योजनानां सहस्राणि नवतिं नव चाध्वनः त्रिभिर्मुहूर्तैर्द्वाभ्यां वा नीतः प्राप्नोति यातनाः
yojanānāṁ sahasrāṇi navatiṁ nava cādhvanaḥ tribhir muhūrtair dvābhyāṁ vā nītaḥ prāpnoti yātanāḥ
Synonyms
yojanānām—of yojanas; sahasrāṇi—thousands; navatim—ninety; nava—nine; ca—and; adhvanaḥ—from a distance; tribhiḥ—three; muhūrtaiḥ—within moments; dvābhyām—two; vā—or; nītaḥ—brought; prāpnoti—he receives; yātanāḥ—punishments..
Translation
Thus he has to pass 99,000 yojanas within two or three moments, and then he is at once engaged in the torturous punishment which he is destined to suffer.
Purport
One yojana is calculated to be eight miles, and he has to pass along a road which is therefore as much as 792,000 miles. Such a long distance is passed over within a few moments only. The subtle body is covered by the constables so that the living entity can pass such a long distance quickly and at the same time tolerate the suffering. This covering, although material, is of such fine elements that material scientists cannot discover what the coverings are made of. To pass 792,000 miles within a few moments seems wonderful to the modern space travelers. They have so far traveled at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour, but here we see that a criminal passes 792,000 miles within a few seconds only, although the process is not spiritual but material.