法苑珠林 75.63

75.63

One who utters false speech / Troubles all sentient beings; / He is ever like darkness, / Though alive, he is the same as dead. / / The knife of words cuts his own tongue; / Why does his tongue not fall out? / If one utters false speech, / One loses real merit. / / If a person speaks false words, / Inside his mouth is a poisonous snake; / A blade dwells within his mouth, / Blazing fire burns within his mouth. / / The poison in the mouth is true poison; / Poison on earth is not true poison. / Mouth poison severs sentient beings, / And at life's end, one falls into hell. / / If a person speaks false words, / Pus comes out of his own mouth; / His tongue is itself Naraka; / His tongue is also like a blazing fire. / / If a person speaks false slander, / That person quickly becomes despised and base; / He is abandoned by good people, / And the devas do not guard him. / / Constantly hating and envying others, / Giving evil to all sentient beings, / By expedient means troubling and confusing others, / Because of this, one enters hell.