Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 Chapter 26 Verse 1

Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 26: A Description of the Hellish Planets

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.1

rājovāca

maharṣa etad vaicitryaḿ lokasya katham iti

SYNONYMS

rājā uvāca — the King said; maharṣe — O great saint (Śukadeva Gosvāmī); etat — this; vaicitryam — variegatedness; lokasya — of the living entities; katham — how; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear sir, why are the living entities put into different material situations? Kindly explain this to me.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that the different hellish planets within this universe are held slightly above the Garbhodaka Ocean and remain situated there. This chapter describes how all sinful persons go to these hellish planets and how they are punished there by the assistants of Yamarāja. Different individuals with different bodily features enjoy or suffer various reactions according to their past deeds.

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