Text 26]
The Hellish Planets
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niraya-patayaḥ —assistants of Yamarāja;  yātayitvā —causing sufficient pain;  viśasanti —kill.
TRANSLATION
A person who in this life is proud of his eminent position, and who heedlessly sacrifices animals simply for material prestige, is put into the hell called  Viśasana  after death. There the assistants of Yamarāja kill him after giving him unlimited pain.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (6.41) Kṛṣṇa says,  śucīnāṁ śrīmatām gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate : “Because of his previous connection with  bhakti-yoga , a man is born into a prestigious family of  brāhmaṇas  or aristocrats.” Having taken such a birth, one should utilize it to perfect  bhakti-yoga . However, due to bad association one often forgets that his prestigious position has been given to him by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he misuses it by performing various kinds of so-called  yajñas  like  kālī-pūjā  or  durgā-pūjā , in which poor animals are sacrificed. How such a person is punished is described herein. The word  dambha-yajñeṣu  in this verse is significant. If one violates the Vedic instructions while performing  yajña  and simply makes a show of sacrifice for the purpose of killing animals, he is punishable after death. In Calcutta there are many slaughterhouses where animal flesh is sold that has supposedly been offered in sacrifice before the goddess Kālī. The  śāstras  enjoin that one can sacrifice a small goat before the goddess Kālī once a month. Nowhere is it said that one can maintain a slaughterhouse in the name of temple worship and daily kill animals unnecessarily. Those who do so receive the punishments described herein.
TEXT 26
यस्त्वह वै सवर्णां भायां द्विजो रेतः पाययति काममोहितस्तं पाप- कृतममुत्र रेतः कुल्यायां पातयित्वा रेतः सम्पाययन्ति ॥ २६ ॥
yas tv iha vai savarṇāṁ bhāryāṁ dvijo retaḥ pāyayati kāma-mohitas taṁ pāpa-kṛtam amutra retaḥ-kulyāyāṁ pātayitvā retaḥ sampāyayanti.