यस्त्विह वा असंविभज्याश्नाति यत्किञ्चनोपनतमनिर्मितपञ्चयज्ञो वायससंस्तुत: स परत्र कृमिभोजने नरकाधमे निपतति तत्र शतसहस्रयोजने कृमिकुण्डे कृमिभूत: स्वयं कृमिभिरेव भक्ष्यमाण: कृमिभोजनो यावत्तदप्रत्ताप्रहूतादोऽनिर्वेशमात्मानं यातयते ॥ १८ ॥
yas tv iha va asamvibhajyasnati yat kincanopanatam anirmita-panca-yajno vayasa-samstutah sa paratra krmibhojane narakadhame nipatati tatra sata-sahasra-yojane krmi-kunde krmi-bhutah svayam krmibhir eva bhaksyamanah krmi-bhojano yavat tad aprattaprahutado ’nirvesam atmanam yatayate.
- yah
- any person who
- tu
- but
- iha
- in this life
- va
- or
- asam-vibhajya
- without dividing
- asnati
- eats
- yat kincana
- whatever
- upanatam
- obtained by Krsna’s grace
- anirmita
- not performing
- panca-yajnah
- the five kinds of sacrifice
- vayasa
- with the crows
- samstutah
- who is described as equal
- sah
- such a person
- paratra
- in the next life
- krmibhojane
- named Krmibhojana
- naraka-adhame
- into the most abominable of all hells
- nipatati
- falls down
- tatra
- there
- sata-sahasra-yojane
- measuring 100,000 yojanas (800,000 miles)
- krmi-kunde
- in a lake of worms
- krmi-bhutah
- becoming one of the worms
- svayam
- he himself
- krmibhih
- by the other worms
- eva
- certainly
- bhaksyamanah
- being eaten
- krmi-bhojanah
- eating worms
- yavat
- as long as
- tat
- that lake is wide
- apratta-aprahuta
- unshared and unoffered food
- adah
- one who eats
- anirvesam
- who has not performed atonement
- atmanam
- to himself
- yatayate
- gives pain
A person is considered no better than a crow if after receiving some food, he does not divide it among guests, old men and children, but simply eats it himself, or if he eats it without performing the five kinds of sacrifice. After death he is put into the most abominable hell, known as Krmibhojana. In that hell is a lake 100,000 yojanas (800,000 miles) wide and filled with worms. He becomes a worm in that lake and feeds on the other worms there, who also feed on him. Unless he atones for his actions before his death, such a sinful man remains in the hellish lake of Krmibhojana for as many years as there are yojanas in the width of the lake.