Yama's Realm and the Roads of the Dead

Verse 1 (13.229.1)

भगवन्सर्वलोकेश त्रिपुरार्दन शङ्कर । कीदृशा यमदण्डास्ते कीदृशाः परिचारकाः ॥

bhagavansarvalokeśa tripurārdana śaṅkara | kīdṛśā yamadaṇḍāste kīdṛśāḥ paricārakāḥ

O Lord, sovereign of all the worlds, destroyer of Tripura, Shankara! What are Yama's rods of punishment like, and what are his attendants like?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2594-2595.

Verse 2 (13.229.2)

कथं मृतास्ते गच्छन्ति प्राणिनो यमसादनम् । कीदृशं भवनं तस्य कथं दण्डयति प्रजाः । एतत्सर्वं महादेव श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो ॥

kathaṃ mṛtāste gacchanti prāṇino yamasādanam | kīdṛśaṃ bhavanaṃ tasya kathaṃ daṇḍayati prajāḥ | etatsarvaṃ mahādeva śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prabho

How do the dead go to Yama's abode? What kind of dwelling is his, and how does he punish creatures? All this I wish to hear, O Mahadeva, O Lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2596-2598.

Verse 3 (13.229.3)

शृणु कल्याणि तत्सर्वं यत्ते देवि मनःप्रियम् । दक्षिणस्यां दिशि शुभे यमस्य सदनं महत् ॥

śṛṇu kalyāṇi tatsarvaṃ yatte devi manaḥpriyam | dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi śubhe yamasya sadanaṃ mahat

Listen, auspicious lady, to all that pleases your mind, O goddess. In the fair southern quarter stands Yama's great abode,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2599-2600.

Verse 4 (13.229.4)

विचित्रं रमणीयं च नानाभावसमन्वितम् । पितृभिः प्रेतसङ्घैश्च यमदूतैश्च सन्ततम् ॥

vicitraṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca nānābhāvasamanvitam | pitṛbhiḥ pretasaṅghaiśca yamadūtaiśca santatam

wondrous and delightful, endowed with every kind of state, and ever thronged with the Fathers, with hosts of departed spirits and with Yama's messengers,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2601-2602.

Verse 5 (13.229.5)

प्राणिसङ्घैश्च बहुभिः कर्मवश्यैश्च पूरितम् । तत्रास्ते दण्डयन्नित्यं यमो लोकहिते रतः ॥

prāṇisaṅghaiśca bahubhiḥ karmavaśyaiśca pūritam | tatrāste daṇḍayannityaṃ yamo lokahite rataḥ

and filled with many multitudes of creatures held fast by their deeds. There Yama, devoted to the good of the world, ever sits dispensing punishment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2603-2604.

Verse 6 (13.229.6)

मायया सततं वेत्ति प्राणिनां यच्छुभाशुभम् । मायया संहरंस्तत्र प्राणिसङ्घान्यतस्ततः ॥

māyayā satataṃ vetti prāṇināṃ yacchubhāśubham | māyayā saṃharaṃstatra prāṇisaṅghānyatastataḥ

By his power of illusion he always knows the good and evil of beings, and by that same power he gathers the hosts of creatures in from here and there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2605-2606.

Verse 7 (13.229.7)

तस्य मायामयाः पाशा न वेद्यन्ते सुरासुरैः । को हि मानुषमात्रस्तु देवस्य चरितं महत् ॥

tasya māyāmayāḥ pāśā na vedyante surāsuraiḥ | ko hi mānuṣamātrastu devasya caritaṃ mahat

His snares, made of illusion, are not perceived even by gods and asuras. What is a mere mortal, that he should know the great doings of that god?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2607-2608.

Verse 8 (13.229.8)

एवं संवसतस्तस्य यमस्य परिचारकाः । गृहीत्वा सन्नयन्त्येव प्राणिनः क्षीणकर्मणः । येन केनापदेशेन त्वपदेशसमुद्भवाः ॥

evaṃ saṃvasatastasya yamasya paricārakāḥ | gṛhītvā sannayantyeva prāṇinaḥ kṣīṇakarmaṇaḥ | yena kenāpadeśena tvapadeśasamudbhavāḥ

While Yama dwells thus, his attendants seize those creatures whose deeds are spent and lead them away, by one pretext or another, for pretexts arise readily.

Note on the text: Corrected यन केना → येन केना (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads yena kenāpadeśena). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2609-2611.

Verse 9 (13.229.9)

कर्मणा प्राणिनो लोके उत्तमाधममध्यमाः । यथार्हं तान्समादाय नयन्ति यमसादनम् ॥

karmaṇā prāṇino loke uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ | yathārhaṃ tānsamādāya nayanti yamasādanam

In the world, creatures are of the highest, the lowest and the middling sort according to their deeds; taking each as he deserves, the attendants lead them to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2612-2613.

Verse 10 (13.229.10)

धार्मिकानुत्तमान्विद्धि स्वर्गिणस्ते यथाऽमराः । त्रिषु जन्म लभन्ते ये कर्मणा मध्यमाः स्मृताः । तिर्यङ्नरकगन्तारो ह्यधमास्ते नराधमाः ॥

dhārmikānuttamānviddhi svargiṇaste yathā'marāḥ | triṣu janma labhante ye karmaṇā madhyamāḥ smṛtāḥ | tiryaṅnarakagantāro hyadhamāste narādhamāḥ

Know the righteous to be the highest; they become like immortals in heaven. Those who are reckoned middling by their deeds obtain birth in three ways. The lowest, the vilest of men, are bound for the animal wombs and for hell.

Note on the text: Corrected तिर्यङनरक → तिर्यङ्नरक (misprint in Wikisource; missing virama in the conjunct; the critical edition reads tiryaṅnaraka). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2614-2616.

Verse 11 (13.229.11)

पन्थानस्त्रिविधा दृष्टाः सर्वेषां गतजीविनाम् । रमणीयं निराबाधं दुर्दर्शमिति नामतः ॥

panthānastrividhā dṛṣṭāḥ sarveṣāṃ gatajīvinām | ramaṇīyaṃ nirābādhaṃ durdarśamiti nāmataḥ

Three roads are seen for all who have left life: the Pleasant, the Unobstructed, and the Hard to See, as they are named.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2617-2618.

Verse 12 (13.229.12)

रमणीयं तु यन्मार्गं पताकाध्वजसङ्कुलम् । धूपितं सिक्तसंमृष्टं पुष्पमालाभिसङ्कुलम् ॥

ramaṇīyaṃ tu yanmārgaṃ patākādhvajasaṅkulam | dhūpitaṃ siktasaṃmṛṣṭaṃ puṣpamālābhisaṅkulam

The road called Pleasant is crowded with banners and flags, perfumed with incense, sprinkled and swept, and thick with garlands of flowers,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2619-2620.

Verse 13 (13.229.13)

मनोहरं सुखस्पर्शं गच्छतामेव तद्भवेत् । निराबाधं यथालोकं सुप्रशस्तं कृतं भवेत् ॥

manoharaṃ sukhasparśaṃ gacchatāmeva tadbhavet | nirābādhaṃ yathālokaṃ supraśastaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet

charming, and soft to the touch for those who walk it. The Unobstructed road is laid out, as in the world, in the finest manner.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2621-2622.

Verse 14 (13.229.14)

तृतीयं यत्तु दुर्दर्शं दुर्गन्धि तमसा वृतम् । परुषं शर्कराकीर्णं श्वदंष्ट्राबहुलं भृशम् । किमिकीटसमाकीर्णं भजतामतिदुर्गमम् ॥

tṛtīyaṃ yattu durdarśaṃ durgandhi tamasā vṛtam | paruṣaṃ śarkarākīrṇaṃ śvadaṃṣṭrābahulaṃ bhṛśam | kimikīṭasamākīrṇaṃ bhajatāmatidurgamam

The third is the Hard to See: foul-smelling, wrapped in darkness, rough and strewn with gravel, thick with dogs' fangs, full of worms and insects, and most difficult for those who travel it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2623-2625.

Verse 15 (13.229.15)

मार्गैरेवं त्रिभिर्नित्यमुत्तमाधममध्यमान् । सन्नयन्ति यथा काले तन्मे शृणु शुचिस्मिते ॥

mārgairevaṃ tribhirnityamuttamādhamamadhyamān | sannayanti yathā kāle tanme śṛṇu śucismite

By these three roads they lead the highest, the lowest and the middling in due time. Hear that from me, O fair-smiling one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2626-2627.

Verse 16 (13.229.16)

उत्तमानन्तकाले तु यमदूताः सुसंवृताः । नयन्ति सुखमादाय रमणीयपथेन वै ॥

uttamānantakāle tu yamadūtāḥ susaṃvṛtāḥ | nayanti sukhamādāya ramaṇīyapathena vai

When the end comes, Yama's messengers, well composed, take the best of them gently and lead them along the Pleasant road.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2628-2629.

Verse 17 (13.229.17)

भगवंस्तत्र चात्मानं त्यक्तदेहं निराश्रयम् । अदृश्यं कथमादाय सन्नयन्ति यमान्तिकम् ॥

bhagavaṃstatra cātmānaṃ tyaktadehaṃ nirāśrayam | adṛśyaṃ kathamādāya sannayanti yamāntikam

O Lord, how do they take the self itself, which has cast off its body, has nothing to rest on and cannot be seen, into Yama's presence?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2630-2631.

Verse 18 (13.229.18)

शृणु भामिनि तत्सर्वं त्रिविधं देहकारणम् । कर्मवश्यं भोगवश्यं दुःखवश्यमिति प्रिये ॥

śṛṇu bhāmini tatsarvaṃ trividhaṃ dehakāraṇam | karmavaśyaṃ bhogavaśyaṃ duḥkhavaśyamiti priye

Listen to all of it, O lovely lady: the body assumed is of three kinds, dear one — ruled by action, ruled by enjoyment, ruled by suffering.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्स्रवं → तत्सर्वं (misprint in Wikisource; misprint for tatsarvaṃ; the critical edition reads tat sarvaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2632-2633.

Verse 19 (13.229.19)

मानुषं कर्मवश्यं स्याद्द्वितीयं भोगसाधनम् । तृतीयं यातनावश्यं शरीरं मायया कृतम् । यमलोके न चान्यत्र दृश्यते यातनायुतम् ॥

mānuṣaṃ karmavaśyaṃ syāddvitīyaṃ bhogasādhanam | tṛtīyaṃ yātanāvaśyaṃ śarīraṃ māyayā kṛtam | yamaloke na cānyatra dṛśyate yātanāyutam

The human body is ruled by action; the second is the instrument of enjoyment; the third, ruled by torment, is a body made by illusion. A body fitted for torment is seen only in Yama's world and nowhere else.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2634-2636.

Verse 20 (13.229.20)

शरीरैर्यातनावश्यैर्जीवानामुच्य भामिनि । नयन्ति यामिकास्तत्र प्राणिनो मायया मृतान् ॥

śarīrairyātanāvaśyairjīvānāmucya bhāmini | nayanti yāmikāstatra prāṇino māyayā mṛtān

Having clothed the souls in these bodies fitted for torment, O lovely lady, the messengers lead there the creatures who have died by illusion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2637-2638.

Verse 21 (13.229.21)

मध्यमान्योधवेषेण मध्यमेन पथा तथा ॥

madhyamānyodhaveṣeṇa madhyamena pathā tathā

The middling they lead in the guise of warriors, and likewise by the middle road.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2639. A single line on the page, and also a single line in the critical edition.

Verse 22 (13.229.22)

चण्डालवेषास्त्वधमान्गृहीत्वा भर्त्सतर्जनैः । आकर्षन्तस्तथा पाशैर्दुर्दर्शेन नयन्ति तान् ॥

caṇḍālaveṣāstvadhamāngṛhītvā bhartsatarjanaiḥ | ākarṣantastathā pāśairdurdarśena nayanti tān

In the guise of chandalas they seize the lowest with rebukes and threats, drag them with nooses, and lead them by the Hard to See road.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2640-2641.

Verse 23 (13.229.23)

त्रिविधानेवमादाय नयन्ति यमसादनम् । धर्मासनगतं दक्षं भ्राजमानं स्वतेजसा ॥

trividhānevamādāya nayanti yamasādanam | dharmāsanagataṃ dakṣaṃ bhrājamānaṃ svatejasā

Having taken the three kinds in this way, they lead them to Yama's abode, where he sits on the seat of dharma, able and shining with his own radiance,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2642-2643.

Verse 24 (13.229.24)

लोकपालं सहाध्यक्षं तथैव परिषद्गतम् । दर्शयन्ति महाभागे यामिकास्तं निवेद्य ते ॥

lokapālaṃ sahādhyakṣaṃ tathaiva pariṣadgatam | darśayanti mahābhāge yāmikāstaṃ nivedya te

the guardian of the world, with his officer, seated amid his assembly. O highly fortunate one, the messengers announce them and show them to him.

Note on the text: Split from input row 24, which carries four lines under one number: the page marks a verse end after line 2 and again after line 4, and its numbering skips from 24 to 26, so this is the first of two verses (the page's 24 and the missing 25). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2644-2645.

Verse 25 (13.229.25)

पूजयन्दण्डयन्कांश्चित्तेषां शृण्वञ्शुभाशुभम् । व्याहृतो बहुसाहस्रैस्तत्रास्ते सततं यमः ॥

pūjayandaṇḍayankāṃścitteṣāṃ śṛṇvañśubhāśubham | vyāhṛto bahusāhasraistatrāste satataṃ yamaḥ

Honouring some, punishing others, and hearing the good and evil of each, Yama sits there ever attended by many thousands who address him.

Note on the text: Second half of input row 24 (see the previous verse): lines 3-4, the page's missing verse 25. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2646-2647.

Verse 26 (13.229.26)

गतानां तु यमस्तेषामुत्तमानभिपूजया । अभिसङ्गृह्य विधिवत्पृष्ट्वा स्वागतकौशलम् । प्रस्तुत्य तत्कृतं तेषां लोकं संदिशते यमः ॥

gatānāṃ tu yamasteṣāmuttamānabhipūjayā | abhisaṅgṛhya vidhivatpṛṣṭvā svāgatakauśalam | prastutya tatkṛtaṃ teṣāṃ lokaṃ saṃdiśate yamaḥ

Of those who have arrived, Yama honours the best with reverence, receives them properly and asks after their welfare, and, speaking of what they have done, assigns them their world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2648-2650.

Verse 27 (13.229.27)

यमेनैवमनुज्ञाता यान्ति पश्चात्त्रिविष्टपम् ॥

yamenaivamanujñātā yānti paścāttriviṣṭapam

Thus permitted by Yama, they then go to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 2651.

Verse 28 (13.229.28)

मध्यमानां यमस्तेषां श्रुत्वा कर्म यथातथम् । जायन्तां मानुषेष्वेव इति संदिशते च तान् ॥

madhyamānāṃ yamasteṣāṃ śrutvā karma yathātatham | jāyantāṃ mānuṣeṣveva iti saṃdiśate ca tān

Of the middling, Yama hears their deeds just as they were and commands them: "Be born among men."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2652-2653.

Verse 29 (13.229.29)

अधमान्पाशसंयुक्तान्यमो नावेक्षते गतान् । यमस्य पुरुषा घोराश्चण्डालसमदर्शनाः । यातनाः प्रापयन्त्येताँल्लोकपालस्य शासनात् ॥

adhamānpāśasaṃyuktānyamo nāvekṣate gatān | yamasya puruṣā ghorāścaṇḍālasamadarśanāḥ | yātanāḥ prāpayantyetām̐llokapālasya śāsanāt

Yama does not even look at the lowest, who arrive bound in nooses. Yama's men, terrible and looking like chandalas, make them suffer torments at the command of the guardian of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2654-2656.

Verse 30 (13.229.30)

भिन्दन्तश्च तुदन्तश्च प्रकर्षन्तो यतस्ततः । क्रोशन्तः पातयन्त्येतान्मिथो गर्तेष्ववाङ्मुखान् ॥

bhindantaśca tudantaśca prakarṣanto yatastataḥ | krośantaḥ pātayantyetānmitho garteṣvavāṅmukhān

Splitting them, piercing them and dragging them this way and that, shouting, they throw them head-downward into pits, one upon another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2657-2658.

Verse 31 (13.229.31)

संयामिन्यः शिलास्तेषां पतन्ति शिरसि प्रिये । अयोमुखाः कङ्कवला भक्षयन्ति सुदारुणाः ॥

saṃyāminyaḥ śilāsteṣāṃ patanti śirasi priye | ayomukhāḥ kaṅkavalā bhakṣayanti sudāruṇāḥ

Stones fall on their heads, dear one, and dreadful iron-beaked birds of prey devour them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2659-2660.

Verse 32 (13.229.32)

असिपत्रवने घोरे चारयन्ति तथा परान् । तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रास्तथा श्वानः कांश्चित्तत्र ह्यदन्ति वै ॥

asipatravane ghore cārayanti tathā parān | tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāstathā śvānaḥ kāṃścittatra hyadanti vai

Others they make wander in the dreadful forest of sword-leaves, and dogs with sharp fangs devour some of them there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2661-2662.

Verse 33 (13.229.33)

तत्र वैतरणी नाम नदी ग्राहसमाकुला । दुष्प्रवेशा च घोरा च मूत्रशोणितवाहिनी । तस्यां सम्मज्जयन्त्येते तृषितान्पाययन्ति तान् ॥

tatra vaitaraṇī nāma nadī grāhasamākulā | duṣpraveśā ca ghorā ca mūtraśoṇitavāhinī | tasyāṃ sammajjayantyete tṛṣitānpāyayanti tān

There is a river there named Vaitarani, teeming with crocodiles, terrible and hard to enter, carrying urine and blood. In it they plunge the thirsty and make them drink.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2663-2665.

Verse 34 (13.229.34)

आरोपयन्ति वै कांश्चित्तत्र कण्टकशल्मलीम् । यन्त्रचक्रेषु तिलवत्पीड्यन्ते तत्र केचन ॥

āropayanti vai kāṃścittatra kaṇṭakaśalmalīm | yantracakreṣu tilavatpīḍyante tatra kecana

Some they make climb the thorny silk-cotton tree; some are pressed like sesame seeds in the wheels of engines.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2666-2667.

Verse 35 (13.229.35)

अङ्गारेषु च दह्यन्ते तथा दुष्कृतकारिणः । कुम्भीपाकेषु पच्यन्ते पच्यन्ते सिकतासु वै ॥

aṅgāreṣu ca dahyante tathā duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ | kumbhīpākeṣu pacyante pacyante sikatāsu vai

Evildoers are burned on beds of coals; they are cooked in pots and cooked in sand.

Note on the text: Corrected अङ्गरेषु → अङ्गारेषु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; the critical edition reads aṅgāreṣu). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2668-2669.

Verse 36 (13.229.36)

पाट्यन्ते तरुवच्छस्त्रैः पापिनः क्रकचादिभिः । भिद्यन्ते भागशः शूलैस्तुद्यन्ते सूक्ष्मसूचिभिः ॥

pāṭyante taruvacchastraiḥ pāpinaḥ krakacādibhiḥ | bhidyante bhāgaśaḥ śūlaistudyante sūkṣmasūcibhiḥ

Sinners are sawn like trees with saws and other tools, split into pieces with spikes, and pricked with fine needles.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2670-2671.

Verse 37 (13.229.37)

एवं त्वया कृतं दोषं तदर्थं दण्डनं त्विति । वाचैव घोषयन्ति स्म दण्डमानाः समन्ततः ॥

evaṃ tvayā kṛtaṃ doṣaṃ tadarthaṃ daṇḍanaṃ tviti | vācaiva ghoṣayanti sma daṇḍamānāḥ samantataḥ

"You did this wrong, and this punishment is for it": so they proclaim aloud on every side as they punish them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2672-2673.

Verse 38 (13.229.38)

एवं ते यातनां प्राप्य शरीरैर्यातनाशयैः । प्रसहन्तश्च तद्दुःखं स्मरन्तः स्वापराधजम् ॥

evaṃ te yātanāṃ prāpya śarīrairyātanāśayaiḥ | prasahantaśca tadduḥkhaṃ smarantaḥ svāparādhajam

Thus, receiving torments in bodies made for torment, enduring that pain and remembering the wrong they themselves did,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2674-2675.

Verse 39 (13.229.39)

क्रोशन्तश्च रुदन्तश्च न मुच्यन्ते कथञ्चन । स्मरन्तस्तत्र तप्यन्ते पापमात्मकृतं भृशम् ॥

krośantaśca rudantaśca na mucyante kathañcana | smarantastatra tapyante pāpamātmakṛtaṃ bhṛśam

shrieking and weeping, they are not released in any way; remembering, they burn terribly there for the sin they themselves committed.

Note on the text: Corrected रुद्रन्तश्च → रुदन्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; misprint for rudantaś ca; the critical edition reads rudantaś ca). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2676-2677.

Verse 40 (13.229.40)

एवं बहुविधा दण्डा भुज्यन्ते पापकारिभिः । यातनाभिश्च पच्यन्ते नरकेषु पुनः पुनः ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhā daṇḍā bhujyante pāpakāribhiḥ | yātanābhiśca pacyante narakeṣu punaḥ punaḥ

In such manifold ways the sinners suffer punishments, and by the torments they are cooked again and again in the hells.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2678-2679.

Verse 41 (13.229.41)

अपरे यातनां भुक्त्वा मुच्यन्ते तत्र किल्बिषात् । पापदोषक्षयकरा यातनाः संस्मृता नृणाम् । बहुतप्तं यथा लोहममलं तत्तथा भवेत् ॥

apare yātanāṃ bhuktvā mucyante tatra kilbiṣāt | pāpadoṣakṣayakarā yātanāḥ saṃsmṛtā nṛṇām | bahutaptaṃ yathā lohamamalaṃ tattathā bhavet

Others, having endured the torments, are freed there from their sin. The torments are remembered as the destroyers of the stain of sin in men: as iron heated much becomes spotless, so do they.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2680-2682.