Text 11] The Hellish Planets 445
TEXT 11

bad lay a ~ ies = °
q fae wage fafa seaa: WT qaUIAAETT a a

x las Sy wn n
wat yar oa ata fféafa = aeniatemns efit
AT ARVATAITA: 112 21
ye tv iha yathaivamuna vihimsita jantavah paratra yama-ydtandm
upagatarn ta eva ruravo bhitvd tathd tam eva vihimsanti tasmad
rauravam ity Ghii rurur iti sarpdd ati-kriira-sattvasydpadesah.

ye—those who; tu—but; tha—in this life: yatha—as much as: eva—
certainly: amunaé—by him; vihimsitah—who were hurt; jantavah—the
living entities; paratra—in the next life; yama-ydtandm upagatam—
being subjected to miserable conditions by Yamaraja; te—those living
entities; eva—indeed; ruravah—rurus (a kind of envious animal);
bhitva—becoming; tatha—that much; tam—him; eva—certainly;
vihimsanti—they hurt; tasmat—because of this; rauravam—Raurava:
iti—thus; a@huh—learned scholars say; ruruh—the animal known as
ruru; iti—thus; sarpét—than the snake; ati-krira—much more cruel
and envious; sattvasya—of the entity; apadesah—the name.

TRANSLATION

In this life, an envious person commits violent acts against many
living entities. Therefore after his death, when he is taken to hell
by Yamaraja, those living entities who were hurt by him appear as
animals called rurus to inflict very severe pain upon him. Learned
scholars call this hell Raurava. Not generally seen in this world, the
ruru is more envious than a snake.

PURPORT

According to Sridhara Svami, the ruru is also known as the bhara-
Srmga (ati-krirasya bhéra-srngakhya-sattvasya apadesah samjna). Srila
Jiva Gosvami confirms this in his Sandarbha: ruru-sabdasya svayam
muninaiva tikd-vidhanal lokesv aprasiddha evéyam jantu-visesah. Thus
although rurus are not seen in this world, their existence is confirmed in
the sdstras.
