SB 5.26.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

यस्त्विह वै स्तेयेन बलाद्वा हिरण्यरत्नादीनि ब्राह्मणस्य वापहरत्यन्यस्य वानापदि पुरुषस्तममुत्र राजन्यमपुरुषा अयस्मयैरग्निपिण्डैः सन्दंशैस्त्वचि निष्कुषन्ति. ॥ १९ ॥

yas tv iha vai steyena balad va hiranya-ratnadini brahmanasya
vapaharaty anyasya vanapadi purusas tam amutra rajan yama-purusa
ayasmayair agni-pinḍaiḥ sandamsais tvaci niskusanti.

yaḥ-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; purusaḥ-a person; tam-him; amutra-in the next life; rajan-O King; yama-purusaḥ-the agents of Yamaraja; ayaḥ-mayaiḥ-made of iron; agni-pinḍaiḥ-balls heated in fire; sandamsaiḥ-with tongs; tvaci-on the skin; niskusanti-tear to pieces.

TRANSLATION

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.

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