Stanza 9

Stanza 9

Tahaan Bhoomi Parasat Dukh Isau,

Bichhoo Sahas Dasat Tan Tisau;

Tahaan Raadhi-Shronnit Vaahinee,

Krumi-kul Kalit Deh Daahinee.

Meaning:

In the infernal realm just merely touching the ground causes pain likened to the sting of thousands of scorpions. The flow of the river 'vaitarni' is full of pus and blood along with swamps of worms and all these cause severe burning sensation to the body.

Class Discussion:

Begins by talking about the pain in hell as soon as you put your foot in hell. There is a river of blood flowing around which causes burning sensations when the worms touch the body.

What do you mean by narak or the hell being? (Question asked by Ashok uncle)
· Lowest gati full of sufferings
· Sinful souls
· Bad karma they have to go to narak.

• Seven hells (Adho lok)
  1. 84,000 years; intensity, age, height, and duration of suffering increases as the temperature decreases
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  7. Lowest form of hell (far more than trillions of years to come out) biggest area
  

Raja Shrenik Stories

1. Shrenik Raja was hunting one night with his bodyguards. He heard a sound of a nearby animal and instantly decided to kill it. He took his bow and put the arrow in it and shot the deer. The deer was pregnant. Raja Shrenik took great pride (maan) in killing this pregnant deer because he said that his aim is so good, it was hard to see, but he still killed it, and on top of it all he was able to kill two deers with one bow. This mahan pap destined him for the seventh narak.

2. Raja Shrenikji was upset that his wife went to a sadhuji's pravachans. He told her to not go but she still went. So Raja Shrenikji killed a snake and put the snake around the neck of the sadhu, who was meditating. The ants were on the body of the snake and the sadhuji's. He went to his wife and told his wife. Then he went back and the snake was still there and the ants were biting the sadhu. He repented and STILL has to suffer narak. Once the sin is committed your have to go to narak to suffer. His wife took the sugar and spread a circle of sugar around the saint and the ants fleed towards the sugar and left the saints body. Raja Shrenikji took the snake off the saint. Shrenik thought that the saint would say some bad things. When the saint opened his eyes he gave them blessings. Shrenik realized that the sadhu has a lot of compassion for everyone. Wife was a cousin of Mahavirswami. He asked Mahavirswami what he should do. Mahavirswai said to be compassionate to all. He gained saymagdarshan. His narak went from 7th to the 1st.

In Narak there is CONSTANT SUFFERING
There are 5 core 68 lakhs 99 thousand and 4584 beings in the first hell.
As you go on it doubles, triples, and so on.
The bodies are CUT UP- and placed back together
Rivers of Narak

• Vaitarni (full of pus and blood, worms that cause burning in the body)