458 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26

salmali. The Krsna consciousness movement forbids illicit sex. From the
description of these verses, we can understand what an extremely sinful
act illicit sex is. Sometimes people disbelieve these descriptions of hell,
but whether one believes or not, everything must be carried out by the
laws of nature, which no one can avoid.

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ye tv iha vai rajanya raja-purusa va apakhanda dharma-setin
bhindanti te samparetya vaitaranyam nipatanti bhinna-maryddas
tasyam niraya-parikha-bhitayam nadyam yado-ganair itas tato
bhaksyamanaé atmana na viyujyamanas casubhir uhyamanah svaghena
karma-pakam anusmaranto vin-mitra-ptiya-sonita-kesa-nakhasthi-
medo-mamsa-vasd-vahinydm upatapyante.

ye—persons who: tu—but: iha—in this life: vai—indeed: ra-
janyah—members of the royal family, or ksatriyas; rdja-puruséh—
government servants: v4—or: apa@khandah —although born in responsi-
ble families: dharma-setiin—the bounds of prescribed religious princi-
ples: bhindanti—transgress: te—they: samparetya—after dying:
vaitaranyam—named Vaitarani: nipatanti—fall down: bhinna-
maryddah—who have broken the regulative principles: tasyam—in
that: niraya-parikha-bhitayam—the moat surrounding hell:
nadyém—in the river: yddah-ganaih—by ferocious aquatic animals:
itah tatah—here and there: bhaksyamanah—being eaten: atmand—
with the body: na—not: viyujyamanah—being separated: ca—and:
asubhih—the life airs: uhyamanah—being carried: sva-aghena—by his
own sinful activities: karma-padkam—the result of his impious ac-
tivities: anusmarantah—remembering: vit—of stool; mitra—urine:
