my question is that I have heard that the lokas above are heavenly and only have happiness there and the lower lokas like sutala and patala etc have only dukha.
Then even the demigods suffer from dukhas like demons attack them and they are afraid. Even gajendra was on a heavenly planet but was bit by an crocodile so is that statement wrong that there only happiness on lokas above us and suffering in the lokas below us?
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Hare Krsna
lokas above are heavenly and only have happiness there and the lower lokas like sutala and patala etc have only dukha - so is the statement wrong ?
Yes, Lord Sri Krsna says below shlokas which very clearly indicates that above statement is not correct
ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ
punar āvartino ’rjuna
mām upetya tu kaunteya
punar janma na vidyate
From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again. (BG 8.16)
mām upetya punar janma
duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ
saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection. (BG 8.15)
Hare Krsna
Hare krishna thank you🙏