Garuda Purana : Life After Death
According to Hindu religion ,there are 28 hells
present. Whatever fault a human commits during his life time, he will be
treated as same after death. After
death, messengers of Yama bring all beings to the court of Yama,
where he weighs the virtues and the vices of the being and passes a judgement,
sending the virtuous to heaven and the sinners to one of the hells.
Different types of hell and respective punishments are given below:
(1) Tamisram (Heavy flogging)
People who try to take the possession over others property like wealth, money, land, houses, jewellary etc doing bad acts such as robbing, surcharging .
PUNISHMENT:
Those who robs/steals others wealth are bound with ropes by Yama’s Servants and cast into the Naraka known as Tamisram. There, they are given a thrashing until they bleed and faint. When they recover their senses, the beating is repeated. This is done until their time is up.
(2)
Andhatamtrsam (Flogging)
SIN:
Soulmates, husbands and wives who cheat their partners in the relationship are punished with this penalty. Perhaps most of the people during this modern times may get punished with this penalty as very often we go through a story of divorce and many other unethical practices of relationship .
This Hell is reserved for the Husband or the Wife who only treat their spouses well when they are to profit or pleasure to them. Those who treat well their wives and husbands for only reasons are also sent here.
PUNISHMENT:
The punishment is almost
the same as Tamisram, but the excruciating pain, suffered by the victims on
being tied fast, makes them fall down senseless.
(3)
Rauravam (torment of snakes)
SIN:
This is the hell for sinners who seize and enjoy another man’s property or resources.
PUNISHMENT:
When these people are thrown into this hell, those whom they have
cheated, assume the the shape of “Ruru”, a dreadful serpent. The serpent will torment them severely until their time is up.
(4)
Mahararuravam (death by snakes)
Here there is also Ruru serpents but more fiercer (dangerous).
SIN:
Those who deny the property of ancestral, their inheritance and enjoy others property . Those who steal another man’s wife or lover will also be thrown here.
PUNISHMENT:
They will be squeezed and bitten non stop by this terrible snake coiling around them.
(5)
Kumbhipakam (cooked by oil)
SIN:
This is the hell for those who kill animals for pleasure.
PUNISHMENT:
Here oil is kept boiled in
huge vessels and sinners are plunged in this vessels.
(6)
Kalasutram (Hot as hell)
This hell is terribly hot.
SIN:
Those who don’t respect their elders . when their elders have done their duties are sent here.
PUNISHMENT:
They are made to run around
in this unbearable heat and drop down exhausted from time to time.
(7)
Asitapatram (sharp flogging)
SIN:
This is the hell in which sinners abandon one’s own duty.
PUNISHMENT:
They are flogged by Yama’s
Servants with whips made of sharp-edged .If they fall about under the flogging, they will trip over the stones and thorns. Then they are stabbed with knives until they drop
unconscious, When they recover, the same process is repeated until their time
is up in this Naraka.
(8)Sukaramukham (Crushed and tormented)
SIN:
Rulers who neglect their duties and misrules others.
PUNISHMENT:
They are punished in
this hell. They are crushed to a pulp by heavy beating. When they recover, it is
repeated until their time is up.
(9)
Andhakupam (Attack of the animals)
SIN:
This is hell for those who oppress the good people and not helping them if requested despite having the resources.
PUNISHMENT:
They will be pushed into a well, where beasts
like Lions, tigers, eagles and venomous creatures like snakes and scorpions.
The sinners have to endure the constant attacks of this creatures until the
expiry of the period of their punishment.
(10)
Taptamurti (Burnt Alive)
SIN:
Those who plunder or steal Gold and jewels .
PUNISHMENT:
They are cast into the furnaces(chulla) of this Naraka
which always remains hot in blazing fire.
(11)
Krimibhojanam (Food for worms)
SIN:
Those who do not honour their Guests and make use of men or women only for their own gain.
PUNISHMENT:
Worms, insects and snakes eat them alive. Once their bodies are completely eaten up, the sinners are provided with new bodies, which are also eaten up in the above manner. This continues, till the end of their term of punishment.
(12)
Salmali (Embracing hot images)
SIN:
This Naraka is intended for men and women who have committed adultery.
PUNISHMENT:
A figure made
of iron, heated red-hot is placed there. The sinner is forced to embrace it,
while Yama’s servants flog the victim behind.
(13)
Vajrakantakasali (Embracing sharp images)
SIN:
This Naraka is the punishment for Sinners who have unnatural intercourse with animals.
PUNISHMENT:
Here, they are made to embrace iron images full of sharp diamond
needles that pierce through their bodies.
(14)
Vaitarani (River of Filth)
SIN:
Rulers who misuses their power and adulterers are thrown here.
PUNISHMENT:
It is the most terrible
place of punishment. It is a river which is filled with human excreta, blood,
hair, bones, nails, flesh and all kinds of dirty substances. There are various
kinds of terrible beasts as well. Those who are cast into it are attacked and
mauled by these creatures from all sides. The sinners have to spend the term of
their punishment, feeding upon the contents of this river.
(15)
Puyodakam (Well of hell)
This is a well filled with excreta, urine, blood, phlegm.
SIN:
Men who have intercourse and cheat women with no intention of marrying them are considered like animals.
PUNISHMENT:
Those who wander about irresponsibly like animals are thrown in this well to
get polluted by it’s contents. They are to remain here till their time is up.
(16)
Pranarodham (Piece by Piece)
SIN:
It is for those who keep dogs and other mean animals and constantly hunt and kill animals for food.
PUNISHMENT:
Here the servants of Yama, gather around the sinners
and cut them limb to limb while subjecting them to constant insult.
(17)
Visasanam(Bashing from Clubs)
SIN:
This Naraka is for the torture of those rich people who look down at the poor and spend excessively just to display their wealth .
PUNISHMENT:
They have to
remain here at the whole term of their punishment where they will be bashed non
stop from heavy clubs from Yama’s Servants.
(18)
Lalabhaksam (River of semen)
SIN:
This is the Naraka for lustful men. The lascivious fellow who makes his wife swallow his semen, is cast into this hell.
PUNISHEMENT:
SIN:Lalabhaksam is a sea of semen. The sinner
lies in it, feeding upon semen alone until his period of punishment.
(19)
Sarameyasanam (Torment from dogs)
SIN: Those guilty of unsocial acts like poisoning food, mass slaughter, ruining the country are cast into this hell.
PUNISHMENT:
There is nothing but the flesh of dogs for
food. There are thousands of dogs in this Naraka and they attack the sinners
and tear their flesh from their bodies with their teeth.
(20)
Avici (turned into dust)
SIN:
This Naraka is for those who are guilty for false witness and false swearing.
PUNISHMENT:
There are hurled from a great height and they are utterly smashed into dust when they reached the ground. They are again restored to life and the punishment is repeated till the end of their time.
(21)
Ayahpanam (Drinking of burning substances)
SIN:
Those who consume alcohol and other intoxicating drinks are sent here.
PUNISHMENT:
The women are
forced to drink melted iron in liquid form, whereas the men will be forced to
drink hot liquid molten lava for every time they consume a alcoholic drink in
their earthly lives.
(22)
Raksobjaksam (Revenge attacks)
SIN:
Those who do animal and human sacrifices and eat the flesh after the sacrifice will be thrown in this hell.
PUNISHEMENT:
All the living beings they killed before would be there and they will join together to attacking, biting, and mauling the sinners. Their cries and complaints would be no avail here.
(23)
Sulaprotam (Trident Torture)
SIN:
People who harms to those simple people and deceives others by treachery are sent to this “Sulaportam” hell.
PUNISHMENT:
Here they are
impaled on a trident and they are forced to spend their whole term of their
punishment in that position, suffering intense hunger and thirst, as well as
enduring all the tortures inflicted on them.
(24)
Ksharakardamam (hanged upside down)
SIN:
Those who insult good people are cast into this hell.
PUNISHMENT:
Yama’s servants keep
the sinners upside down and torture them in many ways.
(25)
Dandasukam (eaten alive)
SIN:
Sinners who treat badly others like animals will be sent here.
PUNISHMENT:
There are many beasts
here. They will be eaten alive by this beasts.
(26)
Vatarodham (weapon torture)
SIN:
This hell is for those who harms animals which live in forrests, mountain peaks and trees.
PUNISHMENT:
After throwing them in this hell, sinners are tortured with fire,
poison and various weapons during their time here in this Naraka.
(27)
Paryavartanakam (torture from birds)
SIN:
One who denies food to a hungry person and abuses him is thrown here.
PUNISHMENT:
The moment
the sinner arrives here ,his eyes are put by being pierced the beaks of birds
like the crows and eagles. They will be pierced later on by this birds till the
end of their punishment.
(28)
Sucimukham (Tortured by needles)
SIN:
Proud and Miserly people who refuse to spend money even for the basic necessities of life, like better food or buying food for their relations or friends will find their place in this hell. Those who do not repay the money they have borrowed will also be cast into this hell.
PINISHMENT:
Here, their bodies will be constantly be
pricked and pierced by needles
So These are the sins and punishment given by Yama God. So Always follow Dharama.
Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah
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