Text 19] The Hellish Planets 455
yajnarthat karmano ’nyatra
loko ’yam karma-bandhanah
tad-artham karma kaunteya
mukta-sangah samacara
“Work done as a sacrifice for Visnu has to be performed, otherwise work
binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunti. perform
your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will al-
ways remain unattached and free from bondage.” If we do not perform
yajna and distribute prasdda to others, our lives are condemned. Only
after performing yajna and distributing the prasdda to all dependents —
children, brahmanas and old men—should one eat. However, one who
cooks only for himself or his family is condemned, along with everyone
he feeds. After death he is put into the hell known as Krmibhojana.
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afag a waa worl feorantin aaa ATI
los Ss a e
alate Geraga Us Tage samaifes: aeciiecata
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Fersgated 11 29 I
yas tv tha vai steyena balad va hiranya-ratnadini brahmanasya
vapaharaty anyasya vandpadi purusas tam amutra rdjan yama-purusa
ayasmayair agni-pindaih sandamsais tvaci niskusanti.

yah—any person who: tu—but: iha—in this life; vai—indeed:
steyena—by thievery; balat—by force; va—or; hiranya—gold: ratna—
gems; ddini—and so on; brahmanasya—of a brahmana; vd—or;
apaharati—steals; anyasya—of others: va—or: andpadi—not in a
calamity; purusah—a person; tam—him:; amutra—in the next life: ra-
jan—O King: yama-purusah —the agents of Yamaraja; ayah-mayaih—
made of iron; agni-pindaih—balls heated in fire: sandarnsaih—with
tongs; tvaci—on the skin; niskusanti—tear to pieces.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, a person who in the absence of an emergency robs

a brahmana—or, indeed, anyone else—of his gems and gold is put
