Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 26: A Description of the Hellish Planets. Text 34

ये त्विह वा अन्धावटकुसूलगुहादिषु भूतानि निरुन्धन्ति तथामुत्र
तेष्वेवोपवेश्य सगरेण वह्निना धूमेन निरुन्धन्ति ॥३४॥

ye tv iha vÄ andhÄvaá¹­a-kusÅ«la-guhÄdiá¹£u bhÅ«tÄni nirundhanti tathÄmutra teá¹£v evopaveÅ›ya sagareṇa vahninÄ dhÅ«mena nirundhanti

 ye - persons who; tu - but; iha - in this life; vÄ - or; andha-avaá¹­a - a blind well; kusÅ«la - granaries; guha-Ädiá¹£u - and in caves; bhÅ«tÄni - the living entities; nirundhanti - confine; tathÄ - similarly; amutra - in the next life; teá¹£u - in those same places; eva - certainly; upaveÅ›ya - causing to enter; sagareṇa - with poisonous fumes; vahninÄ - with fire; dhÅ«mena - with smoke; nirundhanti - confine.


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Those who in this life confine other living entities in dark wells, granaries or mountain caves are put after death into the hell known as Avaá¹­a-nirodhana. There they themselves are pushed into dark wells, where poisonous fumes and smoke suffocate them and they suffer very severely.

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