Heaven and Hell are frequently referred to in Gita and other Vedantic literature (as well as in all religious texts). While these are mostly considered as a places, somewhere above and below the earth, where you go after death depending on the amount of good or bad actions you do in the life, I think the actual meaning of the term is actually simpler.
I believe that heaven and hell are something that you experience on earth itself, within your same life (not after death). Heaven and hell are the states of mind; heaven when you feel really pleasant, hell when you feel pathetic. When you do good actions, you go into the pleasant state of mind, that's what is meant by going to heaven. Same for hell.
In 1.42 & 1.44, Arjuna says that by destroying the whole Kauravas family, he will end up in hell. This means that he will feel so much guilt and anguish over killing his own family-members that he will never be able to feel happy after winning the war. That will be the state of hell for him.
Heaven and Hell
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