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The Hellish Planets
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eyes;  nirīkṣate —looks at;  tasya —of him;  ca —and;  api —certainly;  niraye —in hell;  pāpa-drṣṭeḥ —of he whose vision has become sinful;  akṣiṇī —the eyes;  vajra-tuṇḍāḥ —those who have powerful beaks;  gṛdhrāḥ —vultures;  kaṅka —herons;  kāka —crows;  vaṭa-ādayaḥ —and other birds;  prasahya —violently;  uru-balāt —with great force;  ut-pāṭayanti —pluck out.
TRANSLATION
A householder who receives guests or visitors with cruel glances, as if to burn them to ashes, is put into the hell called Paryāvartana, where he is gazed at by hard-eyed vultures, herons, crows and similar birds, which suddenly swoop down and pluck out his eyes with great force.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic etiquette, even an enemy who comes to a householder's home should be received in such a gentle way that he forgets that he has come to the home of an enemy. A guest who comes to one's home should be received very politely. If he is unwanted, the householder should not stare at him with blinking eyes, for one who does so will be put into the hell known as Paryāvartana after death, and there many ferocious birds like vultures, crows, and coknis will suddenly come upon him and pluck out his eyes.
TEXT 36
यस्त्वह वा आढ्याभिमतिरहङ्कृतिस्तर्यक्प्रेक्षणः सर्वतोऽभिविशङ्की अर्थव्ययनाशचिन्तया परिशुष्यमाणहृदयवदनो निर्वृतिमनवगतो ग्रह इवार्थमंभिरक्षति स चापि प्रेत्य तदुत्पादनोत्कर्षणसंरक्षणशमलग्रहः सूचीमुखे नरके निपतति यत्र ह वित्तग्रहं पापपुरुषं धर्मराजपुरुषा यायका इव सर्वतोऽङ्गेषु सूत्रैः परिवयन्ति ॥ ३६ ॥
yas tv iha vā āḍhyābhimatir ahaṅkṛtis tiryak-prekṣaṇaḥ sarvato 'bhiviśaṅkī artha-vyaya-nāśa-cintayā pariśuṣyamāṇa-hṛdaya-vadano nirvṛtim anavagato graha ivārtham abhirakṣati sa cāpi pretya tad- utpādanotkarṣaṇa-saṅrakṣaṇa-śamala-grahaḥ sūcīmukhe narake