佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.30

5.30

佛告阿難：「云何名鐵丸地獄？鐵丸地獄者：八十由旬滿中鐵城八十八鬲，一一鬲中有五刀山持用覆上，下有十八大惡鐵蛇，蛇皆吐舌舌出鐵劍，劍頭火然。世間自有愚癡眾生，毀辱布施言施無報，勸人藏積。如是癡人，向國王、大臣、沙門、婆羅門及一切眾說施無因亦無果報。如此罪人臨命終時，頸強脈縮迴轉不語，不憙見人低視而臥，心中但念：『我積財寶得與我俱快不可言。』獄卒羅剎化作其妻，捉熱鐵丸化作寶器，在其人前語言：『我隨汝死，婉轉相著終不相離。』氣絕命終生鐵城中，東西馳走鐵蛇出毒纏繞其身，節頭火然，即作是念：『願天愛我降注甘雨。』應念即雨大熱鐵丸，從頂而入足下而出，罪畢乃為貧窮孤獨喑啞之人，是人歲數如鐵窟說，遇善知識發菩提心。」

The Buddha said to Ānanda: "What is called the Iron Pellet Hell? As for the Iron Pellet Hell: it is eighty yojanas across, filled with an iron city of eighty-eight partitions. Within each partition there are five sword-mountains used to cover it above; below are eighteen greatly evil iron serpents. The serpents all stick out their tongues, and from their tongues issue iron swords, with fire burning at the tips of the swords. In the world there are foolish sentient beings who slander and revile generosity, saying that giving has no retribution, and encourage people to hoard and store up. Such foolish people speak to kings, ministers, śramaṇas, brāhmaṇas, and all the multitude, saying that giving has neither cause nor fruit of retribution. When such a sinner is about to die, their neck stiffens, their pulse contracts, they turn away without speaking, and, disliking the sight of people, they lie looking downwards, thinking only in their heart: 'If only the treasures I have amassed could stay with me, how unspeakably delightful that would be!' The hell-warden rākṣasas transform into their wife, holding hot iron pellets disguised as precious vessels, and in front of that person they say: 'I shall follow you in death, clinging to you, and we shall never part.' Their breath ceases, their life ends, and they are born in the iron city. Running east and west, the iron serpents emit venom and coil around their bodies, fire burning at each of their joints. They immediately form this thought: 'May Heaven have pity on me and send down a shower of sweet rain!' In response to their thought, there immediately rains down great hot iron pellets, which enter through the crown of their head and exit beneath their feet. When their retribution is complete, they become poor, solitary, and mute persons; the number of years this person spends is as described for the Iron Cavern. Later, they meet a kalyāṇamitra and give rise to the bodhicitta."