Types of Punishments in Hell.

This is to people who believe there is God and there is Hell. If you believe so, please go ahead and read. This is according to Bhagavatam(Sri Bhagavata Purana). I was going through Bhagavatam and I thought I ought to share this here, so we people get a clear idea where they will end up!!!! To make it easier to read, I will try to form Questions and answer them.This is bout Hell and the types of punishment for sinners.

Q1. Where is Hell located?

Hell is located at a distance of 16,000 Yojana below the Southern part of the Earth. 1 Yojana is equal to 13km.

Q2. Who is the ruler of Hell?

Yama.

Q3. How many divisions/types of Hell are there?

There are 28 different divisions/types/places of Hell. They are 1. Thamisram, 2. Antha-thamisram, 3.Rowravam, 4.Maha-Rowravam, 5.Kumbibaaham, 6.Kaalasuthram, 7.Asibathravanam, 8.Sukaramugam, 9.Andhagoobam, 10.Krimibhojanam,11. Santhamasam, 12.Thapthormi, 13. Vajrakandaga Saalmili, 14. Vaidharani, 15. Booyotham, 16.Praanarotham, 17.Vishasanam, 18.Lalabaksham, 19.Saarameyayaathanam, 20.Aveesi, 21.Ayappaanam, 22. Kshaarakarthamam, 23. Rakshoganabhojanam, 24. Soolaprotham, 25. thanthasoogam, 26. Avatanirothanam, 27. Paryaavarthanam, 28. Suseemugam.

Q4. What do those places mean? How do they differ?

The Hells are differentiated by the type of punishment given in them. Their name indicates the type of punishment in that particular Hell.

Q5. What are the punishments and where do I go for a specific misdeed/wrong doing?

1. If you steal others property/money/stuff, you will end up in Thamisram.
The punishment here is - You will be left to faint due to thirst and will be woken up everytime you faint by hitting you with wooden piece/bat.

2. In Antha-Thamisram, your eyes will be plucked in addition to the above mentioned punishment of Thamisram

3. Torturing or killing other creatures will land you in Rowravam/Maha-Rowravam. The punishment here is - Whatever creature you had tortured in your life, they will torture you here, but in multi-fold. If you had killed any living thing - you get Maha-Rowravam and here, in addition to the punishment in Rowravam, the creatures eat your flesh and force to eat your own flesh too.

4. Having sex with others' wife will land you in a Hell where you will be burnt like a brick in the hearth.

5. Torturing Mom/Dad/Brahmins will land in Kalasuthra Hell. This hell is surrounded by fire on all four sides. The floor is covered in copper and sun above the head. The person will be burnt by the heat and fire and will be made to beg for pardon in pain every second he is in there.

6. A person who doesn't follow Dharma will land into asibathravanam where he will be pushed against Needle-like leaves and have his organs and every piece of flesh cut one by one incresing his suffering multifold

7. A person who punishes an innocent will land into Sukaramugam where he will be tortured by Pigs.

8. Torturing small creatures/Killing them will land a person into Anthakoobam, where he is pushed into a well containing all kind of small creatures, and most things in a vegetative state with unbearable smell.

9. Stealing Jewellery and Asset will make him land inside the Santhaptham. The punishment here is - His body parts will be burnt with red-hot Iron.

10. Having sex with others' wife/husband and cheaters will land into the same, with a twist. They will be forced to hug a red-hot doll(a girl has to hug a boy-doll and vice versa).

11. A person who arouses others to detract from Dharma / advices against Dharma will land into Vaidharani. It is an ocean containing Sharks, Crocodiles, and other dangerous creatures. The ocean is not filled with water, but with Blood, Urine, Shit, Pus Flesh, Hair and bogeys.

12. A Person who uses his power to torture his people/does not use the power for goodness and such will land into Saarameyayaathanam. Here the person is bitten by dogs with sharp teeth all his life in there.

13. A Person who says lie/ unjust business/ business in an unjust way will land into Veesinagaram. Veesi means throw. Nagaram means city. As the name implies, the person is thrown from high mountains towards long and sharp Boulders for his time being there.

14. A person who Drinks, smokes and such will land into Lalabaksham and Ayappanam where they will be  forced to drink molten Iron / smoke molten Iron.

15. A person who tortures Saadhus/Innocent/Good people will land into Khsaragrtham where they will be tied upside down and hit with Wooden/Iron bat

16. A person who does not spend his money for goodwill or never spends money(Niggard/Miser) will land into Suseemugam where his skin will be stitched using needle as a tailor does to a cloth.

There are various other punishments for various other misdeeds/wrong-doings too, which are not mentioned here. Please note that for all kind of sins, there are punishments and all sinners will be punished according to their sin.

Bahagavatam says - the reason for explaining the types of punishments is to bring fear of doing sin in the hearts of the people and to prevent them from doing so. Thanks for reading and I will be back for more such posts. Cheers.

Eventually, Gaming is at the mercy of barren-headed Top dogs

          Let me be clear - the future of gaming is not going to be pretty. The reason is not due to lack of efficient coders, but lack of creative heads. Ubisoft and EA are two of the famous and notable Game development studios among others, which accounts for some breathtaking and memorable games in the past few decades.

          Here comes the catch - DRM. Recently Ubisoft's head suggests that Consumers are ready for "Always On" gaming, which means that the consoles must be connected to Internet and to their servers always inorder to play the game they purchase with their hard earned money. You bought a game, you ought to play whenever and wherever you wish. Full-stop. 

" This is like a watch company which sells you a watch and requires you to be near their store inorder to see the time, everytime. and if you move away from the store, the watch would not display time at all. "

          The store is their server and the watch is the game. How many people can stand near the store at a given time, even if the store is as big as a city? What if everyone tried to get into the store at the same time? What if new people want to get into the store but could not get into due to excess crowd? What if the total store goes crashing down due to the weight of the crowd? Poof.. Your dreams to see the time are shattered!!! So are your dreams to play the game!!! Regardless of the capacity or the ability of the store, asking consumers to stand near the store to look at time is baffling and stupid to the lowest degree and this is exactly what the big companies want from the gamers!!!! 

But you may ask - what about the pirates? What if the pirates make a copy of games and distribute? DRM is necessary for those stuff!!!

You are right at some point but let me ask you one simple question. There are public Clock towers. There are countless people who wear watches. There are multiple clock designs in home.If you want to know the time, you can ask anyone or see anything from the public towers to home clock. Yet more people buy watches everyday. Why? Does it mean that since my neighbor has a watch and he can tell me the time, the watch company is losing one customer? So should the watch company advice every customer that they should not tell other of the time or else they will face severe consequences, like staying near the store? Doesn't it feel absurd to even think like that? It should, so does the DRM and always on stuff.

 If seeing time whenever you want seems legit, so does playing game whenever you want is. If knowing time is a necessity, so is playing a game,else it would not have become such a large industry. As time moves on, companies get carried away. They feel they know what people want and force what they feel is good for the company and profit. But they fail to see that if there is no happy customer, there is no company and hence no profit.Forcing a customer to do what a company wants is never good for business. There will be someone in the horizon who poaches the bitter customer and take the market share away from you. That is how it works. 

"To backup my words, EA has been voted as the Worst American Company for the second time in a row. "  

Is there a solution for the piracy? There might be. Offering games at reasonable price? Offering rewards for every original purchase? Offering a compelling product and authentic experience? These are some, but the companies have to think beyond the pirates and think about the actual customers who buy the product, since it is for them the franchises produce games and not for the pirates!!! 

And speaking of compelling products, it is the story for another exciting post!!! Stay tuned and log in your comments..

Clearing up the mess

To few people who knew this blog ever since its inception and to new folks, I have purged this blog of nonsense and I am trying to inject a new life to this baby. This is going to be my new medium of say and a place to share my thoughts. I sincerely hope that this lasts more than the previous attempt by me to blog. Put in your comments, thoughts and make this crap edible to every guest. Cheers.