諸經要集 14.64

14.64

妄語言說者　惱一切眾生
彼常如黑暗　有命亦同死
語刀自割舌　云何舌不墮
若妄語言說　則失實功德
若人妄說語　口中有毒蛇
刀在口中住　焰火口中然
口中毒是毒　蛇上毒非毒
口毒割眾生　命終墮地獄
若人妄說語　自口中出膿
舌則是泥濁　舌亦如熾火
若人妄讒語　彼人速輕賤
為善人捨離　天則不攝護
常憎嫉他人　與諸眾生惡
方便惱亂他　因是入地獄

“Those who utter false speech
afflict all sentient beings.
They are constantly like darkness;
though having life, they are the same as dead.
With the knife of words they cut their own tongues—
why do their tongues not fall out?
If one utters false speech,
one loses real merit.
If a person speaks false words,
there is a venomous serpent in their mouth.
A knife abides in their mouth;
blazing fire burns within their mouth.
The poison in the mouth is [real] poison;
the poison upon a serpent is not poison.
The poison of the mouth cuts sentient beings;
at the end of life they fall into hell.
If a person speaks false words,
pus emerges from their own mouth;
the tongue is murky mud,
and the tongue is also like a blazing fire.
If a person utters false and slanderous words,
that person is quickly despised and demeaned.
They are abandoned by good people,
and the gods do not protect them.
They constantly hate and envy others,
inflicting evil upon all sentient beings.
By expedients they disturb others,
and because of this they enter hell.”