經律異相 50.33

50.33

三十一曰𭢕。山以𭢕殺蟣虱。後生短壽。三十二曰熱湯澆身。披著好衣誘他婦女。罪畢為鳥獸。三十三曰餓鬼。身長三十里。咽下有癭決膿食之。或見好食。眾鬼競奪不得食之。得他好食不先上上座食。後生貧窮。三十四曰餓鬼。身長十里或五里。身毛剛利。慳不施食實有言無。後生貧賤多無飲食。三十五曰惡狗。多諸惡狗牙利如劍。獄鬼喚狗競共嚙之。生時喚狗嚙殺眾生。後得為人喜被狗嚙。三十六曰鐵杙。驅人履之。生時含毒看父母師長。後生毒蛇中。三十七曰剝皮。鬼恒利刀剝其皮。生惡心剝人衣被。及剝眾生皮。後生人中常為人所剝奪。三十八曰倒懸。獄卒悉取人倒懸。生時倒懸眾生。三十九曰畜生。獄鬼洋銅灌其口。負債抵而不還。後五百歲中。為人牛馬奴婢。喜得鞭打。四十曰耕身。獄鬼以鐵犁耕身。生時耕地傷眾生。惡心稱懀。四十一曰鏃眼。獄鬼常以鐵鏃鏃其眼。生時惡心惡眼看其父母。後生人中眼常通睛。四十二曰刀兵。獄鬼斫射。此人生時瞋心相殺。後生人中喜得斫射。四十三曰割刺。獄鬼生割其肉。此人生時惡心割人肉。罪畢為人喜得割刺。四十四曰鐵磨。獄鬼以鐵磨磨人。此人生時以惡心磨殺磨此中蟲。四十五曰㩚弄。滿中鐵磨。獄鬼驅人入磨磨之。四十六曰㩚弄。此人生時。見眾生入㩚弄中。生惡心我誓不救。後生人中身體黃熟。四十七曰石臼。卒驅入臼中擣之。此人生時惡心擣殺眾生。罪畢為螺蜯。四十八曰憍慢。人頭蛇身。此人生時臥地誦經。四十九曰水地獄。水停住不流。此人生時抑人水中沒溺而死。五十曰𭀔儒。獄鬼石𥑐人頭。此人生時慢心。使父母師長倚。令其兒生言不恭敬。

Thirty-first is called Mountain: using a mountain to crush lice and nits to death; in later lives they have a short lifespan. Thirty-second is called Pouring Boiling Water on the Body: donning fine clothes to seduce other men's wives; when punishment is finished, they become birds and beasts. Thirty-third is called Hungry Ghost: thirty leagues tall, with a goiter below the throat, draining and drinking its pus; or seeing fine food, the hosts of ghosts compete to snatch it so they cannot eat; obtaining fine food from others, they did not first offer it to the senior monks; later born in poverty. Thirty-fourth is called Hungry Ghost: ten leagues or five leagues tall, the hair on their bodies hard and sharp; stingy, refusing to give food, claiming they had none when they actually did; later born poor and lowly, mostly lacking food and drink. Thirty-fifth is called Evil Dogs: many evil dogs with teeth sharp as swords; the hell demons call the dogs to vie in biting them; in life, they called dogs to bite sentient beings to death; later obtaining human birth, they are prone to being bitten by dogs. Thirty-sixth is called Iron Stakes: people are driven to tread on them; in life, they looked at parents and teachers with venomous feelings; later born among poisonous snakes. Thirty-seventh is called Flaying: demons constantly flay their skin with sharp knives; because with an evil mind they stripped people of clothing and bedding, and flayed the skin of sentient beings; later born among humans, they are constantly robbed and stripped by others. Thirty-eighth is called Hanging Upside Down: hell wardens take all the people and hang them upside down; in life, they hung sentient beings upside down. Thirty-ninth is called Beasts: hell demons pour molten copper into their mouths; because they owed debts and refused to repay them; in subsequent five hundred years, they become oxen, horses, and slaves for others, prone to being flogged. Fortieth is called Plowing the Body: hell demons plow their bodies with iron plows; in life, plowing the ground they harmed sentient beings, harboring evil and hateful thoughts. Forty-first is called Piercing the Eyes: hell demons constantly pierce their eyes with iron arrowheads; in life, with an evil mind and evil eyes they glared at their parents; later born among humans, their eyes are constantly blind and white. Forty-second is called Weapons: hell demons hack and shoot at them; in life, this person mutually killed with an angry mind; later born among humans, they are prone to being hacked and shot. Forty-third is called Slicing and Stabbing: hell demons slice their flesh alive; in life, this person sliced people's flesh with an evil mind; punishment finished, born as humans, they are prone to being sliced and stabbed. Forty-fourth is called Iron Mill: hell demons grind people with iron mills; in life, this person with an evil mind ground and killed the insects inside the mill. Forty-fifth is called Mill Cage: filled with iron mills; hell demons drive people into the mills to grind them. Forty-sixth is called Mill Cage: in life, this person saw sentient beings entering mill cages and harbored an evil mind, thinking, 'I vow not to save them'; later born among humans, their bodies turn yellow and diseased. Forty-seventh is called Stone Mortar: wardens drive them into mortars and pound them; in life, this person pounded and killed sentient beings with an evil mind; punishment finished, they become snails and clams. Forty-eighth is called Arrogance: human head and snake body; in life, this person lay on the ground while chanting sūtras. Forty-ninth is called Water Hell: the water is stagnant and does not flow; in life, this person held people down in water so they drowned to death. Fiftieth is called Pestle: hell demons crush people's heads with stone pestles; in life, this person, out of arrogance, made parents and teachers rely on them, and caused their children to speak disrespectfully.