Brahmavaivarta Purana Brahma Khandam Chapter 30

The suffering of the sinners in the hell

Yama said—The devotees of the lord who engage themselves in the tapas include the yogis with a pure mind, the siddhas, the Vratis, the Tapasvlns, Brahmacarlns and mendicants who never fall in the hell.

But such of the person who are quite valorous but wicked at the same time and because of their wicked nature they always speak harsh words and turn their relatives into mental agony, they fall into the hell named Agnikunda.

They have to suffer because of the terrific fire-flames and they remain there in such a condition for many years and thereafter they are born as animals thrice.

The one who does not provide food and drink to a thirsty and hungry Brahmana who comes to door, such a foolish fellow falls into the burning cell.

There he suffers for many years all kinds of troubles and ultimately is reborn as a bird for seven births.

The one who applies soap and oil on Sundays, on the first day of the sun, moonless night he falls into the saline Kunda up to the number of years equivalent on the grains to the cloth. Thereafter he is reborn as a washerman on earth for seven births.

The one who snatches away the Brahmanhood bestowed by himself or by another for a Brahmana, falls into the pit of refuse and insects where he remains consuming the refuse. He is then reborn on earth as an insect of refuse for the similar number of years.

The one who unfortunately digs a tank someone else’s place claiming it to be belonging to him he falls into the deep pit of urine.

And he remains there up to the years equivalent to the number of particles of dust of the tank consuming the same dirty things. Thereafter he is bom on earth in Bharata as a lizard for seven births. The one who consumes sweet-meats alone he falls into the pit of cough and remains there for a hundred years consuming the same. Thereafter he is reborn in the land of Bharata as a goblin and continues there for a hundred years. Thereafter he is born in the land of Bharata and remains there for a hundred years consuming daily cough and urine. He gets purified thereafter.

The one who does not maintain his father, his mother, the teacher, the wife, the son, the daughter and orphan, he falls into the pit called Garakunda and remains there for a thousand years. Thereafter he is born as a goblin and remains in that position for a hundred years. Thereafter he is purified.

The person who dislikes the arrival of a guest is not accepted by the gods as well as the manes.

He therefore earns the, sin of Brahmahatya while living on earth earning at the same time some other sin. After his death he falls into the Diisikcikunda. He remains there for a hundred years consuming the same food. Thereafter he is reborn as a human and remains a pauper for seven births.

The person who snatches away something from a Brahmana after giving it to him and then gives it to somebody else, falls into the pit of fat consuming the same. Thereafter he is reborn on earth a Candala in the land of Bharata and then as a chameleon for seven births and thereafter he becomes a pauper having a short life.

If a lady consumes the semen of a man and if a man consumes the egg (ovum) of a lady, both of them fall into the pit of semen and remain there for a hundred years consuming the same. Thereafter he becomes an insect of the vagina and ultimately gets purified.

The one who injures a Brahmana or his own teacher and consumes his blood, falls into the pit of blood consuming the same for a hundred years. Thereafter he is reborn in the land of Bharata and becomes a hunter for seven births. He is then purified.

The one who is devoted to lord Krsna and is always engrossed in reciting his name; when such a person is despised by others, they fall into the pit of tears for a hundred years and consumes the same. Thereafter they are reborn as Candalas for three births and ultimately get purified after having been born in the house of a Candala.

The wicked person who is always engaged in evil deeds, remains in the pit of the human dirt for ten years and for three births he becomes a jackal. He is purified thereafter.

The person who denounce a deaf person or makes a joke about him, he falls into the pit of ear wax and consumes the same. Thereafter he is born as a deaf and a pauper for seven births. Then again he is born as a deformed person for seven births before he is purified.

In case a greedy person kills another creature for feeding himself he falls into the pit of marrow and consumes the same. Thereafter he is born as a rabbit for seven births and taking births as fish and other animals, he has to suffer considerably. Thereafter he is purified.

The one who after bringing up a girl sells her away in greed, such a foolish fellow falla as into the pit of flesh up to the number of years equivalent to the number of hair on his body. At that point of time, the messengers of Yarna attack the pit and he carries the heaps of flesh over his head. He consumes the blood whenever he is hungry. Thereafter the sinner is reborn on earth and has to consume the refuse of the girls for sixty thousand years. He is then bom as an insect of the refuse.

Thereafter he is bom as a hunter for seven births, as a boar for three births, as a dog for seven births, as a frog for seven births, as a jonka (leech) for seven births, as a crow for seven births. Thereafter he is purified.

While performing the vratas, the fast and sraddha etc., his actions are considered to be infructuous who does not perform the necessary ceremony.

О beautiful one, he has to fall into the pit of nails for a long time consuming the same and is beaten with rods.

The one who adores the linga with matted locks of hair in the land of Bharata, remains in the Kesakunda tip to the number of years equivalent to the particles of the earth of which the linga is made. Because of the anger of Siva, he has to be born in the Yavana family for a hundred years. Thereafter he gets purified and is reborn in a noble race. The one who does not offer the pindas at the place of lord Visnu he falls into the terrific pit of bones for a long time equivalent to the number of hair on his body.

Thereafter he is reborn in his own race and leads the life of a pauper besides being a deformed person. He gets purified after thus suffering.

The foolish fellow who cohabits with his pregnant wife, falls into the copper pit for a hundred years.

The one who consumes the food of a widow having no son or of a lady who is in menses falls into the burning pit of iron and remains in it for a hundred years. Thereafter he is born as a washerman for seven births, as a black smith having a big wound and he gets purified thereafter.

The one who touches the image of a god or anyone of his things while he is sweating, such a Brahmana falls into Dhannakunda remaining there for a hundred years.

The one who consumes the food of a Siidra under his command, such a Brahmana falls into the pit of wine for a hundred years. Thereafter he is reborn in the race of the Sudras for seven births. He then performs yajna’s for the Sudras till seven births and eats with them. He is purified thereafter.

In case a lady who always speaks harsh words, injures the mind of her husband with harsh words, she falls into the pit of thorns and remains there for four yugas. The messengers of Yama beat her with rods. Thereafter she is reborn for seven births as a woman with a long neck. She is purified thereafter.

If a heartless person kills others by poisoning, he falls into the pit of poison and remains there for a thousand years consuming the same.

Thereafter he is reborn as a killer for seven births. Thereafter he is reborn as a leper for seven births before he is purified.

If a farmer or his servant beats a bull with a rod, he falls into the pit of burning oil and remains there for a period of four yugas. Thereafter he is reborn as a bull and remains in that position for as many years as the number of hair a bull has over its body.

The one who kills the creatures by beating them or with the teeth remains there in the hell for a hundred years. Thereafter he is reborn in his own race and suffers from ailments. After thus suffering he purifies himself ultimately.

Such of the Brahmanas as consume meat leaving the naivedya of the lord, fall into the pit of insects and remain there up to the number of years equivalent to the number of hairs on their body consuming the same. Thereafter they are reborn as Mlecchas for three births before they are born as Brahmanas. The one who performs yajna with Siidras, the one who consumes the food of the sraddha and bums their dead bodies, surely falls into the pit of the puss.

О chaste lady, he consumes the same and remains in that position up to the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body. He is daily tortured by the messengers of Yama.

Thereafter arriving in the land of Bharata he is reborn as a Sudra for seven births and becomes sick and a pauper. Thereafter getting purified he is reborn as a Brahmana.

The one who kills a small, terrific and a long snake, he falls into the snake pit and remains there for the number of years equivalent to the number of hair on his body, consuming the refuse of the snakes. He is tortured by the messengers of Yama. Thereafter, he is reborn as a snake. Ultimately he is reborn as a human always having pain in his teeth and enjoys a short life. Thereafter he dies as a result of snakebite and dies a painful death.

The one who kills the small insects falls into the pit of the pus for a number of years where he is bitten daily by the insects and he cries there without food. The messengers of Yama tie his hand and feet besides belabouring him.

Thereafter he is reborn as an insignificant insect. After having so bom as an insect, for many births, he is reborn as a deformed human. Thereafter he is purified.

The one who extracts honey by killing the bees falls into the pit of poison up to the number of years equivalent to his own age.

He keeps on burning there consuming the poison. He is tortured by the messengers of Yama. Thereafter he is bom as a bee before he is purified.

The one who punishes an innocent Brahmana falls into the pit having insects with vajra-Yike teeth. He remains in that kunda up to the number of years as the Brahmana has the hair on his body. He is bitten by the insects daily. Thereafter, he gets purified.

In case a king feeling greedy for riches punishes his innocent people, he falls into the pit of scorpions and is bitten by them for a number of years. Thereafter he is reborn as a scorpion for seven births and becomes ultimately a deformed human who is always suffering from diseases.

In case a wicked person, because of his wicked nature, kills his own teacher, he falls into a Kunda having the insects with vajra-like teeth. He remains there for a manvantara.

If a foolish Brahmana does not perform sandhya regularly and is also not devoted to the gods and taking to arms becomes a messenger of others, he falls into the pit of arrows for the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body. He is injured there with the arrows before he is purified.

If an intoxicated person gives horrible punishment to the people imprisoning them for petty crimes, he falls into a pit named Golakunda having boiling water, darkness and the insects with sharp teeth looking terrible. He is bitten by the insects for the number of years equivalent to the hair on the bodies of the people. Thereafter he is bom as a degraded servant. Ultimately he is purified.

The one who kills the crocodiles and other aquatic animals who arrive in a tank from outside, falls into the crocodile-fomrfa for a number of years. Thereafter he is reborn as a crocodile in a river and he gets purified.

In this sacred land of Bharata, the one who looks at the breast, the navel and the face of other’s wives with a passion in his mind falls in the kunda of crows where the crows bite his eyes. Thereafter he remains there for the number of years equivalent to the hair on the body of that person and is reborn as a blind person on earth. In the land of Bharata, whosoever steals away the gold of a Brahmana or the gods, remains in the terrific kunda for the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body. The messengers of Yama torture him and the crows peck at his eyes with their beaks. After remaining there for a long time, he is reborn on earth as a blind man and for seven births he becomes a pauper, heartless, a sinner, a goldsmith and a merchant of gold. О beautiful one, the one who steals iron and copper in the land of Bharata, remains in the pit of vajra for the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body. While remaining there he has to consume the refuse of the insects named vajra. Those insects break his eyes while the messengers of Yama torture him. He gets purified thereafter.

In the land of Bharata, whosoever steals away the things of gods, he remains in the terrific kunda for the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body. The vajra insects bite him as a result of which Kis body gets burnt and he cries again and again without food. On the other hand the messengers of Yama torture him. He gets purified thereafter.

The one who steals away the clothes and the silver of Brahmana. falls into the stone pit and remains there for the number of years equivalent to the number of hair on his body.

Thereafter for three births he becomes a skylark, a goose for three births, a Samkhacilla for one birth and for the rest of the births he becomes a white bird. In the next seven births he suffers from various ailments and enjoys only a short life. He is purified thereafter.

Similarly the one who steals away the vases of brass or bronze belonging to a Brahmana, falls into the stone-pit and remains there up to the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body.

Thereafter he is reborn in the land of Bharata as a horse for seven births. Thereafter he is born as a human suffering from many ailments and he gets purified thereafter.

The one who earns his living through a wicked woman and cats her food, falls into a terrific pit and remains there up to a number of’ years equivalent to the hair on his body. He is tortured by the messenger of Yama. He drinks the fluid there. Thereafter he is purified after suffering from the ailment of his eyes as well as stomach.

In the land of Bharata such of the people who earn their livelihood by serving Mlecchas and are maintaining their account. They fall into the pit of ink and remain there up to the number of years equivalent to the hair on his body. He consumes the same ink there and is tortured by the messengers of Yama. Thereafter he is bom as an animal of black colour during the next three births. He is then bom as a goat for three births and for three births he is born as a cobra. He then is purified by becoming a palm tree.

The one who steals away the food, betel, seed and the bed of the Brahmana, falls into the pit of dust. He remains there for a hundred years suffering the torture of the messengers of Yama. He is then bom as a ram for three births. He is then reborn as a human being suffering from cough, is without any ■ sons, is a pauper and having a short span of life. He is thereafter purified.

The one who by stealing away the valuables of the Brahmanas constructs a wheel, has to suffer the punishment for a hundred years by falling into the pit of cakras.

Thereafter he is bom as an oil-crusher for three births and has to suffer from ailments having no sons. He is purified thereafter.

The one who behaves deceitfully with his own relations as well as the Brahmanas, falls into the vajra-kunda and remains there for a yuga.

Thereafter he is bom as a hunch-back for a hundred years having no wife and becomes a Sudra.

The Brahmana who eats the flesh of a tortoise seating on a bed, falls into the pit of tortoise and remains there for a hundred years; his flesh is eaten by the tortoises.

He is then reborn as a tortoise and a pig for three births, a cat for three births and a peacock for three births.

The one who steals the oil or ghee of the Brahmana or the gods, falls into the pit of flames or the pit of ashes and after suffering there, for a number of years, he is reborn as a jackal for seven births besides being bom fish and a rat, he is purified thereafter.

The one who steals away the fragrant articles of the god or the Brahmanas, falls into the pit of terrific smell and always has to face the bad smell. He is reborn as a porcupine for seven births, kastiin for three births and for seven births as a fragrant article. It ultimately is reborn as a human being.

In the land of Bharata, the one who forcibly usurps the ancestral land, he is thrown into the pit of boiling oil and is tortured with weapons burning from all sides daily.

But he is neither burnt into ashes nor is his body destroyed. Thus he has to suffer for his sins for seven manvantaras living there.

Remaining without food and with the torture of the messenger of Yama, he cries aloud. Thereafter, he becomes an insect of refuse in the land of Bharata for sixty thousand years.

Thereafter he is reborn as a pauper having no land and is ultimately purified. He is again reborn in his own race and performs good deeds.

In the land of Bharata the one who behaves like a cruel person killing human beings and animals with sword infested with the greed for riches, falls into the Asipatra hell and remains there up to the age of fourteen Indras. In case he kills, the Brahmanas he has to remain in the same hell for a hundred manvantaras.

The sinner is reduced into pieces with the striking of the sword and remains without food and being tortured by the messengers of Yama and he cries aloud.

Thereafter, he is reborn in the land of Bharata as a Candala and as a pig for a hundred births, a dog for a hundred births, a jackal for seven births, a hyena for three births, Rhino for seven births and for three births he is bom as a buffalo.

The one who burns the land or the city, falls into the hell named Ksuradhara. His body is shattered there for three yugas.

Thereafter becoming a goblin by the name of Agnimukha, he wanders over the land and for three births he is bom consuming unclean food. For seven births he is bom as fire-fly, for seven births he suffers from intensive pain in the belly and for seven births he badly suffers from leprosy. He is purified thereafter.

The one who indulges in backbiting or the one who feels satisfied by denouncing others or the one who denounces the Brahmanas and gods daily, falls into the hell known as Siicimukha. He is pricked there with needles. Then he is born as a scorpion and snake for seven births, the terrific insects for seven births, an insect of dust for seven births and is reborn ultimately as a human being suffering from grave and terrific ailments. He is purified thereafter.

The one who breaks the house of a householder and steals away his belongings, including the cows, the sheep and goats, he falls into the hell of lizards.

Thereafter he is born with diseases as a cow and a sheep for three births and a goat for three births. Thereafter he is reborn as a human with disease, a pauper, a woman without a brother and he suffers variously. Thereafter he is purified. The one who steals away ordinary things, falls into the hell of crocodiles and remains there for yuya. Thereafter he is reborn as a human being and remains sick. He then gets purified. The one who kills a cow, an elephant, a horse for a human being, such a sinful person falls into the hell named Gajadams’a; he is tortured there by the messengers of Yama with elephant tusks. Thereafter he is reborn as a cow and then in the race of Mlecchas. He is then purified.

One who stops a thirsty cow from drinking water, that serviceless man falls into the Gomukha hell. Cow-faced hell is full of insects and heated water. He remains there for a period of manvantara.

Such a person is bom with ailments and is deprived of cows. For seven births he has to be born in the degraded race. Thereafter he is purified.

By incitation of another person, one who kills a cow, a Brahmana or visits a prohibited place, does not perform sandhya, remains without diksa receives charity at the sacred places, performer of yajnas in villages, the pujarl of temple, the store-keeper of the Siidras, arrogant, the one who enjoys the company of a degraded woman, the killer of a cow, a Brahmana, a woman, a friend and does abortion, falls into the Kumbhlpaka hell and remains there up to the life of fourteen Indras. He is tortured by the messengers of Yama rotating him at the same time.

He falls into the fire flames in a moment and in the next moment he lulls into the pit of thorns. In a moment he is thrown into the boiling oil and the next moment he is thrown into the boiling water. In another moment he is thrown on the hot rocks and in the next moment he is thrown on the hot iron; thereafter for several births he is eaten up by the vultures for crores of births. For a hundred births he is born as a pig, for seven births he is born as a cow and for seven births he is born as a serpent. Thereafter he is bom as an insect of refuse for sixty thousand years.

He is then bom as a Sudra suffering from the leprosy of the throat, a pauper, suffering from the disease of consumption, having no progeny and wife. He is then purified.

Savitri said—О lord, well-versed in the Vedas, how is the killing of the cow, killing of a Brahmana and a guest is killed? What are the places beyond the reach of human beings? Who are the people deprived of the performing of sandhya and those receiving charity at the sacred places? Who are the Brahmanas performing yajna in villages, who is the Brahmana serving as a pitjarl in a temple, a store-keeper of the Sudras and the husband of a wicked woman? You kindly enlighten me on the subject in detail.

Yama said— О beautiful one, the person who adores the image of lord Krsna made of earth and also the goddess Durga, Sivalinga, SUrya, Sfiryamani and Ganesa making a distinction between them attract the sin of Brahmahatya.

The one who discriminates among his teachers, the family gods, the parents who have given birth to him, attracts the sin of Brahmahatya..

The one who equates the Vaisnavas, other worshippers, Brahmanas and the devotees of other races, attracts Brahmahatya. The one who equates the naivedya of Visnu with others, the water of the feet of the lord with the water of other gods, attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who equates with other gods, lord Krs na who is the cause of all the causes, the eternal Brahman, served by all the gods, soul of all of them, who takes to many fonns with his illusion or remains invisible, he attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who does not follow the tradition prescribed by the gods and the manes and creates obstructions for the same, attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who denounces lord Visnu who is the purifier of all and also his mantras and the devotees, attracts Brahmahatya.

Lord Siva is the form of welfare, is extremely dear to lord Krsna more than his life. He is the purifier of the purified people, blissful, eternal, the best of gods and is eternal the lord, the one who does not adore him denouncing him at the same time, attracts the sin of Brahmahatya. The illusion of lord Visnu bestows devotion, is quite chaste, is completely the form of strength, the universal mother, the form of all the goddesses, the beginning of all, adorable by all and is the cause of all, whosoever denounces her attracts Brahmahatya.

The birth-day of lord Krsna is quite meritorious and the best of all besides and the birth day of Rama, Sivaratri, Ekddasi and Sundays are considered to be quite auspicious. Those who do not perform vrata on these days, become sinners like the Candala and attract Brahmahatya.

О daughter, the one who cleanses himself with the water accumulated in the pits fonned by the waves of the water, attracts the sin of Brahmahatya. The one who does not maintain his teacher, his parents, chaste wife, the son, the daughter and other orphans, according to his own position, attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who does not get married, the one who does not see the face of a son, the one who is deprived of the devotion of the lord, attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who does not take the naivedya of lord Visnu, does not adore the Sivalihga daily, attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who obstructs a cow from eating fodder or drinking water or the one who walks between a cow and a Brahmana attracts Brahmahatya.

Such a foolish Brahmana who beats a cow with a rod or yokes her to the plough, daily attracts the sin of killing a cow. There is no doubt about it.

The one who feeds the cows with the left-over and performs yajha for Suras or drives a bull and also eats the food supplied by the driver of the bull surely attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who performs yajha for the husband of a Siidra woman and eats the food supplied by her, attracts the sin of killing hundreds of cows. There is no doubt about it.

The one who places his feet towards the fire or kicks the cow, roams about in the house without washing his feet, surely attracts gohatya.

The one who consumes food after rubbing oil in his feet and then sleeps or eats his food twice in the morning, attracts the sin of gohatya.

Such a Brahmana who takes food from a widow with his family or maintains his livelihood by evil ways and does not perform sandhya during all the three times, surely attracts the sin of gohatya (killing of cow). The one who does not serve the manes on their death anniversaries nor serve the gods or the guest, surely attracts the sin of Brahmahatya.

A woman who does not equate her husband with lord Krsna and then injures her feeling with harsh words, she surely attracts the sin of gohatya.

The one who sows the seed after ploughing the track of the cows, ploughs the bank of the tanks, surely attracts gohatya.

The one who infested with greed or out of innocence performs the repentance ceremony in a disorderly manner, he surely attracts Brahmahatya.

The one who does not properly adore the cows on the Gopastaml day, but tortures them at the same time, surely attracts the sin of gohatya.

The one who walks over a human being, the water meant for the adoration of gods, naivedya, the flowers and the food, surely attracts the sin of gohatya. The one who always has a negative approach, is deceitful and speaks falsehood always, becomes envious of the gods and the teachers surely attracts the sin of Brahmahatya. The one who does not bow in reverence before the image of the god, a teacher and a Brahmana, surely attracts the sin of Brahmahatya.

The Brahmana who does not shower his blessing on someone getting annoyed or does not impart knowledge to the students, surely attracts the sin of gohatya. I have thus told you everything about gohatya (killing of cow) and Brahmahatya (killing of Brahmana) What more do you want to listen to from me?

Savitri said—You tell me about the real difference between merit and sin and their increase or decrease.

Yama said— О chaste lady, sometimes the reality prevails and sometimes the unreality overpowers reality. Sometimes both of them run paralleled. The Vedas are the evidence for the same, the one who does not believe in this evidence attracts the sin of killing a teacher.

It’s always good to honour a Brahmana, the teacher who imparts learnings or the mantra as your own father.

The mother is adorable a hundred times more than the father and the teacher who imparts learnings and the mantra is equally adorable. This is ordained by the Vedas.

The glory of the teacher’s wife is to be held in the highest esteem. She is to be adored like a goddess.

The Brahmana is adorable like Siva but a valorous king is adorable like lord Visnu but the reality is thousand times better than the unreality.

Similarly all the waters are like the water of Ganga and all the Brahmanas are like Vyasa. That is why they are equated with the time of the rolar or lunar eclipses.

Real killing is four times more sinful than fake killing. This is the opinion of the Vedas. This has been ordained by Brahma.

Thus I have spoken out to you the difference between real killing and fake killing. Now I tell you the place which is approachable by human beings. It is ordained in the Vedas that only one’s own spouse is approachable. This is a command for everyone therefore the other women are considered to be unapproachable. This has been ordained by the Vedas.

O beautiful one, I have told you about the ordinary difference in this regard and I am going to tell you about the specific difference in this connection. You please listen to me as to who is approachable and who is not? I am going to speak out the same.

О chaste lady, for Sudras a Brahmana girl is unapproachable while for a Brahmana a Sudra girl is unapproachable. This has been denounced in the Vedas.

Such a Sudra who enjoys the company of a Brahmana woman attracts the sin of a hundred Brahmahatyas and similarly the Brahmana lady also falls into the Kumbhlpaka hell.

If a Brahmana enjoys the company of a Sudra woman he is called the husband of a wicked woman. He falls from the Brahmana race and achieves the position of a Candala.

The pindas offered by him are treated like refuse and the tarpana offered by him is equated with urine, which is neither accepted by the manes nor the god.

Similarly the performing of sandhya., the adoration of the gods, besides the merits earned by him in many of his previous births, vanish with the company of a Sudra woman. There is no doubt about it.

The Brahmana who consumes liquor, the one who consumes the food on the Ekadasl day, surely falls in the Kumbhlpakas hell.

The wife of the teacher, the wife of the ruler, the step-mother, the mother, the daughter, the daughter-in-law, the wife of the real brother, the maternal-aunt, the mother of the father (grandmother), the mother of the mother, the sister of the mother, the sister, the daughter of the brother (niece), the student, the wife of the student, the wife of the son of the sister, the wife of brother’s son, all these women are unapproachable (and one should not cohabit with them.) This has been ordained by Brahma.

If any one enjoys the company of one’s own mother he falls into the hell. Such a person attracts several of the Brahmahatyas. This has been ordained in the Vedas.

He becomes an untouchable, is incapable of performing good deeds and is denounced in public, finally falling into the terrific hell.

The one who performs incomplete sandhya or does not perform it at all or does not perform the sandhya thrice, such a type of Brahmana is deprived of the sandhya performing.

Such of the person who does not accept the mantras of Vishnu, Siva, Sakti and Ganpati out of arrogance is called a person without the diksa.

The land extending to the four feet of the river bank is called the Narayana-ksetra. Narayana himself happens to be the lord of the said region. In the Narayana-ksetra, Kuruksetra, Visnupada, Varanasi, Badarl, the confluence of the Ganga and the ocean, Puskara,. Bhaskara-ksetra, Prabhasa, Rasamandala, Haridvara, Kedara, Soma, Badrikas’rama, the banks of the Sarasvatl river, the sacred place of Vrndavana, Godavari, Kausikl, TrivenI and Himalaya are the sacred places. Whosoever accepts charities in these places has to fall into the Kumbhipaka hell.

Those who perform yajnas for the Siidras and in different villages, are called Gramayaji. Such of the people as earn their living by performing рща are called Pujaris.

The one who cooks food in the kitchen of the Siidras is called a Bhandarl. All these persons are deprived of sandhya and the adoration of the lord and are considered to be quite degraded.

In the earlier context the definition of the husband of a wicked woman has been described. Such a sinful person falls into the Kumbhipaka hell. I am now going to tell you about the people who fall in the other types of hells. You please listen to me.

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