ये त्विह वै भूतान्युद्वेजयन्ति नरा उल्बणस्वभावा यथा दन्दशूकास्तेऽपि प्रेत्य नरके दन्दशूकाख्ये निपतन्ति यत्र नृप दन्दशूका: पञ्चमुखा: सप्तमुखा उपसृत्य ग्रसन्ति यथा बिलेशयान् ॥ ३३ ॥
ye tv iha vai bhutany udvejayanti nara ulbana-svabhava yatha dandasukas te ’pi pretya narake dandasukakhye nipatanti yatra nrpa dandasukah panca-mukhah sapta-mukha upasrtya grasanti yatha bilesayan.
- ye
- persons who
- tu
- but
- iha
- in this life
- vai
- indeed
- bhutani
- to living entities
- udvejayanti
- cause unnecessary pain
- narah
- men
- ulbana-svabhavah
- angry by nature
- yatha
- just like
- dandasukah
- snakes
- te
- they
- api
- also
- pretya
- after dying
- narake
- in the hell
- dandasuka-akhye
- named Dandasuka
- nipatanti
- fall down
- yatra
- where
- nrpa
- O King
- dandasukah
- serpents
- panca-mukhah
- having five hoods
- sapta-mukhah
- having seven hoods
- upasrtya
- reaching up
- grasanti
- eat
- yatha
- just like
- bilesayan
- mice
Those who in this life are like envious serpents, always angry and giving pain to other living entities, fall after death into the hell known as Dandasuka. My dear King, in this hell there are serpents with five or seven hoods. These serpents eat such sinful persons just as snakes eat mice.