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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.4
rājovāca
narakā nāma bhagavan kiḿ deśa-viśeṣā athavā bahis tri-lokyā āhosvid antarāla iti
SYNONYMS
rājā uvāca — the King said; narakāḥ — the hellish regions; nāma — named; bhagavan — O my Lord; kim — whether; deśa-viśeṣāḥ — a particular country; athavā — or; bahiḥ — outside; tri-lokyāḥ — the three worlds (the universe); āhosvit — or; antarāle — in the intermediate spaces within the universe; iti — thus.
TRANSLATION
King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear lord, are the hellish regions outside the universe, within the covering of the universe, or in different places on this planet?
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