SB 5.26.4
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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?