यस्त्विह वै राजा राजपुरुषो वा अदण्ड्ये दण्डं प्रणयति ब्राह्मणे वा शरीरदण्डं स पापीयान्नरकेऽमुत्र सूकरमुखे निपतति तत्रातिबलैर्विनिष्पिष्यमाणावयवो यथैवेहेक्षुखण्ड आर्तस्वरेण स्वनयन् क्वचिन्मूर्च्छित: कश्मलमुपगतो यथैवेहादृष्टदोषा उपरुद्धा: ॥ १६ ॥
yas tv iha vai raja raja-puruso va adandye dandam pranayati brahmane va sarira-dandam sa papiyan narake ’mutra sukaramukhe nipatati tatratibalair vinispisyamanavayavo yathaiveheksukhanda arta-svarena svanayan kvacin murcchitah kasmalam upagato yathaiveha-drsta-dosa uparuddhah.
- yah
- anyone who
- tu
- but
- iha
- in this life
- vai
- indeed
- raja
- a king
- raja-purusah
- a king’s man
- va
- or
- adandye
- unto one not punishable
- dandam
- punishment
- pranayati
- inflicts
- brahmane
- unto a brahmana
- va
- or
- sarira-dandam
- corporal punishment
- sah
- that person, king or government officer
- papiyan
- the most sinful
- narake
- in the hell
- amutra
- in the next life
- sukaramukhe
- named Sukaramukha
- nipatati
- falls down
- tatra
- there
- ati-balaih
- by very strong assistants of Yamaraja
- vinispisyamana
- being crushed
- avayavah
- the different parts of whose body
- yatha
- like
- eva
- certainly
- iha
- here
- iksu-khandah
- sugarcane
- arta-svarena
- with a pitiable sound
- svanayan
- crying
- kvacit
- sometimes
- murcchitah
- fainted
- kasmalam upagatah
- becoming illusioned
- yatha
- just like
- eva
- indeed
- iha
- here
- adrsta-dosah
- who is not at fault
- uparuddhah
- arrested for punishment
In his next life, a sinful king or governmental representative who punishes an innocent person, or who inflicts corporal punishment upon a brahmana, is taken by the Yamadutas to the hell named Sukaramukha, where the most powerful assistants of Yamaraja crush him exactly as one crushes sugarcane to squeeze out the juice. The sinful living entity cries very pitiably and faints, just like an innocent man undergoing punishments. This is the result of punishing a faultless person.