Prakṛti-khaṇḍa · Chapter 31
Sourceयम उवाच ।। हरिसेवां विना साध्वि न लभेत्कर्मखण्डनम् ।। शुभकर्म्म स्वर्गबीजं नरकं च कुकर्म्मतः ।। १ ।। पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भुंक्ते वेश्यान्नं च पतिव्रते ।। तां व्रजेत्तु द्विजो यो हि कालसूत्रं प्रयाति सः ।। २ ।। शतवर्षं कालसूत्रे स्थित्वा शूद्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।। तत्र जन्मनि रोगी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद्द्विजः ।। ।। ३ ।। पतिव्रता चैकपत्नी द्वितीये कुलटा स्मृता ।। तृतीये धर्षिणी ज्ञेया चतुर्थे पुंश्चली स्मृता ।। ४ ।। वेश्या च पञ्चमे षष्ठे युग्मी च परिकीर्तिता ।। अत ऊर्ध्वं महावेश्या साऽस्पृश्या सर्वजातिषु ।। ५ ।। यो द्विजः कुलटां गच्छेद्धर्षिणीं पुंश्चलीमपि ।। वेश्य युग्मीं महावेश्यामवटोदं प्रयाति सः ।। ६ ।। शताब्दं कुलटागामी धृष्टागामी चतुर्गुणम् ।। षड्गुणं पुंश्चलीगामी वेश्यागामी गुणाष्टकम् ।। ७ ।। युग्मीगामी दशगुणं वसेत्तत्र न संशयः ।। महावेश्याकामुकश्च ततः शतगुणं वसेत् ।। ८ ।। तदा हि सर्वगामी चेत्येवमाह पितामहः ।। तत्रैव यातनां भुङ्क्ते यमदूतेन ताडितः ।।९।। तित्तिरिः कुलटागामी धृष्टागामी च वायसः।। कोकिलः पुंश्चलीगामी वेश्यागामी वृकस्तथा ।। 2.31.१० ।। युग्मीगामी सूकरश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते ।। महावेश्याकामुकश्च श्मशाने शाल्मलिस्तरुः ।। ११ ।। यो भुंक्ते ज्ञानहीनश्च ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूय्यर्योः ।। अरुन्तुदं स यात्येव चन्द्रमानाब्दमेव च ।। १२ ।। ततो भवेन्मानवस्स्यादुदरव्याधिसंयुतः ।। गुल्मयुक्तश्च काणश्च दन्तहीनस्ततः शुचिः ।। १३ ।। वाक्प्रदत्तां हि कन्यां च यश्चान्यस्मै ददाति च ।। स वसेत्पांशुभोगे च तद्भोजी च शताब्दकम् ।।१४।। दत्तापहारी यः साध्वि पाशवेष्टं शताब्दकम् ।। निवसेच्छरशय्यायां यमदूतेन ताडितः।।१५।। न पूजयेद्यो हि भक्त्या शिवलिङ्गं च पार्थिवम् ।। स याति शूलिनः कोपाच्छूलप्रोतं सुदारुणम् ।। १६ ।। स्थित्वा शताब्दं तत्रैव श्वापदः सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेद्देवलश्च सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः ।। १७ ।। करोति दण्डं यो विप्रे यद्भयात्कम्पते द्विजः ।। प्रकम्पने वसेत्सोऽपि विप्रलोमाब्दमेव च ।।१८।। प्रकोपवदना कोपात्स्वामिनं या च पश्यति ।। कटूक्तिं तं च वदति याति चोल्कामुखं च सा ।। १९ ।। उल्कां ददाति वक्त्रे च सततं यमकिङ्करः ।। दण्डेन ताडयेन्मूर्ध्नि तल्लोमाब्दप्रमाणकम् ।। 2.31.२० ।। ततो भवेन्मानवी च विधवा सप्तजन्मसु ।। भुक्त्वा दुःखं च वैधव्यं व्याधिं भुक्त्वा ततः शुचिः ।।२१।। या ब्राह्मणी शूद्रभोग्या साऽन्धकूपं प्रयाति च।। तप्तशौचोदके ध्वान्ते तदाहारा दिवानिशम् ।। २२ ।। निवसेदतिसन्तप्ता यमदूतेन ताडिता ।। शौचोदके निमग्ना च यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। २३ ।। काकी जन्मसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरी ।। कुक्कुटी शतजन्मानि शृगाली सप्तजन्मसु ।।२४।। पारावती सप्तजनौ वानरी सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेत्सा चण्डाली सर्वभोग्या च भारते।।२५।। ततो भवेच्च रजकी यक्ष्मग्रस्ता च पुंश्चली।। ततः कुष्ठयुता तैलकारी शुद्धा भवेत्ततः ।। २६ ।। वेश्या वसेद्वेधने च युग्मी वै दण्डताडने ।। जालबन्धे महावेश्या कुलटा देहचूर्णके ।। २७ ।। स्वैरिणी दलने चैव धृष्टा वै शोषणे तथा ।। निवसेद्यातनायुक्ता यमदूतेन ताडिता ।। २८ ।। विण्मूत्रभक्षणं तत्र यावन्मन्वन्तरं सति।। ततो भवेद्विट्कृमिश्च वर्षलक्षं ततः शुचिः ।। २९ ।। ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेत्क्षत्त्रियामपि क्षत्रियः ।। वैश्यो वैश्यां च शूद्रां च शूद्रो वाऽपि व्रजेद्यदि ।। 2.31.३० ।। स्ववर्णपरदारी च कषं याति तया सह ।। भुक्त्वा कषायतप्तोदं निवसेद्द्वादशाब्दकम् ।। ३१ ।। ततो विप्रो भवेच्छुद्धश्चैवं च क्षत्रियादयः ।। योषितश्चापि शुध्यन्तीत्येवमाह पितामहः ।। ३२ ।। क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेद्वैश्यो वाऽपि पतिव्रते ।। मातृगामी भवेत्सोऽपि शूर्पं च नरकं व्रजेत् ।। ३३ ।। शूर्पाकारैश्च कृमिभिर्ब्राह्मण्या सह भक्षितः ।। प्रतप्तमूत्रभोजी च यमदूतेन ताडितः ।। ३४ ।। तत्रैव यातनां भुंक्ते यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। सप्तजन्मसु वाराहश्छागलश्च ततः शुचिः ।। ३९ ।। करे धृत्वा च तुलसीं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् ।। मिथ्या वा शपथं कुर्य्यात्स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् ।। ३६ ।। गङ्गातोयं करे धृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् ।। शिलां च देवप्रतिमां स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् ।। ३७ ।। दत्त्वा च दक्षिणं हस्तं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् ।। स्थित्वा देवगृहे वाऽपि स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् ।। ३८ ।। स्पृष्ट्वा च ब्राह्मणं गां च वह्निं विष्णुसमं सति ।। न पालयेत्प्रतिज्ञां च स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् ।। ३९ ।। मित्रद्रोही कृतघ्नश्च यो हि विश्वासघातकः ।। मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदश्चैव स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् ।। 2.31.४० ।। एते तत्र वसन्त्येव यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। यथाऽङ्गारप्रदग्धाश्च यमदूतैश्च ताडिताः ।। ४१ ।। चण्डालस्तुलसीस्पर्शी सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः ।। म्लेच्छो गंगाजलस्पर्शी पञ्चजन्मस्वतः शुचिः ।। ४२।। शिलास्पर्शी विट्कृमिश्च सप्तजन्मसु सुन्दरि ।। अर्च्चास्पर्शी व्रणकृमिस्सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः ।। ४३ ।। दक्षहस्तप्रधाता च सर्पस्स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेद्धस्तहीनो मानवश्च ततः शुचिः ।। ४४ ।। मिथ्यावादी देवगृहे देवलः सप्तजन्मसु ।। विप्रादिस्पर्शकारी च सोऽग्रदानी भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।। ४५ ।। ततो भवन्ति मूकास्ते बधिराश्च त्रिजन्मसु ।। भार्य्याहीना वंशहीना बुद्धिहीनास्ततः शुचिः ।। ४६ ।। मित्रद्रोही च न कुलः कृतघ्नश्चापि गण्डकः ।। विश्वासघाती व्याघ्रश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते ।। ४७ ।। मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदश्चैव भल्लूकः सप्तजन्मसु ।। पूर्वान्सप्त परान्सप्त पुरुषान्हन्ति चात्मनः ।। '४८ ।। नित्यक्रियाविहीनश्च जडत्वेन युतो द्विजः ।। यस्यानास्था वेदवाक्ये मन्दं हसति संतमम्।। ।। ४९ ।। व्रतोपवासहीनश्च सद्वाक्यपरिनिंदकः ।। जिह्मे जिह्मो वसेत्सोऽपि शताब्दं च हिमोदके ।। 2.31.५० ।। जलजंतुर्भवेत्सोऽपि शतजन्मक्रमेण च ।। ततो नानाप्रकारा च मत्स्यजातिस्ततः शुचिः ।। ५१ ।। यो वा धनस्यापहारं देवाब्रह्मणयोश्चरेत् ।। पातयित्वा स्वपुरुषान्दश पूर्वान्दशापरान् ।। ५२ ।। स्वयं याति च धूमांधं धूमध्वांतसमन्वितम् ।। धूमक्लिष्टो धूमभोजी वसेत्तत्र चतुर्युगम् ।। ।। ५३ ।। ततो मूषकजातिश्च शतजन्मानि भारते ।। ततो नानाविधाः पक्षिजातयः कृमिजातयः ।। ५४ ।। ततो नानाविधा वृक्षजातयश्च ततो नरः ।। भार्याहीनो वंशहीनः शबरो व्याधिसंयुतः।। ५५ ।। ततो भवेत्स्वर्णकारः सुवर्णस्य वणिक्तथा ।। ततो यवनसेवी च ब्राह्मणो गणकस्ततः ।। ५६ ।। विप्रो दैवज्ञोपजीवी वैद्यजीवी चिकित्सकः ।। व्यापारी लोहलाक्षादे रसादेर्विक्रयी च यः ।। ।। ५७ ।। स याति नागवेष्टं च नागैर्वेष्टित एव च ।। वसेत्स्वलोममानाब्दं तत्र वै नागदंशितः ।। ५८ ।। ततो भवेत्स गणको वैद्यो वै सप्तजन्मसु ।। गोपश्च कर्म्मकारश्च शङ्खकारस्ततः शुचिः ।। ५९ ।। प्रसिद्धानि च कुण्डानि कथितानि पतिव्रते ।। अन्यानि चाप्रसिद्धानि तत्र क्षुद्राणि सन्ति वै ।। 2.31.६० ।। सन्ति पातकिनस्तेषु स्वकर्मफलभोगिनः ।। भ्रमंति तावत्संसारे किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।।६१।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे सावित्र्युपाख्याने कर्मविपाके पापिनां कुण्डनिर्णयो नामैकत्रिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः ।। ३१ ।।
yama uvāca || harisevāṃ vinā sādhvi na labhetkarmakhaṇḍanam || śubhakarmma svargabījaṃ narakaṃ ca kukarmmataḥ || 1 || puṃścalyannaṃ ca yo bhuṃkte veśyānnaṃ ca pativrate || tāṃ vrajettu dvijo yo hi kālasūtraṃ prayāti saḥ || 2 || śatavarṣaṃ kālasūtre sthitvā śūdro bhaveddhruvam || tatra janmani rogī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaveddvijaḥ || || 3 || pativratā caikapatnī dvitīye kulaṭā smṛtā || tṛtīye dharṣiṇī jñeyā caturthe puṃścalī smṛtā || 4 || veśyā ca pañcame ṣaṣṭhe yugmī ca parikīrtitā || ata ūrdhvaṃ mahāveśyā sā'spṛśyā sarvajātiṣu || 5 || yo dvijaḥ kulaṭāṃ gaccheddharṣiṇīṃ puṃścalīmapi || veśya yugmīṃ mahāveśyāmavaṭodaṃ prayāti saḥ || 6 || śatābdaṃ kulaṭāgāmī dhṛṣṭāgāmī caturguṇam || ṣaḍguṇaṃ puṃścalīgāmī veśyāgāmī guṇāṣṭakam || 7 || yugmīgāmī daśaguṇaṃ vasettatra na saṃśayaḥ || mahāveśyākāmukaśca tataḥ śataguṇaṃ vaset || 8 || tadā hi sarvagāmī cetyevamāha pitāmahaḥ || tatraiva yātanāṃ bhuṅkte yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ ||9|| tittiriḥ kulaṭāgāmī dhṛṣṭāgāmī ca vāyasaḥ|| kokilaḥ puṃścalīgāmī veśyāgāmī vṛkastathā || 2.31.10 || yugmīgāmī sūkaraśca saptajanmasu bhārate || mahāveśyākāmukaśca śmaśāne śālmalistaruḥ || 11 || yo bhuṃkte jñānahīnaśca grahaṇe candrasūyyaryoḥ || aruntudaṃ sa yātyeva candramānābdameva ca || 12 || tato bhavenmānavassyādudaravyādhisaṃyutaḥ || gulmayuktaśca kāṇaśca dantahīnastataḥ śuciḥ || 13 || vākpradattāṃ hi kanyāṃ ca yaścānyasmai dadāti ca || sa vasetpāṃśubhoge ca tadbhojī ca śatābdakam ||14|| dattāpahārī yaḥ sādhvi pāśaveṣṭaṃ śatābdakam || nivaseccharaśayyāyāṃ yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ||15|| na pūjayedyo hi bhaktyā śivaliṅgaṃ ca pārthivam || sa yāti śūlinaḥ kopācchūlaprotaṃ sudāruṇam || 16 || sthitvā śatābdaṃ tatraiva śvāpadaḥ saptajanmasu || tato bhaveddevalaśca saptajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ || 17 || karoti daṇḍaṃ yo vipre yadbhayātkampate dvijaḥ || prakampane vasetso'pi vipralomābdameva ca ||18|| prakopavadanā kopātsvāminaṃ yā ca paśyati || kaṭūktiṃ taṃ ca vadati yāti colkāmukhaṃ ca sā || 19 || ulkāṃ dadāti vaktre ca satataṃ yamakiṅkaraḥ || daṇḍena tāḍayenmūrdhni tallomābdapramāṇakam || 2.31.20 || tato bhavenmānavī ca vidhavā saptajanmasu || bhuktvā duḥkhaṃ ca vaidhavyaṃ vyādhiṃ bhuktvā tataḥ śuciḥ ||21|| yā brāhmaṇī śūdrabhogyā sā'ndhakūpaṃ prayāti ca|| taptaśaucodake dhvānte tadāhārā divāniśam || 22 || nivasedatisantaptā yamadūtena tāḍitā || śaucodake nimagnā ca yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || 23 || kākī janmasahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkarī || kukkuṭī śatajanmāni śṛgālī saptajanmasu ||24|| pārāvatī saptajanau vānarī saptajanmasu || tato bhavetsā caṇḍālī sarvabhogyā ca bhārate||25|| tato bhavecca rajakī yakṣmagrastā ca puṃścalī|| tataḥ kuṣṭhayutā tailakārī śuddhā bhavettataḥ || 26 || veśyā vasedvedhane ca yugmī vai daṇḍatāḍane || jālabandhe mahāveśyā kulaṭā dehacūrṇake || 27 || svairiṇī dalane caiva dhṛṣṭā vai śoṣaṇe tathā || nivasedyātanāyuktā yamadūtena tāḍitā || 28 || viṇmūtrabhakṣaṇaṃ tatra yāvanmanvantaraṃ sati|| tato bhavedviṭkṛmiśca varṣalakṣaṃ tataḥ śuciḥ || 29 || brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇīṃ gacchetkṣattriyāmapi kṣatriyaḥ || vaiśyo vaiśyāṃ ca śūdrāṃ ca śūdro vā'pi vrajedyadi || 2.31.30 || svavarṇaparadārī ca kaṣaṃ yāti tayā saha || bhuktvā kaṣāyataptodaṃ nivaseddvādaśābdakam || 31 || tato vipro bhavecchuddhaścaivaṃ ca kṣatriyādayaḥ || yoṣitaścāpi śudhyantītyevamāha pitāmahaḥ || 32 || kṣatriyo brāhmaṇīṃ gacchedvaiśyo vā'pi pativrate || mātṛgāmī bhavetso'pi śūrpaṃ ca narakaṃ vrajet || 33 || śūrpākāraiśca kṛmibhirbrāhmaṇyā saha bhakṣitaḥ || prataptamūtrabhojī ca yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ || 34 || tatraiva yātanāṃ bhuṃkte yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || saptajanmasu vārāhaśchāgalaśca tataḥ śuciḥ || 39 || kare dhṛtvā ca tulasīṃ pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet || mithyā vā śapathaṃ kuryyātsa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet || 36 || gaṅgātoyaṃ kare dhṛtvā pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet || śilāṃ ca devapratimāṃ sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet || 37 || dattvā ca dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet || sthitvā devagṛhe vā'pi sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet || 38 || spṛṣṭvā ca brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca vahniṃ viṣṇusamaṃ sati || na pālayetpratijñāṃ ca sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet || 39 || mitradrohī kṛtaghnaśca yo hi viśvāsaghātakaḥ || mithyāsākṣyapradaścaiva sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet || 2.31.40 || ete tatra vasantyeva yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || yathā'ṅgārapradagdhāśca yamadūtaiśca tāḍitāḥ || 41 || caṇḍālastulasīsparśī saptajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ || mleccho gaṃgājalasparśī pañcajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ || 42|| śilāsparśī viṭkṛmiśca saptajanmasu sundari || arccāsparśī vraṇakṛmissaptajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ || 43 || dakṣahastapradhātā ca sarpassyātsaptajanmasu || tato bhaveddhastahīno mānavaśca tataḥ śuciḥ || 44 || mithyāvādī devagṛhe devalaḥ saptajanmasu || viprādisparśakārī ca so'gradānī bhaveddhruvam || 45 || tato bhavanti mūkāste badhirāśca trijanmasu || bhāryyāhīnā vaṃśahīnā buddhihīnāstataḥ śuciḥ || 46 || mitradrohī ca na kulaḥ kṛtaghnaścāpi gaṇḍakaḥ || viśvāsaghātī vyāghraśca saptajanmasu bhārate || 47 || mithyāsākṣyapradaścaiva bhallūkaḥ saptajanmasu || pūrvānsapta parānsapta puruṣānhanti cātmanaḥ || '48 || nityakriyāvihīnaśca jaḍatvena yuto dvijaḥ || yasyānāsthā vedavākye mandaṃ hasati saṃtamam|| || 49 || vratopavāsahīnaśca sadvākyapariniṃdakaḥ || jihme jihmo vasetso'pi śatābdaṃ ca himodake || 2.31.50 || jalajaṃturbhavetso'pi śatajanmakrameṇa ca || tato nānāprakārā ca matsyajātistataḥ śuciḥ || 51 || yo vā dhanasyāpahāraṃ devābrahmaṇayoścaret || pātayitvā svapuruṣāndaśa pūrvāndaśāparān || 52 || svayaṃ yāti ca dhūmāṃdhaṃ dhūmadhvāṃtasamanvitam || dhūmakliṣṭo dhūmabhojī vasettatra caturyugam || || 53 || tato mūṣakajātiśca śatajanmāni bhārate || tato nānāvidhāḥ pakṣijātayaḥ kṛmijātayaḥ || 54 || tato nānāvidhā vṛkṣajātayaśca tato naraḥ || bhāryāhīno vaṃśahīnaḥ śabaro vyādhisaṃyutaḥ|| 55 || tato bhavetsvarṇakāraḥ suvarṇasya vaṇiktathā || tato yavanasevī ca brāhmaṇo gaṇakastataḥ || 56 || vipro daivajñopajīvī vaidyajīvī cikitsakaḥ || vyāpārī lohalākṣāde rasādervikrayī ca yaḥ || || 57 || sa yāti nāgaveṣṭaṃ ca nāgairveṣṭita eva ca || vasetsvalomamānābdaṃ tatra vai nāgadaṃśitaḥ || 58 || tato bhavetsa gaṇako vaidyo vai saptajanmasu || gopaśca karmmakāraśca śaṅkhakārastataḥ śuciḥ || 59 || prasiddhāni ca kuṇḍāni kathitāni pativrate || anyāni cāprasiddhāni tatra kṣudrāṇi santi vai || 2.31.60 || santi pātakinasteṣu svakarmaphalabhoginaḥ || bhramaṃti tāvatsaṃsāre kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi ||61|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe dvitīye prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde sāvitryupākhyāne karmavipāke pāpināṃ kuṇḍanirṇayo nāmaikatriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 31 ||
English translation
Description of the hell of the sinners Yama said—O chaste lady, without adoring the lord, the bad deeds of the human beings do not vanish. Because by perfonning good deeds one achieves heaven and by performing bad deeds one achieves hell. O chaste lady, the one who consumes the food of a wicked woman or a whore or the one who enjoys the company of a degraded woman, falls into the hell named He remains there for a hundred years and is reborn in the house of a Sudra and attracts illness right from the time of the birth. Thereafter he is purified. Thus the woman having only one husband is called the chaste woman and the one having two of them is called Kulatd and the one having three of them is called Dharsini and the one having four of them is called Punscall.
The one having the company of five men is called a whore and the one having six of them is called Yugml and the one who has more than that is called a great whore. She becomes untouchable for ail the castes.
A Brahmana who enjoys the company of a kiilald, dharslnl, punscall, vesyd, yiigml and the great whore, falls into the terrific hell.
Such a sinful person remains there for a hundred years. The one who visits, Dhrstd, remains in the hell for four hundred years and the one who visits, Punscall remains in the hell for six times more the number of years, the one who visits the whore remains eight time more the number of years in the hell, the one who keeps the company of Yiigml, remains in the hell for ten times more the number of years in the hell and the one who visits the great whore, has to remain in the hell for a hundred times more the number of years in the hell. There is no doubt about it.
He is then termed as Sarvagaml. This has been ordained by Brahma. He is then tortured by the messengers of Yama and he suffers variously.
Thereafter that sinful person is reborn as a crow, a cuckoo, a hyena, a pig and a semara-irct in the cremation ground respectively.
The one who takes food innocently during the time of solar or lunar eclipse, falls into the hell Therefore he takes birth as a human and suffers from stomach-ache, pain in joints, besides being one-eyed and is deprived of teeth. He is thereafter purified.
The one who gives away to someone else his daughter whom he had promised to give, suffers in the hell name Pdns'ubhoga for a hundred years and consumes dust as his food. O chaste lady, the one who snatches away something given in charity, falls into the hell named bed of arrows and is tortured by the messengers of Yama daily for a hundred years.
The one who does not adore the Siva-linga of Siva, falls into the hell named s'ulaprota and suffers badly. He suffers the torture of many types for a hundred years and then is reborn as a wild animal seven times. Thereafter he becomes a pujdrl of a temple before he is purified.
The one who punishes a Brahmana and by whose terror a Brahmana gets terrified, such a wicked fellow falls in the hell named Prakampana and remains there for the number of years equivalent to the number of the hair on the body of a Brahmana. The woman who looks at her husband in rage and also utters harsh words to him, falls into the hell named Ulkdmukha.
The messengers of Yama continuously insert the burning wood into her mouth and she remains in that hell suffering the torture striking her head.
She is then reborn in the human race and becomes a widow seven times. Thus suffering the misfortune of becoming a widow, she suffers from ailments and thereafter she is purified.
When a Brahmana woman keeps the company of a SCidra, she falls into and andhakupa hell. She had to spend time in the dirty water and has to consume the same day and night.
Thus suffering badly, she has to face the torture of the messengers of Yama. Thus she remains in that hell up to the time of the life of Similarly a whore falls into Vedhana hell, the Yugml in Dandatadana hell, the great whore in Jdlabandha hell, Kidatd in Dehacdrna hell and other wicked woman in the hell named Dalana.
Dhrstd falls into the Sosana hell and is tortured by the messengers of Yama and has to suffer several types of pains. Thereafter she is bom as the insect of refuse. Thereafter she is purified.
If a Brahmana enjoys another Brahmana woman, a Ksatrlya and an other Ksatrlya woman and a Vaisaya a Vaisaya woman and a Sudra with other Sudra woman, such a person falls into a hell named Kasa. He remains there for twelve years in a hot water kimda and has to consume the same water.
Thereafter the Brahmana is purified. Similarly the Ksatrlya and other women are also purified.
This has been ordained by Brahma.
Thereafter she is bom in the land of Bharata as a female crow for a thousand times, a female pig for a hundred times, a doe for a hundred times and a female jackal for seven times, a female pigeon for seven times and then she is born in the family of a Candala, then a washerwoman suffering from consumption and then becomes a whore. Thereafter she becomes on oil-woman suffering from leprosy. She is then purified.
O chaste lady, if a Ksatrlya or Vaisya cohabits with a Brahmana woman, he earns the sin of cohabiting with his own mother and falls into the The insects of the types of wallowing baskets torture that person together with the Brahmana woman and the man has to consume boiling hot urine. They are also tortured by the messenger of Yama. Thus they suffer the human torture up to the period of the life of fourteen Indras; they are then born as pigs and goats for seven times before they are purified.
Holding the Tulasi leaf in his hand if one lakes a vow and then backs out or takes a false vow, he falls into the hell named Jvdldmukha. The one who takes a vow holding the water of the Gahga, Sdlagrdma stone or image of the god and does not follow it, he falls into a hell named One who takes a vow raising his right hand or takes a vow in the temple of the god but fails to follow it, he falls into hell named Jvdldmukha. \ The one who takes a vow touching a Brahmana or Visnu or a cow or the fire and does not fulfil the vow falls into the hell named Jvdldmukha. The one who betrays his friend, is an ungrateful person, the one who is the betrayer of the faith of others and the one who gives false evidence, falls into the hell named Jvdldmukha.
All such people remain in the hell up to the period equivalent to the life of fourteen Indras and have to suffer badly from the fire flames and are tortured daily by the messengers of Yama.
Those who take a vow after touching the Tulasi plant are reborn as Candalas for seven times. The one who takes a false vow after touching the waters of the Gahga has to be bom as a Mleccha at least five times before he is purified. 0 beautiful one, touching the stone of Sdlagrdma the one who takes a false oath, is reborn as an insect of the refuse for seven times.
The one who takes a false oath after touching the articles of adoration, is reborn as an insect of the refuse for seven times. Thereafter he is purified, fqsWMKl I The one who takes a false oath extending the right hand is bom as a snake seven times; he is then bom as a human without right hand. He is purified thereafter. The one who tells a lie in a temple, is reborn as the temple priest seven times. Thereafter he is bom as a Brahmana, He is bom as a deaf and dumb person thrice, having no wife, children or wisdom. He is purified thereafter. The one who betrays his own friend, is reborn as a mongoose seven times, the ungrateful person is bom as the rhinoceros, the betrayer turns as a tiger and the one who gives false evidence becomes a bear. Thus such people have to suffer for their sins up to seven births and they also drag their seven earlier generations with them to the hell. • Such of the Brahmanas as are deprived of their
daily religious routine and do not believe in the Vedas, are devoid of wisdom. The one who laughs at the intelligent people, is relieved of all the vraias and denounces the rightful things. He then becomes wicked and falls into the pit of snow for a hundred years suffering badly.
Thereafter for a hundred births he appears an aquatic animal and a fish. He is purified thereafter. The one who steals away the riches of the Brahmanas and the gods, falls into the hell with ten earlier generations and is covered with smoke always. He gets fed up with the smoke there and has to consume only the smoke. He remains there for fourynga^.
Thereafter he takes rebirth hundred of times in the land of Bharata in the line if rats. Thereafter he entered into the various types of birds and He is then grown on earth as a tree besides being a forest dweller having no wife, no son and he always suffers from ailments. Thereafter, he is bom as a wise Brahmana well-versed in The Brahmana who earns his living by practising astrology or becomes a physician or a dealer in iron and also sells powdered medicine falls into the Nagavesti hell. Depending on the Nagas he has to stay there up to the number of years equivalent to the number of the hair he has on his body and is bitten by the Nagas daily.
Thereafter for seven births, he becomes an astrologer, a physician, a cowherd, a carpenter and a creator of conches. He is then purified. O chaste lady, I have now described and prominent hells to you. There are several other hells which are of insignificant nature which the sinners achieve as a result of their evil deeds and roam about in the entire universe. What made do you want to listen to from me?
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117811 (2017-08-17T02:26:16Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n370–n375: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n370/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.