經律異相 50.11

50.11

劍輪地獄者。縱廣正等五十由旬。滿中劍樹其樹多少。如稻麻竹葦。一一劍樹高四十由旬。八萬四千劍輪為葉。八萬四千劍輪為華。八萬四千劍輪為果。八萬四千沸銅為枝。以樂殺無厭。如此罪人臨命終時。遇大熱病即作念言。我今身體時熱時寒。舉身堅強猶如鐵碪。即作願言。得金剛劍割却此患樂不可言。是時獄卒即自化身。如己父母親友之形。在其人前而告之言。我有祕法如卿所念當用相遺。罪人云急急欲得。氣絕命終如馬奔走生劍華中。無量劍刀削骨破肉碎落如空。復有鐵烏。從樹上下挑眼啄耳。有大羅剎。手捉鐵斧破頭出腦。鐵狗來舐死已唱活。驅令上樹。未至樹端身碎如塵。一日一夜殺身如塵不可稱數。殺人罪故受如此殃經八萬億歲生畜生中。身常負重死復剝皮。經五百世還生人中。貧窮短命多病消瘦。過是已後遇善知識發菩提心。

Regarding the Sword-Wheel Hell: it is exactly fifty yojanas in length and breadth, entirely filled with sword trees. The quantity of trees is like rice, sesame, bamboo, and reeds. Each sword tree is forty yojanas high, with eighty-four thousand sword-wheels as leaves, eighty-four thousand sword-wheels as flowers, eighty-four thousand sword-wheels as fruits, and eighty-four thousand [streams of] boiling copper as branches. Because of delighting in killing without satiety, when such a sinner is on the verge of death, they contract a great fever and think: 'My body is now sometimes hot and sometimes cold; my whole body is stiff and hard, just like an iron anvil.' They then make a vow: 'If I obtain a vajra sword to cut away this ailment, the joy would be unspeakable.' At that time, the hell-warden transforms his body into the form of their parents or close friends, stands before the person, and tells them: 'I have a secret method matching what you desire, which I shall give to you.' The sinner says: 'Quickly, quickly, I wish to have it!' Their breath ceases, their life ends, and, like a galloping horse, they are born among the sword flowers. Immeasurable swords and knives scrape their bones and tear their flesh, shattering and falling into the void. There are also iron crows descending from the trees to gouge their eyes and peck their ears. A great rākṣasa holds an iron axe in his hand, splits their head, and extracts their brain. Iron dogs come and lick it. When they are dead, [the wardens] cry out, 'Live!' They drive them to climb the tree; before reaching the treetop, their body is shattered like dust. In one day and one night, their body is killed like dust, beyond reckoning. Because of the sin of killing people, they suffer such calamity for eighty trillion years, and are then born among animals. Their bodies constantly bear heavy loads, and upon dying their skin is flayed. After five hundred lifetimes, they are reborn among humans, poor, short-lived, sickly, and emaciated. After this has passed, they meet a good friend and arouse the bodhicitta.