Manusmriti
बहून् वर्षगणान् घोरान्नरकान् प्राप्य तत्क्षयात् । संसारान् प्रतिपद्यन्ते महापातकिनस्त्विमान् ॥ ५४ ॥
Those who committed mortal sins (mahapataka), having passed during large numbers of years through dreadful hells, obtain, after the expiration of (that term of punishment), the following births.
english translation
bahUn varSagaNAn ghorAnnarakAn prApya tatkSayAt । saMsArAn pratipadyante mahApAtakinastvimAn ॥ 54 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptबहून् वर्षगणान् घोरान्नरकान् प्राप्य तत्क्षयात् । संसारान् प्रतिपद्यन्ते महापातकिनस्त्विमान् ॥ ५४ ॥
Those who committed mortal sins (mahapataka), having passed during large numbers of years through dreadful hells, obtain, after the expiration of (that term of punishment), the following births.
english translation
bahUn varSagaNAn ghorAnnarakAn prApya tatkSayAt । saMsArAn pratipadyante mahApAtakinastvimAn ॥ 54 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript