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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.26.12

एवमेव महारौरवो यत्र निपतितं पुरुषं क्रव्यादा नाम रुरवस्तं क्रव्येण घातयन्ति य: केवलं देहम्भर: ॥ १२ ॥
evam eva mahārauravo yatra nipatitaṁ puruṣaṁ kravyādā nāma ruravas taṁ kravyeṇa ghātayanti yaḥ kevalaṁ dehambharaḥ.
[evam eva mahaarauravo yatra nipatitam purusham kravyaadaa naama ruravas tam kravyena ghaatayanti yah kevalam dehambharah.]
Word-for-word
evam — thus eva — certainly mahā-rauravaḥ — the hell known as Mahāraurava yatra — where nipatitam — being thrown puruṣam — a person kravyādāḥ nāma — named kravyāda ruravaḥ — the ruru animals tam — him (the condemned person) kravyeṇa — for eating his flesh ghātayanti — kill yaḥ — who kevalam — only dehambharaḥ — intent upon maintaining his own body.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evam eva mahārauravo yatra nipatitaṁ puruṣaṁ kravyādā nāma ruravas taṁ kravyeṇa ghātayanti yaḥ kevalaṁ dehambharaḥ.
evam
thus
eva
certainly
mahā-rauravaḥ
the hell known as Mahāraurava
yatra
where
nipatitam
being thrown
puruṣam
a person
kravyādāḥ nāma
named kravyāda
ruravaḥ
the ruru animals
tam
him (the condemned person)
kravyeṇa
for eating his flesh
ghātayanti
kill
yaḥ
who
kevalam
only
dehambharaḥ
intent upon maintaining his own body.
Punishment in the hell called Mahāraurava is compulsory for a person who maintains his own body by hurting others. In this hell, ruru animals known as kravyāda torment him and eat his flesh.
Purport

The animalistic person who lives simply in the bodily concept of life is not excused. He is put into the hell known as Mahāraurava and attacked by ruru animals known as kravyādas.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In Mahāraurava, ruru animals known as kravyāda torment a person who maintains his body only by harming others by eating his flesh. They torment him by using his flesh as their meat. Kevalam means “by violence to other entities.”
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Personal Guidance
Maintaining one's own body by hurting others lands one in Mahāraurava. The simplest measure of an action is: does it require harm to sustain me? If so, find another way. Self-care that requires others' suffering is not self-care.
Reflection Questions
  • What pleasures or comforts of mine quietly require others' suffering?
  • What alternatives could provide for me without that hidden cost?
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