經律異相 50.37

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The Great Hell of Reviving: with evil minds of wrath and contention, they pierce one another with lances; with iron talons they tear at one another, smearing each other with blood. The excruciating pain presses closely until they swoon into unconsciousness. A cold wind comes blowing, and hell wardens call out 'Revive!', whereupon the sinners come back to life; therefore it is called the Reviving Hell. In previous lives, the living beings here were fond of killing creatures—oxen, sheep, birds, and beasts—and killed one another for fields, residences, realms, wealth, and such benefits; thus they suffer this retribution. The Great Hell of Crushing: rākṣasa hell wardens take various forms with the heads of diverse ferocious beasts, coming to devour and gnaw upon the sinners. Two mountains press together; hot iron wheels crush them; hot iron pestles pound them, as if pressing oil. Flesh piles up into mounds and blood flows into ponds. Vultures, eagles, tigers, and wolves each come to pull and tear at them. In previous lives, these people killed many living beings, so they receive hell in these forms again; furthermore, because they used force and authority to overpower, oppress, and crush the weak, they suffer the retribution of the two mountains pressing together. Because of greed, anger, ignorance, or fear, they judged affairs leniently or severely without conforming to proper reason, or corrupted the true path; thus they suffer being crushed by hot iron wheels and pounded by iron pestles.