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SB 5.26.4

Devanāgarī

राजोवाच नरका नाम भगवन्किं देशविशेषा अथवा बहिस्त्रिलोक्या आहोस्विदन्तराल इति ॥ ४ ॥

Text

rājovāca narakā nāma bhagavan kiṁ deśa-viśeṣā athavā bahis tri-lokyā āhosvid antarāla iti.

Synonyms

rājāuvāca—the King said;narakāḥ—the hellish regions;nāma—named;bhagavan—O my Lord;kim—whether;deśa-viśeṣāḥ—a particular country;athavā—or;bahiḥ—outside;tri-lokyāḥ—the three worlds (the universe);āhosvit—or;antarāle—in the intermediate spaces within the universe;iti—thus.

Translation

King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear lord, are the hellish regions outside the universe, within the covering of the universe, or in different places on this planet?

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