Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 50.6.6

50.6.6

佛告諸比丘：「我今觀察眾生心意，所謂此人身壞命終，應入地獄中，然後時觀此人以入地獄中，受苦酸酷考掠無數，愁憂苦惱不可稱記。猶如一大火坑無有塵烟，設有人來逕趣斯處，又且有目之士觀此人所趣，必當墜火終不虛也。然復後時觀此人以墮火坑，吾所謂人者以墮火坑。今觀察眾生心意所念，必入地獄不疑，如我後時觀察此人，以定入地獄，受苦酸酷不可稱記。云何斯人以入地獄？是謂我觀趣地獄眾生作諸惡行不善之業，身壞命終，入地獄中，我悉知之。吾所說者，正謂此耳。

The Buddha told the monks, “I observe the minds of sentient beings, which is to say, ‘When this person’s body breaks up and their life ends, they will enter hell.’ Afterward, I observe that this person had entered hell and is experiencing numberless painful, bitter, and torturous punishments. Their grief, sorrow, pain, and trouble are indescribable.

“It’s like a huge firepit without any dust or smoke. Suppose that someone comes passing through the area, and a man with eyes observes that their route will surely make them fall into the fire, without a doubt. Afterward, he sees that they did fall into the firepit. ‘I said that person will fall into the firepit.’

“Now, I observe the thoughts in the mind of a sentient being, and they surely will enter hell, undoubtedly. Afterward, I observe that this person has certainly entered hell and is experiencing painful, bitter, and torturous punishments that are indescribable.

“How did this person enter hell? I observe the bad practices and unskillful actions performed by sentient beings that lead to hell. When their bodies break up and their lives end, they enter hell. I fully know of them. What I say about it is correct; it’s simply what it is.