yaḥ - a person who; tu - but; iha - in this life; vā - or; ugraḥ - very cruel; paśūn - animals; pakṣiṇaḥ - birds; vā - or; prāṇataḥ - in a live condition; uparandhayati - cooks; tam - him; apakaruṇam - very cruel-hearted; puruṣa-ādaiḥ - by those who eat human flesh; api - even; vigarhitam - condemned; amutra - in the next life; yama-anucarāḥ - the servants of Yamarāja; kumbhīpāke - in the hell known as Kumbhīpāka; tapta-taile - in boiling oil; uparandhayanti - cook.

For the maintenance of their bodies and the satisfaction of their tongues, cruel persons cook poor animals and birds alive. Such persons are condemned even by man-eaters. In their next lives they are carried by the Yamadūtas to the hell known as Kumbhīpāka, where they are cooked in boiling oil.