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Bhagavatapurana 5.26.27

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.26.27

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5.26.27

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yas tv iha vā anṛtaṃ vadati sākṣye dravya-vinimaye dāne vā kathañcit sa vai pretya narake 'vīcimaty adhaḥ-śirā niravakāśe yojana-śatocchrāyād giri-mūrdhnaḥ sampātyate yatra jalam iva sthalam aśma-pṛṣṭham avabhāsate tad avīcimat tilaśo viśīryamāṇa-śarīro na mriyamāṇaḥ punar āropito nipatati //

28. Whoever utters falsehood here in giving evidence or in making gifts in any manner falls after death into a Hell called Avichimat where there is no support to stand upon. There he is hurled headlong from the summit of a hill hundred yojanas in height. In this hell even the hard stony surface seems to be a sheet of water and hence it is so called (for there are no waves there); though his body is shattered to pieces he does not die, and he is repeatedly lifted up to the top and hurled down.

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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