhairbandhairghātayantaśca dāruṇam
great cry arose, thick with shouts of 'alas, alas!' — (the messengers) binding (them) with bonds of various kinds and slaying (them) dreadfully
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.74
लौहयष्टिप्रहारैश्च आयुधैश्च सुदारुणैः ।। छेदनैर्भेदनैश्चोग्रैः पीडनाभिश्च सर्वशः
lauhayaṣṭiprahāraiśca āyudhaiśca sudāruṇaiḥ || chedanairbhedanaiścograiḥ pīḍanābhiśca sarvaśaḥ
with blows of iron rods and with most dreadful weapons, with fierce cuttings and piercings, and with crushings on every side —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.75
श्रान्ताः कर्मकरा दूता मोहेनायत्तचेतसः ।। यदा श्रान्ताश्च खिन्नाश्च हन्तारः पापकर्मिणाम्
śrāntāḥ karmakarā dūtā mohenāyattacetasaḥ || yadā śrāntāśca khinnāśca hantāraḥ pāpakarmiṇām
the servants and messengers grew weary, their minds overcome by bewilderment; when the slayers of the evil-doers were exhausted and worn out,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.76
विज्ञापयेत्तदा दूताश्चित्रगुप्तं महौजसम्
vijñāpayettadā dūtāścitraguptaṃ mahaujasam
then the messengers would inform Citragupta of great might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 200.200
अतीव च बुभुक्षात्र पिपासा चाप्यतीव हि ।। उष्णमत्युष्णमेवात्र शीतलं चातिशीतलम् दह्यते छिद्यते चैव विध्यते भिद्यते पथा।। पात्यते पीड्यते चैव कृष्यते च विशस्यते उलूकाश्च धनुर्मात्रा वज्रजिह्वास्थिभेदनाः ।। महाविषा महाक्रोधा दुर्विषह्याः सुदारुणाः चुल्लीकुक्षौ तु विश्रान्ता वेगिनी वहते तु सा ।। तां समुत्तीर्य कृच्छ्रेण यातनाः सप्तकाः पुनः ततः शूलवहो नाम पर्वतः शतयोजनः ।। निराश्रयः स सत्वानामेकपाषाण एव च तदादिषु च सर्वेषु गुणान्तरपथं गतः ।। यदा भवति स प्रेतस्तदा स्थावरतां व्रजेत्
atīva ca bubhukṣātra pipāsā cāpyatīva hi || uṣṇamatyuṣṇamevātra śītalaṃ cātiśītalam dahyate chidyate caiva vidhyate bhidyate pathā|| pātyate pīḍyate caiva kṛṣyate ca viśasyate ulūkāśca dhanurmātrā vajrajihvāsthibhedanāḥ || mahāviṣā mahākrodhā durviṣahyāḥ sudāruṇāḥ cullīkukṣau tu viśrāntā veginī vahate tu sā || tāṃ samuttīrya kṛcchreṇa yātanāḥ saptakāḥ punaḥ tataḥ śūlavaho nāma parvataḥ śatayojanaḥ || nirāśrayaḥ sa satvānāmekapāṣāṇa eva ca tadādiṣu ca sarveṣu guṇāntarapathaṃ gataḥ || yadā bhavati sa pretastadā sthāvaratāṃ vrajet
And there (is) hunger exceedingly, and thirst too exceedingly; there what is hot is exceedingly hot, and what is cold exceedingly cold. (The sinner) is burned and cut, is pierced, is split along the way; he is thrown down and crushed, dragged and hacked to pieces. And there are owls the size of a bow, with adamantine tongues, breakers of bones, greatly venomous, greatly wrathful, unendurable, most dreadful. Having rested in the belly of the furnace, she (the river) flows on swiftly; having crossed her with difficulty, again (there are) the seven torments. Then (there is) a mountain named Śūlavaha, a hundred yojanas (in size), giving no refuge to beings, and made of a single rock. And in all those (hells) beginning with that, having gone by a path of other qualities — when that departed spirit becomes (thus), then he goes to the condition of an immobile (plant).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain