經律異相 21.31

21.31

婆伽婆在舍衛城。祇樹給孤獨園。告諸比丘。有四大泥梨。一提舍大泥梨。身出火炎長二十肘。二瞿波梨大泥梨。身出火炎長三十肘。三調達大泥梨。身出火炎長四十肘。四末佉梨大泥梨。身出火炎長六十肘。諸有人民欲求安隱。獲其氣者。若二十大海水灌彼身上。彼海水盡火故不滅。猶如融銅。若有人以二十海渧水。澆融銅水渧速滅。提舍比丘火炎不滅。若復有人欲求安隱獲其義者。復以二十大海水。灌其身上彼水速盡。提舍比丘愚人。遮比丘僧使一日不得食。使提舍比丘入大地獄。瞿波離比丘。有人欲使安隱獲其義者。以大海水灌其身上。彼海水速盡。譬如二日所融銅。或有一人。以三十海水。著融銅中消盡。瞿波離比丘愚人。或有人起欲使獲安隱義者。以三十大海水。灌其身上。大海水速盡。瞿波離比丘愚人。謗舍利弗目犍連比丘。身壞命終生三惡道。墮鉢頭摩地獄。瞿波離比丘入大泥梨。調達大泥梨。若復有人欲使獲安隱義者。復以四十大海水。灌其身上。彼大海速盡彼火不滅。譬如三日所融銅。若有人以四十渧水。著融銅中。即時消盡無餘。調達愚人。若有人起欲使獲安隱義。以四十大海水灌其身上。彼大海水速盡彼火不滅。所以然者。調達愚人。欲害如來殺阿羅漢比丘尼。壞亂比丘僧。身壞命終三惡道生阿鼻地獄。調達比丘入大地獄。身出火炎長四十肘。諸有比丘。彼末佉梨大泥梨。若有一人欲使安隱。以六十大海水灌其身上。海水速盡彼火不滅。譬如四日所融銅。若有人以六十渧水。著融銅中即時消盡。末佉梨亦復如是。以六十大海水灌其身上。大海水速盡此火不滅。此末佉梨愚人。教受百拘梨人。使行邪見（出四泥梨經）。

The Bhagavat was in the city of Śrāvastī, at the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada's park. He addressed the monks, "There are four great Nirayas (hells). First, the great Niraya of Tiṣya: flames issuing from his body are twenty cubits long. Second, the great Niraya of Kokālika: flames issuing from his body are thirty cubits long. Third, the great Niraya of Devadatta: flames issuing from his body are forty cubits long. Fourth, the great Niraya of Maskarin: flames issuing from his body are sixty cubits long. If there are people who, wishing to seek relief [for him] and obtain a breeze for him, were to pour the water of twenty great oceans upon his body, that ocean water would be exhausted and the fire still not extinguished. It is like molten copper: if someone were to pour twenty ocean drops of water onto molten copper, the water drops would vanish instantly, yet the flames of the monk Tiṣya would not be extinguished. If there were someone who wished to seek relief [for him] and achieve its purpose, and again poured twenty great oceans of water upon his body, that water would vanish swiftly. The monk Tiṣya, a foolish man, hindered the monastic Saṅgha so that they were unable to eat for a day; this caused the monk Tiṣya to enter the great hell. As for the monk Kokālika, if someone wished to bring him relief and achieve its purpose, pouring ocean water upon his body, that ocean water would vanish swiftly. It is like copper that has been melted for two days: if someone puts [the water of] thirty oceans into the molten copper, it is completely consumed. Kokālika the monk was a foolish man; if someone were to arise wishing to bring him relief, and poured thirty great oceans of water upon his body, the water of the great oceans would vanish swiftly. Kokālika the monk, a foolish man, slandered the monks Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, and when his body broke up at the end of life, he was born in the three evil destinies, falling into the Padma hell. The monk Kokālika entered the great Niraya. As for the great Niraya of Devadatta, if someone wished to bring him relief, and again poured forty great oceans of water upon his body, those great oceans would vanish swiftly, yet that fire would not be extinguished. It is like copper that has been melted for three days: if someone puts forty drops of water into the molten copper, it is instantly consumed without remainder. Devadatta was a foolish man; if someone were to arise wishing to bring him relief, pouring forty great oceans of water upon his body, that ocean water would vanish swiftly, yet that fire would not be extinguished. Why is this? Devadatta, a foolish man, wished to harm the Tathāgata, killed an arhat nun, and brought discord and ruin to the monastic Saṅgha; when his body broke up at the end of life, he was born into the three evil destinies, in the Avīci hell. The monk Devadatta entered the great hell, and flames issuing from his body are forty cubits long. Monks, as for the great Niraya of Maskarin: if someone wished to bring him relief and poured sixty great oceans of water upon his body, the ocean water would vanish swiftly, yet that fire would not be extinguished. It is like copper that has been melted for four days: if someone puts sixty drops of water into the molten copper, it is instantly consumed. Maskarin is just like this: if one pours sixty great oceans of water upon his body, the great ocean water vanishes swiftly, but this fire is not extinguished. This Maskarin, a foolish man, taught a hundred koṭis of people, causing them to practice wrong views." (Extracted from the *Sūtra on the Four Nirayas*)