452 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26

Godhead; vrttih—whose livelihood; vivikta—understanding; para-
vyathah—the painful conditions of others; vyatham acarati—but still
causes pain; sah—such a person; paratra—in his next life;
andhakipe—to the hell named Andhakipa; tat—to them;
abhidrohena—by the sin of malice; nipatati—falls down; tatra—there;
ha—indeed; asau—that person; taih jantubhih—by those respective
living entities; pasu—animals; mrga—wild beasts; paksi—birds;
sarisrpaih—snakes; masaka—mosquitoes; yaka—lice; matkuna—
worms; maksika-ddibhih—flies and so on; ye ke—whoever else; ca—
and; abhidrugdhah—persecuted; taih—by them; sarvatah—every-
where; abhidruhyamanah—being injured; tamasi—in the darkness;
vihata—disturbed; nidrd-nirvrtih—whose resting place; alabdha—not
being able to obtain; avasthanah—a resting place; parikramati—wan-
ders; yatha—just as; ku-sarire—in a low-grade body; jivah—a living
entity.

TRANSLATION

By the arrangement of the Supreme Lord, low-grade living
beings like bugs and mosquitoes suck the blood of human beings
and other animals. Such insignificant creatures are unaware that
their bites are painful to the human being. However, first-class
human beings—brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas—are developed
in consciousness, and therefore they know how painful it is to be
killed. A human being endowed with knowledge certainly commits
sin if he kills or torments insignificant creatures, who have no dis-
crimination. The Supreme Lord punishes such a man by putting
him into the hell known as Andhakipa, where he is attacked by all
the birds and beasts, reptiles, mosquitoes, lice, worms, flies, and
any other creatures he tormented during his life. They attack him
from all sides, robbing him of the pleasure of sleep. Unable to rest,
he constantly wanders about in the darkness. Thus in Andhakipa
his suffering is just like that of a creature in the lower species.

PURPORT

From this very instructive verse we learn that lower animals, created
by the laws of nature to disturb the human being, are not subjected to
