Text 13]
The Subterranean Heavenly Planets
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TRANSLATION
Since there is no sunshine in those subterranean planets, time is not divided into days and nights, and consequently fear produced by time does not exist.
TEXT 12
यत्र हि महाहिप्रवरशिरोमणयः सर्वं तमः प्रवाधन्ते ॥१२॥
yatra hi mahāhi-pravara-śiro-maṇayaḥ sarvaṁ tamaḥ prabādhante.
yatra —where;  hi —indeed;  mahā-ahi —of great serpents;  pravara —of the best;  śiraḥ-maṇayaḥ —the gems on the hoods;  sarvam —all;  tamaḥ —darkness;  prabādhante —drive away.
TRANSLATION
Many great serpents reside there with gems on their hoods, and the effulgence of these gems dissipates the darkness in all directions.
TEXT 13
न वा एतेषु वसतां दिव्यौषधिरसरसायनान्नपानस्नानादिभिराधयो व्याधयो वलीपलितजरादयश्च देहवैवर्ण्यदौर्गन्ध्यस्वेदक्रुमग्लानिरिति वयोऽवस्थाश्च भवम्ति ॥१३॥
na vā eteṣu vasatāṁ divyauṣadhi-rasa-rasāyanānna-pāna-snānādibhir ādhayo vyādhayo valī-palita-jarādayaś ca deha-vaivarṇya- daurgandhya-sveda-klama-glānir iti vayo 'vasthāś ca bhavanti.
na —not;  vā —either;  eteṣu —in these planets;  vasatām —of those residing;  divya —wonderful;  auṣadhi —of herbs;  rasa —the juices;  rasāyana —and elixirs;  anna —by eating;  pāna —drinking;  snāna-   ādibhiḥ —by bathing in and so on;  ādhayaḥ —mental troubles;  vyādhayaḥ —diseases;  valī —wrinkles;  palita —grey hair;  jarā —old age;  ādayaḥ —and so on;  ca —and;  deha-vaivarṇya —the fading of bodily luster;  daurgandhya —bad odor;  sveda —perspiration;  klama —