Viyahapannatti 5.6.249

5.6.249

neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ egattaṃ pabhū viuvvittae? puhattaṃ pabhū viuvvittae?
goyamā! egattaṃ pi pahū viuvvittae, puhattaṃpi pahū viuvvittae| jahā jīvābhigame ālāvago tahā neyavvo jāva viuvvittā annamannassa kāyaṃ abhihaṇamāṇā-abhihaṇamāṇā veyaṇaṃ udīreṃti– ujjalaṃ viulaṃ pagāḍhaṃ kakkasaṃ kaḍuyaṃ pharusaṃ niṭṭhuraṃ caṃḍaṃ tivvaṃ dukkhaṃ duggaṃ durahiyāsaṃ|

"Venerable Sir! Are the inhabitants of hell capable of transforming into a single form? Are they capable of transforming into multiple forms?"
"Gautama! They are capable of transforming into a single form, and they are capable of transforming into multiple forms. As the passage in the Jīvâbhigama [runs], so it should be understood, up to having transformed, striking one another's bodies again and again, they activate sensations: bright, vast, intense, rough, bitter, harsh, cruel, fierce, severe, painful, difficult to bear, [and] intolerable."