Agnipurana 203

English (machine translation) 203

Language: English

203.5 — 3 parts
203.15 — 3 parts
203.24 — 6 parts

203.1

Agni said: / By worshipping Viṣṇu with flowers and other offerings, a man does not go to the blinding hells. / At the end of his lifespan, he is released from his vital breaths even against his will.

203.2

Water, fire, poison, weapons, hunger, disease, or falling from a mountain— / having met with some such cause, the embodied soul is released from its vital breaths.

203.3

It takes on another body meant for suffering, in accordance with its own deeds; / then the evildoer experiences sorrow, while one devoted to righteousness experiences happiness.

203.4

He is led to Yama by Yama's messengers, who terrify living beings— / on a bad path through the southern gate, whereas the righteous man goes through the western and other [gates].

203.5

He is cast into the hells by the servants commanded by Yama.

203.5.p2

1. 'āsanaṃ mūrtiṣoḍhāṅgam iti' in manuscript kha.

203.5.p3

2. 'pātyate narakeṣv api iti' in manuscript kha; 'pātyate narake sadā iti' in manuscript ṅa; 'pīḍyate narake 'dhunā iti' in manuscripts gha and cha.

203.5_2

To heaven, however, one is led through righteousness by taking refuge in the teachings of Vasiṣṭha and others.

203.6

The cow-killer is tormented in Mahāvīci for a hundred thousand years; / in Āmakumbha, glowing with intense heat, the slayer of a brahmin and the stealer of land [are tormented];

203.7

until the great cosmic dissolution he is tormented slowly in Raurava; / while the killer of women, children, and the elderly [is tormented] for the span of fourteen Indras.

203.8

In fierce Mahāraurava, he who burns houses, fields, and the like / is burnt for one aeon; a thief falls into Tāmisra.

203.9

For many aeons he is pierced with tridents and other weapons by Yama's servants; / in Mahātāmisra, he is tormented by snakes, leeches, and the like.

203.10

The killer of a mother and the like [are tormented] with swords in Asipatravana for as long as the earth exists, / and for many aeons in the hell of Karambhavālukā.

203.11

He by whom a person was burnt is burnt there by burning sands and the like. / In Kākola, one who eats sweets alone eats worms and excrement.

203.12

In Kuṭṭala, one who abandoned the rites of the five great sacrifices consumes urine and blood; / in Sudurgandha, one who eats what is forbidden to be eaten becomes a consumer of blood.

203.13

In Tailapāka, a tormentor of others is crushed like sesame seeds; / and in Tailapāka, the killer of one who has sought refuge is cooked.

203.14

In Nirucchāsa, one who destroys gifts and one who sells liquids during a sacrifice [are punished]; / in the great pit named Vajrakavāṭa, a liar is then punished.

In Mahājvāla, one of evil intent [is punished]; on Krakaca, those who have intercourse with forbidden women; / a polluter of castes [is punished] in Guḍapāka; and one who pierces the vitals of others is pricked.

203.15.p1

[Note]

203.15.p2

1. 'asipatravane 'gnibhir iti' in manuscript ṅa.

203.15.p3

2. 'gurupāke ceti' in manuscripts kha and ja.

203.16

In Kṣārahrada, a killer of living creatures [is punished]; in Kṣuradhāra, a stealer of land; / in Ambarīṣa, a stealer of cows and gold; in Vajraśastraka, a feller of trees.

203.17

In Parītāpa, a stealer of honey; in Kālasūtra, a stealer of another's wealth; / in Kaśmala, one who excessively eats meat; and in Ugragandha, one who offers no ancestral food ball.

203.18

In Durdhara, an eater of glass and those intent on capturing prisoners [are punished]; / in Mañjuṣa, the iron hell, and in Apratiṣṭha, a reviler of the Vedas.

203.19

In Pūtivaktra, a false witness; in Pariluṇṭha, a plunderer of wealth; / in Karāla, a killer of children, women, and the elderly, and one who torments a brahmin.

203.20

In Vilepa, a wine-drinking brahmin [is punished]; in Mahātāmra, the fat-eaters. //20

203.21

Likewise, an adulterer is forced to climb a blazing iron stone; / in the hell named Śālmala, a woman who consort with many men must embrace it.

203.22

Tearing out the tongue by wrenching, and piercing the eyes for ogling women [are inflicted]; / those who have incestuous relations with a mother, daughter, and others are cast into a heap of burning coals.