SB5.26Summary

SB5.26.3

TEXT 3

athedanim pratisiddha-laksanasyadharmasya tathaiva kartuh sraddhaya vaisadrsyat karma-phalam visadrsam bhavati ya hy anady-avidyaya krta-kamanam tat-parinama-laksanah srtayah sahasrasah pravrttas tasam pracuryenanuvarnayisyamah.

SYNONYMS

atha—thus; idanim—now; pratisiddha—by what is forbidden; laksanasya—symptomized; adharmasya—of impious activities; tatha—so also; eva—certainly; kartuh—of the performer; sraddhayah—of faith; vaisadrsyat—by the difference; karma-phalam—the reaction of fruitive activities; visadrsam—different; bhavati—is; ya—which; hi—indeed; anadi—from time immemorial; avidyaya—by ignorance; krta—performed; kamanam—of persons possessing many lusty desires; tat-parinama-laksanah—the symptoms of the results of such impious desires; srtayah—hellish conditions of life; sahasrasah—by thousands upon thousands; pravrttah—resulted; tasam—them; pracuryena—very widely; anuvarnayisyamah—I shall explain.

TRANSLATION

Just as by executing various pious activities one achieves different positions in heavenly life, by acting impiously one achieves different positions in hellish life. Those who are activated by the material mode of ignorance engage in impious activities, and according to the extent of their ignorance, they are placed in different grades of hellish life. If one acts in the mode of ignorance because of madness, his resulting misery is the least severe. One who acts impiously but knows the distinction between pious and impious activities is placed in a hell of intermediate severity. And for one who acts impiously and ignorantly because of atheism, the resultant hellish life is the worst. Because of ignorance, every living entity has been carried by various desires into thousands of different hellish planets since time immemorial. I shall try to describe them as far as possible.

SB5.26.4

TEXT 4

rajovaca

naraka nama bhagavan kim desa-visesa athava bahis tri-lokya ahosvid antarala iti.

SYNONYMS

raja uvaca—the King said; narakah—the hellish regions; nama—named; bhagavan—O my Lord; kim—whether; desa-visesah—a particular country; athava—or; bahih—outside; tri-lokyah—the three worlds (the universe); ahosvit—or; antarale—in the intermediate spaces within the universe; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, are the hellish regions outside the universe, within the covering of the universe, or in different places on this planet?

SB5.26.5

TEXT 5

rsir uvaca

antarala eva tri-jagatyas tu disi daksinasyam adhastad bhumer uparistac ca jalad yasyam agnisvattadayah pitr-gana disi svanam gotranam paramena samadhina satya evasisa asasana nivasanti.

SYNONYMS

rsih uvaca—the great sage replied; antarale—in the intermediate space; eva—certainly; tri-jagatyah—of the three worlds; tu—but; disi—in the direction; daksinasyam—southern; adhastat—beneath; bhumeh—on the earth; uparistat—a little above; ca—and; jalat—the Garbhodaka Ocean; yasyam—in which; agnisvatta-adayah—headed by Agnisvatta; pitr-ganah—the persons known as pitas; disi—direction; svanam—their own; gotranam—of the families; paramena—with great; samadhina—absorption in thoughts of the Lord; satyah—in truth; eva—certainly; asisah—blessings; asasanah—desiring; nivasanti—they live.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Sukadeva Gosvami answered: All the hellish planets are situated in the intermediate space between the three worlds and the Garbhodaka Ocean. They lie on the southern side of the universe, beneath Bhu-mandala, and slightly above the water of the Garbhodaka Ocean. Pitrloka is also located in this region between the Garbhodaka Ocean and the lower planetary systems. All the residents of Pitrloka, headed by Agnisvatta, meditate in great samadhi on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and always wish their families well.

PURPORT

SB5.26.8

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tatra yas tu para-vittapatya-kalatrany apaharati sa hi kala-pasa-baddho yama-purusair ati-bhayanakais tamisre narake balan nipatyate anasananudapana-danda-tadana-santarjanadibhir yatanabhir yatyamano jantur yatra kasmalam asadita ekadaiva murccham upayati tamisra-praye.

SYNONYMS

tatra—in those hellish planets; yah—a person who; tu—but; para-vitta-apatya-kalatrani—the money, wife and children of another; apaharati—takes away; sah—that person; hi—certainly; kala-pasa-baddhah—being bound by the ropes of time or Yamaraja; yama-purusaih—by the assistants of Yamaraja; ati-bhayanakaih—who are very fearful; tamisre narake—into the hell known as Tamisra; balat—by force; nipatyate—is thrown; anasana—starvation; anudapana—without water; danda-tadana—beaten with rods; santarjana-adibhih—by scolding and so on; yatanabhih—by severe punishments; yatyamanah—being punished; jantuh—the living entity; yatra—where; kasmalam—misery; asaditah—obtained; ekada—sometimes; eva—certainly; murccham—fainting; upayati—obtains; tamisra-praye—in that condition, which is almost entirely dark.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, a person who appropriates another’s legitimate wife, children or money is arrested at the time of death by the fierce Yamadutas, who bind him with the rope of time and forcibly throw him into the hellish planet known as Tamisra. On this very dark planet, the sinful man is chastised by the Yamadutas, who beat and rebuke him. He is starved, and he is given no water to drink. Thus the wrathful assistants of Yamaraja cause him severe suffering, and sometimes he faints from their chastisement.

SB5.26.9

TEXT 9

evam evandhatamisre yas tu vancayitva purusam daradin upayunkte yatra sariri nipatyamano yatana-stho vedanaya nasta-matir nasta-drstis ca bhavati yatha vanaspatir vrscyamana-mulas tasmad andhatamisram tam upadisanti.

SYNONYMS

evam—in this way; eva—certainly; andhatamisre—in the hellish planet known as Andhatamisra; yah—the person who; tu—but; vancayitva—cheating; purusam—another person; dara-adin—the wife and children; upayunkte—enjoys; yatra—where; sariri—the embodied person; nipatyamanah—being forcibly thrown; yatana-sthah—always situated in extremely miserable conditions; vedanaya—by such suffering; nasta—lost; matih—whose consciousness; nasta—lost; drstih—whose sight; ca—also; bhavati—becomes; yatha—as much as; vanaspatih—the trees; vrscyamana—being cut; mulah—whose root; tasmat—because of this; andhatamisram—Andhatamisra; tam—that; upadisanti—they call.

TRANSLATION

The destination of a person who slyly cheats another man and enjoys his wife and children is the hell known as Andhatamisra. There his condition is exactly like that of a tree being chopped at its roots. Even before reaching Andhatamisra, the sinful living being is subjected to various extreme miseries. These afflictions are so severe that he loses his intelligence and sight. It is for this reason that learned sages call this hell Andhatamisra.

SB5.26.10

TEXT 10

yas tv iha va etad aham iti mamedam iti bhuta-drohena kevalam sva-kutumbam evanudinam prapusnati sa tad iha vihaya svayam eva tad-asubhena raurave nipatati.

SYNONYMS

yah—one who; tu—but; iha—in this life; va—or; etat—this body; aham—I; iti—thus; mama—mine; idam—this; iti—thus; bhuta-drohena—by envy of other living entities; kevalam—alone; sva-kutumbam—his family members; eva—only; anudinam—day to day; prapusnati—supports; sah—such a person; tat—that; iha—here; vihaya—giving up; svayam—personally; eva—certainly; tat—of that; asubhena—by the sin; raurave—in Raurava; nipatati—he falls down.

TRANSLATION

A person who accepts his body as his self works very hard day and night for money to maintain his own body and the bodies of his wife and children. While working to maintain himself and his family, he may commit violence against other living entities. Such a person is forced to give up his body and his family at the time of death, when he suffers the reaction for his envy of other creatures by being thrown into the hell called Raurava.

PURPORT

In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said:

yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri-dhatuke
sva-dhih kalatradisu bhauma-ijya-dhih
yat-tirtha-buddhih salile na karhicij
janesv abhijnesu sa eva go-kharah

SB5.26.14

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yas tv iha brahma-dhruk sa kalasutra-samjnake narake ayuta-yojana-parimandale tamramaye tapta-khale upary-adhastad agny-arkabhyam ati-tapyamane ’bhinivesitah ksut-pipasabhyam ca dahyamanantar-bahih-sarira aste sete cestate ’vatisthati paridhavati ca yavanti pasu-romani tavad varsa-sahasrani.

SYNONYMS

yah—anyone who; tu—but; iha—in this life; brahma-dhruk—the killer of a brahmana; sah—such a person; kalasutra-samjnake—named Kalasutra; narake—in the hell; ayuta-yojana-parimandale—having a circumference of eighty thousand miles; tamra-maye—made of copper; tapta—heated; khale—in a level place; upari-adhastat—above and beneath; agni—by fire; arkabhyam—and by the sun; ati-tapyamane—which is being heated; abhinivesitah—being made to enter; ksut-pipasabhyam—by hunger and thirst; ca—and; dahyamana—being burned; antah—internally; bahih—externally; sarirah—whose body; aste—remains; sete—sometimes lies; cestate—sometimes moves his limbs; avatisthati—sometimes stands; paridhavati—sometimes runs here and there; ca—also; yavanti—as many; pasu-romani—hairs on the body of an animal; tavat—that long; varsa-sahasrani—thousands of years.

TRANSLATION

The killer of a brahmana is put into the hell known as Kalasutra, which has a circumference of eighty thousand miles and which is made entirely of copper. Heated from below by fire and from above by the scorching sun, the copper surface of this planet is extremely hot. Thus the murderer of a brahmana suffers from being burned both internally and externally. Internally he is burning with hunger and thirst, and externally he is burning from the scorching heat of the sun and the fire beneath the copper surface. Therefore he sometimes lies down, sometimes sits, sometimes stands up and sometimes runs here and there. He must suffer in this way for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of an animal.