SB 5.26.4

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fifth Canto, Chapter 26: A Description of the Hellish Planets

SB 5.26.3

SB 5.26.5

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 4

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

SYNONYMS

rājā uvāca—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?