諸經要集 18.13

18.13

第二黑繩大地獄。有十六小地獄。周匝圍遶。各縱廣。五百由旬。何故名黑繩。其諸獄卒捉彼罪人。撲熱鐵上舒展其身。以熱鐵繩拼之使直。熱鐵斧逐繩道。斫罪人作百千段。復次以鐵繩拼鋸解之。復次懸熱鐵繩交橫無數。驅迫罪人使行。繩間惡風暴起。吹諸鐵繩歷絡其身。燒皮徹肉樵骨沸髓。苦毒萬端餘罪未畢。故使不死故名黑繩。久受苦已乃出黑繩。至黑沙地獄。乃至寒氷地獄。然後命終。不可具述。餘十六地獄受苦痛事。准前同法。然受苦加重。由惡意向父母佛及聲聞。即墮黑繩地獄。苦痛不可稱計。

The second great hell, Kālasūtra, has sixteen small hells surrounding it on all sides, each five hundred yojanas in length and breadth. Why is it called Kālasūtra (Black Rope)? Those hell wardens seize the sinners, throw them onto hot iron, stretch out their bodies, and snap hot iron ropes [like carpenters' cords] to mark straight lines. Hot iron axes follow the lines of the ropes to chop the sinners into hundreds and thousands of pieces. Furthermore, they snap iron ropes and saw through them. Furthermore, countless hot iron ropes are suspended in a crisscross web, and they drive the sinners to walk among the ropes; a foul wind violently arises, blowing the iron ropes across and through their bodies, burning the skin, piercing the flesh, charring the bones, and boiling the marrow. They suffer myriad agonies, yet because the remainder of their sins is not exhausted, they are caused not to die; hence it is named Black Rope. After long suffering the pain, they finally exit Kālasūtra and arrive at the Black Sand Hell, and so forth down to the Cold Ice Hell, after which their lives end. It cannot be recounted in full. The sufferings undergone in the remaining sixteen hells follow the same pattern as before, yet the suffering endured is even more severe. Through evil intentions directed toward parents, the Buddha, and śrāvakas, one falls into the Kālasūtra Hell, the agonizing pain being beyond calculation.