Text 19]
The Hellish Planets
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yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanaḥ tad-arthaṁ karma kaunteya mukta-saṅgaḥ samācara
“Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunti, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage.” If we do not perform  yajña  and distribute  prasāda  to others, our lives are condemned. Only after performing  yajña  and distributing the  prasāda  to all dependents—children,  brāhmaṇas  and old men—should one eat. However, one who cooks only for himself or his family is condemned, along with everyone he feeds. After death he is put into the hell known as Kṛmibhojana.
TEXT 19
यस्त्वह वै स्तेयेन बलाद्वा हिरण्यरत्नादीनि ब्राह्मणस्य वापहरत्यन्यस्य वानापादि पुरुषस्तममुत्र राजन् यमपुरुषा अयस्सयैरग्निपिण्डैः सन्दंशैस्त्वचि निष्कुषन्ति ॥ १९ ॥
yas tv iha vai steyena balād vā hiraṇya-ratnādīni brāhmaṇasya vāpaharaty anyasya vānāpadi puruṣas tam amutra rājan yama-puruṣā ayasmayair agni-piṇḍaiḥ sandaṁśais tvaci niṣkuṣanti.
yaḥ—any person who; tu—but; iha—in this life; vai—indeed; steyena—by thievery; balāt—by force; vā—or; hiraṇya—gold; ratna— gems; ādīni—and so on; brāhmaṇasya—of a brāhmaṇa; vā—or; apaharati—steals; anyasya—of others; vā—or; anāpadi—not in a calamity; puruṣaḥ—a person; tam—him; amutra—in the next life; rā- jan—O King; yama-puruṣāḥ—the agents of Yamarāja; ayaḥ-mayaiḥ— made of iron; agni-piṇḍaiḥ—balls heated in fire; sandaṁśaiḥ—with tongs; tvaci—on the skin; niṣkuṣanti—tear to pieces.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, a person who in the absence of an emergency robs a brāhmaṇa—or, indeed, anyone else—of his gems and gold is put