Text 29]
The Hellish Planets
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TEXT 29
यस्त्वह वै विशे राजन्यो वैश्यो वा सोमपीयस्तत्कलत्रं वा सुरां त्रतस्योऽपि वा पिबति प्रमादतस्तेषां निरयं नीतानामुरसि पदाऽऽक्रम्यास्ये वह्निना द्रवमाणं काष्णायसं निषिञ्चन्ति ॥ २९ ॥
yas tv iha vai vipro rājanyo vaiśyo vā soma-pīthas tat-kalatram vā surām vrata-stho 'pi vā pibati pramādatas teṣām nirayam nītānām urasi padākramyāsye vahninā dravamāṇam kārṣṇāyasam niṣīncanti.
yaḥ—anyone who; tu—but; iha—in this lfe; vai—indeed; vipraḥ—a learned brāhmaṇa; rājanyaḥ—a kṣatriya; vaiśyaḥ—a vaiśya; vā—or; soma-pīthaḥ—drink soma-rasa; tat—his; kalatram—wife; vā—or; surām—liquor; vrata-sthaḥ—being situated in a vow; api—certainly; vā—or; pibati—drinks; pramādataḥ—out of illusion; teṣām—of all of them; nirayam—to hell; nītānām—being brought; urasi—on the chest; padā—with the foot; ākramya—stepping; asye—in the mouth; vahninā—by fire; dravamāṇam—melted; kārṣṇāyasam—iron; niṣīncanti—they pour into.
TRANSLATION
Any brāhmaṇa or brāhmaṇa's wife who drinks liquor is taken by the agents of Yamarāja to the hell known as Ayaḥpāna. This hell also awaits any kṣatriya, vaiśya, or person under a vow who in illu- sion drinks soma-rasa. In Ayaḥpāna the agents of Yamarāja stand on their chests and pour hot melted iron into their mouths.
PURPORT
One should not be a  brāhmaṇa  in name only and engage in all kinds of sinful activities, especially drinking liquor.  Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas  and  vaiśyas  must behave according to the principles of their order. If they fall down to the level of  śūdras , who are accustomed to drink liquor, they will be punished as described herein.