66. Men and women suffer the torments of Tamisra, Andhatamisra, Raurava and other hells, which are produced by secret association.

67. Thus he who was holding a family or gratifying his belly, having given up both, and being departed, obtains appropriate fruit.

68. Having cast off his body, which was nourished at the expense of other creatures, he goes alone to hell, provisioned with the opposite of happiness.

69. The man experiences in a foul hell what is ordained by his fate, like an invalid who has been robbed of his wealth, the support of his family.

70: The individual, who was fond of supporting his family by unrighteous means alone, goes to Andhatamisra, which is the place of uttermost darkness.

71. Having experienced in due order the torments below, he comes here again, purified.

Footnotes

^21:1 Name of the being who records the doings of men.

^22:1 Lit. Listeners.

^24:1 Both names mean fierce or violent.

^26:1 Lit. He who takes away (sins).

^28:1 Darkness.

^28:2 Iron spears.

^28:3 Very terrible silk-cotton tree.

^28:4 Terrible.

^28:5 Blossoming.

^28:6 The thread of death.

^28:7 Stinking clay.

^28:8 Accumulation.

^28:9 Iron weights.

^28:10 Poisonous.

^28:11 Burning.

^28:12 The great exit.

^28:13 Crows.

^28:14 Owls.

^28:15 Living together.

^28:16 The great path.

^28:17 Waveless.

^28:18 Besetting darkness,

^28:19 Based like a pot.

^28:20 Burning.

^28:21 Hot.