法苑珠林 26.18

26.18

業能莊嚴身　處處隨取趣
不失法如券　業如負財人
汝今生天上　由於五戒業
前身落獼猴　從於犯戒生
持戒生天梯　破戒為鑊湯
我見持戒人　光明莊嚴身
七寶妙臺閣　諸天為給使
眾寶為床帳　摩尼華瓔珞
值遇未來佛　娛樂說勝法
我見破戒人　墮在泥犁中
鐵犁耕其舌　臥在鐵床上
融銅四面流　燒煮壞其身
或處於刀山　劍林及沸屎
灰河寒氷獄　鐵丸飲鎔銅
如是等苦事　常為身瓔珞
若欲脫眾難　不墮三惡道
游處天上路　超越得涅槃
當勤持淨戒　布施修淨命

'Karma can adorn the body, / following along as one takes rebirth everywhere. / It is unfailing like a contract deed; / karma is like a debtor. / Your present birth in heaven / is due to the karma of the five precepts; / falling as a monkey in your former life / arose from breaking the precepts. / Upholding precepts is a ladder to heaven; / breaking precepts leads to caldrons of boiling water. / I see the person who upholds precepts: / their body is adorned with radiance; / [they abide in] wonderful terraces and pavilions of seven treasures, / with devas as their attendants, / various jewels as beds and curtains, / and mani flowers and necklaces; / meeting future Buddhas, / enjoying themselves as they speak the supreme Dharma. / I see the person who breaks precepts: / falling into Niraya, / iron plows plow their tongue, / they lie on iron beds, / molten copper flows on four sides, / burning and boiling, destroying their body; / or they abide in the mountain of knives, / the forest of swords, and boiling excrement, / the river of ashes, and the hell of cold ice, / swallowing iron pellets and drinking molten copper. / Sufferings such as these / are constantly their bodily necklaces. / If you wish to escape the many tribulations / and not fall into the three evil destinies, / but wander the path of heaven / and transcend to attain nirvāṇa, / you should diligently uphold the pure precepts, / practice dāna, and cultivate a pure livelihood.'