法苑珠林 69.34

69.34

又新婆沙論云。昔有屠販牛人。驅牛涉路。人多糧盡。飢渴熱乏。息而議曰。此等群牛終非己物。宜割取舌以濟飢虛。即時以鹽塗諸牛口。牛貪鹹味。出舌舐之。即用利刀一時截取。以火煨炙而共食之。食已相與臨水澡漱。俱嚼楊枝揩齒既了。擘以刮舌。惡業力故。諸人舌根。猶如爛果。一時俱落（此皆現報以業重故）。

Furthermore, the New Vibhāṣā-śāstra states: In the past, there was a cattle slaughterer driving cattle along a road. The men were many and their provisions were exhausted; they were hungry, thirsty, hot, and exhausted. Resting, they conferred: 'These herds of cattle are not our own property anyway; we should cut out their tongues to relieve our hunger and emptiness.' They immediately rubbed salt on the cattle's mouths. The cattle, craving the salty taste, stuck out their tongues to lick it, whereupon they used sharp knives to cut them off all at once, roasted them over fire, and ate them together. After eating, they went to the water to wash and rinse, and together chewed willow twigs to clean their teeth. Having finished, they split the twigs to scrape their tongues. By the power of evil karma, all the men's tongues, like rotten fruit, fell out all at once. (These are all retributions in the present life, because the karma was heavy.)