Study a Verse

• The person in the second class, however, not only thinks his material body to be his self, but also commits all kinds of sinful activities to maintain his body.
• However, if one needlessly commits sins to maintain his body, he is put into the hell known as Raurava.
• However, when a human being acts enviously and cheats others to maintain his body, he is put into a hellish condition.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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Moral dread → Wakefulness. Consequences of action are rendered emotionally vivid.

Chapter 26 of Canto 5: The hellish planets. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 26: A Description of the Hellish Planets

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A foolish person absorbed in the bodily concept of life, who on the basis of this principle maintains himself or his wife and children by committing violence against other living entities, is put into the hell known as Raurava. There the animals he killed take birth as creatures called rurus and cause great suffering for him.