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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- ādīpanaṁ sva-gātrāṇāṁ
- veṣṭayitvolmukādibhiḥ
- ātma-māṁsādanaṁ kvāpi
- sva-kṛttaṁ parato 'pi vā
ādīpanamsetting on fire — setting on fire; svaof his own limbs-gātrāṇāmof his own limbs — of his own limbs; veṣṭayitvāhaving been surrounded — having been surrounded; ulmukaby pieces of burning wood and so on-ādibhiḥby pieces of burning wood and so on — by pieces of burning wood and so on; ātmaof his own flesh-māṁsaof his own flesh — of his own flesh; adanameating — eating; kvasometimes apisometimes — sometimes; svadone by himself-kṛttamdone by himself — done by himself; parataḥby others — by others; apielse — else; vāor — or.
He is placed in the midst of burning pieces of wood, and his limbs are set on fire. In some cases he is made to eat his own flesh or have it eaten by others.
From this verse through the next three verses the description of punishment will be narrated. The first description is that the criminal has to eat his own flesh, burning with fire, or allow others like himself who are present there to eat. In the last great war, people in concentration camps sometimes ate their own stool, so there is no wonder that in the Yamasādana, the abode of Yamarāja, one who had a very enjoyable life eating others' flesh has to eat his own flesh.