1302 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 30

yojananam sahasrani
navatim nava cadhvanah
tribhir muhirtair dvabhyam va
nitah prapnoti yatanah

yojananam—of yojanas; sahasrani—thousands; navatim—ninety; nava—
nine; ca—and; adhvanah—from a distance; tribhih—three; muhirtaih—
within moments; dvabhyam—two; vd—or; nitah—brought; prapnoti—he
receives; yatanah—punishments.

TRANSLATION

Thus he has to pass 99,000 yojanas within two or three moments, and
then he is at once engaged in the torturous punishment which he is des-
tined to suffer.

PURPORT

One yojana is calculated to be eight miles, and he has to pass along a
road which is therefore as much as 792,000 miles. Such a long distance is
passed over within a few moments only. The subtle body is covered by the
constables so that the living entity can pass such a long distance quickly
and at the same time tolerate the suffering. This covering, although mate-
rial, is of such fine elements that material scientists cannot discover what
the coverings are made of. To pass 792,000 miles within a few moments
seems wonderful to the modern space travelers. They have so far traveled
at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour, but here we see that a criminal passes
792,000 miles within a few seconds only, although the process is not
spiritual but material.

TEXT 25

MATS ATT Wea TnAA’: |
areata eft aad qeatsts aT RHI

ddipanam sva-gatranarh
vestayitvolmukddibhih

atma-mamsadanam kvapi
sva-krttam parato ’pi va

ddipanam—setting on fire; sva-gatrandm—of his own limbs; vestayitva—
having been surrounded; ulmuka-ddibhih—by pieces of burning wood and
