Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.33

ye tv iha vai bhūtāny udvejayanti narā ulbana-svabhāvā yathā dandaśūkās te 'pi pretya narake dandaśūkākhye nipatanti yatra nripa dandaśūkāh pañca-mukhāh sapta-mukhā upasritya grasanti yathā bileśayān

SYNONYMS

ye — persons who; tu — but; iha — in this life; vai — indeed; bhūtāni — to living entities; udvejayanti — cause unnecessary pain; narāh — men; ulbana-svabhāvāh — angry by nature; yathā — just like; dandaśūkāh — snakes; te — they; api — also; pretya — after dying; narake — in the hell; dandaśūka-ākhye — named Dandaśūka; nipatanti — fall down; yatra — where; nripa — O King; dandaśūkāh — serpents; pañca-mukhāh — having five hoods; sapta-mukhāh — having seven hoods; upasritya — reaching up; grasanti — eat; yathā — just like; bileśayān — mice.

TRANSLATION

Those who in this life are like envious serpents, always angry and giving pain to other living entities, fall after death into the hell known as Dandaśūka. My dear King, in this hell there are serpents with five or seven hoods. These serpents eat such sinful persons just as snakes eat mice.

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