यस्त्विह वै स्तेयेन बलाद्वा हिरण्यरत्नादीनि ब्राह्मणस्य वापहरत्यन्यस्य वानापदि पुरुषस्तममुत्र राजन् यमपुरुषा अयस्मयैरग्निपिण्डै: सन्दंशैस्त्वचि निष्कुषन्ति ॥ १९ ॥
yas tv iha vai steyena balad va hiranya-ratnadini brahmanasya vapaharaty anyasya vanapadi purusas tam amutra rajan yama-purusa ayasmayair agni-pindaih sandamsais tvaci niskusanti.
- yah
- any person who
- tu
- but
- iha
- in this life
- vai
- indeed
- steyena
- by thievery
- balat
- by force
- va
- or
- hiranya
- gold
- ratna
- gems
- adini
- and so on
- brahmanasya
- of a brahmana
- va
- or
- apaharati
- steals
- anyasya
- of others
- va
- or
- anapadi
- not in a calamity
- purusah
- a person
- tam
- him
- amutra
- in the next life
- rajan
- O King
- yama-purusah
- the agents of Yamaraja
- ayah-mayaih
- made of iron
- agni-pindaih
- balls heated in fire
- sandamsaih
- with tongs
- tvaci
- on the skin
- niskusanti
- tear to pieces
My dear King, a person who in the absence of an emergency robs a brahmana—or, indeed, anyone else—of his gems and gold is put into a hell known as Sandamsa. There his skin is torn and separated by red-hot iron balls and tongs. In this way, his entire body is cut to pieces.