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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 30 ]
therefore confirms them by saying that these hellish conditions are also visible on this planet. It is not that they are only on the planet where Yamarāja lives. On the planet of Yamarāja, the sinful man is given the chance to practice living in the hellish conditions which he will have to endure in the next life, and then he is given a chance to take birth on another planet to continue his hellish life. For example, if a man is to be punished to remain in hell and eat stool and urine, then first of all he practices such habits on the planets of Yamarāja, and then he is given a particular type of body, the hog, so that he can eat stool and think that he is enjoying life. It is stated previously that in any hellish condition, the conditioned soul thinks he is happy. Otherwise, it would not be possible for him to suffer hellish life.
TEXT 30
एवं कुटुम्बं बिभ्राण उदरम्भर एव वा ।
विसृज्येहोमयं प्रेत्य भुङ्क्ते तत्फलमीदृशम् ॥३०॥
evam kuṭumbam bibhrāṇa udaram bhara eva vā viṣṛjyehobhayam pretya bhuṅkte tat-phalam īdṛśam
evam—in this way; kuṭumbam—family; bibhrāṇah—he who maintained; udaram—stomach; bharah—he who maintained; eva—only; vā—or; viṣṛjya—after giving up; iha—here; ubhayam—both of them; pretya—after death; bhuṅkte—he undergoes; tat—of that; phalam—result; īdṛśam—such.
TRANSLATION
After leaving this body, the man who maintained himself and his family members by sinful activities suffers a hellish life, and his relatives suffer also.
PURPORT
The mistake of modern civilization is that man does not believe in the next life. But whether he believes or not, the next life is there, and one has to suffer if one does not lead a responsible life in terms of the injunctions of authoritative scriptures like the  Vedas  and  Purāṇas . Species lower than human beings are not responsible for their actions because they are made to act in a certain way, but in the developed life of human consciousness,