ये त्विह वै श्वगर्दभपतयो ब्राह्मणादयो मृगयाविहारा अतीर्थे च मृगान्निघ्नन्ति तानपि सम्परेताँल्लक्ष्यभूतान् यमपुरुषा इषुभिर्विध्यन्ति ॥ २४ ॥
ye tv iha vai sva-gardabha-patayo brahmanadayo mrgaya vihara atirthe ca mrgan nighnanti tan api samparetal laksya-bhutan yama-purusa isubhir vidhyanti.
- ye
- those who
- tu
- but
- iha
- in this life
- vai
- or
- sva
- of dogs
- gardabha
- and asses
- patayah
- maintainers
- brahmana-adayah
- brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas
- mrgaya viharah
- taking pleasure in hunting animals in the forest
- atirthe
- other than prescribed
- ca
- also
- mrgan
- animals
- nighnanti
- kill
- tan
- them
- api
- indeed
- samparetan
- having died
- laksya-bhutan
- becoming the targets
- yama-purusah
- the assistants of Yamaraja
- isubhih
- by arrows
- vidhyanti
- pierce
If in this life a man of the higher classes (brahmana, ksatriya and vaisya) is very fond of taking his pet dogs, mules or asses into the forest to hunt and kill animals unnecessarily, he is placed after death into the hell known as Pranarodha. There the assistants of Yamaraja make him their targets and pierce him with arrows.