Text 1] The Hellish Planets 433
animals in the name of religious sacrifice is put into the hell named
Visasana. A man who forces his wife to drink his semen is put into the
hell called Lalabhaksa. One who sets a fire or administers poison to kill
someone is put into the hell known as Sarameyadana. A man who earns
his livelihood by bearing false witness is put into the hell known as
Avici.

A person addicted to drinking wine is put into the hell named
Ayahpana. One who violates etiquette by not showing proper respect to
superiors is put into the hell known as Ksdrakardama. A person who
sacrifices human beings to Bhairava is put into the hell called Raksogana-
bhojana. A person who kills pet animals is put into the hell called
Salaprota. A person who gives trouble to others is put into the hell
known as Dandasika. One who imprisons a living entity within a cave is
put into the hell known as Avata-nirodhana. A person who shows unwar-
ranted wrath toward a guest in his house is put into the hell called
Paryavartana. A person maddened by possessing riches and thus deeply
absorbed in thinking of how to collect money is put into the hell known
as Sicimukha. ;

After describing the hellish planets. Sukadeva Gosvami describes how
pious persons are elevated to the highest planetary system, where the
demigods live, and how they then come back again to this earth when the
results of their pious activities are finished. Finally he describes the
universal form of the Lord and glorifies the Lord's activities.

TEXT 1
aT
Q Sais ow An
Hey TASTY VIHA RATATAT Il 2 Il
rdjovaca
maharsa etad vaicitryam lokasya katham iti.

raja uvdca—the King said: maharse—O great saint (Sukadeva
Gosvami); etat—this; vaicitryam—variegatedness: lokasya—of the liv-
ing entities; katham—how; iti—thus.
