[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 18.40 # 諸經要集 18.40 諸經要集 18.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.40) 如起世經云。當閻浮洲南。二鐵圍山外。有閻摩王宮殿住處。縱廣正等六十由旬。七重牆壁七重欄楯。七重鈴網其外七重多羅行樹。周匝圍繞雜色可觀。七寶所成。於其四方各有諸門。一一諸門皆有却敵樓櫓臺殿園苑華池。有種種樹美果彌滿香風遠熏眾鳥和鳴。王以惡業不善果故。於夜三時及晝三時。自然有赤融銅汁。在前出生。其王宮殿即變為鐵。五欲功德皆沒不現。王見此已。怖畏不安諸毛皆竪。即便出外。若在宮外。即走入內時。守獄者取閻摩王。高舉撲之置熱鐵地上。其地熾然。極大猛盛光焰炎赫。撲令臥已。即以鐵鉗開張其口。以融銅汁寫置口中。時閻摩王被燒脣口。次燒其舌。後燒咽喉。復燒大腸及小腸等。次第燋然從下而出。爾時彼王作如是念。一切眾生。以於往昔身作惡行。口作惡行。意作惡行。并餘眾生同作業者。皆受此苦。願我從今捨此身已。更得身時。俱於人間相逢受生。於如來法中。當得信解。鬀除鬢髮。著袈裟衣。得正信解。從家出家。既出家已自得通證。生死已盡。梵行已立。所應作者皆已作訖。更不復於後世受生。發如是等熏習善念。即於所住宮殿還成七寶。猶如諸天。五欲功德。現前具足。以三業善便得快樂（如長阿含經王亦三時受苦大意亦同此經也）。 > As the \*Lokotpatti-sūtra\* states: Due south of the continent of Jambudvīpa, outside the two Iron Encircling Mountains, is the dwelling place and palace of King Yama. It is sixty yojanas in length and breadth. There are seven tiers of walls, seven tiers of railings, and seven tiers of bell nets; outside them are seven tiers of palm trees, encircling it all around with variegated and delightful sights, made of the seven treasures. On its four sides there are various gates. Every single gate has parapets, watchtowers, terraces, halls, parks, and lotus ponds. There are various trees laden with delicious fruits, fragrant winds wafting far away, and birds singing in harmony. However, as an unwholesome result of the king's evil karma, at three times during the night and three times during the day, red molten copper naturally wells up before him. The king's palace immediately turns into iron, and the merits of the five desires all submerge and vanish. Seeing this, the king is terrified and uneasy, his hairs standing on end, and he immediately runs outside. If he is outside the palace, he runs inside. At that time, the hell wardens seize King Yama, lift him high, and slam him down onto the burning iron ground. That ground is blazing, intensely fierce with dazzling flames. Having slammed him down to lie there, they pry open his mouth with iron tongs and pour molten copper into his mouth. At that time, King Yama's lips and mouth are burned, next his tongue is burned, then his throat is burned, and then his large intestine and small intestine are burned, all consecutively scorched until \[the copper\] exits from below. At that time, the king thinks: 'Because in the past all sentient beings performed evil deeds of body, evil deeds of speech, and evil deeds of mind, together with other sentient beings who engaged in the same karma, they all experience this suffering. May I, from now on, having discarded this body, when I obtain another body, meet and be born together in the human realm! In the Dharma of the Tathāgata, may I obtain faith and understanding, shave off my hair and beard, don the kāṣāya robe, attain right faith and understanding, and go forth from home to homelessness! Having gone forth, may I personally attain direct realization: birth and death exhausted, pure conduct established, what had to be done accomplished, no longer subject to future rebirth!' When he gives rise to such perfumed wholesome thoughts, the palace where he dwells instantly becomes seven treasures again, just like that of the devas, and the merits of the five desires appear completely before him. Through the good of the three karmas, he immediately attains joy and happiness (just as in the \*Dīrghāgama-sūtra\*, the king also suffers at three times, the general meaning being the same as in this sūtra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.39) - [Next: 18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.41) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.18.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [起世因本經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.lokaprajnaptisutra*zh-dharmagupta.4.18) — Classical Chinese - [起世經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.lokaprajnaptisutra*zh-jnanagupta.4.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.18.40) · Pramāṇa