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Bhagavatapurana 5.26.21

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.26.21

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5.26.21

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ye tv iha vai rājanyā rāja-puruṣā vā apākhaṇḍā dharma-setūn bhindanti te samparetya vaitaraṇyāṃ nipatanti bhinna-maryādās tasyāṃ niraya-parikhā-bhūtāyāṃ nadyāṃ yādo-gaṇair itas tato bhakṣyamāṇā ātmanā na viyujyamānāś cāsubhir uhyamānāḥ svāghena karma-pākam anusmaranto viṇ-mūtra-pūya-śoṇita-keśa-nakhāsthi-medo-māṃsa-vasā-vāhinyām upatapyante //

22. Those who in this world, kings or kings' employees, other than Pakhandas, (*i.e.*, born of Aryan race) transgress the limits of righteousness do fall into *Vaitarani* after their death; these offenders of law and order are, in this river which forms the moat round the regions of hell, being bitten by aquatic monsters but are not separated from the body and are on the other hand supported by the vital breaths to be ever conscious of the consequence of their karma, *i. e.*, their own sin; they are put to torment in the river which is flooded with refuse, urine, puss, blood, hair, nails, bones, marrow, flesh and fat.

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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