Shikshasamuccaya 311

311

paiśunya-vipākas tu yathā + eva mṛṣā-vādasya trīṇi yojana-śatāni jihvā + iti viśeṣas tu | tāṃ yama-puruṣā nistriṃśān ādāya pradīpta-dhārān jihvāṃ nikṛntanti | jambukaiś ca + anysamin pradeśe bhakṣyate | parama-kaṭukāṃ vedanāṃ prativedayate sa krandati vikrośaty a-vyakta-akṣaraṃ jihvā-virahita ity ādi ||

The fruition of malicious speech, however, is just like that of false speech, with the distinction that the tongue is three hundred yojanas in size. Yama's henchmen, taking up swords with blazing edges, hack the tongue to pieces. In another place it is devoured by jackals. He experiences extremely bitter sensation; he wails and cries out in inarticulate sounds, bereft of his tongue, and so forth.