SB 5.26.32 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.26.32

ये त्विह वा अनागसोऽरण्ये ग्रामे वा वैश्रम्भकैरुपसृतानुपविश्रम्भय्य जिजीविषून् शूलसूत्रादिषूपप्रोतान्क्रीडनकतया यातयन्ति तेऽपि च प्रेत्य यमयातनासु शूलादिषु प्रोतात्मान: क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां चाभिहता: कङ्कवटादिभिश्चेतस्ततस्तिग्मतुण्डैराहन्यमाना आत्मशमलं स्मरन्ति ॥ ३२ ॥

ye tv iha vā anāgaso ’raṇye grāme vā vaiśrambhakair upasṛtān upaviśrambhayya jijīviṣūn śūla-sūtrādiṣūpaprotān krīḍanakatayā yātayanti te ’pi ca pretya yama-yātanāsu śūlādiṣu protātmānaḥ kṣut-tṛḍbhyāṁ cābhihatāḥ kaṅka-vaṭādibhiś cetas tatas tigma-tuṇḍair āhanyamānā ātma-śamalaṁ smaranti.

[ye tv iha vaa anaagaso ’ranye graame vaa vaishrambhakair upasritaan upavishrambhayya jijeevishoon shoola-sootraadishoopaprotaan kreedanakatayaa yaatayanti te ’pi cha pretya yama-yaatanaasu shoolaadishu protaatmaanah kshut-tridbhyaam chaabhihataah kanka-vataadibhish chetas tatas tigma-tundair aahanyamaanaa aatma-shamalam smaranti.]

Word-for-word

ye — persons who tu — but iha — in this life vā — or anāgasaḥ — who are faultless araṇye — in the forest grāme — in the village vā — or vaiśrambhakaiḥ — by means of good faith upasṛtān — brought near upaviśrambhayya — inspiring with confidence jijīviṣūn — who want to be protected śūla-sūtra-ādiṣu — on a lance, thread, and so on upaprotān — fixed krīḍanakatayā — like a plaything yātayanti — cause pain te — those persons api — certainly ca — and pretya — after dying yama-yātanāsu — the persecutions of Yamarāja śūla-ādiṣu — on lances and so on prota-ātmānaḥ — whose bodies are fixed kṣut-tṛḍbhyām — by hunger and thirst ca — also abhihatāḥ — overwhelmed kaṅka-vaṭa-ādibhiḥ — by birds such as herons and vultures ca — and itaḥ tataḥ — here and there tigma-tuṇḍaiḥ — having pointed beaks āhanyamānāḥ — being tortured ātma-śamalam — own sinful activities smaranti — they remember.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

persons who

but

iha

in this life

vā

anāgasaḥ

who are faultless

araṇye

in the forest

grāme

in the village

vā

vaiśrambhakaiḥ

by means of good faith

upasṛtān

brought near

upaviśrambhayya

inspiring with confidence

jijīviṣūn

who want to be protected

śūla-sūtra-ādiṣu

on a lance, thread, and so on

upaprotān

fixed

krīḍanakatayā

like a plaything

yātayanti

cause pain

those persons

api

certainly

and

pretya

after dying

yama-yātanāsu

the persecutions of Yamarāja

śūla-ādiṣu

on lances and so on

prota-ātmānaḥ

whose bodies are fixed

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām

by hunger and thirst

also

abhihatāḥ

overwhelmed

kaṅka-vaṭa-ādibhiḥ

by birds such as herons and vultures

and

itaḥ tataḥ

here and there

tigma-tuṇḍaiḥ

having pointed beaks

āhanyamānāḥ

being tortured

ātma-śamalam

own sinful activities

smaranti

they remember.

In this life some people give shelter to animals and birds that come to them for protection in the village or forest, and after making them believe that they will be protected, such people pierce them with lances or threads and play with them like toys, giving them great pain. After death such people are brought by the assistants of Yamarāja to the hell known as Śūlaprota, where their bodies are pierced with sharp, needlelike lances. They suffer from hunger and thirst, and sharp-beaked birds such as vultures and herons come at them from all sides to tear at their bodies. Tortured and suffering, they can then remember the sinful activities they committed in the past.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Those who, by acting in a trusting manner, inspire the trust of faultless forest or village animals who, desiring protection, approach them, and who then torture those animals by piercing them with lances and threads as if they were dolls, after dying have their bodies pierced by lances in a hell called Śūlaprota. They are overwhelmed by hunger and thirst, and, attacked by the sharp beaks of herons and vultures, then remember their sinful acts. Vaiśrambhakair means “by faith-inspiring methods.”

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Personal Guidance

Those who pretend to give shelter and then torment lands one in Śūlaprota — pierced bodies, hungry, thirsty. Betraying trust earns a sharper consequence than ordinary cruelty. If you offer protection, mean it.

Reflection Questions

Where have I offered shelter or care while secretly extracting something?
What relationship needs to be either honestly served or honestly ended?

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