Struck relentlessly by my messengers wielding rods and pestles, the sinners are driven toward a dreadful chasm—a kind of well, filled with water that takes on a terrifying form. This pit is never empty; it is always overflowing with great sinners, their limbs scorched and tormented. The mere touch of this water afflicts them with every kind of disease, so that suffering becomes their constant companion. Confined within, these sinners endure ceaseless agony. The ground is strewn with burning sand, and the air is scorched by blazing flames. Wherever a sinner falls, their bodies tremble uncontrollably. Cries echo from the depths of the pit, as the damned recognize the cruel binding of ropes that hold them fast. At the very moment of falling, a sinner is pierced with a spear, sealing their fate. In the midst of water so cold it chills the soul, trembling spreads for half a krosha in every direction. The well measures twenty dhanus across and is crowded with blazing meteors. It teems with all manner of terrifying worms, and within this darkness, the sinners are devoured by these creatures, unable to see one another, for they are blinded by utter darkness. This place is known as the "blind well." Here, hosts of weapons pierce the sinners, and my messengers strike them again and again with sticks. They are caught in great nets, like fish, ensnared with no hope of escape. In the pit where they fall, their bodies are ground to powder. The chasm is deep, filled with impenetrable darkness, measuring twenty dhanus. My messengers crush the sinners with pestles, and at that very moment, their throats, lips, and palates become parched and dry. There is a pit a hundred units deep, shrouded in darkness. For a hundred dhanus, it is filled with various skins and bitter, foul liquids. Its mouth is shaped like a winnowing basket, stretching twelve bows in length. Within, among leaping flames, the gaping mouth is always open, filled with unquenchable fire. Sinners crowd this place, their bodies scorched and blackened by the flames. As soon as a sinner falls in, he is overcome—unconscious and afflicted. The pit is thick with smoke and darkness, surrounded by those blinded by the choking fumes. And as soon as a sinner falls in, he is entwined by writhing serpents. Thus, I have described to you eighty-six such pits of torment—listen with care to their horrors. Hearing all this, Savitri spoke: "O Lord, I have heard everything from you; nothing remains unknown to me now. But tell me, I pray, about that dharma which proclaims the virtues of Shri Krishna. For such knowledge is the cause of liberation and removes all inauspiciousness. How many kinds of liberation exist, and what are their characteristics? It is said that women, created by rule, are devoid of true knowledge of reality. Of all charity, fasting, bathing at sacred places, vows, and austerities—how should these be understood? And is it true that the mother surpasses the father a hundredfold in honor?" Yama replied: "Now, by my boon, devotion to Hari shall be yours, O child. You wish to hear, O auspicious one, the praise of Shri Krishna's virtues. But know this—even the Lord Himself could not describe the full extent of His glories, not even with a thousand mouths. He is the creator of the four Vedas and the arranger of all the worlds.