經律異相 50.17

50.17

以即作是念。我體羸弱以不堪欲事。得此利劍。割斷我心不亦快乎。作此念時氣絕命終受餓鬼身。諸劍樹間化生鐵丸。從頂入口出腸𦝩燋爛。獄卒打撲驅令上樹。鐵𭉨蟲噉以怖上樹。如是展轉悉經劍林。一日一夜八萬生死。罪畢之後生飢饉世及疾病劫。為人卑賤口氣恒臭人所惡見。後遇善知識發菩提心。

Thereupon he forms this thought: 'My body is frail and can no longer bear sensual matters. If I could obtain this sharp sword to sever my heart, would that not be pleasant?' As he forms this thought, his breath ceases, his life ends, and he receives the body of a hungry ghost. Amid the sword trees, iron pellets magically appear; entering his mouth from the crown of his head, they exit, scorching and rotting his intestines and stomach. The hell wardens strike and beat him, driving him to climb the trees. Iron-beaked insects devour him, and in fright he climbs the trees. Revolving in this manner, he passes through the entire sword forest. In a single day and night, there are eighty thousand deaths and births. After his penalty is finished, he is born into an era of famine and a kalpa of epidemics. He becomes a lowly person whose breath is perpetually foul and whom people hate to see. Later, he meets a good spiritual friend and gives rise to the bodhicitta.