SB 5.26.7 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तत्र हैके नरकानेकविंशतिं गणयन्ति अथ तांस्ते राजन्नामरूपलक्षणतोऽनुक्रमिष्यामस्तामिस्रोऽन्धतामिस्रो रौरवो महारौरव: कुम्भीपाक: कालसूत्रमसिपत्रवनं सूकरमुखमन्धकूप: कृमिभोजन: सन्दंशस्तप्तसूर्मिर्वज्रकण्टकशाल्मली वैतरणी पूयोद: प्राणरोधो विशसनं लालाभक्ष: सारमेयादनमवीचिरय:पानमिति

किञ्च क्षारकर्दमो रक्षोगणभोजन: शूलप्रोतो दन्दशूकोऽवटनिरोधन: पर्यावर्तन: सूचीमुखमित्यष्टाविंशतिर्नरका विविधयातनाभूमय: ॥ ७ ॥

Verse text

tatra haike narakān eka-viṁśatiṁ gaṇayanti atha tāṁs te rājan nāma-rūpa-lakṣaṇato ’nukramiṣyāmas tāmisro ’ndhatāmisro rauravo mahārauravaḥ kumbhīpākaḥ kālasūtram asipatravanaṁ sūkaramukham andhakūpaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ sandaṁśas taptasūrmir vajrakaṇṭaka-śālmalī vaitaraṇī pūyodaḥ prāṇarodho viśasanaṁ lālābhakṣaḥ sārameyādanam avīcir ayaḥpānam iti; kiñca kṣārakardamo rakṣogaṇa-bhojanaḥ śūlaproto dandaśūko ’vaṭa-nirodhanaḥ paryāvartanaḥ sūcīmukham ity aṣṭā-viṁśatir narakā vividha-yātanā-bhūmayaḥ.

Synonyms

tatra — there ; ha — certainly ; eke — some ; narakān — the hellish planets ; eka-viṁśatim — twenty-one ; gaṇayanti — count ; atha — therefore ; tān — them ; te — unto you ; rājan — O King ; nāma-rūpa-lakṣaṇataḥ — according to their names, forms and symptoms ; anukramiṣyāmaḥ — we shall outline one after another ; tāmisraḥ — Tāmisra ; andha-tāmisraḥ — Andhatāmisra ; rauravaḥ — Raurava ; mahā-rauravaḥ — Mahāraurava ; kumbhī-pākaḥ — Kumbhīpāka ; kāla-sūtram — Kālasūtra ; asi-patravanam — Asi-patravana ; sūkara-mukham — Sūkaramukha ; andha-kūpaḥ — Andhakūpa ; kṛmi-bhojanaḥ — Kṛmibhojana ; sandaṁśaḥ — Sandaṁśa ; tapta-sūrmiḥ — Taptasūrmi ; vajra-kaṇṭaka-śālmalī — Vajrakaṇṭaka-śālmalī ; vaitaraṇī — Vaitaraṇī ; pūyodaḥ — Pūyoda ; prāṇa-rodhaḥ — Prāṇarodha ; viśasanam — Viśasana ; lālā-bhakṣaḥ — Lālābhakṣa ; sārameyādanam — Sārameyādana ; avīciḥ — Avīci ; ayaḥ-pānam — Ayaḥpāna ; iti — thus ; kiñca — some more ; kṣāra-kardamaḥ — Kṣārakardama ; rakṣaḥ-gaṇa-bhojanaḥ — Rakṣogaṇa-bhojana ; śūla-protaḥ — Śūlaprota ; danda-śūkaḥ — Dandaśūka ; avaṭa-nirodhanaḥ — Avaṭa-nirodhana ; paryāvartanaḥ — Paryāvartana ; sūcī-mukham — Sūcīmukha ; iti — in this way ; aṣṭā-viṁśatiḥ — twenty-eight ; narakāḥ — hellish planets ; vividha — various ; yātanā-bhūmayaḥ — lands of suffering in hellish conditions.

Translation

Some authorities say that there is a total of twenty-one hellish planets, and some say twenty-eight. My dear King, I shall outline all of them according to their names, forms and symptoms. The names of the different hells are as follows: Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Raurava, Mahāraurava, Kumbhīpāka, Kālasūtra, Asipatravana, Sūkaramukha, Andhakūpa, Kṛmibhojana, Sandaṁśa, Taptasūrmi, Vajrakaṇṭaka-śālmalī, Vaitaraṇī, Pūyoda, Prāṇarodha, Viśasana, Lālābhakṣa, Sārameyādana, Avīci, Ayaḥpāna, Kṣārakardama, Rakṣogaṇa-bhojana, Śūlaprota, Dandaśūka, Avaṭa-nirodhana, Paryāvartana and Sūcīmukha. All these planets are meant for punishing the living entities.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Some authorities say that there is a total of twenty-one hellish planets. O King! I shall outline all of them according to their names, forms and characteristics. The names of the different hells are as follows: Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Raurava, Mahāraurava, Kumbhīpāka, Kālasūtra, Asi-patravana, Sūkaramukha, Andhakūpa, Kṛmibhojana, Sandaṁśa, Taptasūrmi, Vajrakaṇṭaka-śālmalī, Vaitaraṇī, Pūyoda, Prāṇarodha, Viśasana, Lālābhakṣa, Sārameyādana, Avīci, Ayaḥpāna, Kṣārakardama, Rakṣogaṇa-bhojana, Śūlaprota, Dandaśūka, Avaṭa-nirodhana, Paryāvartana and Sūcīmukha. Thus there are twenty-eight hells, places of pain for the living entities. According to some there are twenty-one hells. Those are the first ones on the list. According to others, in addition to the twenty-one hells, seven more exist.