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The Hellish Planets
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TEXT 5
ऋषिरुवाच
अन्तराल एव त्रिजगत्यास्तु दिशि दक्षिणस्यामधस्ताद्भूमेरुपरिष्टाच्च जलाद्यस्यामग्निष्वात्तादयः पितृगणा दिशि स्वानां गोत्राणां परमेण समाधिना सत्या एवाशिष आशासाना निवसन्ति ॥ ५ ॥
ṛṣir uvāca
antarāla eva tri-jagatyās tu diśi dakṣiṇasyām adhastād bhūmer upariṣṭāc ca jalād yasyām agniṣvāttādayaḥ pitṛ-gaṇā diśi svānām gotrāṇām parameṇa samādhinā satyā evāśiṣa āśāsānā nivasanti.
ṛṣiḥ uvāca —the great sage replied;  antarāle —in the intermediate space;  eva —certainly;  tri-jagatyāḥ —of the three worlds;  tu —but;  diśi —in the direction;  dakṣiṇasyām —southern;  adhastāt —beneath;  bhūmeḥ —on the earth;  upariṣṭāt —a little above;  ca —and;  jalāt —the Garbhodaka Ocean;  yasyām —in which;  agniṣvāttā-ādayaḥ —headed by Agniṣvāttā;  pitṛ-gaṇāḥ —the persons known as  pitās ;  diśi —direction;  svānām —their own;  gotrāṇām —of the families;  parameṇa —with great;  samādhinā —absorption in thoughts of the Lord;  satyāḥ —in truth;  eva —certainly;  āśiṣaḥ —blessings;  āśāsānāḥ —desiring;  nivasanti —they live.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: All the hellish planets are situated in the intermediate space between the three worlds and the Garbhodaka Ocean. They lie on the southern side of the universe, beneath Bhū-maṇḍala, and slightly above the water of the Garbhodaka Ocean. Pitṛloka is also located in this region between the Garbhodaka Ocean and the lower planetary systems. All the residents of Pitṛloka, headed by Agniṣvāttā, meditate in great samādhi on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and always wish their families well.
PURPORT
As previously explained, below our planetary system are seven lower planetary systems, the lowest of which is called Pātālaloka. Beneath