[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 6.67 # 法苑珠林 6.67 法苑珠林 6.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.67) 我等處此城　百千萬歲中 尚不聞水名　況復得飲者 譬如多羅林　熾然被火焚 我等亦如是　肢節皆火燃 頭髮悉蓬亂　形體皆毀破 晝夜念飲食　慞惶走十方 飢渴所逼切　張口馳求索 有人執杖隨　尋逐加楚撻 搥打不得近　我等憂此苦 云何能得水　以用慧施人 我等先身時　慳貪極嫉妬 不曾施一人　漿水及飲食 自物不與他　抑彼令不施 以是重業故　今受是苦惱 > ‘We dwell in this city / for hundreds of thousands of myriad years, > Yet we have not even heard the name of water, / how much less obtained any to drink! > Just like a forest of tāla trees / blazing and burned by fire, > We too are like this: / all our limbs are ablaze with fire. > Our hair is completely disheveled, / our bodies are broken and ruined. > Day and night we think of food and drink, / panicked, we run in the ten directions. > Pressed hard by hunger and thirst, / with open mouths we rush about seeking. > There is someone who follows holding a club, / pursuing and severely beating us; > Beaten, we cannot draw near. / We suffer this sorrow and distress. > How could we obtain water / to bestow with wisdom upon others? > In our previous lives, / we were stingy, greedy, and extremely jealous; > We never once gave to a single person / syrup, water, food, or drink. > Our own possessions we did not give to others, / and we restrained others so they would not give. > Due to such heavy karma, / we now suffer this torment.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.66) - [Next: 6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.68) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.6.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.67) · Pramāṇa