經律異相 50.8

50.8

黑闇地獄者。十八重黑山。十八重黑網。十八重鐵床。十八重鐵縵。一山高八萬四千由旬。一一縵亦厚八萬四千由旬。一一縵間十八重鐵圍山羅剎如林。此山陰闇。偷佛僧燈明。偷盜父母師長。謗說法者。亦毀世俗論義師等。不忌尊卑不知慚愧。以此罪故命欲終時。眼有電光睒迅不停。即作是念。我有何罪常見是火。即閉兩目不願欲見。命欲終時。獄卒羅剎擎大鐵床張大鐵輪。如大隊雲乘。空而至。無形有聲。罪人欲往命終。坐鐵床上落黑闇處。刀輪上下斬斷其身。有大鐵烏嘴距長利。從山飛下來摷罪人。痛急疾走求明不得。足下蒺梨穿骨徹髓。如是慞惶經五百萬億歲日月如前。彼人頭打諸黑闇山。腦流眼出。獄卒羅剎以鐵叉叉安眼眶。罪畢乃出。為貧窮人。眼目角睞盲冥無見。或被癩病人所驅逐。如是罪報經五百身。過是以後遇善知識發菩提心。

Regarding the Dark Hell: there are eighteen tiers of dark mountains, eighteen tiers of dark nets, eighteen tiers of iron beds, and eighteen tiers of iron curtains. Each mountain is eighty-four thousand yojanas high, and each curtain is also eighty-four thousand yojanas thick. Between each curtain are eighteen tiers of Iron Enclosure Mountains, where rākṣasas are as numerous as a forest. These mountains are somber and dark. [Those who] stole the lamps and lights of the Buddha and the Saṅgha; stole from parents, teachers, and elders; slandered those who preach the Dharma; also reviled worldly debate masters and the like; and showed no respect for the noble and base, feeling no shame or remorse—because of these sins, when they are about to die, lightning flashes swiftly and ceaselessly before their eyes. They immediately think: 'What sin have I committed to constantly see this fire?' They immediately close both eyes, not wishing to see it. When they are about to die, the hell-warden rākṣasas lift up great iron beds and spread great iron wheels, arriving through the sky like a great flock of clouds, formless yet with sound. The sinner wishes to go there, and at the end of life, they sit upon the iron bed and fall into the dark place. Knife-wheels, above and below, sever and slice their body. There are great iron crows with long and sharp beaks and claws that fly down from the mountains to tear at the sinners. Pressed by urgent pain, they run swiftly seeking light but find none. Caltrops beneath their feet pierce through their bones to the marrow. Flustered and terrified in this way, they pass five million billion years, with days and months as before. That person's head strikes the dark mountains; their brains flow and their eyes pop out. The hell-warden rākṣasas spear their eye sockets with iron tridents and reset them. When their punishment is completed, they then emerge and become poor people, squint-eyed, blind, and unable to see in darkness, or driven away by people with leprosy. Such karmic retribution lasts for five hundred lifetimes. After this has passed, they meet a good friend and arouse the bodhicitta.