Manusmriti

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वान्ताश्युल्कामुखः प्रेतो विप्रो धर्मात् स्वकाच्च्युतः । अमेध्यकुणपाशी च क्षत्रियः कटपूतनः ॥ ७१ ॥

sanskrit

A Brahmana who has fallen off from his duty (becomes) an Ulkamukha Preta, who feeds on what has been vomited; and a Kshatriya, a Kataputana (Preta), who eats impure substances and corpses.

english translation

vAntAzyulkAmukhaH preto vipro dharmAt svakAccyutaH | amedhyakuNapAzI ca kSatriyaH kaTapUtanaH || 71 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मैत्राक्षज्योतिकः प्रेतो वैश्यो भवति पूयभुक् । चैलाशकश्च भवति शूद्रो धर्मात् स्वकाच्च्युतः ॥ ७२ ॥

sanskrit

A Vaisya who has fallen off from his duty becomes a Maitrakshagyotika Preta, who feeds on pus; and a Sudra, a Kailasaka (Preta, who feeds on moths).

english translation

maitrAkSajyotikaH preto vaizyo bhavati pUyabhuk | cailAzakazca bhavati zUdro dharmAt svakAccyutaH || 72 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यथा यथा निषेवन्ते विषयान् विषयात्मकाः । तथा तथा कुशलता तेषां तेषूपजायते ॥ ७३ ॥

sanskrit

In proportion as sensual men indulge in sensual pleasures, in that same proportion their taste for them grows.

english translation

yathA yathA niSevante viSayAn viSayAtmakAH | tathA tathA kuzalatA teSAM teSUpajAyate || 73 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तेऽभ्यासात् कर्मणां तेषां पापानामल्पबुद्धयः । सम्प्राप्नुवन्ति दुःखानि तासु तास्विह योनिषु ॥ ७४ ॥

sanskrit

By repeating their sinful acts those men of small understanding suffer pain here (below) in various births;

english translation

te'bhyAsAt karmaNAM teSAM pApAnAmalpabuddhayaH | samprApnuvanti duHkhAni tAsu tAsviha yoniSu || 74 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तामिस्रादिषु चोग्रेषु नरकेषु विवर्तनम् । असिपत्रवनादीनि बन्धनछेदनानि च ॥ ७५ ॥

sanskrit

(The torture of) being tossed about in dreadful hells, Tamisra and the rest, (that of) the Forest with sword-leaved trees and the like, and (that of) being bound and mangled;

english translation

tAmisrAdiSu cogreSu narakeSu vivartanam | asipatravanAdIni bandhanachedanAni ca || 75 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript