SB 5.26.19 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

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

Synonyms

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 ; sandaṁśaiḥ — with tongs ; tvaci — on the skin ; niṣkuṣanti — tear to pieces.

Translation

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O King! A person who, in the absence of an emergency, robs a brāhmaṇa or anyone else of his gems and gold is put into a hell known as Sandaṁśa after death. There, the servants of Yama tear his skin with red-hot iron lumps. Niṣkuṣanti means “they cut.”