Category:Darkest Region of Hell
Theme Analysis
The "darkest region of hell" (Andha-tāmisra) is a specific destination for souls who have completely lost their way due to uncontrolled senses and deep attachment to material life. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the primary cause of falling into this condition is adānta-gobhiḥ—the inability to control the senses. This leads one to earn a livelihood by "black methods" (unfair or envious means) to maintain family and kinsmen. Such a person travels to hell alone, leaving behind the wealth for which they sinned. Additionally, associating with those addicted to sex life opens the "door to darkness" (tamo-dvāram). Spiritual offenses, such as envying the Supreme Lord or regarding His body as material, also result in being thrown into these darkest regions. However, the scriptures provide a ray of hope: a qualified son (putra) can deliver his father from this hell, as seen in the histories of Prahlāda and Pṛthu.
- Uncontrolled Senses: The root cause of degradation is the failure to control the senses (adānta-gobhiḥ), which drags the living entity down to hell.
- Unfair Livelihood: Maintaining a family through "black methods" or unfair means guarantees entry into Andha-tāmisra.
- Association: Attachment to women or associating with those addicted to sex life opens the door to the darkest regions.
- Demoniac Nature: Envy of the Lord and false interpretations of His nature (thinking Him material) are offenses that lead to the darkest hell.
- Redemption: Even from this depth, one can be saved by a Kṛṣṇa conscious son or the direct mercy of the Lord.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Falling into Darkest Regions of Hell.
Pages in category "Darkest Region of Hell"
The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
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- A person who is very eager to maintain his family and kinsmen simply by black methods certainly goes to the darkest region of hell, which is known as Andha-tamisra
- Adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram. If your senses are not controlled, then your senses will drag you to the darkest region of hell. That is another problem
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- He goes alone to the darkest regions of hell after quitting the present body, and the money he acquired by envying other living entities is the passage money with which he leaves this world
- Hiranyakasipu was delivered from the darkest region of hellish life, and he returned back home, back to Godhead, by the grace of his son Prahlada
- Hiranyakasipu, who by dint of his sinful activities always defied the supremacy of the SPG, entered into the darkest region of hellish life; but by the grace of his great son, Prahlada Maharaja, he also was delivered and went back home, back to Godhead
- His (one's) ill-gotten wealth and possessions are taken by someone else, and he goes to the darkest region of hellish life. One should not, therefore, accumulate more wealth than allotted to him by destiny
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- If a sincere devotee somehow does fall down, the Lord corrects him and saves him from gliding down to the darkest region of hellish life
- If one becomes too much attached to women or to persons who are also attached to women - that is, attached to women directly or indirectly - he opens the tamo-dvaram, the door to the darkest region of hellish life
- Indeed, their (Sisupala's and Dantavakra's) tongues were not attacked by white leprosy, nor did they enter the darkest region of hellish life. We are certainly most surprised by this
- It is not that Krsna is sending them. He is making his own path clear, either back to home, back to Godhead, or glide down to the darkest region of hell. Two things are there, and that opportunity is in the human form of life
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- Maya is coming to kill him, to send him to the darkest region of hell, and you are saving him, Chant Hare Krsna and be saved
- My dear son, I am helpless and very much aggrieved. You should not give up my company. Just look at your lamenting father. We are helpless because without a son we shall have to suffer the distress of going to the darkest hellish regions
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- One may officially be a very religious man, but if he associates with such persons (who are too much addicted to sex life and satisfaction of the palate), then he is sure to slide down to the darkest region of hell
- One who has not been attracted by the transcendental beauty of rasa will certainly be dragged down into material attraction, thus to act in material contamination and progress to the darkest region of hellish life
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- The means of livelihood of those who are trying to advance in Krsna consciousness must be very fair and uncomplicated. Here it is mentioned that he who earns his livelihood by unfair means (kevalena) is sent to the darkest hellish region
- The more they (nondevotees of God) discuss the transcendental appearance and disappearance of the Lord in the asuric spirit, the more they enter into the darkest region of hell, as stated in Bhagavad-gita
- The most sinful Vena, who had been killed by the curse of the brahmanas, was now delivered from the darkest region of hellish life by his son, Maharaja Prthu
- The purpose of accepting a wife in religious marriage, as sanctioned in the Vedas, is to have a putra, a son qualified to deliver his father from the darkest region of hellish life
- The system of civilization who is encouraging them to do this without any information, what kind of condemned civilization is that? Pulling by force to the darkest region of hell. They do not know, although the hellish condition of life is in the front
- They (materialistic persons) live a life characterized by chewing the chewed, and they are controlled by their uncontrolled senses. Thus they go down to the darkest regions of hellish life
- They (mental speculators) think that Nityananda Prabhu’s body was material and that it was meant for sense gratification. Whoever thinks in this way is a candidate for the darkest regions of hell
- This is the statement in Bhagavata. Adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram (SB 7.5.30): Because they cannot control their senses, therefore they are making progress towards the darkest region of hell
- This kind of activity, sense-gratificatory activities, they are not karmis even. They are vikarmis. Because they are preparing their ground-adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram (SB 7.5.30) By such activities they are going to the darkest region of hell
- Those who are envious, I (The Supreme Personality of Godhead) keep them constantly in the darkest region of hellish life
- Those who do not even make an attempt, who want to be covered by illusion, who are too materialistic and too attached to material enjoyment, must enter into the darkest regions of hell, as confirmed throughout the Vedic literature
- To associate with persons engaged in lording it over the material world means to enter into the darkest region of hell