ngan 'gro

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'the lower realms', evil destiny, realm of affliction, bad migration/ states [of being] [rgyu mi dge ba'i las che ba mang du bsags nas 'bras bu sdug bsngal che ba kho na myong bar 'gro ba'i ngan song gsum spyi'i ming [IW]

evil existences, going to the undesirable state of the damned, one who follows dictates of his wife, dissimulation, lightning, state of unhappiness, miserable existence, lower realms [JV]

'the lower realms', evil destiny, realm of affliction, bad migration/ states [of being] [IW]

'the lower realms', evil destiny, realm of affliction, bad migration / states [of being] [RY]

miserable existences [RY]

bad destinies, lower realms, negative transmigrations, unfortunate destinies/realms etc.; synonym of ngan song ('evil' is probably not the best word to use here, considering certain implications; a more literal and perhaps more colloquial rendering could be 'bad destinies'). Mahāvyutpatti: दुर्गतिः ॥ durgatiḥngan 'gro ॥ ངན་འགྲོ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]