यस्त्विह वै स्तेयेन बलाद्वा हिरण्यरत्नादीनि ब्राह्मणस्य वापहरत्यन्यस्य
वानापदि पुरुषस्तममुत्र राजन् यमपुरुषा अयस्मयैरग्निपिण्डैः सन्दंशैस्त्वचि
निष्कुषन्ति ॥१९॥

yas tv iha vai steyena balād vā hiraṇya-ratnādīni brāhmaṇasya vāpaharaty anyasya vānāpadi puruṣas tam amutra rājan yama-puruṣā ayasmayair agni-piṇḍaiḥ sandamśais tvaci niṣkuṣanti

 yaḥ - any person who; tu - but; iha - in this life; vai - indeed; steyena - by thievery; balāt - by force; vā - or; hiraṇya - gold; ratna - gems; ādīni - and so on; brāhmaṇasya - of a brāhmaṇa; vā - or; apaharati - steals; anyasya - of others; vā - or; anāpadi - not in a calamity; puruṣaḥ - a person; tam - him; amutra - in the next life; rājan - O King; yama-puruṣāḥ - the agents of Yamarāja; ayaḥ-mayaiḥ - made of iron; agni-piṇḍaiḥ - balls heated in fire; sandamśaiḥ - with tongs; tvaci - on the skin; niṣkuṣanti - tear to pieces.


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My dear King, a person who in the absence of an emergency robs a brāhmaṇa — or, indeed, anyone else — of his gems and gold is put into a hell known as Sandaṁśa. 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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