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Chapter 26: A Description of the Hellish Planets

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SB 5.26.4

राजोवाच नरका नाम भगवन्किं देशविशेषा अथवा बहिस्त्रिलोक्या आहोस्विदन्तराल इति.

rājovāca narakā nāma bhagavan kiṁ deśa-viśeṣā athavā bahis tri-lokyā āhosvid antarāla iti.

Synonyms

rājā uvācathe King said; narakāḥthe hellish regions; nāmanamed; bhagavanO my Lord; kimwhether; deśa-viśeṣāḥa particular country; athavāor; bahiḥoutside; tri-lokyāḥthe three worlds (the universe); āhosvitor; antarālein the intermediate spaces within the universe; itithus..

Translation

King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear lord, are the hellish regions outside the universe, within the covering of the universe, or in different places on this planet?

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