The Sufferings Endured on the Path to Hell

Verse 1 (shiva.uma.10.1)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । मिथ्यागमं प्रवृत्तस्तु द्विजिह्वाख्यं च गच्छति । जिह्वार्धकोशविस्तीर्णहलैस्तीक्ष्णैः प्रपीड्यते

sanatkumāra uvāca mithyāgamaṁ pravṛttastu dvijihvākhyaṁ ca gacchati jihvārdhakośavistīrṇahalaistīkṣṇaiḥ prapīḍyate

Sanatkumara said: One who devotes himself to spreading false doctrine goes to the hell called Dvijihva ("Double-Tongued"), where he is tormented by sharp ploughshares as wide as half the sheath of his own tongue.

Verse 2 (shiva.uma.10.2)

निर्भर्त्सयति यः क्रूरो मातरं पितरं गुरुम् । विष्ठाभिः कृमिमिश्राभिर्मुखमापूर्य हन्यते

nirbhartsayati yaḥ krūro mātaraṁ pitaraṁ gurum viṣṭhābhiḥ kṛmimiśrābhirmukhamāpūrya hanyate

The cruel man who reviles his mother, father, or teacher has his mouth filled with excrement mixed with worms, and is struck.

Verse 3 (shiva.uma.10.3)

ये शिवायतनारामवापीकूपतडागकान् । विद्रवन्ति द्विजस्थानं नरास्तत्र रमन्ति च

ye śivāyatanārāmavāpīkūpataḍāgakān vidravanti dvijasthānaṁ narāstatra ramanti ca

Those who despoil Shiva's temples, gardens, step-wells, wells, and tanks — the sacred domains of the twice-born — and instead take their pleasure there,

Verse 4 (shiva.uma.10.4)

कामायोद्वर्तनाभ्यङ्ग स्नानपानाम्बुभोजनम् । क्रीडनं मैथुनं द्यूतमाचरन्ति मदोद्धताः

kāmāyodvartanābhyaṅga snānapānāmbubhojanam krīḍanaṁ maithunaṁ dyūtamācaranti madoddhatāḥ

intoxicated with pride, engage there in rubbing on unguents, oil-anointing, bathing, drinking water, eating, sporting, sexual union, and gambling.

Verse 5 (shiva.uma.10.5)

पेचिरे विविधैर्धोरैरिक्षुयन्त्रादिपीडनैः । निरयाग्निषु पच्यन्ते यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

pecire vividhairdhorairikṣuyantrādipīḍanaiḥ nirayāgniṣu pacyante yāvadābhūtasamplavam

They are cooked with manifold terrible torments — such as being crushed like sugarcane in a press — burning in the fires of hell until the dissolution of the universe.

Verse 6 (shiva.uma.10.6)

तेन तेनैव रूपेण ताड्यन्ते पारदारिकाः । गाढमालिङ्ग्य ते नारीं सुतप्तां लोहनिर्मिताम्

tena tenaiva rūpeṇa tāḍyante pāradārikāḥ gāḍhamāliṅgya te nārīṁ sutaptāṁ lohanirmitām

Adulterers are punished in that very manner corresponding to their offense; they are made to clasp tightly an intensely heated iron effigy of a woman.

Verse 7 (shiva.uma.10.7)

पूर्वाकाराश्च पुरुषाः प्रज्वलन्ति समन्ततः । दुश्चारिणीं स्त्रियं गाढमालिङ्गन्ति रुदन्ति च

pūrvākārāśca puruṣāḥ prajvalanti samantataḥ duścāriṇīṁ striyaṁ gāḍhamāliṅganti rudanti ca

Those men blaze up entirely on every side; and likewise unchaste women, tightly embracing an effigy of a wicked man, weep aloud.

Verse 8 (shiva.uma.10.8)

ये शृण्वन्ति सतां निन्दां तेषां कर्णप्रपूरणम् । अग्निवर्णैरयःकीलैस्तप्तैस्ताम्रादिनिर्मितैः

ye śṛṇvanti satāṁ nindāṁ teṣāṁ karṇaprapūraṇam agnivarṇairayaḥkīlaistaptaistāmrādinirmitaiḥ

Those who listen to slander of virtuous people have their ears filled with fire-colored, red-hot nails made of iron, copper, and the like.

Verse 9 (shiva.uma.10.9)

त्रपुसीसारकूटाद्भिः क्षीरेण च पुनःपुनः । सुतप्ततीक्ष्णतैलेन वज्रलेपेन वा पुनः

trapusīsārakūṭādbhiḥ kṣīreṇa ca punaḥpunaḥ sutaptatīkṣṇatailena vajralepena vā punaḥ

And again and again with molten tin, lead, and alloy, with boiling milk, or with intensely heated sharp oil, or again with adamantine cement.

Verse 10 (shiva.uma.10.10)

क्रमादापूर्य कर्णांस्तु नरकेषु च यातनाः । अनुक्रमेण सर्वेषु भवन्त्येताः समन्ततः

kramādāpūrya karṇāṁstu narakeṣu ca yātanāḥ anukrameṇa sarveṣu bhavantyetāḥ samantataḥ

Thus, in due order, their ears are filled up; these torments occur in sequence throughout all the hells, on every side.

Verse 11 (shiva.uma.10.11)

सर्वेन्द्रियाणामप्येवं क्रमात्पापेन यातनाः । भवन्ति घोराः प्रत्येकं शरीरेण कृतेन च

sarvendriyāṇāmapyevaṁ kramātpāpena yātanāḥ bhavanti ghorāḥ pratyekaṁ śarīreṇa kṛtena ca

In this same way, terrible torments befall each of the senses in due order, according to the sin — each inflicted through the very organ by which the deed was done.

Verse 12 (shiva.uma.10.12)

स्पर्शदोषेण ये मूढाः स्पृशन्ति च परस्त्रियम् । तेषां करोऽग्निवर्णाभिः पांसुभिः पूर्यते भृशम्

sparśadoṣeṇa ye mūḍhāḥ spṛśanti ca parastriyam teṣāṁ karo'gnivarṇābhiḥ pāṁsubhiḥ pūryate bhṛśam

Those foolish men who, out of the fault of lustful touch, touch another man's wife — their hand is filled intensely with fire-colored ashes.

Verse 13 (shiva.uma.10.13)

तेषां क्षारादिभिः सर्वैः शरीरमनुलिप्यते । यातनाश्च महाकष्टाः सर्वेषु नरकेषु च

teṣāṁ kṣārādibhiḥ sarvaiḥ śarīramanulipyate yātanāśca mahākaṣṭāḥ sarveṣu narakeṣu ca

Their bodies are smeared over with all manner of caustic substances, and they suffer extremely painful torments throughout all the hells.

Verse 14 (shiva.uma.10.14)

कुर्वन्ति पित्रोर्भृकुटिं करनेत्राणि ये नराः । वक्त्राणि तेषां सान्तानि कीर्यन्ते शङ्कुभिर्दृढम्

kurvanti pitrorbhṛkuṭiṁ karanetrāṇi ye narāḥ vaktrāṇi teṣāṁ sāntāni kīryante śaṅkubhirdṛḍham

Those men who knit their brows and glare with scowling eyes at their parents have their mouths, together with those very eyes, pierced firmly all over with spikes.

Verse 15 (shiva.uma.10.15)

यैरिन्द्रियैर्नरा ये च विकुर्वन्ति परस्त्रियम् । इन्द्रियाणि च तेषां वै विकुर्वन्ति तथैव च

yairindriyairnarā ye ca vikurvanti parastriyam indriyāṇi ca teṣāṁ vai vikurvanti tathaiva ca

Those men who, by whatever organs, act wrongfully toward another's wife — by those same organs of theirs they are, in just the same way, made to suffer in turn.

Verse 16 (shiva.uma.10.16)

परदारांश्च पश्यन्ति लुब्धाः स्तब्धेन चक्षुषा । सूचीभिश्चाग्निवर्णाभिस्तेषां नेत्रप्रपूरणम्

paradārāṁśca paśyanti lubdhāḥ stabdhena cakṣuṣā sūcībhiścāgnivarṇābhisteṣāṁ netraprapūraṇam

Those greedy men who stare fixedly, with unblinking eyes, at other men's wives — their eyes are filled with fire-colored needles.

Verse 17 (shiva.uma.10.17)

क्षाराद्यैश्च क्रमात्सर्वा इहैव यमयातनाः । भवन्ति मुनिशार्दूल सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः

kṣārādyaiśca kramātsarvā ihaiva yamayātanāḥ bhavanti muniśārdūla satyaṁ satyaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

O tiger among sages, thus, in due order, with caustic substances and the like, all these torments of Yama truly occur here — this is the truth, the very truth, beyond doubt.

Verse 18 (shiva.uma.10.18)

देवाग्निगुरुविप्रेभ्यश्चानिवेद्य प्रभुञ्जते । लोहकीलशतैस्तप्तैस्तज्जिह्वास्यं च पूर्यते

devāgniguruviprebhyaścānivedya prabhuñjate lohakīlaśataistaptaistajjihvāsyaṁ ca pūryate

Those who eat their food without first offering it to the gods, to fire, to their guru, and to brahmins have their tongue and mouth filled with hundreds of red-hot iron nails.

Verse 19 (shiva.uma.10.19)

ये देवारामपुष्पाणि लोभात्सङ्गृह्य पाणिना । जिघ्रन्ति च नरा भूयः शिरसा धारयन्ति च

ye devārāmapuṣpāṇi lobhātsaṅgṛhya pāṇinā jighranti ca narā bhūyaḥ śirasā dhārayanti ca

Those men who, out of greed, pluck flowers from the gardens of the gods with their hands, repeatedly smell them, and wear them upon their heads,

Verse 20 (shiva.uma.10.20)

आपूर्यते शिरस्तेषां तप्तैर्लोहस्य शङ्कुभिः । नासिका चातिबहुलैस्ततः क्षारादिभिर्भृशम्

āpūryate śirasteṣāṁ taptairlohasya śaṅkubhiḥ nāsikā cātibahulaistataḥ kṣārādibhirbhṛśam

have their heads filled with red-hot iron spikes, and thereafter their nostrils, too, are packed full with copious caustic substances.

Verse 21 (shiva.uma.10.21)

ये निन्दन्ति महात्मानं वाचकं धर्मदेशिकम् । देवाग्निगुरुभक्तांश्च धर्मशास्त्रं च शाश्वतम्

ye nindanti mahātmānaṁ vācakaṁ dharmadeśikam devāgnigurubhaktāṁśca dharmaśāstraṁ ca śāśvatam

Those who revile a great soul, a discourser and teacher of dharma, devotees of gods, fire, and guru, and the eternal scripture of dharma,

Verse 22 (shiva.uma.10.22)

तेषामुरसि कण्ठे च जिह्वायां दन्तसन्धिषु । तालुन्योष्ठे नासिकायां मूर्ध्नि सर्वाङ्गसन्धिषु

teṣāmurasi kaṇṭhe ca jihvāyāṁ dantasandhiṣu tālunyoṣṭhe nāsikāyāṁ mūrdhni sarvāṅgasandhiṣu

in their chest, throat, tongue, the joints of the teeth, the palate, lips, nose, crown of the head, and every joint of the body,

Verse 23 (shiva.uma.10.23)

अग्निवर्णास्तु तप्ताश्च त्रिशाखा लोहशङ्कवः । आखिद्यन्ते च बहुशः स्थानेष्वेतेषु मुद्गरैः

agnivarṇāstu taptāśca triśākhā lohaśaṅkavaḥ ākhidyante ca bahuśaḥ sthāneṣveteṣu mudgaraiḥ

fire-colored, red-hot, three-pronged iron spikes are driven in repeatedly with hammers, at all these places.

Verse 24 (shiva.uma.10.24)

ततः क्षारेण दीप्तेन पूर्यते हि समन्ततः । यातनाश्च महत्यो वै शरीरस्याति सर्वतः

tataḥ kṣāreṇa dīptena pūryate hi samantataḥ yātanāśca mahatyo vai śarīrasyāti sarvataḥ

Then they are filled entirely with burning alkali; and thus the whole body, in every part, suffers immense torment.

Verse 25 (shiva.uma.10.25)

अशेषनरकेष्वेव क्रमन्ति क्रमशः पुनः । ये गृह्णन्ति परद्रव्यं पद्भ्यां विप्रं स्पृशन्ति च

aśeṣanarakeṣveva kramanti kramaśaḥ punaḥ ye gṛhṇanti paradravyaṁ padbhyāṁ vipraṁ spṛśanti ca

Those who seize another's wealth, or touch a brahmin with their feet,

Verse 26 (shiva.uma.10.26)

शिवोपकरणं गां च ज्ञानादिलिखितं च यत् । हस्तपादादिभिस्तेषामापूर्यन्ते समन्ततः

śivopakaraṇaṁ gāṁ ca jñānādilikhitaṁ ca yat hastapādādibhisteṣāmāpūryante samantataḥ

or who defile Shiva's ritual implements, a cow, or the scriptures of sacred knowledge — for them, hands, feet, and the like are filled up on every side, and they pass, one hell after another, through the whole succession without exception.

Verse 27 (shiva.uma.10.27)

नरकेषु च सर्वेषु विचित्रा बहुयातनाः । भवन्ति बहुशः कष्टाः पाणिपादसमुद्भवाः

narakeṣu ca sarveṣu vicitrā bahuyātanāḥ bhavanti bahuśaḥ kaṣṭāḥ pāṇipādasamudbhavāḥ

And in all the hells there occur manifold, varied torments, exceedingly painful, arising specifically through the hands and feet.

Verse 28 (shiva.uma.10.28)

शिवायतनपर्यन्ते देवारामेषु कुत्रचित् । समुत्सृजन्ति ये पापाः पुरीषं मूत्रमेव च

śivāyatanaparyante devārāmeṣu kutracit samutsṛjanti ye pāpāḥ purīṣaṁ mūtrameva ca

Those sinners who, somewhere near the precincts of Shiva's temple or in the gardens of the gods, relieve themselves of feces or urine,

Verse 29 (shiva.uma.10.29)

तेषां शिश्नं सवृषणं चूर्ण्यते लोहमुद्गरैः । सूचीभिरग्निवर्णाभिस्तथा त्वापूर्यते पुनः

teṣāṁ śiśnaṁ savṛṣaṇaṁ cūrṇyate lohamudgaraiḥ sūcībhiragnivarṇābhistathā tvāpūryate punaḥ

have their genitals, along with the testicles, pulverized with iron clubs, and then again pierced through with fire-colored needles.

Verse 30 (shiva.uma.10.30)

ततः क्षारेण महता तीव्रेण च पुनः पुनः । द्रुतेन पूर्यते गाढं गुदे शिश्ने च देहिनः

tataḥ kṣāreṇa mahatā tīvreṇa ca punaḥ punaḥ drutena pūryate gāḍhaṁ gude śiśne ca dehinaḥ

Then, again and again, that embodied soul's anus and genitals are thoroughly filled with molten, intensely fierce alkali.

Verse 31 (shiva.uma.10.31)

मनः सर्वेन्द्रियाणां च यस्माद्दुःखं प्रजायते । धने सत्यपि ये दानं न प्रयच्छन्ति तृष्णया

manaḥ sarvendriyāṇāṁ ca yasmādduḥkhaṁ prajāyate dhane satyapi ye dānaṁ na prayacchanti tṛṣṇayā

Owing to which suffering is born for the mind and all the senses — those who, though possessing wealth, do not give charity, out of sheer greed,

Verse 32 (shiva.uma.10.32)

अतिथिं चावमन्यन्ते काले प्राप्ते गृहाश्रमे । तस्मात्ते दुष्कृतं प्राप्य गच्छन्ति निरयेऽशुचौ

atithiṁ cāvamanyante kāle prāpte gṛhāśrame tasmātte duṣkṛtaṁ prāpya gacchanti niraye'śucau

and who disdain a guest who arrives at their household at the proper time — because of this, having incurred that wicked deed, they go to the foul hell.

Verse 33 (shiva.uma.10.33)

येऽन्नं दत्त्वा हि भुञ्जन्ति न श्वभ्यः सह वायसैः । तेषां च विवृतं वक्त्रं कीलकद्वयताडितम्

ye'nnaṁ dattvā hi bhuñjanti na śvabhyaḥ saha vāyasaiḥ teṣāṁ ca vivṛtaṁ vaktraṁ kīlakadvayatāḍitam

Those who eat their food without first giving a portion to dogs and crows have their mouths forced open and struck with a pair of spikes.

Verse 34 (shiva.uma.10.34)

कृमिभिः प्राणिभिश्चोग्रैर्लोहतुण्डैश्च वायसैः । उपद्रवैर्बहुविधैरुग्रैरन्तः प्रपीड्यते

kṛmibhiḥ prāṇibhiścograirlohatuṇḍaiśca vāyasaiḥ upadravairbahuvidhairugrairantaḥ prapīḍyate

He is then tormented from within by fierce worms and creatures, by iron-beaked crows, and by manifold violent afflictions.

Verse 35 (shiva.uma.10.35)

श्यामश्च शबलश्चैव यममार्गानुरोधकौ । यौ स्तस्ताभ्यां प्रयच्छामि तौ गृह्णीतामिमं बलिम्

śyāmaśca śabalaścaiva yamamārgānurodhakau yau stastābhyāṁ prayacchāmi tau gṛhṇītāmimaṁ balim

"Shyama and Shabala, the two guardians of Yama's path — to them I offer this; may these two accept this offering."

Verse 36 (shiva.uma.10.36)

ये वा वरुणवायव्या याम्या नैरृत्यवायसाः । वायसाः पुण्यकर्माणस्ते प्रगृह्णन्तु मे बलिम्

ye vā varuṇavāyavyā yāmyā nairṛtyavāyasāḥ vāyasāḥ puṇyakarmāṇaste pragṛhṇantu me balim

"Or whichever meritorious crows belong to the quarters of Varuna, Vayu, Yama, and Nirriti — may they accept my offering."

Verse 37 (shiva.uma.10.37)

शिवामभ्यर्च्य यत्नेन हुत्वाग्नौ विधिपूर्वकम् । शैवैर्मन्त्रैर्बलिं ये च ददन्ते न च ते यमम्

śivāmabhyarcya yatnena hutvāgnau vidhipūrvakam śaivairmantrairbaliṁ ye ca dadante na ca te yamam

Those who, having carefully worshipped the goddess Shivā and duly offered oblations into the fire according to rule, give the bali-offering with Shaiva mantras — they do not even set eyes upon Yama;

Verse 38 (shiva.uma.10.38)

पश्यन्ति त्रिदिवं यान्ति तस्माद्दद्याद्दिनेदिने । मण्डलं चतुरस्रं तु कृत्वा गन्धादिवासितम्

paśyanti tridivaṁ yānti tasmāddadyāddinedine maṇḍalaṁ caturasraṁ tu kṛtvā gandhādivāsitam

instead they go to heaven. Therefore one should give this offering every day, having drawn a four-sided mandala, scented with fragrance and the like.

Verse 39 (shiva.uma.10.39)

धन्वन्तर्यर्थमीशान्यां प्राच्यामिन्द्राय निःक्षिपेत् । याम्यां यमाय वारुण्यां सुदक्षोमाय दक्षिणे

dhanvantaryarthamīśānyāṁ prācyāmindrāya niḥkṣipet yāmyāṁ yamāya vāruṇyāṁ sudakṣomāya dakṣiṇe

In the northeast, an offering for Dhanvantari; in the east, one should place an offering for Indra; in the south, for Yama; in the west, for Sudaksha and Uma, to the right.

Verse 40 (shiva.uma.10.40)

पितृभ्यस्तु विनिःक्षिप्य प्राच्यामर्यमणं ततः । धातुश्चैव विधातुश्च द्वारदेशे विनिःक्षिपेत्

pitṛbhyastu viniḥkṣipya prācyāmaryamaṇaṁ tataḥ dhātuścaiva vidhātuśca dvāradeśe viniḥkṣipet

Then, having placed an offering for the ancestors, and then in the east for Aryaman, one should place offerings for Dhatr and Vidhatr at the doorway.

Verse 41 (shiva.uma.10.41)

श्वभ्यश्च श्वपतिभ्यश्च वयोभ्यो विक्षिपेद्भुवि । देवैः पितृमनुष्यैश्च प्रेतैर्भूतैः सगुह्यकैः

śvabhyaśca śvapatibhyaśca vayobhyo vikṣipedbhuvi devaiḥ pitṛmanuṣyaiśca pretairbhūtaiḥ saguhyakaiḥ

And an offering should be scattered on the ground for dogs, for the lords of dogs, and for birds — in this share gods, ancestors, men, ghosts, spirits, and Guhyakas together.

Verse 42 (shiva.uma.10.42)

वयोभिः कृमिकीटैश्च गृहस्थश्चोपजीव्यते । स्वाहाकारः स्वधाकारो वषट्कारस्तृतीयकः

vayobhiḥ kṛmikīṭaiśca gṛhasthaścopajīvyate svāhākāraḥ svadhākāro vaṣaṭkārastṛtīyakaḥ

The householder sustains himself together with birds, worms, and insects too. Svahakara, svadhakara, and vashatkara as the third —

Verse 43 (shiva.uma.10.43)

हन्तकारस्तथैवान्यो धेन्वाः स्तनचतुष्टयम् । स्वाहाकारं स्तनं देवाः स्वधां च पितरस्तथा

hantakārastathaivānyo dhenvāḥ stanacatuṣṭayam svāhākāraṁ stanaṁ devāḥ svadhāṁ ca pitarastathā

and hantakara as the fourth — these are, as it were, the four teats of that cow. The teat called svahakara the gods drink, and likewise svadha the ancestors,

Verse 44 (shiva.uma.10.44)

वषट्कारं तथैवान्ये देवा भूतेश्वरास्तथा । हन्तकारं मनुष्याश्च पिबन्ति सततं स्तनम्

vaṣaṭkāraṁ tathaivānye devā bhūteśvarāstathā hantakāraṁ manuṣyāśca pibanti satataṁ stanam

the teat called vashatkara other gods and the lords of beings drink, and the teat called hantakara men continually drink.

Verse 45 (shiva.uma.10.45)

यस्त्वेतां मानवो धेनुं श्रद्धया ह्यनुपूर्विकाम् । करोति सततं काले साग्नित्वायोपकल्प्यते

yastvetāṁ mānavo dhenuṁ śraddhayā hyanupūrvikām karoti satataṁ kāle sāgnitvāyopakalpyate

Whatever man, with faith, continually performs this rite likened to that cow, in due order and at the proper time, becomes fit to attain nearness to Agni.

Verse 46 (shiva.uma.10.46)

यस्तां जहाति वास्वस्थस्तामिस्रे स तु मज्जति । तस्माद्दत्त्वा बलिं तेभ्यो द्वारस्थश्चिन्तयेत्क्षणम्

yastāṁ jahāti vāsvasthastāmisre sa tu majjati tasmāddattvā baliṁ tebhyo dvārasthaścintayetkṣaṇam

But whoever, out of negligence, abandons this rite sinks into the hell of Tamisra. Therefore, having given the offering to them, one standing at the door should reflect for a moment.

Verse 47 (shiva.uma.10.47)

क्षुधार्तमतिथिं सम्यगेकग्रामनिवासिनम् । भोजयेत्तं शुभान्नेन यथाशक्त्यात्मभोजनात्

kṣudhārtamatithiṁ samyagekagrāmanivāsinam bhojayettaṁ śubhānnena yathāśaktyātmabhojanāt

One should properly feed a hunger-stricken guest, even a fellow villager, with good food from one's own meal, according to one's means.

Verse 48 (shiva.uma.10.48)

अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात्प्रतिनिवर्तते । स तस्मै दुष्कृतं दत्त्वा पुण्यमादाय गच्छति

atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinivartate sa tasmai duṣkṛtaṁ dattvā puṇyamādāya gacchati

The guest whose hope is dashed and who turns back from a house departs, leaving his own sin with that householder and taking away the householder's merit.

Verse 49 (shiva.uma.10.49)

ततोऽन्नं प्रियमेवाश्नन्नरः शृङ्खलवान् पुनः । जिह्वावेगेन विद्धोऽत्र चिरं कालं स तिष्ठति

tato'nnaṁ priyamevāśnannaraḥ śṛṅkhalavān punaḥ jihvāvegena viddho'tra ciraṁ kālaṁ sa tiṣṭhati

Thereafter, that man, even while eating food he loves, remains there for a long time, bound once more in chains and pierced by the lash of a fiery tongue.

Verse 50 (shiva.uma.10.50)

यतस्तम्मांसमुद्धृत्य तिलमात्रप्रमाणतः । खादितुं दीयते तेषां भित्त्वा चैव तु शोणितम्

yatastammāṁsamuddhṛtya tilamātrapramāṇataḥ khādituṁ dīyate teṣāṁ bhittvā caiva tu śoṇitam

His own flesh is carved out in portions no bigger than a sesame seed and, after piercing him till the blood flows, is given to him to eat.

Verse 51 (shiva.uma.10.51)

निःशेषतः कशाभिस्तु पीड्यते क्रमशः पुनः । बुभुक्षयातिकष्टं हि तथाचातिपिपासया

niḥśeṣataḥ kaśābhistu pīḍyate kramaśaḥ punaḥ bubhukṣayātikaṣṭaṁ hi tathācātipipāsayā

Again and again he is thoroughly scourged with whips, and he suffers extreme anguish from hunger and likewise from extreme thirst.

Verse 52 (shiva.uma.10.52)

एवमाद्या महाघोराः यातनाः पापकर्मणाम् । अन्ते यत्प्रतिपन्नं हि तत्सङ्क्षेपेण संशृणु

evamādyā mahāghorāḥ yātanāḥ pāpakarmaṇām ante yatpratipannaṁ hi tatsaṅkṣepeṇa saṁśṛṇu

Such are these and other exceedingly dreadful torments belonging to the doers of sinful deeds. Now hear, in brief, the conclusion finally reached on this matter.

Verse 53 (shiva.uma.10.53)

यः करोति महापापं धर्मं चरति वै लघु । धर्मं गुरुतरं वापि तथावस्थे तयोः शृणु

yaḥ karoti mahāpāpaṁ dharmaṁ carati vai laghu dharmaṁ gurutaraṁ vāpi tathāvasthe tayoḥ śṛṇu

Of one who commits a great sin yet also practices a little dharma, or of one who practices a greater dharma besides — hear the condition of both.

Verse 54 (shiva.uma.10.54)

सुकृतस्य फलं नोक्तं गुरुपापप्रभावतः । न मिनोति सुखं तत्र भोगैर्बहुभिरन्वितः

sukṛtasya phalaṁ noktaṁ gurupāpaprabhāvataḥ na minoti sukhaṁ tatra bhogairbahubhiranvitaḥ

Because of the power of a great sin, the fruit of his good deeds does not manifest; even endowed with many enjoyments, he finds no happiness there.

Verse 55 (shiva.uma.10.55)

तथोद्विग्नोऽतिसन्तप्तो न भक्ष्यैर्मन्यते सुखम् । अभावादग्रतोऽन्यस्य प्रतिकल्यं दिने दिने

tathodvigno'tisantapto na bhakṣyairmanyate sukham abhāvādagrato'nyasya pratikalyaṁ dine dine

Restless and deeply tormented, he finds no happiness even in delicacies, for day after day there is nothing else before him to relieve his unease.

Verse 56 (shiva.uma.10.56)

पुमान्यो गुरुधर्मापि सोपवासो यथा गृही । वित्तवान्न विजानाति पीडां नियमसंस्थितः

pumānyo gurudharmāpi sopavāso yathā gṛhī vittavānna vijānāti pīḍāṁ niyamasaṁsthitaḥ

But whatever man, while practicing great dharma, also undertakes fasts like a devout householder — though wealthy, being firmly established in his discipline, he knows no such pain.

Verse 57 (shiva.uma.10.57)

तानि पापानि घोराणि सन्ति यैश्च नरो भुवि । शतधा भेदमाप्नोति गिरिर्वज्रहतो यथा

tāni pāpāni ghorāṇi santi yaiśca naro bhuvi śatadhā bhedamāpnoti girirvajrahato yathā

Those terrible sins with which a man becomes burdened on earth shatter him into a hundred fragments, just as a mountain is riven apart when struck by the thunderbolt.