466 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26
wed at sofia sorEMTAAT Ieiaataea fate
ama a Rrra: gawaftat aaa i Rt
yas tv iha vd anrtam vadati saksye dravya-vinimaye dane vd kathafcit
sa vai pretya narake ’vicimaty adhah-sird niravakdse yojana-
Satocchraydd giri-mirdhnah sampatyate yatra jalam iva sthalam asma-
prstham avabhasate tad avicimat tilaso visiryamana-sariro na
mriyamdnah punar dropito nipatati.

yah—anyone who; tu—but: iha—in this life; va—or; anrtam—a lie:
vadati—speaks; sdksye—giving witness: dravya-vinimaye—in ex-
change for goods; dane—in giving charity; vd—or; kathaiicit—some-
how: sah—that person; vai—indeed: pretya—after dying; narake—in
the hell; avicimati—named Avicimat (having no water); adhah-sirah—
with his head downward; niravakase—without support; yojana-sata —of
eight hundred miles; ucchrdyat—having a height; giri—of a mountain;
mirdhnah—from the top: sampdtyate—is thrown; yatra—where:
jalam iva—like water: sthalam—land; asma-prstham—having a sur-
face of stone: avabhdsate—appears: tat—that; avicimat—having no
water or waves; tilasah—in pieces as small as seeds; visiryamana—
being broken; Sarirah—the body; na mriyamadnah—not dying:
punah—again; dropitah—raised to the top; nipatati—falls down.

TRANSLATION

A person who in this life bears false witness or lies while trans-
acting business or giving charity is severely punished after death
by the agents of Yamaraja. Such a sinful man is taken to the top of a
mountain eight hundred miles high and thrown headfirst into the
hell known as Avicimat. This hell has no shelter and is made of
strong stone resembling the waves of water. There is no water
there, however, and thus it is called Avicimat [waterless].
Although the sinful man is repeatedly thrown from the mountain
and his body broken to tiny pieces, he still does not die but con-
tinuously suffers chastisement.
