Varaha Purana — Chapter 203
VrP 203.1
अथ पापसमूहानुक्रमवर्णनम् ।। ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ।। अन्यान्यपि च पापानि चित्रगुप्तो दिदेश ह ।। व्यामिश्रान्कथ्यमानांश्च शृणुध्वं तान्महौजसः
atha pāpasamūhānukramavarṇanam || ṛṣiputra uvāca || anyānyapi ca pāpāni citragupto dideśa ha || vyāmiśrānkathyamānāṃśca śṛṇudhvaṃ tānmahaujasaḥ
Now the description of the sequence of the mass of sins. The sage's son said: Citragupta indeed pointed out yet other sins as well; hear them, O mighty ones, as they are told, mixed together.
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VrP 203.2
शीलसंयमहीनानां कृष्णपक्षानुगामिनाम् ।। महापापैरुपेतानां कथ्यतां तत्पराभवम्
śīlasaṃyamahīnānāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣānugāminām || mahāpāpairupetānāṃ kathyatāṃ tatparābhavam
Let their downfall be told — of those lacking good conduct and self-restraint, of those who follow the dark fortnight, of those beset with great sins.
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VrP 203.3
राजद्विष्टा गुरुद्विष्टाः सर्वे ते वै विगर्हिताः ।। अविश्वास्या ह्यसम्भाष्याः कुक्षिमात्रपरायणाः
rājadviṣṭā gurudviṣṭāḥ sarve te vai vigarhitāḥ || aviśvāsyā hyasambhāṣyāḥ kukṣimātraparāyaṇāḥ
Hated by the king, hated by their teachers, all of them are indeed contemptible, not to be trusted, not to be spoken with, devoted to nothing but their belly.
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VrP 203.4
हिंसाविहारिणः क्रूराः सूचकाः कार्यदूषकाः ।। गवेडकस्य वधकाः महिषाजादिकस्य च
hiṃsāvihāriṇaḥ krūrāḥ sūcakāḥ kāryadūṣakāḥ || gaveḍakasya vadhakāḥ mahiṣājādikasya ca
Those who take pleasure in violence, the cruel, informers, spoilers of (others') business, killers of cattle and sheep and of buffaloes, goats and the like,
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VrP 203.5
दावाग्निं ये च मुंचन्ति ये च सौकरिकास्तथा ।। तत्र कालमसंख्येयं पच्यन्ते पापकारिणः
dāvāgniṃ ye ca muṃcanti ye ca saukarikāstathā || tatra kālamasaṃkhyeyaṃ pacyante pāpakāriṇaḥ
and those who set forest fires, and likewise those who hunt boars — there the doers of evil are cooked for a time beyond reckoning.
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VrP 203.6
कर्मक्षयाद्यदा भूयो मानुष्यं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते ।। अल्पायुषो भवन्तीह व्याधिग्रस्ताश्च नित्यशः
karmakṣayādyadā bhūyo mānuṣyaṃ prāpnuvanti te || alpāyuṣo bhavantīha vyādhigrastāśca nityaśaḥ
When, through the exhaustion of (that) karma, they again attain human birth, they are short-lived here and constantly afflicted with disease.
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VrP 203.7
गर्भ एव विपद्यन्ते म्रियन्ते बालकास्तथा ।। परिरिंगरताः केचिन्म्रियन्ते पुरुषाधमाः
garbha eva vipadyante mriyante bālakāstathā || paririṃgaratāḥ kecinmriyante puruṣādhamāḥ
They perish in the very womb, or die as infants; some of these lowest of men die while still crawling about.
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VrP 203.8
काष्ठवंशे च शस्त्रे च वायुना ज्वलनेन च ।। तोयेन वा पाशबन्धैः पतनेन विषेण वा
kāṣṭhavaṃśe ca śastre ca vāyunā jvalanena ca || toyena vā pāśabandhaiḥ patanena viṣeṇa vā
By wood or bamboo, by a weapon, by wind or by fire, by water or by the tying of nooses, by falling or by poison —
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VrP 203.9
मातापितृवधं कष्टं मित्रसम्बन्धिबन्धुजम् ।। बहुशः प्राप्नुवन्त्येते विद्रवं चाप्यभीक्ष्णशः
mātāpitṛvadhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ mitrasambandhibandhujam || bahuśaḥ prāpnuvantyete vidravaṃ cāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ
These men repeatedly meet with the grievous killing of mother and father, of friends, relations and kinsmen, and again and again with flight (from their homes).
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VrP 203.11
मूलकर्मकरा ये च गरदाः पुरदाहकाः ।। ये च पञ्जरकर्त्तारो ये च शूलोपघातकाः
mūlakarmakarā ye ca garadāḥ puradāhakāḥ || ye ca pañjarakarttāro ye ca śūlopaghātakāḥ
Those who work with (magic) roots, poisoners, burners of towns, those who make cages, and those who kill with the stake,
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VrP 203.12
पिशुनाः कलहाश्चैव ये च मिथ्याविदूषकाः ।। गोकुञ्जरखरोष्ट्राणां चर्मका मांसभेदकाः
piśunāḥ kalahāścaiva ye ca mithyāvidūṣakāḥ || gokuñjarakharoṣṭrāṇāṃ carmakā māṃsabhedakāḥ
slanderers and quarrelsome men, and those who abuse (others) falsely, tanners of the hides of cows, elephants, asses and camels, and cutters of flesh —
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VrP 203.13
उद्वेजनकराश्चण्डाः पच्यन्ते नरकेषु ते ।। तत्र कालं तु सम्प्राप्य यातनाश्च सुदुःसहाः
udvejanakarāścaṇḍāḥ pacyante narakeṣu te || tatra kālaṃ tu samprāpya yātanāśca suduḥsahāḥ
those fierce men who cause terror are cooked in the hells; and there, having come upon their time, (they suffer) torments most hard to bear.
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VrP 203.14
कर्मक्षयो यदा भूयो मानुष्यं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते ।। हीनाङ्गाः सुदरिद्राश्च भवंति पुरुषाधमाः
karmakṣayo yadā bhūyo mānuṣyaṃ prāpnuvanti te || hīnāṅgāḥ sudaridrāśca bhavaṃti puruṣādhamāḥ
When their karma is exhausted, they again attain human birth; these lowest of men become deficient in limb and very poor.
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VrP 203.15
श्रवणच्छेदनं चैव नासाच्छेदनमेव च ।। छेदनं हस्तपादानां प्राप्नुवंति स्वकर्मणा
śravaṇacchedanaṃ caiva nāsācchedanameva ca || chedanaṃ hastapādānāṃ prāpnuvaṃti svakarmaṇā
And by their own deeds they obtain the cutting off of the ears, the cutting off of the nose, and the cutting off of hands and feet.
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VrP 203.16
शारीरं मानसं दुःखं प्राप्नुवन्ति पुनःपुनः ।। गलवेदनास्तथोग्राश्च तथा मस्तकवेदनाः
śārīraṃ mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpnuvanti punaḥpunaḥ || galavedanāstathogrāśca tathā mastakavedanāḥ
Again and again they undergo bodily and mental pain; and fierce pains in the throat, and likewise pains in the head.
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VrP 203.17
कुक्ष्यामयं तथा तीव्रं प्राप्नुवंति नराधमाः ।। जडान्ध बधिरा मूकाः पंगवः पादसर्पिणः
kukṣyāmayaṃ tathā tīvraṃ prāpnuvaṃti narādhamāḥ || jaḍāndha badhirā mūkāḥ paṃgavaḥ pādasarpiṇaḥ
Those lowest of men also get severe disease of the belly; (they become) dull, blind, deaf, dumb, lame, crawling on (their) feet.
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VrP 203.18
एकपक्षहताः काणाः कुनखाश्चामयाविनः ।। कुब्जाः खञ्जास्तथा हीना विकलाश्च घटोदराः
ekapakṣahatāḥ kāṇāḥ kunakhāścāmayāvinaḥ || kubjāḥ khañjāstathā hīnā vikalāśca ghaṭodarāḥ
Paralysed on one side, one-eyed, with diseased nails, sickly, hunchbacked, limping, and likewise deficient, crippled, and pot-bellied.
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VrP 203.19
गलत्कुष्ठाः श्वित्रकुष्ठा भवन्ति स्वैश्च कर्मभिः ।। वाताण्डाश्चाण्डहीनाश्च प्रमेहमधुमेहिनः
galatkuṣṭhāḥ śvitrakuṣṭhā bhavanti svaiśca karmabhiḥ || vātāṇḍāścāṇḍahīnāśca pramehamadhumehinaḥ
By their own deeds they become afflicted with festering leprosy and with white leprosy, with wind-swollen testicles or lacking testicles, suffering from urinary disease and from diabetes.
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VrP 203.21
बहुभिर्दारुणैर्घोरैर्व्याधिभिः समनुद्गताः ।। इत्येतान्हिंसकान्क्रूरान्घातयन्तु सुदारुणान्
bahubhirdāruṇairghorairvyādhibhiḥ samanudgatāḥ || ityetānhiṃsakānkrūrānghātayantu sudāruṇān
Beset by many dreadful, horrible diseases — thus (it is): let them destroy these injurious, cruel, most terrible men.
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VrP 203.22
मिथ्याप्रलापिनो दूतान्पाचयन्तु यथाक्रमम् ।। कर्कशाः पुरुषाः सत्या ये च योषानिरर्थकाः
mithyāpralāpino dūtānpācayantu yathākramam || karkaśāḥ puruṣāḥ satyā ye ca yoṣānirarthakāḥ
Let them cook, in due order, the messengers who speak falsely; (and) harsh men, (though) truthful, and those (whose) speech is pointless.
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VrP 203.23
एषां चतुर्विधा भाषा या मिथ्याप्यभिधीयते ।। हास्यरूपेण या भाषा चित्ररूपेण वा पुनः
eṣāṃ caturvidhā bhāṣā yā mithyāpyabhidhīyate || hāsyarūpeṇa yā bhāṣā citrarūpeṇa vā punaḥ
Of these there is a fourfold speech, which is called false: speech that is in the form of a joke, or again in the form of a fanciful tale,
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VrP 203.24
अरहस्यं रहस्यं वा पैशुन्येन तु निन्दनात् ।। उद्वेगजनना वापि कटुका लोकगर्हिताः
arahasyaṃ rahasyaṃ vā paiśunyena tu nindanāt || udvegajananā vāpi kaṭukā lokagarhitāḥ
what is not secret or what is secret, (spoken) out of slander, from fault-finding — or (words) that generate agitation, bitter, censured by people.
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VrP 203.25
स्नेहक्षयकरां रूक्षां भिन्नवृत्तविभूषिताम् ।। कदलीगर्भनिस्सारां मर्मस्पृक्कटुकाक्षराम्
snehakṣayakarāṃ rūkṣāṃ bhinnavṛttavibhūṣitām || kadalīgarbhanissārāṃ marmaspṛkkaṭukākṣarām
(Speech) that destroys affection, harsh, adorned with broken conduct, pithless as the interior of a plantain, touching the vital spots, with bitter syllables,
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VrP 203.26
स्वरहीनामसंख्येयां भाषंते च निरर्थकम् ।। अयंत्रितमुखा ये च ये निबद्धाः प्रलापिनः
svarahīnāmasaṃkhyeyāṃ bhāṣaṃte ca nirarthakam || ayaṃtritamukhā ye ca ye nibaddhāḥ pralāpinaḥ
toneless, beyond counting — and they speak to no purpose; and those whose mouths are unrestrained, and those who are addicted babblers,
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VrP 203.27
दूषयन्ति हि जल्पन्तोऽनृजवो निष्ठुराः शठाः ।। निर्दया गतलज्जाश्च मूर्खा मर्मविभेदिनः
dūṣayanti hi jalpanto'nṛjavo niṣṭhurāḥ śaṭhāḥ || nirdayā gatalajjāśca mūrkhā marmavibhedinaḥ
for by their talking they defile — crooked, hard, deceitful, pitiless and shameless, foolish, cutting into the vital spots;
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VrP 203.28
न मर्षयंति येऽन्येषां कीर्त्यमानाञ्छुभान्गुणान् ।। दुर्वाचः परुषांश्चण्डान्बन्धयध्वं नराधमान्
na marṣayaṃti ye'nyeṣāṃ kīrtyamānāñchubhānguṇān || durvācaḥ paruṣāṃścaṇḍānbandhayadhvaṃ narādhamān
those who do not tolerate the good qualities of others when they are praised — bind these lowest of men, foul-mouthed, harsh, violent!
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VrP 203.29
ततस्तिर्यक्प्रजायन्ते बहुधा कीट पक्षिणः ।। लोके दोषकराश्चैव लोकद्विष्टास्तथा परे।।
tatastiryakprajāyante bahudhā kīṭa pakṣiṇaḥ || loke doṣakarāścaiva lokadviṣṭāstathā pare||
Thereafter they are born as animals in many kinds, as insects and birds; and others (become) doers of harm in the world and hated by the world.
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VrP 203.31
परिभूता अविज्ञाता नष्टचित्ता अकीर्त्तयः ।। अनर्च्याश्चाप्यनर्हाश्च स्वपक्षे ह्यवमानिताः
paribhūtā avijñātā naṣṭacittā akīrttayaḥ || anarcyāścāpyanarhāśca svapakṣe hyavamānitāḥ
Despised, unrecognised, bereft of sense, without renown, unworthy of honour and unfit (for it), slighted even among their own party;
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VrP 203.32
त्यक्त्वा मित्राणि मित्रेषु ज्ञातिभिश्च निराकृताः ।। लोकदोषकराश्चैव लोकद्वेष्याश्च ये नराः
tyaktvā mitrāṇi mitreṣu jñātibhiśca nirākṛtāḥ || lokadoṣakarāścaiva lokadveṣyāśca ye narāḥ
having abandoned friends, rejected among friends and by kinsmen — those men who are doers of harm to the world and hateful to the world,
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VrP 203.33
अन्यैरपि कृतं पापं तेषां पतति मस्तके ।। वज्रं शस्त्रं विषं वापि देहाद्देहनिपातनम्
anyairapi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ teṣāṃ patati mastake || vajraṃ śastraṃ viṣaṃ vāpi dehāddehanipātanam
even the sin done by others falls upon their head: a thunderbolt, a weapon, or poison, casting the body down from the body.
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VrP 203.34
मिथ्याप्रलापिनामेषामुक्ता क्लेशपरम्परा ।। स्तेयहारं प्रहारं च नीतिहारं तथैव च
mithyāpralāpināmeṣāmuktā kleśaparamparā || steyahāraṃ prahāraṃ ca nītihāraṃ tathaiva ca
Of these false babblers the succession of torments has been told. (Now) theft-taking, and assault, and likewise the carrying off of policy (or: taking away by stratagem)—
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VrP 203.35
स्तेयकर्माणि कुर्वन्ति प्रसह्य हरणानि च ।। करचण्डाशिनो ये च राजशब्दोपजीविनः
steyakarmāṇi kurvanti prasahya haraṇāni ca || karacaṇḍāśino ye ca rājaśabdopajīvinaḥ
they commit acts of theft and seizures by force; and those who eat by fierce taxation, who live off the king's name,
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VrP 203.36
पीडयन्ति जनान् सर्वान्कृपणान्ग्रामकूटकान् ।। सुवर्णमणिमुक्तानां कूटकर्मानुकारकाः
pīḍayanti janān sarvānkṛpaṇāngrāmakūṭakān || suvarṇamaṇimuktānāṃ kūṭakarmānukārakāḥ
they oppress all people, the wretched, the village-cheats; those who imitate counterfeiting of gold, gems and pearls,
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VrP 203.37
समये कृतहर्त्तारो लोकपीडाकरा नराः ।। अनादिबुद्धयश्चान्ये स्वार्थातिशयकारिणः
samaye kṛtaharttāro lokapīḍākarā narāḥ || anādibuddhayaścānye svārthātiśayakāriṇaḥ
men who steal what has been (agreed) at the (appointed) time, doers of harm to the world; and others of unprincipled mind, who overreach for their own gain,
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VrP 203.38
भूतनिष्ठाभियोगज्ञा व्यवहारेष्वनर्थकाः ।। भेदकाराश्च धातूनां रजतस्य च कारकाः
bhūtaniṣṭhābhiyogajñā vyavahāreṣvanarthakāḥ || bhedakārāśca dhātūnāṃ rajatasya ca kārakāḥ
(Those) skilled in laying charges based on (mere) facts (or: in fastening on ghosts), useless in (matters of) business, and those who adulterate metals and who counterfeit silver —
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VrP 203.39
न्यासार्थहारका ये च सम्मोहनकराश्च ये ।। ये तथोपाधिकाः क्षुद्राः पच्यन्ते तेषु तेष्वथ
nyāsārthahārakā ye ca sammohanakarāśca ye || ye tathopādhikāḥ kṣudrāḥ pacyante teṣu teṣvatha
And those who steal what is deposited in trust, and those who cause bewilderment (or: deceive by charms), and likewise those who are petty and given to false pretexts — they are cooked in those (hells).
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VrP 203.41
कर्मक्षयो यदा तेषां मानुष्यं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते ।। तत्र तत्रोपपद्यन्ते यत्र यत्र महद्भयम्
karmakṣayo yadā teṣāṃ mānuṣyaṃ prāpnuvanti te || tatra tatropapadyante yatra yatra mahadbhayam
When their (evil) deeds are exhausted, they attain human birth; (then) they are born in just those places where there is great danger.
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VrP 203.42
यस्मिंश्चौरभयं देशे क्षुद्भयं राजतो भयम् ।। आपद्भ्योऽपि भयं यत्र व्याधिमृत्युभयं तथा
yasmiṃścaurabhayaṃ deśe kṣudbhayaṃ rājato bhayam || āpadbhyo'pi bhayaṃ yatra vyādhimṛtyubhayaṃ tathā
In whatever region there is danger from thieves, danger of famine, danger from the king, where there is danger from calamities too, and likewise danger of disease and death,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.43
ईतयो यत्र देशेषु लुब्धेषु नगरेषु च ।। क्षयाः कालोपसर्गा वा जायन्ते तत्र ते नराः
ītayo yatra deśeṣu lubdheṣu nagareṣu ca || kṣayāḥ kālopasargā vā jāyante tatra te narāḥ
In whatever regions and in greedy cities there are plagues (of crops), destructions or afflictions of the times — there those men are born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.44
बहुदुःखपरिक्लिष्टा गर्भवासेन पीडिताः ।। एकहस्ता द्विहस्ता वा कूटाश्च विकृतोदराः
bahuduḥkhaparikliṣṭā garbhavāsena pīḍitāḥ || ekahastā dvihastā vā kūṭāśca vikṛtodarāḥ
Afflicted with much suffering, tormented by dwelling in the womb, one-handed or two-handed (only), hunchbacked and with deformed bellies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.46
तेषामपत्यं न भवेत्तद्रूपं च सुलक्षणम् ।। अतिह्रस्वं विवर्णं च विकृतं भ्रान्तलोचनम्
teṣāmapatyaṃ na bhavettadrūpaṃ ca sulakṣaṇam || atihrasvaṃ vivarṇaṃ ca vikṛtaṃ bhrāntalocanam
They will have no offspring, nor a form that is well-favoured; (their form is) exceedingly short, discoloured, deformed, with rolling eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.47
संसारे च यथा पक्वं कृपणं भैरवस्वनम् ।। महतः परिवारस्य तुष्टश्चोच्छिष्टभोजकः
saṃsāre ca yathā pakvaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ bhairavasvanam || mahataḥ parivārasya tuṣṭaścocchiṣṭabhojakaḥ
And in the round of rebirth, (their lot is) as though ripened (by their deeds), wretched, of dreadful cry; (each is) content to eat the leavings of a great household.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.48
रूपतो गुणतो हीनो बलतः शीलतस्तथा ।। राजभृत्या भवन्त्येते पृथिवीपरिचारकाः
rūpato guṇato hīno balataḥ śīlatastathā || rājabhṛtyā bhavantyete pṛthivīparicārakāḥ
Deficient in beauty, in virtue, in strength and likewise in conduct, these become the king's servants, menials of the earth (i.e. labourers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.49
शिराविवृतगात्राश्च हीनाङ्गा वातरोगिणः ।। अश्रुपातितनेत्राश्च भार्या न प्राप्नुवन्ति ते अनालया निरामर्षा वेद नाभिः सुसंवृताः ।। समकार्यसजात्यानां मित्रसम्बन्धिनां तथा
śirāvivṛtagātrāśca hīnāṅgā vātarogiṇaḥ || aśrupātitanetrāśca bhāryā na prāpnuvanti te anālayā nirāmarṣā veda nābhiḥ susaṃvṛtāḥ || samakāryasajātyānāṃ mitrasambandhināṃ tathā
With their limbs showing bared veins, defective of limb, afflicted with wind-diseases, and with tear-flowing eyes, they obtain no wives; homeless, without spirit ... well concealed ... of those of like occupation and like caste, and of friends and relatives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.51
कर्मकल्याणकृच्छ्रेषु भृशं चापि विमुह्यति ।। कर्षकाः पशुपालाश्च वाणिज्यस्योपजीवकाः
karmakalyāṇakṛcchreṣu bhṛśaṃ cāpi vimuhyati || karṣakāḥ paśupālāśca vāṇijyasyopajīvakāḥ
And in works, in auspicious rites, and in difficulties he is utterly confused; (they become) ploughmen, cattle-herders, and those who live by trade.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.52
यद्यत्कुर्वन्ति ते कर्म सर्वत्र क्षयभागिनः ।। सत्यमन्विष्यमाणाश्च नैव ते कीर्त्तिभागिनः
yadyatkurvanti te karma sarvatra kṣayabhāginaḥ || satyamanviṣyamāṇāśca naiva te kīrttibhāginaḥ
Whatever work they do, everywhere they get loss as their share; and though they seek after truth, they get no share of fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.53
यत्किञ्चिदशुभं कर्म तस्मिन्देशे समुच्छ्रितम् ।। तस्य देशस्य नैवास्ति वर्जयित्वातुरान्नरान्
yatkiñcidaśubhaṃ karma tasmindeśe samucchritam || tasya deśasya naivāsti varjayitvāturānnarān
Whatever evil deed has arisen in that region, there is none of that region (unaffected), excepting the sick men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.54
सुवृष्ट्यामपि तेषां वै क्षेत्रं तं तु विवर्जयेत् ।। अशनिर्वा पतेत्तत्र क्षेत्रं वापि विनश्यति
suvṛṣṭyāmapi teṣāṃ vai kṣetraṃ taṃ tu vivarjayet || aśanirvā patettatra kṣetraṃ vāpi vinaśyati
Even when the rain is good, one should avoid that field of theirs; either lightning falls there, or the field itself perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.55
न सुखं नापि निर्वाणं तेषां मानुषता भवेत् ।। उत्पद्यते नृशंसानां तीव्रः क्लेशः सुदारुणः
na sukhaṃ nāpi nirvāṇaṃ teṣāṃ mānuṣatā bhavet || utpadyate nṛśaṃsānāṃ tīvraḥ kleśaḥ sudāruṇaḥ
Their human state brings neither happiness nor peace; for those cruel men there arises a sharp, most terrible affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.56
स्तेयकर्मप्रयुक्तानां मुक्त्वा क्लेशपरम्पराम् ।। परदारप्रसक्तानामिमां शृणुत यातनाम्
steyakarmaprayuktānāṃ muktvā kleśaparamparām || paradāraprasaktānāmimāṃ śṛṇuta yātanām
Setting aside the succession of torments of those engaged in the act of theft, hear now this punishment of those addicted to others' wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.57
तिर्यङ्मानुषदेहेषु यान्ति विक्षिप्तमानसाः ।। विहरन्ति ह्यधर्मेषु धर्मचारित्रदूषकाः
tiryaṅmānuṣadeheṣu yānti vikṣiptamānasāḥ || viharanti hyadharmeṣu dharmacāritradūṣakāḥ
With minds distracted they go into the bodies of animals and men; for those who defile righteous conduct dwell in unrighteous ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.58
तांस्तेनैव प्रदानेन संग्रहेत्तु ग्रहेण वा ।। मूलकर्मप्रयोगेण राष्ट्रस्यातिक्रमेण वा
tāṃstenaiva pradānena saṃgrahettu graheṇa vā || mūlakarmaprayogeṇa rāṣṭrasyātikrameṇa vā
(He) who wins them over by that very gift, or by seizure, or by the application of root-magic, or by transgressing (the law of) the realm —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.59
प्रसह्य वा प्रकृत्या वै ये चरन्ति कुलाङ्गनाः ।। वर्णसङ्करकर्त्तारः कुलधर्मादिदूषकाः
prasahya vā prakṛtyā vai ye caranti kulāṅganāḥ || varṇasaṅkarakarttāraḥ kuladharmādidūṣakāḥ
Or those who by force or by (their own) nature approach women of good family — (they are) causers of the mixing of castes, defilers of family duty and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.61
निरयं पापभूयिष्ठा अनुभूय महाभयम् ।। बहुवर्षसहस्राणि कमर्णा तेन दुष्कृताः
nirayaṃ pāpabhūyiṣṭhā anubhūya mahābhayam || bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi kamarṇā tena duṣkṛtāḥ
Those full of sin, having undergone hell of great terror for many thousands of years, are (thus) requited for that evil done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.62
कर्मक्षये यदा भूयो मानुष्यं यान्ति दारुणम् ।। सङ्कीर्णयोनिजाः क्षुद्रा भवन्ति पुरुषाधमाः
karmakṣaye yadā bhūyo mānuṣyaṃ yānti dāruṇam || saṅkīrṇayonijāḥ kṣudrā bhavanti puruṣādhamāḥ
When (their) karma is exhausted, they again come to a dreadful human birth; born of mixed wombs, they become mean, the lowest of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.63
वेश्यालङ्घककूटानां शौण्डिकानां तथैव च ।। दुष्टपाषण्डनारीणां नैकमैथुनगामिनाम्
veśyālaṅghakakūṭānāṃ śauṇḍikānāṃ tathaiva ca || duṣṭapāṣaṇḍanārīṇāṃ naikamaithunagāminām
(They are born in the houses) of prostitutes, seducers and cheats, and likewise of liquor-sellers, of wicked heretical women, and of those who resort to many sexual partners —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.64
निर्ल्लज्जपुण्ड्रकाः केचिद्बद्धपौरुषगण्डकाः ।। स्त्रीबन्धकाः स्त्रीविनाशाः स्त्रीवेषाः स्त्रीविहारिणः
nirllajjapuṇḍrakāḥ kecidbaddhapauruṣagaṇḍakāḥ || strībandhakāḥ strīvināśāḥ strīveṣāḥ strīvihāriṇaḥ
some are shameless wearers of the puṇḍra mark, with their manly parts bound up; procurers of women, ruiners of women, wearing women's dress, sporting with women;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.65
स्त्रीणां चानुप्रवृद्धा ये स्त्रीभोगपरिभोगिनः ।। तद्दैवतास्तन्नियमास्तद्वेषास्तत्प्रभाषिताः
strīṇāṃ cānupravṛddhā ye strībhogaparibhoginaḥ || taddaivatāstanniyamāstadveṣāstatprabhāṣitāḥ
and those who are grown up among women, who enjoy the enjoyments of women — women are their deities, women's rules their rules, women's dress their dress, women's speech their speech;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.66
तद्भावास्तत्कथालापास्तद्भोगाः परिभोगिनः ।। विप्रलोभं च दानेषु प्राप्नुवन्ति नराधमाः
tadbhāvāstatkathālāpāstadbhogāḥ paribhoginaḥ || vipralobhaṃ ca dāneṣu prāpnuvanti narādhamāḥ
their moods, their chatter, their enjoyments are (women's) — such enjoyers, these lowest of men, meet with deception in the matter of gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.67
सौभाग्यपरमासक्ता नरा बीभत्सदर्शनाः ।। अबुद्धैः सह संवासं प्रियं चाविप्रियं तथा
saubhāgyaparamāsaktā narā bībhatsadarśanāḥ || abuddhaiḥ saha saṃvāsaṃ priyaṃ cāvipriyaṃ tathā
Men supremely attached to (their own) good fortune, loathsome to look at, (obtain) living together with the witless, and what is pleasant and what is unpleasant alike;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 203.68
शारीरं मानसं दुःखं प्राप्नुवन्ति नराधमाः ।। कृमिभिर्भक्षणं चैव तप्ततैलोपसेचनम्
śārīraṃ mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpnuvanti narādhamāḥ || kṛmibhirbhakṣaṇaṃ caiva taptatailopasecanam
these lowest of men obtain bodily and mental suffering, and being devoured by worms and being drenched with hot oil,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.69
अग्निक्षारनदीभ्यां तु प्राप्नुवन्ति न संशयः ।। परदारप्रसक्तानां भयं भवति निग्रहः
agnikṣāranadībhyāṃ tu prāpnuvanti na saṃśayaḥ || paradāraprasaktānāṃ bhayaṃ bhavati nigrahaḥ
and (suffering) from the river of fire and the river of caustic they obtain, no doubt. For those addicted to others' wives there is fear and punishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 203.203
प्राणातिपातनं ते वै प्राप्नुवन्ति यथा तथा ।। लोहकाः कारुकाश्चैव गर्भाणां विनिहिंसकाः योनिशूलाक्षिशूलाश्च श्वास हृद्गुह्यशूलिनः ।। पिण्डकावर्त्तभेदैश्च प्लीहगुल्मादिरोगिणः तत्र कालं चिरं घोरं पच्यन्ते पापकारिणः।। कर्मक्षयो यदा भूयो मानुष्यं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते निरयेष्व प्रतिष्ठेषु दारुणेषु ततस्ततः।। तत्र कालं तु सुचिरं पच्यन्तां पापकारिणः कर्मान्तकारका ह्येते तृणीभूता भवन्ति ते ।। अनर्थो राजदण्डो वा नित्यमुत्पाद्यते वधः शीलशौचादिसम्पन्नं ये जनं धर्मलक्षणम् ।। धर्षयन्ति च ये पापाः श्रूयतां तत्पराभवः सर्वं च निखिलं कार्यं यन्मया समुदाहृतम्
prāṇātipātanaṃ te vai prāpnuvanti yathā tathā || lohakāḥ kārukāścaiva garbhāṇāṃ vinihiṃsakāḥ yoniśūlākṣiśūlāśca śvāsa hṛdguhyaśūlinaḥ || piṇḍakāvarttabhedaiśca plīhagulmādirogiṇaḥ tatra kālaṃ ciraṃ ghoraṃ pacyante pāpakāriṇaḥ|| karmakṣayo yadā bhūyo mānuṣyaṃ prāpnuvanti te nirayeṣva pratiṣṭheṣu dāruṇeṣu tatastataḥ|| tatra kālaṃ tu suciraṃ pacyantāṃ pāpakāriṇaḥ karmāntakārakā hyete tṛṇībhūtā bhavanti te || anartho rājadaṇḍo vā nityamutpādyate vadhaḥ śīlaśaucādisampannaṃ ye janaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam || dharṣayanti ca ye pāpāḥ śrūyatāṃ tatparābhavaḥ sarvaṃ ca nikhilaṃ kāryaṃ yanmayā samudāhṛtam
They indeed incur, one way or another, the destruction of life: ironworkers and artisans and the killers of embryos. (They become) sufferers from pain in the womb and pain in the eyes, from asthma, from pain in the heart and the private parts, and from lumps, tumours and ruptures, diseased with enlarged spleen, abdominal swelling and the rest. There the evildoers are cooked for a long, terrible time; and when (their) karma is exhausted they again attain human birth, from one dreadful, bottomless hell after another. There let the evildoers be cooked for a very long time; for these doers of (such) work become as (worthless as) grass. Ruin, or the king's punishment, or death is constantly brought about (for them). And as for those sinners who assault a person endowed with good conduct, purity and the rest, marked by dharma — let their downfall be heard. And all that is to be done, entire, has been set forth by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain