Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.32

ye tv iha vā anāgaso 'ranye grāme vā vaiśrambhakair upasritān upaviśrambhayya jijīvishūn śūla-sūtrādishūpaprotān krīdanakatayā yātayanti te 'pi ca pretya yama-yātanāsu śūlādishu protātmānah kshut-tridbhyām cābhihatāh kańka-vatādibhiś cetas tatas tigma-tundair āhanyamānā ātma-śamalam smaranti

SYNONYMS

ye — persons who; tu — but; iha — in this life; vā — or; anāgasah — who are faultless; aranye — in the forest; grāme — in the village; vā — or; vaiśrambhakaih — by means of good faith; upasritān — brought near; upaviśrambhayya — inspiring with confidence; jijīvishūn — who want to be protected; śūla-sūtra-ādishu — on a lance, thread, and so on; upaprotān — fixed; krīdanakatayā — like a plaything; yātayanti — cause pain; te — those persons; api — certainly; ca — and; pretya — after dying; yama-yātanāsu — the persecutions of Yamarāja; śūla-ādishu — on lances and so on; prota-ātmānah — whose bodies are fixed; kshut-tridbhyām — by hunger and thirst; ca — also; abhihatāh — overwhelmed; kańka-vata-ādibhih — by birds such as herons and vultures; ca — and; itah tatah — here and there; tigma-tundaih — having pointed beaks; āhanyamānāh — being tortured; ātma-śamalam — own sinful activities; smaranti — they remember.

TRANSLATION

In this life some people give shelter to animals and birds that come to them for protection in the village or forest, and after making them believe that they will be protected, such people pierce them with lances or threads and play with them like toys, giving them great pain. After death such people are brought by the assistants of Yamarāja to the hell known as Śūlaprota, where their bodies are pierced with sharp, needlelike lances. They suffer from hunger and thirst, and sharp-beaked birds such as vultures and herons come at them from all sides to tear at their bodies. Tortured and suffering, they can then remember the sinful activities they committed in the past.

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