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| Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 26: A Description of the Hellish Planets |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.7
tatra haike narakān eka-vimśatim ganayanti atha tāms te rājan nāma-rūpa-lakshanato 'nukramishyāmas tāmisro 'ndhatāmisro rauravo mahārauravah kumbhīpākah kālasūtram asipatravanam sūkaramukham andhakūpah krimibhojanah sandamśas taptasūrmir vajrakantaka-śālmalī vaitaranī pūyodah prānarodho viśasanam lālābhakshah sārameyādanam avīcir ayahpānam iti; kińca kshārakardamo rakshogana-bhojanah śūlaproto dandaśūko 'vata-nirodhanah paryāvartanah sūcīmukham ity ashtā-vimśatir narakā vividha-yātanā-bhūmayah
SYNONYMS
tatra — there; ha — certainly; eke — some; narakān — the hellish planets; eka-vimśatim — twenty-one; ganayanti — count; atha — therefore; tān — them; te — unto you; rājan — O King; nāma-rūpa-lakshanatah — according to their names, forms and symptoms; anukramishyāmah — we shall outline one after another; tāmisrah — Tāmisra; andha-tāmisrah — Andhatāmisra; rauravah — Raurava; mahā-rauravah — Mahāraurava; kumbhī-pākah — Kumbhīpāka; kāla-sūtram — Kālasūtra; asi-patravanam — Asi-patravana; sūkara-mukham — Sūkaramukha; andha-kūpah — Andhakūpa; krimi-bhojanah — Krimibhojana; sandamśah — Sandamśa; tapta-sūrmih — Taptasūrmi; vajra-kantaka-śālmalī — Vajrakantaka-śālmalī; vaitaranī — Vaitaranī; pūyodah — Pūyoda; prāna-rodhah — Prānarodha; viśasanam — Viśasana; lālā-bhakshah — Lālābhaksha; sārameyādanam — Sārameyādana; avīcih — Avīci; ayah-pānam — Ayahpāna; iti — thus; kińca — some more; kshāra-kardamah — Kshārakardama; rakshah-gana-bhojanah — Rakshogana-bhojana; śūla-protah — Śūlaprota; danda-śūkah — Dandaśūka; avata-nirodhanah — Avata-nirodhana; paryāvartanah — Paryāvartana; sūcī-mukham — Sūcīmukha; iti — in this way; ashtā-vimśatih — twenty-eight; narakāh — hellish planets; vividha — various; yātanā-bhūmayah — lands of suffering in hellish conditions.
TRANSLATION
Some authorities say that there is a total of twenty-one hellish planets, and some say twenty-eight. My dear King, I shall outline all of them according to their names, forms and symptoms. The names of the different hells are as follows: Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Raurava, Mahāraurava, Kumbhīpāka, Kālasūtra, Asi-patravana, Sūkaramukha, Andhakūpa, Krimibhojana, Sandamśa, Taptasūrmi, Vajrakantaka-śālmalī, Vaitaranī, Pūyoda, Prānarodha, Viśasana, Lālābhaksha, Sārameyādana, Avīci, Ayahpāna, Kshārakardama, Rakshogana-bhojana, Śūlaprota, Dandaśūka, Avata-nirodhana, Paryāvartana and Sūcīmukha. All these planets are meant for punishing the living entities.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness