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बद्धाश्शृंखलया केचिदुत्ता नपादका नराः ॥ कृष्यंते कृष्यमाणाश्च यमदूतैर्बलोत्कटैः ॥ ३१ ॥
Some are bound with fetters and forced to keep their legs lifted up. They are dragged again and again by the extraordinarily powerful emissaries of Yama.
english translation
उरसाधोमुखाश्चान्ये घृष्यमाणास्सुदुःखिताः ॥ केशपाशनि बंधेन संस्कृष्यंते च रज्जुना ॥ ३२ ॥
Others with downcast faces are against the chest. They are distressed. They are dragged with a rope fastened to their tresses.
english translation
ललाटे चांकुशेनान्ये भिन्ना दुष्यंति देहिनः ॥ उत्तानाः कंटकपथा क्वचिदंगारवर्त्मना ॥ ३३ ॥
Men in supine position are dragged along the thorny path or that covered with burning coal, by means of a goad clutching at their foreheads.
english translation
पश्चाद्बाहुनिबद्धाश्च जठरेण प्रपीडिताः ॥ पूरिताश्शृंखलाभिश्च हस्तयोश्च सुकीलिताः ॥ ३४ ॥
The hands of some are tied behind and they are hit in the belly. Others are completely bound with iron fetters. Still others are nailed in their hands.
english translation
ग्रीवापाशेन कृष्यंते प्रयांत्यन्ये सुदुःखिताः ॥ जिह्वांकुशप्रवेशेन रज्ज्वाकृष्यन्त एव ते ॥ ३५ ॥
A few others are dragged with a noose tied round their necks. They go ahead in distress. Others are dragged by ropes. Their tongues are pierced through by goads.
english translation