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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.28
yas tv iha vā anritam vadati sākshye dravya-vinimaye dāne vā kathańcit sa vai pretya narake 'vīcimaty adhah-śirā niravakāśe yojana-śatocchrāyād giri-mūrdhnah sampātyate yatra jalam iva sthalam aśma-prishtham avabhāsate tad avīcimat tilaśo viśīryamāna-śarīro na mriyamānah punar āropito nipatati
SYNONYMS
yah — anyone who; tu — but; iha — in this life; vā — or; anritam — a lie; vadati — speaks; sākshye — giving witness; dravya-vinimaye — in exchange for goods; dāne — in giving charity; vā — or; kathańcit — somehow; sah — that person; vai — indeed; pretya — after dying; narake — in the hell; avīcimati — named Avīcimat (having no water); adhah-śirāh — with his head downward; niravakāśe — without support; yojana-śata — of eight hundred miles; ucchrāyāt — having a height; giri — of a mountain; mūrdhnah — from the top; sampātyate — is thrown; yatra — where; jalam iva — like water; sthalam — land; aśma-prishtham — having a surface of stone; avabhāsate — appears; tat — that; avīcimat — having no water or waves; tilaśah — in pieces as small as seeds; viśīryamāna — being broken; śarīrah — the body; na mriyamānah — not dying; punah — again; āropitah — raised to the top; nipatati — falls down.
TRANSLATION
A person who in this life bears false witness or lies while transacting business or giving charity is severely punished after death by the agents of Yamarāja. Such a sinful man is taken to the top of a mountain eight hundred miles high and thrown headfirst into the hell known as Avīcimat. This hell has no shelter and is made of strong stone resembling the waves of water. There is no water there, however, and thus it is called Avīcimat [waterless]. Although the sinful man is repeatedly thrown from the mountain and his body broken to tiny pieces, he still does not die but continuously suffers chastisement.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness