{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe38/sbe38091.htm","path":"hin/sbe38/sbe38091.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe38/sbe38091.htm","text":"The Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana, Commentary by Sankara (SBE38), tr. by George Thibaut [1896]\n15. Moreover there are seven (hells).\nMoreover, the pur\u00e2na-writers record that there are seven hells, Raurava, &c., by name, which serve as abodes of enjoyment of the fruits of evil deeds. As those who do not sacrifice, &c. go there, how should they reach the moon?--But, an objection is raised, the assertion that evil doers suffer punishments allotted by Yama is contradicted by the circumstance that Smriti mentions different other beings, such as Kitragupta, &c., who act as superintendents in Raurava and the other hells.--This objection the next S\u00fbtra refutes.","title":"The Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana: Third Adhy\u00e2ya. Fi...","type":"page"}