佛說佛名經 26.21

26.21

爾時，西門之中有無量無邊罪人，唱如是言：「我今何罪入於此處？」舉身自搥踉䠙宛轉，悲啼號叫而不肯前。馬頭羅剎手捉鐵鉗，望胸而夾擲著獄中，鉗所著處烟焰俱出，獄卒夜叉以大鐵鈎望頭而搭，牽入鐵火屋中。其屋周匝猛火熾焰，業力吹轉罪人之身，登床而臥。有大毒蛇鱗甲皆刺，口中而入從下而出；復有鐵鳥望心而啄抽其心腸。如是苦痛不可堪忍，一日一夜受罪無量，求生不得求死不得。經千萬劫爾乃得脫，從地獄出當作畜生，牽犁負重償他宿債，百生千生無有休息。

At that time, at the western gate, measureless and boundless sinners cried out: 'For what crime have we now entered this place?' Beating their bodies, stumbling and rolling about, weeping and wailing, they were unwilling to advance. A horse-headed rākṣasa held iron tongs in his hands, clamped them against their chests, and hurled them into the hell; wherever the tongs touched, smoke and flames erupted together. Hell-warden yakṣas hooked their heads with great iron hooks and dragged them into the iron fire house. That house was surrounded by blazing fires; driven and turned by the power of karma, the sinners' bodies climbed onto the bed to lie down. There were great venomous serpents with spiny scales that entered their mouths and exited from below; there were also iron birds that pecked at their hearts and pulled out their intestines. Such suffering was unbearable; during a single day and night they underwent measureless suffering, seeking life without obtaining it, seeking death without obtaining it. Only after passing through thousands of myriads of kalpas could they obtain release; emerging from hell, they would become animals, pulling plows and bearing heavy burdens to repay their past debts, without rest for hundreds and thousands of lives.