佛說佛名經 26.15

26.15

"At the four gates of its city are four great bronze dogs, their bodies forty yojanas in length and breadth, with teeth and claws like sharp saws and eyes like lightning. There are also measureless iron-beaked birds flying and soaring, pecking at the sinners' flesh; ox-headed hell-wardens shaped like rākṣasas, having nine tails like iron pitchforks; and further having eight heads, with eighteen horns upon each head, and sixty-four eyes, from each of which burst forth iron pellets to burn the sinners' flesh. When they shout and roar in anger and wrath, their voices are like thunderpeals. There are also measureless spontaneous sword-wheels descending from the air, entering through the sinners' crowns and exiting through their feet; whereupon the sinners' pain pierces the marrow of their bones, acutely tormenting their livers and hearts. Thus passing through measureless years they undergo various sufferings and distress, seeking life without obtaining it, seeking death without obtaining it. Today, bowing our heads in shame and remorse, we reveal with sincere hearts and perform kṣamā for all such retributions.