Also according to the Smriti the Hells are seven. — 307.

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SUTRA III. 1. 16.

अपि सप्त॥३.१.१६॥

api sapta ..3.1.16..

.. Api, also, moreover. … Sapta, the seven (the hells)

16. Also according to the Smriti the Hells are seven. — 307.

COMMENTARY

Thus the Bharata:

«The temporary Hells are said to be Kaurava. Maharaurava, Vahni, Vaitarani and Kumbhipaka; and the two eternal Hells are called Darkness and the Blinding Darkness. These are the seven chief hells in the ascending order of horribleness. By regularly going through these only, ascent or descent takes place».

Thus seven Hells are declared in the Smriti to be the place of punishment for the sinners. They go to those places and not to the land of Joy. The force of the word also in the Sutra is to include all those other Hells mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana at the end of the fifth Skandha, where twenty hells are described.

If Yama has jurisdiction in Hell to punish all the sinners, does it not contradict the rule that all power belongs to the Lord, and that He punishes and gives rewards? The answer to this objection is given in the next Sutra.

SUTRA III. 1. 17.

तत्रापि च तद्व्यापारादविरोधः॥३.१.१७॥

tatrāpi ca tadvyāpārādavirodhaḥ ..3.1.17..

.. Tatra, there (in those hells), … Api, also…Tad, of those (the others, the Jivas in hell) or of Him. ... Vyaparat, on account of activity, guidance. Avirodhah, no contradiction.

17. There is no contradiction because His activity is present there also. — 308.

COMMENTARY

The saying that the Lord is the punisher is not contradicted by the fact that Yama and the rest are the actual inflictors of punishment. They are guided by the command of the Lord, in the act of punishment. It is a well-known fact in the Puranas, that Yama and others punish the sinners, under the command of the Lord.

An objector says: It may be possible for the sinners also to ascend to the world of Joy, after having expiated for their sins by suffering punishment at the hands of Yama. This must be so, because the Kaushitaki Upanishad uses the word all, when it says: «All who depart from this world go to the land of Joy». This view is set aside by the next Sutra.

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