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The Hellish Planets
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TRANSLATION
Some authorities say that there is a total of twenty-one hellish planets, and some say twenty-eight. My dear King, I shall outline all of them according to their names, forms and symptoms. The names of the different hells are as follows: Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Raurava, Mahāraurava, Kumbhipāka, Kālasūtra, Asipatravana, Sūkaramukha, Andhakūpa, Kṛmibhojana, Sandamśa, Taptasūrmi, Vajrakaṇṭaka-śālmalī, Vaitaraṇī, Pūyoda, Prāṇarodha, Viśasana, Lālābhakṣa, Sārameyādana, Avici, Ayaḥpāna, Kṣārakardama, Rakṣogaṇa-bhojana, Śūlaprota, Dandaśūka, Avaṭanirodhana, Paryāvartana and Sūcīmukha. All these planets are meant for punishing the living entities.
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तत्र यस्तु परवित्तापत्यकलत्राण्यपहरति स हि कालपाशवद्भो यमपुरुषैरतिभयानकैस्तामिस्रे नरके बलान्निपात्यते अनशना नुदपानदण्डताडनसंतर्जनादिभिर्यातनाभिर्यात्यमानो जन्तुर्यत्र कश्मल- मासादित एकदैव मूर्च्छामुपयाति तामिस्रप्राये ॥८॥
tatra yas tu para-vittāpatya-kalatrāṇy apaharati sa hi kāla-pāśa- baddho yama-puruṣair ati-bhayānakais tāmisre narake balān nipātyate anaśanānudapāna-daṇḍa-tāḍana-santarjanādibhir yātanābhir yātyamāno jantur yatra kaśmalam āsādita ekadaiva mūrcchām upayāti tāmisra-prāye.
tatra —in those hellish planets;  yaḥ —a person who;  tu —but;  para- vitta-apatya-kalatrāṇi —the money, wife and children of another;  apaharati —takes away;  saḥ —that person;  hi —certainly;  kāla-pāśa- baddhaḥ —being bound by the ropes of time or Yamarāja;  yama- puruṣaiḥ —by the assistants of Yamarāja;  ati-bhayānakaiḥ —who are very fearful;  tāmisre narake —into the hell known as Tāmisra;  balāt — by force;  nipātyate —is thrown;  anaśana —starvation;  anudapāna — without water;  daṇḍa-tāḍana —beaten with rods;  santarjana-ādibhiḥ — by scolding and so on;  yātanābhiḥ —by severe punishments: