Text 17] The Hellish Planets 451

fainted; kasmalam upagatah—becoming illusioned; yatha—just like;
eva—indeed; iha—here; adrsta-dosah—who is not at fault; uparud-
dhah—arrested for punishment.

TRANSLATION

In his next life, a sinful king or governmental representative
who punishes an innocent person, or who inflicts corporal punish-
ment upon a brahmana, is taken by the Yamaditas to the hell
named Sakharamukha, where the most powerful assistants of
Yamaraja crush him exactly as one crushes sugarcane to squeeze
out the juice. The sinful living entity cries very pitiably and faints,
just like an innocent man undergoing punishments. This is the
result of punishing a faultless person.

TEXT 17

afte ¢ qaamanaaradtanaaaeaa = aa
geqigneqasiatamera aaa aaTeTHachseT
faqafi aa atat aaah TUTIRaa aT TTT TTT
afarie faa % Were: aaaishgeoeata Aeataa-
Rasen: TATA TAT FATT Ha: Ul 2 1

yas tv iha vai bhiitanam isvaropakalpita-vrttinam avivikta-para-
vyathanam svayam purusopakalpita-vrttir vivikta-para-vyatho vyatham
acarati sa paratrandhakipe tad-abhidrohena nipatati tatra hasau tair
Jantubhih pasu-mrga-paksi-sarisrpair masaka-yiika-matkuna-
maksikadibhir ye ke cabhidrugdhas taih sarvato ’bhidruhyamdanas
tamasi vihata-nidra-nirvrtir alabdhavasthanah parikramati yatha
kuSarire jivah.

yah—any person who; tu—but; iha—in this life: vai—indeed:
bhiitandm—to some living entities; iSvara—by the supreme controller:
upakalpita —designed; vrttindm—whose means of livelihood: avivikta—
not understanding; para-vyathandm—the pain of others: svayam—
himself; purusa-upakalpita—designed by the Supreme Personality of
