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sinner is burnt while being kept in between the Agnišikhả. He sometimes eats his own meat after cutting it, sometimes another man after cutting his ( sinner's ) meat feeds him with that. The entrails of his body are brought out by the dog and vulture, and are enjoyed by the snakes, scorpions. His body is torn into pieces. He is pressed by the foot of the elephant and is made to fall from the peaks of the high mountains and is made to drown in a pit full of water. Thus a sinner has to experience various sufferings in Tămisra, Andhatāmisra, and Raurava hells. Experiencing these tortures and getting purified thereby, he is born again in this mortal world. : The Garuda Purāņa also gives the description of the sufferings of the hell life. Somewhere in the hell is produced hot fire. The messengers of Yama throw him into fire. His body begins to burn. He runs to and fro out of sorrow. Both the feet burn. Seriously perturbed, he cries--, Oh mother! Oh father ! Oh brother ! Their feet are burnt by the heat of this earth. Thus sometimes sinners are torn asunder, sometimes they are burnt. Sometimes they are made to drown and made to suffer extreme sufferings in various hells like Kumbhīpāka Raurava etc. Similarly, the sinner while crossing the Vaitarini river cries, "I have not done anything in the form of charity, sacrifice, penance, worship of gods and going to pilgrimage." Similar is the case with disloyal wife. Sheal so repents likewise, I
Just as for the enjoyment of heavenly happiness, we have got different pitslokas and heavens of various types, similarly 1. Garuda Purāņa
तत्राग्निा सुतीव्रण तापिताङ्गारभूमिना । तन्मध्ये पापकर्माणं विमुचन्ति यमानुजाः। स दह्यमानस्तीण वह्निना परिधावति । पदे पदे च पादोऽस्य जायते शीर्य्यते पुनः । घटीयन्त्रोण बद्धा ये बद्धास्तोयघटीपणा । भ्राम्यन्तः मानवाः रक्तमुगिरन्तः पुनः पुनः। हा मातभ्रतिस्तातेति क्रन्दमानाः सुदुःखिताः। दह्यमानाघ्रियुगला धरणीस्थेन वह्मिना । मया न दन्तं न हुतं हुताशने, तपो न तप्तं, त्रिदशा न पूजिताः । न तीर्थसेवा falcat i fauriat, treT! T EGETA 1921 HAE 17 gsat fagorul:, सुरापगाः, न चाश्रिताः सत्पुरुषा न सेविताः । परोपकाराः न कृताः कदाचन, देहिन् ! क्वचिन्निस्तर यत् त्वया न कृतम् ।
