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therefore confirms them by saying that these hellish conditions are also
visible on this planet. It is not that they are only on the planet where
Yamaraja lives. On the planet of Yamaraja, the sinful man is given the
chance to practice living in the hellish conditions which he will have to en-
dure in the next life, and then he is given a chance to take birth on another
planet to continue his hellish life. For example, if a man is to be punished
to remain in hell and eat stool and urine, then first of all he practices such
habits on the planets of Yamaraja, and then he is given a particular type of
body, the hog, so that he can eat stool and think that he is enjoying life. It
is stated previously that in any hellish condition, the conditioned soul
thinks he is happy. Otherwise, it would not be possible for him to suffer
hellish life.
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evam kutumbam bibhrana
udaram bhara eva va
visrjyehobhayam pretya
bhunkte tat-phalam idrsam

evam—in this way; kutumbam—family; bibhranah—he who maintained;
udaram—stomach; bharah—he who maintained; eva—only ; va—or; visrjya—
after giving up; tha—here; ubhayam—both of them; pretya—after death;
bhunkte—he undergoes; tat—of that; phalam—result; idrsam—such.

TRANSLATION

After leaving this body, the man who maintained himself and his family
members by sinful activities suffers a hellish life, and his relatives suffer
also.

PURPORT

The mistake of modern civilization is that man does not believe in the
next life. But whether he believes or not, the next life is there, and one has
to suffer if one does not lead a responsible life in terms of the injunctions
of authoritative scriptures like the Vedas and Puranas. Species lower than
human beings are not responsible for their actions because they are made
to act in a certain way, but in the developed life of human consciousness,
