經律異相 49.35

49.35

The great Mahāraurava hell has sixteen minor hells. Why is it called Mahāraurava (Great Crying Out)? They take those sinners and put them into large iron cauldrons, or place them into iron vats; the scalding broth surges and boils, cooking those sinners. They also fling them onto large griddles, turning them over and over to fry and scorch them, howling and crying out loudly in bitter pain and misery. Because their remaining retribution is not yet finished, it makes them not die; hence it is called Mahāraurava. Having endured suffering for a long time, they exit Mahāraurava and reach the Cold Ice hell, only then does their life come to an end. Practicing various perverse views, drawn by the net of craving, and committing vile and lowly deeds, one falls into the Mahāraurava hell.