經律異相 50.20

50.20

鐵機地獄者有一鐵床。縱廣正等四百由旬。上安諸[撼-咸+巳]。[撼-咸+巳]間皆有萬億鐵弩。鐵弩鑊頭百億鋒刃。以為貪欲故不孝父母。不敬師長。不從善教殺害眾生。此人命終身體戰動六竅汁流。見自己床如兜羅綿。得堅冷處臥不亦快耶。獄卒羅剎。以叉擎床銷火毾㲪至罪人所。歡喜欲臥。氣絕命終生鐵機上。萬億鐵[撼-咸+巳]關從下動鐵[撼-咸+巳]昂無量。鐵弩同時皆張二鐵。箭射罪人心。一日一夜六百億生死。後生畜生中經五百世。還生人間。貧窮下賤為人所使。多墮刑獄恒受鞭撻。後遇善知識發菩提心。

As for the Hell of the Iron Engine: There is an iron bed, measuring exactly four hundred yojanas in length and breadth. Arranged upon it are trigger mechanisms, and between the trigger mechanisms there are ten thousand billion iron crossbows. At the stock ends of the iron crossbows are one hundred billion sharp blades. Because of lustful desire being unfilial to parents, disrespectful to teachers and elders, failing to follow wholesome teachings, and killing living beings, when this person dies, his body trembles and shakes, and fluids flow from his six orifices. Seeing his own bed as like cotton wool, [he thinks]: 'If I could get a firm and cool place to lie down, would that not be pleasant?' The warden rākṣasas lift a bed on pitchforks, [spread with] fire-melting rugs, and go to the sinner's place. Rejoicing, he wishes to lie down; his breath ceases and his life ends, and he is born atop the iron engine. Ten thousand billion iron trigger mechanisms are moved from below, and the iron triggers rise up incalculably. The iron crossbows are all drawn at once, each shooting two iron arrows into the sinner's heart. In a single day and night, there are six hundred billion deaths and births. Afterward, he is born among animals for five hundred lifetimes, and then is reborn in the human realm, poor, lowly, and ordered about by others, frequently falling into penal prisons and constantly suffering beatings. Later, he meets a good spiritual friend and gives rise to the bodhicitta.