Messengers of the Gods · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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himTamenaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Yamayamo
kingrājā
fourthcatutthaṁ
god·messengerdevadūtaṁ
having questionedsamanuyuñjitvā
together·along·gripsamanugāhitvā
together·along·speaksamanubhāsitvā
fifthpañcamaṁ
god·messengerdevadūtaṁ
questionssamanuyuñjati
together·along·gripsamanugāhati
addressessamanubhāsati:
my man‘ambho
manpurisa,
notna
youtvaṁ
did you seeaddasa
among human beingsmanussesu
fifthpañcamaṁ
god·messengerdevadūtaṁ
appearedpātubhūtan’ti?
heSo
saysevamāha:
I saw nothing‘nāddasaṁ,
sirbhante’ti.
himTamenaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Yamayamo
kingrājā
saysevamāha:
my man‘ambho
manpurisa,
notna
youtvaṁ
did you seeaddasa
among human beingsmanussesu
a womanitthiṁ
orvā
a manpurisaṁ
orvā
one·day·deadekāhamataṁ
orvā
two·day·deaddvīhamataṁ
orvā
three·day·deadtīhamataṁ
orvā
bloateduddhumātakaṁ
lividvinīlakaṁ
festeringvipubbakajātan’ti?
heSo
saysevamāha:
I saw that‘addasaṁ,
sirbhante’ti.
himTamenaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Yamayamo
kingrājā
saysevamāha:
my man‘ambho
manpurisa,
of thattassa
to youte
sensibleviññussa
maturesato
maturemahallakassa
notna
did it occuretadahosi—
I·tooahampi
I amkhomhi
liable to diemaraṇadhammo,
deathmaraṇaṁ
not exemptanatīto.
I had betterHandāhaṁ
goodkalyāṇaṁ
I dokaromi
by bodykāyena
by speechvācāya
by mindmanasā’ti?
heSo
saysevamāha:
I couldn't‘nāsakkhissaṁ,
sirbhante,
I was negligentpamādassaṁ,
sirbhante’ti.
himTamenaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Yamayamo
kingrājā
saysevamāha:
my man‘ambho
manpurisa,
because of negligencepamādavatāya
notna
good·didkalyāṇamakāsi
by bodykāyena
by speechvācāya
by mindmanasā.
surelyTaggha
youtvaṁ,
heyambho
manpurisa,
sotathā
they will dokarissanti
asyathā
thattaṁ
negligent onepamattaṁ.
thatTaṁ
indeedkho
thenpana
yourte
thisetaṁ
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
notneva
by mothermātarā
donekataṁ
notna
by fatherpitarā
donekataṁ
notna
by brotherbhātarā
donekataṁ
notna
by sisterbhaginiyā
donekataṁ
notna
by friends and colleaguesmittāmaccehi
donekataṁ
notna
relative·kinñātisālohitehi
donekataṁ
notna
ascetic·brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇehi
donekataṁ
notna
by deitiesdevatāhi
donekataṁ,
by you alonetayāvetaṁ
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
donekataṁ,
and you alonetvaññevetassa
resultvipākaṁ
you will experiencepaṭisaṁvedissasī’ti.
that oneTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā fifthpañcamaṁ god·messengerdevadūtaṁ together·questionsamanuyuñjitvā together·interrogatesamanugāhitvā together·admonishsamanubhāsitvā silenttuṇhī ishoti.
themTamenaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
hell·wardensnirayapālā
five·fold·bindingpañcavidhabandhanaṁ
callednāma
deed·procedurekammakāraṇaṁ
they inflictkaronti—
red-hottattaṁ
iron·stakeayokhilaṁ
in the handhatthe
they drivegamenti,
red-hottattaṁ
iron·stakeayokhilaṁ
in the seconddutiye
handhatthe
they drivegamenti,
red-hottattaṁ
iron·stakeayokhilaṁ
in the footpāde
they drivegamenti,
red-hottattaṁ
iron·stakeayokhilaṁ
in the seconddutiye
footpāde
they drivegamenti,
red-hottattaṁ
iron·stakeayokhilaṁ
in the middle of the chestmajjheurasmiṁ
they drivegamenti.
heSo
theretattha
painfuldukkhā
sharptibbā
severekharā
acutekaṭukā
feelingsvedanā
he experiencesvedeti,
notna
andca
yettāva
deathkālaṁ
he undergoeskaroti
untilyāva
notna
thattaṁ
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
is eliminatedbyantīhoti.
themTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, hell·wardensnirayapālā down·throwsaṁvesetvā with axeskuṭhārīhi they hacktacchanti ……pe…
that·himtamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, hell·wardensnirayapālā up·feetuddhampādaṁ down·headadhosiraṁ having seizedgahetvā with hatchetsvāsīhi they hacktacchanti ellipsis…pe…
himtamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, hell·wardensnirayapālā to a chariotrathe having yokedyojetvā on·burnādittāya groundpathaviyā together·blazesampajjalitāya with·glow·becomesajotibhūtāya drive + alsosārentipi, back·drive + alsopaccāsārentipi ……pe…
themtamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, hell·wardennirayapālā greatmahantaṁ coal·mountainaṅgārapabbataṁ on·burnādittaṁ completely·blazesampajjalitaṁ with·glow·becomesajotibhūtaṁ up·make climb·alsoāropentipi down·make climb·alsooropentipi …pe……pe…
themtamenaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
hell·wardennirayapālā
upward·footuddhampādaṁ
down·headadhosiraṁ
having takengahetvā
red-hottattāya
copper·potlohakumbhiyā
onto·throwpakkhipanti
burningādittāya
fully·blazingsampajjalitāya
with·light·becomesajotibhūtāya.
theySo
theretattha
in boiling scumpheṇuddehakaṁ
are searedpaccati.
theySo
theretattha
in boiling scumpheṇuddehakaṁ
while being searedpaccamāno
once·alsosakimpi
upuddhaṁ
they gogacchati,
once·alsosakimpi
downadho
they gogacchati,
once·alsosakimpi
sidewaystiriyaṁ
they gogacchati.
theySo
theretattha
painfuldukkhā
sharptibbā
severekharā
acutekaṭukā
feelingsvedanā
they feelvedeti,
notna
andca
yettāva
timekālaṁ
they makekaroti
untilyāva
notna
thattaṁ
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
ended·becomebyantīhoti.
themTamenaṁ,
O monksbhikkhave,
hell·wardennirayapālā
great·hellmahāniraye
they tosspakkhipanti.
thatSo
nowkho
thenpana,
O monksbhikkhave,
the Great Hellmahānirayo—
four-corneredCatukkaṇṇo
with four doorscatudvāro,
apart·dividedvibhatto
section by sectionbhāgaso
measuredmito;
surrounded by an iron wallAyopākārapariyanto,
with ironayasā
coveredpaṭikujjito.
itsTassa
iron·made ofayomayā
groundbhūmi,
burningjalitā
endowed with fierce firetejasāyutā;
all aroundSamantā
a hundred leaguesyojanasataṁ,
having radiatedpharitvā
it remainstiṭṭhati
alwayssabbadā.
of thatTassa
indeedkho
nowpana,
monksbhikkhave,
great·hellmahānirayassa
easternpuratthimāya
from the wallbhittiyā
flameacci
having surged outuṭṭhahitvā
westernpacchimāya
against the wallbhittiyā
crashespaṭihaññati,
westernpacchimāya
from the wallbhittiyā
flameacci
having surged outuṭṭhahitvā
easternpuratthimāya
against the wallbhittiyā
crashespaṭihaññati,
northernuttarāya
from the wallbhittiyā
flameacci
having surged outuṭṭhahitvā
southerndakkhiṇāya
against the wallbhittiyā
crashespaṭihaññati,
southerndakkhiṇāya
from the wallbhittiyā
flameacci
having surged outuṭṭhahitvā
northernuttarāya
against the wallbhittiyā
crashespaṭihaññati,
from belowheṭṭhā
flameacci
having surged outuṭṭhahitvā
aboveupari
crashespaṭihaññati,
from aboveuparito
flameacci
having surged outuṭṭhahitvā
belowheṭṭhā
crashespaṭihaññati.
heSo
theretattha
painfuldukkhā
sharptibbā
severekharā
acutekaṭukā
feelingsvedanā
experiencesvedeti,
notna
andca
yettāva
deathkālaṁ
makeskaroti
untilyāva
notna
thattaṁ
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
is eliminatedbyantīhoti.
there isHoti
indeedkho
thatso,
monksbhikkhave,
timesamayo
whenyaṁ
sometimeskadāci
on some occasionkarahaci
of a longdīghassa
of a periodaddhuno
after the passingaccayena
of thattassa
great·hellmahānirayassa
easternpuratthimaṁ
gatedvāraṁ
open·openapāpurīyati.
theySo
theretattha
with speedsīghena
with forcejavena
runsdhāvati.
of that oneTassa
with speedsīghena
with forcejavena
runningdhāvato
outer skin toochavimpi
burnsḍayhati,
inner skin toocammampi
burnsḍayhati,
flesh toomaṁsampi
burnsḍayhati,
sinews toonhārumpi
burnsḍayhati,
bones tooaṭṭhīnipi
together·forth·smokesampadhūpāyanti,
escapeubbhataṁ
just suchtādisameva
ishoti.
whenYato
andca
indeedkho
thatso,
monksbhikkhave,
much·arrivedbahusampatto
ishoti,
thenatha
thattaṁ
gatedvāraṁ
is closedpidhīyati.
theySo
theretattha
painfuldukkhā
sharptibbā
severekharā
acutekaṭukā
feelingsvedanā
feelsvedeti,
notna
andca
as yettāva
deathkālaṁ
makeskaroti
as long asyāva
notna
thattaṁ
bad·deedpāpakammaṁ
is eliminatedbyantīhoti.
there isHoti
indeedkho
thatso,
monksbhikkhave,
timesamayo
whenyaṁ
sometimeskadāci
on some occasionkarahaci
of a longdīghassa
of a periodaddhuno
after the passingaccayena
of thattassa
great·hellmahānirayassa
westernpacchimaṁ
gatedvāraṁ
open·openapāpurīyati
…pe……pe…
northernuttaraṁ
gatedvāraṁ
open·openapāpurīyati
…pe……pe…
southerndakkhiṇaṁ
gatedvāraṁ
open·openapāpurīyati.
theySo
theretattha
with speedsīghena
with forcejavena
runsdhāvati.
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