Uttarajjhayana 197.1.52_2

197.1.52_2

aitikkhakaṇagāiṇṇe | tuṃge simbalipāyave /
kheviyaṃ pāsabaddheṇaṃ | kaḍḍhokaḍḍhāhiṃ dukkaraṃ ||52||

'I have suffered agonies when I was fastened with fetters on the huge Sâlmalî tree, bristling with very sharp thorns, and then pushed up and down. (52)
'An infinite number of times have I been crushed like sugar-cane in presses, shrieking horribly, to atone for my sins, great sinner that I was. (53)
'By black and spotted wild dogs I have, ever so many times, been thrown down, torn to pieces, and lacerated, screaming and writhing. (54)
'When I was born in hell for my sins, I was cut, pierced, and hacked to pieces with swords and daggers, with darts and javelins. (55)
'I have been forcibly yoked to a car of red-hot iron full of fuel, I have been driven on with a goad and thongs, and have been knocked down like an antelope. (56)
'On piles, in a blazing fire, I have forcibly been burnt and roasted like a buffalo, in atonement for my sins. (57)
'An infinite number of times have I violently been lacerated by birds whose bills were of iron and shaped like tongs, by devilish vultures. (58)
'Suffering from thirst I ran towards the river Vaitaranî to drink its water, but in it I was killed (as it were) by blades of razors. (59)
'When suffering from the heat, I went into the forest in which the trees have a foliage of daggers; I have, ever so many times, been cut to pieces by the dropping dagger-leaves. (60)
'An infinite number of times have I suffered hopelessly from mallets and knives, forks and maces, which broke my limbs. (61)