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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- kṣut-tṛṭ-parīto 'rka-davānalānilaiḥ
- santapyamānaḥ pathi tapta-vāluke
- kṛcchreṇa pṛṣṭhe kaśayā ca tāḍitaś
- calaty aśakto 'pi nirāśramodake
kṣutby hunger and thirst-tṛṭby hunger and thirst — by hunger and thirst; parītaḥafflicted — afflicted; arkasun — sun; davaforest fires-analaforest fires — forest fires; anilaiḥby winds — by winds; santapyamānaḥbeing scorched — being scorched; pathion a road — on a road; taptaof hot sand-vālukeof hot sand — of hot sand; kṛcchreṇapainfully — painfully; pṛṣṭheon the back — on the back; kaśayāwith a whip — with a whip; caand — and; tāḍitaḥbeaten — beaten; calatihe moves — he moves; aśaktaḥunable — unable; apialthough — although; nirāśramawithout shelter or water-udakewithout shelter or water — without shelter or water.
Under the scorching sun, the criminal has to pass through roads of hot sand with forest fires on both sides. He is whipped on the back by the constables because of his inability to walk, and he is afflicted by hunger and thirst, but unfortunately there is no drinking water, no shelter and no place for rest on the road.