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Bhagavatapurana 5.26.14

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.26.14

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5.26.14

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yas tv iha vai nija-veda-pathād anāpady apagataḥ pākhaṇḍaṃ copagatas tam asi-patravanaṃ praveśya kaśayā praharanti tatra hāsāv itas tato dhāvamāna ubhayato dhārais tāla-vanāsi-patraiś chidyamāna-sarvāṅgo hā hato 'smīti paramayā vedanayā mūrcchitaḥ pade pade nipatati sva-dharmahā pākhaṇḍānugataṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkte //

15. Into the forest of Asipatra Hell Yama's servants send him and with whips thrash him who, when not in a critical condition goes astray from his own Vedic path and further wilfully embraces the Pakhanda faith; there, O pitiable sight! indeed he runs this way and that way and has every part of his body torn up in the woods of Asipatra palm by its leaves sharp at both the edges; when he cries out "Ah, I am undone" in unspeakable pains every now and then he falls down in a swoon. Thus he who violates his own righteous course reaps the consequences that await the Pakhandas.

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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