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The Hellish Planets
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fainted;  kaśmalam upagataḥ —becoming illusioned;  yathā —just like;  eva —indeed;  iha —here;  adṛṣta-doṣāḥ —who is not at fault;  uparud-dhāḥ —arrested for punishment.
TRANSLATION
In his next life, a sinful king or governmental representative who punishes an innocent person, or who inflicts corporal punishment upon a brāhmaṇa, is taken by the Yamadūtas to the hell named Sūkharamukha, where the most powerful assistants of Yamarāja crush him exactly as one crushes sugarcane to squeeze out the juice. The sinful living entity cries very pitiably and faints, just like an innocent man undergoing punishments. This is the result of punishing a faultless person.
TEXT 17
यस्त्वह वै भूतानामीश्वरोपकल्पितवृत्तीनामविविक्तपरव्यथानां स्वयं पुरुषोपकल्पितवृत्तिर्विविक्तपरव्यथो व्यथामाचरति स परत्रान्धकूपे तदभिद्रोहेण निपतति तत्र हासौ तैर्जन्तुभिः पशुमृगपक्षिसरीसृपैर्मशकयूकामत्कुण-मक्षिकादिभिर्ये के चाभिद्रुग्धास्तैः सर्वतोऽभिद्रुह्यमाणस्तमसि विहतनिद्रा-निर्वृतिरलब्धावस्थानः परिक्रामति यथा कुशरीरे जीवः ॥ १७ ॥
yas tu iha vai bhūtānām īśvaropakalpita-vṛttīnām avivikta-para-vyathānām svayam puruṣopakalpita-vṛttir vivikta-para-vyatho vyathām ācarati sa paratrāndhakūpe tad-abhidroheṇa nipatati tatra hāsau tair jantubhiḥ paśu-mṛga-pakṣi-sarīsṛpair maśaka-yūkā-matkuṇa-makṣikādibhir ye ke cābhidrugdhās taiḥ sarvato 'bhidruhyamāṇas tamasi vihata-nidrā-nirvṛtir alabdhāvasthānaḥ parikrāmati yathā kuśarīre jīvaḥ.
yaḥ —any person who;  tu —but;  iha —in this life;  vai —indeed;  bhūtānām —to some living entities;  īśvara —by the supreme controller;  upakalpita —designed;  vṛttīnām —whose means of livelihood;  avivikta —not understanding;  para-vyathānām —the pain of others;  svayam —himself;  puruṣa-upakalpita —designed by the Supreme Personality of