Shikshasamuccaya 312

312

pāruṣya-vipākam āha | te tāṃ jihvām āsyaṃ vidārya gṛhṇanti | gṛhītvā niśita-dhāraiḥ śastraiś chittvā tasya bhūya eva khādanīya-arthena mukhe prakṣipanti | sa ca jighansā-arditaḥ kṣut-kṣāma-vadanaḥ sva-rudhira-lālā-parisrutāṃ tām eva sva-jihvāṃ bhakṣayati | sā ca jihvā chinnā punar api saṃjāyate karma-vaśāt | atha sa bhūmau vedanā-ārttaḥ parivartate viceṣṭate krandate | tasya + evaṃ vedanā-ārttasya parivṛtta-nayana-tārakasya duṣkha-ārttasya dīnasya + a-sahāyasya + ekākinaḥ sva-kṛtam upabhuñjānasya yama-puruṣā anuśāsanī-gāthāṃ bhāṣante ||

He describes the fruition of harsh speech: They tear open his mouth and seize that tongue. Having seized it, they cut it with sharp-edged weapons and throw it back into his mouth for him to eat. And he, tormented by the desire to eat, his face emaciated with hunger, eats his very own tongue dripping with his own blood and saliva. And that tongue, once cut, grows back again by the force of karma. Then, tormented by sensation, he rolls on the ground, writhes, and wails. While he is thus tormented by sensation, his pupils rolling back, afflicted by suffering, wretched, helpless, alone, and consuming the fruit of his own deeds, Yama's henchmen utter an instructive verse: