434
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 26]
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 Thākura 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.
TEXT 2
ऋषिरुवाच
त्रिगुणत्वात्कर्तुः श्रद्धया कर्मगतयः पृथग्विधाः सर्वा एव सर्वस्य तारतम्येन भवन्ति ॥ २ ॥
ṛṣir uvāca
tri-guṇatvāt kartuḥ śraddhayā karma-gatayaḥ pṛthag-vidhāḥ sarvā eva sarvasya tāratamyena bhavanti.
ṛṣiḥ uvāca  —the great saint (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) said:  tri-guṇatvāt  —because of the three modes of material nature;  kartuḥ  —of the worker;  śraddhayā  —because of the attitudes;  karma-gatayaḥ  —destinations resulting from activity;  pṛthak  —different;  vidhāḥ  —varieties;  sarvāḥ  —all;  eva  —thus;  sarvasya  —of all of them;  tāratamyena  —in different degrees;  bhavanti  —become possible.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, in this material world there are three kinds of activities —those in the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance. Because all people are influenced by the three modes of