Bhagavad-gita as it is - Description of Hell

the following is an article by our producer we just heard in the 16th chapter of bhagavad-gita that the end result of the demoniac life is to sink down into the bowels of hell now we will hear something about hell description of life on the hellish planets What exactly is hell? The Vedic scriptures describe hell as planets where sinners are taken after this life for punishment. The following are some statements from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto 5. There are thousands of hellish planets.

Here are the names and details of life on just some of these hellish planets. Each planet is meant for punishing human beings according to the extent of their sins. What punishment awaits animal killers? In this life, an envious person commits violent acts against many living entities.

After death, such a person is taken to hell by Yamaraj, and those living entities that were hurt by one appear as animals called rurus to inflict very severe pain upon the sinful person. This hell is called raurava. Not generally seen in this world, the ruru is more envious than the snake. Punishment in the hell called maharovra is compulsory for a person who maintains his or her own body by hurting others.

In this hell, Ruru animals known as Kravyada torment one and eat one's flesh. For the maintenance of their bodies and the satisfaction of their tongues, cruel persons cook poor animals and birds alive. Such persons are condemned even by man-eaters. In their next life, they are carried by the Yamadutas to the hell known as Kumbh Paka, where they are cooked in boiling oil.

If a human being kills or torments insignificant creatures, The Supreme Lord punishes such a person by putting one into the hell known as Andhakupa, where one is attacked by all the birds and beasts, reptiles, mosquitoes, lice, worms, flies, and any other creatures one tormented during one's life. They attack you from all sides, robbing one of the pleasure of sleep. Unable to rest, you are constantly wandering about in darkness. Thus in ānda-kūpa one's suffering is just like that of a creature in the lower species.

Those who hunt and kill animals unnecessarily are placed after death into the hell known as prāṇarodha. There the assistants of Yamarāja make one their targets and pierce one with arrows. What is the punishment for sex outside of marriage? A man or woman who indulges in sexual intercourse with an unworthy member of the opposite sex is punished after death by the assistants of Yamarāja in the hell known as Tapta-sūrmī.

There, such men and women are beaten with whips. The man is forced to embrace a red-hot iron form of a woman, and the woman is forced to embrace a similar red-hot iron form of a man. Such is the punishment for illicit sex. What is the punishment for thieves?

A person who appropriates another's legitimate wife, children, or money is arrested at the time of death by the fierce Yamadutas who bind one with the rope of time and forcibly throw one into hellish planet known as Tamisra. On this very dark planet, the sinful person is chastised by the Yamadutas who beat and rebuke one. One is starved and one is given no water to drink. Thus, the wrathful assistance of Yamarāja caused one severe suffering, and sometimes one faints from their chastisement.

What punishment awaits the misers and those who are not charitable? A person is considered no better than a crow, if after receiving some food one does not divide it among guests, old men and children, simply eats it oneself, or if one eats it without performing the five kinds of sacrifice. After death, he or she is put into the most abominable hell known as Krimi Bhojana. In that hell is a lake 800,000 miles wide and filled with worms.

One becomes a worm in that lake and feeds on the other worms there, who also feed on oneself unless one atones for his or her actions before one's death such a sinful person remains in the hellish lake of krimi bojana for as many years as there are miles in the width of the lake in other words eight hundred thousand years what punishment awaits those who lie A person who in this life bears false witness or lies while transacting business or giving charity is severely punished after death by the agents of Yamarāja. Such a sinful man is taken to the top of a mountain 800 miles high and thrown headfirst into the hell known as Avīchīmat. 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 person is repeatedly thrown from the mountain and one's body broken to tiny pieces, one still does not die, but continuously suffers the punishment. And what punishment awaits those who are not friendly nor compassionate? A householder who receives guests or visitors with cruel glances, as if to burn them to ashes, is put into the hell called Paryavartana, where one is gazed at by hard-eyed vultures, herons, crows and similar birds which suddenly swoop down and pluck out one's eyes with great force. This is just a sampling of the hells that await those who will not heed the message of Bhagavad Gita.

Therefore as we learned in chapter 16 one should act so as to not go to hell. One should abide by Bhagavad Gita and surrender to Krishna and chant His holy name incessantly. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.