476 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26

evam-vidhah—of this sort: narakah—the many hells; yama-dlaye—
in the province of Yamaraja: santi—are: Satasah—hundreds;
sahasrasah—thousands; tesu—in those hellish planets: sarvesu—all:
ca—also: sarve—all: eva—indeed; adharma-vartinah—persons not
following the Vedic principles or regulative principles: ye kecit—
whosoever; tha—here: uditah—mentioned: anuditah—not mentioned:
ca—and; avani-pate—O King: paryd@yena—according to the degree of
different kinds of sinful activity: visanti—they enter: tathé eva—
similarly: dharma-anuvartinah—those who are pious and act according
to the regulative principles or Vedic injunctions: itaratra—elsewhere:
tha—on this planet: tu—but: punah-bhave—into another birth: te—all
of them: ubhaya-sesabhyam—by the remainder of the results of piety or
vice: nivisanti—they enter.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Pariksit, in the province of Yamaraja there are
hundreds and thousands of hellish planets. The impious people |
have mentioned —and also those I have not mentioned—must all
enter these various planets according to the degree of their im-
piety. Those who are pious, however, enter other planetary
systems, namely the planets of the demigods. Nevertheless, both
the pious and impious are again brought to earth after the results
of their pious or impious acts are exhausted.

PURPORT

This corresponds to the beginning of Lord Krsna’s instructions in
Bhagavad-gita. Tatha dehdntara-praptih: within this material world,
one is simply meant to change from one body to another in different
planetary systems. Urdhvarn gacchanti satva-stha: those in the mode of
goodness are elevated to the heavenly planets. Adho gacchanti tamasah:
similarly, those too engrossed in ignorance enter the hellish planetary
systems. Both of them. however, are subjected to the repetition of birth
and death. In Bhagavad-gitd it is stated that even one who is very pious
returns to earth after his enjoyment in the higher planetary systems is
over (ksine punye martya-lokarn visanti). Therefore, going from one
planet to another does not solve the problems of life. The problems of life
