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ye tv iha yathaivamuna vihimsita jantavah paratra yama-yatanam upagatam ta eva ruravo bhutva tatha tam eva vihimsanti tasmad rauravam ity ahu rurur iti sarpad ati-krura-sattvasyapadesah.
SYNONYMS
yethose who; tubut; ihain this life; yathaas much as; evacertainly; amunaby him; vihimsitahwho were hurt; jantavahthe living entities; paratrain the next life; yama-yatanam upagatambeing subjected to miserable conditions by Yamaraja; tethose living entities; evaindeed; ruravahrurus (a kind of envious animal); bhutvabecoming; tathathat much; tamhim; evacertainly; vihimsantithey hurt; tasmatbecause of this; rauravamRaurava; itithus; ahuhlearned scholars say; ruruhthe animal known as ruru; itithus; sarpatthan the snake; ati-kruramuch more cruel and envious; sattvasyaof the entity; apadesahthe name.
TRANSLATION
In this life, an envious person commits violent acts against many living entities. Therefore after his death, when he is taken to hell by Yamaraja, those living entities who were hurt by him appear as animals called rurus to inflict very severe pain upon him. Learned scholars call this hell Raurava. Not generally seen in this world, the ruru is more envious than a snake.
PURPORT
According to Sridhara Svami, the ruru is also known as the bhara-srnga (ati-krurasya bhara-srngakhya-sattvasya apadesah samjna). Srila Jiva Gosvami confirms this in his Sandarbha: ruru-sabdasya svayam muninaiva tika-vidhanal lokesv aprasiddha evayam jantu-visesah. Thus although rurus are not seen in this world, their existence is confirmed in the sastras.
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