Shikshasamuccaya 304

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a-datta-ādāna-vipākam āha | sa eṣa duṣkṛta-karma-anta-cārī ālāta-cakra-nirmāṇa-gandharva-nagara-mṛga-tṛṣṇikā-sadṛśaṃ mahad artha-jātaṃ paśyati ratna-vastra-dhana-dhānya-nikara-bhūtaṃ | tasya + evaṃ lobha-abhibhūtasya karmaṇā mohitasya + evaṃ bhavati | mama + idam iti | sa evaṃ mohitaḥ pāpa-kārī prajvalita-aṅgāra-karṣūr laṅghayitvā tad-draviṇam anudhāvati | sa karma-kṛtair yama-puruṣair gṛhyate śastra-jāla-madhya-gataḥ sarva-aṅga-praty-aṅgaśaḥ pāṭyate viśasyate dahyate * asthy-avaśeṣaḥ kriyate | na ca + asya + an-ādi-kāla-pravṛttaḥ sa lobhas tām apy avasthāṃ gatasya parihīyatae iti ||

He describes the fruition of taking what is not given: That performer of wicked actions sees a great multitude of objects appearing like a heap of jewels, clothes, wealth, and grain, resembling a whirling firebrand, an illusion, a city of the gandharvas, or a mirage. For him, overwhelmed by greed and deluded by karma, the thought arises: 'This is mine!' Deluded in this way, that evil-doer leaps over ditches of blazing coals and runs after that wealth. He is seized by Yama's henchmen produced by his karma, caught in a snare of weapons, torn limb from limb and part from part, slaughtered, burned, and reduced to bare bones. And that greed of his, which has operated since beginningless time, does not abandon him even when he has reached such a state.