The Ninth Book. Chapter 32
The Ninth Book
Chapter Xxxii
On The Enumeration Of Various Hells For Sinners
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1-28. Nryana said :-- Then, initiating her with the Great Seed, the di Radical Mantra of the Mah Sakti, Sr Bhuvanesvar in accordance with due rules, the son of Srya began to recite the various effects of various Karmas, auspicious and inauspicious. Never do the persons go to hell when they perform good Karmas; it is only the bad works that lead men to hells. The different Purnas narrate various heavens. The Jvas go to those places as the effects of their various good Karmas. The good Karmas do not lead men to hells; but the bad Karmas do lead them veritably to various hideous hells. In different Sstras, different hell-pits are ascertained. Different works lead men to different hells. O Child! Those hell-pits are very wide, deep, painful and tormenting, very horrible and ugly. Of these, eighty six pits or Kundas are prominent. Many other Kundas exist. Now listen to the names of the Kundas mentioned in the Vedas. Their names are :-- Vahni Kunda, Tapta Kunda, Ksra Kunda, Bhaynaka Kunda, Vit Kunda, Mtra Kunda, Slesma Kunda, Gara Kunda, Dsik Kunda, Vas Kunda, Sukra Kunda, Sonita Kunda, Asr Kunda, Gtramala Kunda, Karnamala Kunda, Majj Kunda, Mmsa Kunda, impassable Nakra Kunda, Loma Kunda, Kesa Kunda, impassable Asthi Kunda, Tmra Kunda, the exceedingly hot and painful Lauha Kunda (the pit of molten iron), Charma Kunda, the hot Sur Kunda, sharp Thorny Kunda, Visa Kunda, the hot Taila Kunda, very heavy Astra Kunda, Krimi Kunda, Pya Kunda, terrible Sarpa
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Kunda, Masaka Kunda, Damsa Kunda, dreadful Garala Kunda, Vajra Damstra Vrischika Kunda, Sara Kunda, Sla Kunda, awful Khadga Kunda, Gola Kunda, Nakra Kunda, sorrowful Kka Kunda, Manthna Kunda, Vja Kunda, painful Vajra Kunda, hot Ptsna Kunda, sharp Psna Kunda, Ll Kunda, Mas Kunda, Chakra Kunda, Vakra Kunda, very terrible Kurma Kunda, Jvl Kunda, Bhasma Kunda, Dagdha Kunda, and others. Besides these, there are the Taptasch, Asipatra, Ksuradhra, Schmukha, Gokhmkha, Kmbhpka, Klastra, Matsyoda, Krimi, Kantuka, Pmsubhojya, Psavesta, Slaprota, Prakampana, Ulkmakha, Andhakpa, Vedhana, Tdana, Jlarandhra, Dehachrna, Dalana, Sosana, Kasa, Srpa, Jvlmkha, Dhmndha, Ngavestana and various others. O Savitri! The Kundas give much pain and torment greatly the sinners; they are under the constant watch of innumerable servants. They hold rods in their hands; some of them have nooses; others hold clubs, Saktis, awful scimitars; they are fierce fanatics, maddened with vanity. All are filled with Tamogunas, merciless, irresistible, energetic, fearless and tawny-eyed (like copper). Some of them are Yogis; some are Siddhas, they assume various forms. When the sinners are about to die, they see these servants of Yama. But those who do their own duties, who are Sktas, Sauras, or Gnapatyas or those who are virtuous Siddha Yogis, they never see the servants of Yama. Those who are engaged in their own Dharmas, who are possessed of wisdom, who are endowed with knowledge, who are mentally strong, who are untouched by fear, who are endowed with the feelings of the Devas, and those who are real Vaisnavas, they never see these servants of Yama. O Chaste One! Thus I have enumerated to you the Kundas. Now hear who live in the Kundas.
Here ends the Thirty-second Chapter of the Ninth Book on the enumeration of various hells for sinners in the Mahpurnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
Chapter Xxxii
On The Enumeration Of Various Hells For Sinners
p. 926
1-28. Nryana said :-- Then, initiating her with the Great Seed, the di Radical Mantra of the Mah Sakti, Sr Bhuvanesvar in accordance with due rules, the son of Srya began to recite the various effects of various Karmas, auspicious and inauspicious. Never do the persons go to hell when they perform good Karmas; it is only the bad works that lead men to hells. The different Purnas narrate various heavens. The Jvas go to those places as the effects of their various good Karmas. The good Karmas do not lead men to hells; but the bad Karmas do lead them veritably to various hideous hells. In different Sstras, different hell-pits are ascertained. Different works lead men to different hells. O Child! Those hell-pits are very wide, deep, painful and tormenting, very horrible and ugly. Of these, eighty six pits or Kundas are prominent. Many other Kundas exist. Now listen to the names of the Kundas mentioned in the Vedas. Their names are :-- Vahni Kunda, Tapta Kunda, Ksra Kunda, Bhaynaka Kunda, Vit Kunda, Mtra Kunda, Slesma Kunda, Gara Kunda, Dsik Kunda, Vas Kunda, Sukra Kunda, Sonita Kunda, Asr Kunda, Gtramala Kunda, Karnamala Kunda, Majj Kunda, Mmsa Kunda, impassable Nakra Kunda, Loma Kunda, Kesa Kunda, impassable Asthi Kunda, Tmra Kunda, the exceedingly hot and painful Lauha Kunda (the pit of molten iron), Charma Kunda, the hot Sur Kunda, sharp Thorny Kunda, Visa Kunda, the hot Taila Kunda, very heavy Astra Kunda, Krimi Kunda, Pya Kunda, terrible Sarpa
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Kunda, Masaka Kunda, Damsa Kunda, dreadful Garala Kunda, Vajra Damstra Vrischika Kunda, Sara Kunda, Sla Kunda, awful Khadga Kunda, Gola Kunda, Nakra Kunda, sorrowful Kka Kunda, Manthna Kunda, Vja Kunda, painful Vajra Kunda, hot Ptsna Kunda, sharp Psna Kunda, Ll Kunda, Mas Kunda, Chakra Kunda, Vakra Kunda, very terrible Kurma Kunda, Jvl Kunda, Bhasma Kunda, Dagdha Kunda, and others. Besides these, there are the Taptasch, Asipatra, Ksuradhra, Schmukha, Gokhmkha, Kmbhpka, Klastra, Matsyoda, Krimi, Kantuka, Pmsubhojya, Psavesta, Slaprota, Prakampana, Ulkmakha, Andhakpa, Vedhana, Tdana, Jlarandhra, Dehachrna, Dalana, Sosana, Kasa, Srpa, Jvlmkha, Dhmndha, Ngavestana and various others. O Savitri! The Kundas give much pain and torment greatly the sinners; they are under the constant watch of innumerable servants. They hold rods in their hands; some of them have nooses; others hold clubs, Saktis, awful scimitars; they are fierce fanatics, maddened with vanity. All are filled with Tamogunas, merciless, irresistible, energetic, fearless and tawny-eyed (like copper). Some of them are Yogis; some are Siddhas, they assume various forms. When the sinners are about to die, they see these servants of Yama. But those who do their own duties, who are Sktas, Sauras, or Gnapatyas or those who are virtuous Siddha Yogis, they never see the servants of Yama. Those who are engaged in their own Dharmas, who are possessed of wisdom, who are endowed with knowledge, who are mentally strong, who are untouched by fear, who are endowed with the feelings of the Devas, and those who are real Vaisnavas, they never see these servants of Yama. O Chaste One! Thus I have enumerated to you the Kundas. Now hear who live in the Kundas.
Here ends the Thirty-second Chapter of the Ninth Book on the enumeration of various hells for sinners in the Mahpurnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
