तत्र हैके नरकानेकविंशतिं गणयन्ति अथ तांस्ते राजन्नामरूपलक्षणतोऽनुक्रमिष्यामस्तामिस्रोऽन्धतामिस्रो रौरवो महारौरव: कुम्भीपाक: कालसूत्रमसिपत्रवनं सूकरमुखमन्धकूप: कृमिभोजन: सन्दंशस्तप्तसूर्मिर्वज्रकण्टकशाल्मली वैतरणी पूयोद: प्राणरोधो विशसनं लालाभक्ष: सारमेयादनमवीचिरय:पानमिति । किञ्च क्षारकर्दमो रक्षोगणभोजन: शूलप्रोतो दन्दशूकोऽवटनिरोधन: पर्यावर्तन: सूचीमुखमित्यष्टाविंशतिर्नरका विविधयातनाभूमय: ॥ ७ ॥
tatra haike narakan eka-vimsatim ganayanti atha tams te rajan nama-rupa-laksanato ’nukramisyamas tamisro ’ndhatamisro rauravo maharauravah kumbhipakah kalasutram asipatravanam sukaramukham andhakupah krmibhojanah sandamsas taptasurmir vajrakantaka-salmali vaitarani puyodah pranarodho visasanam lalabhaksah sarameyadanam avicir ayahpanam iti; kinca ksarakardamo raksogana-bhojanah sulaproto dandasuko ’vata-nirodhanah paryavartanah sucimukham ity asta-vimsatir naraka vividha-yatana-bhumayah.
- tatra
- there
- ha
- certainly
- eke
- some
- narakan
- the hellish planets
- eka-vimsatim
- twenty-one
- ganayanti
- count
- atha
- therefore
- tan
- them
- te
- unto you
- rajan
- O King
- nama-rupa-laksanatah
- according to their names, forms and symptoms
- anukramisyamah
- we shall outline one after another
- tamisrah
- Tamisra
- andha-tamisrah
- Andhatamisra
- rauravah
- Raurava
- maha-rauravah
- Maharaurava
- kumbhi-pakah
- Kumbhipaka
- kala-sutram
- Kalasutra
- asi-patravanam
- Asi-patravana
- sukara-mukham
- Sukaramukha
- andha-kupah
- Andhakupa
- krmi-bhojanah
- Krmibhojana
- sandamsah
- Sandamsa
- tapta-surmih
- Taptasurmi
- vajra-kantaka-salmali
- Vajrakantaka-salmali
- vaitarani
- Vaitarani
- puyodah
- Puyoda
- prana-rodhah
- Pranarodha
- visasanam
- Visasana
- lala-bhaksah
- Lalabhaksa
- sarameyadanam
- Sarameyadana
- avicih
- Avici
- ayah-panam
- Ayahpana
- iti
- thus
- kinca
- some more
- ksara-kardamah
- Ksarakardama
- raksah-gana-bhojanah
- Raksogana-bhojana
- sula-protah
- Sulaprota
- danda-sukah
- Dandasuka
- avata-nirodhanah
- Avata-nirodhana
- paryavartanah
- Paryavartana
- suci-mukham
- Sucimukha
- iti
- in this way
- asta-vimsatih
- twenty-eight
- narakah
- hellish planets
- vividha
- various
- yatana-bhumayah
- lands of suffering in hellish conditions
Some authorities say that there is a total of twenty-one hellish planes, and some say twenty-eight. My dear King, I shall outline all of them according to their names, forms and symptoms. The names of the different hells are as follows: Tamisra, Andhatamisra, Raurava, Maharaurava, Kumbhipaka, Kalasutra, Asi-patravana, Sukaramukha, Andhakupa, Krmibhojana, Sandamsa, Taptasurmi, Vajrakantaka-salmali, Vaitarani, Puyoda, Pranarodha, Visasana, Lalabhaksa, Sarameyadana, Avici, Ayahpana, Ksarakardama, Raksogana-bhojana, Sulaprota, Dandasuka, Avata-nirodhana, Paryavartana and Sucimukha. All these planes are meant for punishing the living entities.