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“I ask the ascetic Saṃkicca, Highly esteemed by ascetics; Seated in the grove, Surrounded by the assembly of ascetics. 77. “What destiny do people go to, Who transgress the Dhamma, after death? The Dhamma has been transgressed by me, Tell me that, when asked. 78. The ascetic Saṃkicca said, To the enhancer of the Kāsī realm; “Seated in the grove, Great King, listen to me. 79. “To one who goes astray, He who teaches the path; If he would heed his word, No thorn would prick him on the path. 80. “One who has entered the unrighteous path, of him, who teaches the Dhamma; If one acts according to his word, he will not go to a bad destination. 81. "Dhamma is the path, great king, But unrighteousness is the wrong path; Unrighteousness leads to hell, Dhamma leads to a good destination. 82. "King, men who practice unrighteousness, Who live unrighteously; Hear from me the destination They reach after death, in hell. 83. "Sañjīva, and Kāḷasutta, Saṅghāta, and the two Roruva; Then there is Mahāvīci, Tāpana, and Patāpana. 84. "Thus these eight hells, Are declared, hard to escape; Filled with cruel deeds, Each with sixteen subsidiary hells. 85. "Frightful, burning the miserly, Flaming, greatly terrifying; With hair-raising forms, Dreadful, terrifying, painful. 86. "Four-cornered, with four doors, Divided into measured sections; Surrounded by iron walls, Enclosed by iron. 87. "Their ground is made of iron, Blazing, endowed with heat; Spread out for a hundred yojanas all around, They stand forever. 88. "Into these hells fall, With feet upwards, heads downwards; Those who transgress against sages, Against the self-controlled ascetics. 89. "They, the destroyers of life, are cooked, Like fish on a spit; For countless years, Men who commit evil deeds. 90. "With bodies burning, Always inside and out; They do not find a door To exit from hell. 91. "They run to the east, Then they run to the west; They run to the north, Then they run to the south; Whichever door they approach, That very door is closed. 92. "For many thousands of years, People going to hell; Raise their arms and weep, Having reached immense suffering. 93. "Like an enraged venomous snake, Fiery, hard to overcome; One should not offend the virtuous, The self-controlled ascetics. 94. "Atikāya, the great archer, Arjuna, Ke King Kakādhipa; Sahassabāhu was uprooted, having assailed the ascetic Gotama. 95. "Having defiled the blameless calf with dust, Daṇḍakī, emaciated, was cut down from the root like a palm, that king went to ruin. 96. "Having harmed the mind of Mejjha, towards the renowned elephant, he was uprooted with his retinue, and that became a central forest. 97. "Having assailed the ascetic Kaṇhadīpāyana, the Andhakaveṇḍas, striking each other with clubs, reached the abode of Yama. 98. "Then this one, cursed by the ascetic, who formerly roamed the sky, the Cecca entered the earth, fallen to a state of degradation. 99. "Therefore, the wise do not praise going by desire; one should speak with an uncorrupted mind, words connected with truth. 100. "If a person looks upon a sage with a corrupted mind, one endowed with knowledge and conduct, he will go down to hell. 101. "Those people who revile the elders, with harsh actions, they become without offspring, without heirs, like a palm stump. 102. "And whoever kills a renunciant, a great sage who has done his duty, he burns for a long night in the Kālāsutta hell. 103. "And whichever king stands in unrighteousness, a destroyer of the realm, having tormented the populace, he burns in torment after death. 104. "And he burns for a hundred thousand divine years; surrounded by masses of flames, he experiences painful sensations. 105. "From his body, shining flames of fire emerge; from the limbs of him who feeds on heat, from his hairs and nails. 106. "With his body burning, constantly inside and out, afflicted by pain, he cries out, like an elephant pierced by a goad. 107. "Whoever, out of greed, kills his father, or out of hatred, a person A blast! He in the Black Thread hell, for a long night cooks. 108. Such a one cooks in a copper pot, and when cooked, they strike him skinless with spears; having made him blind, a devourer of urine and feces, they immerse such a man in lye. 109. And hot, boiling iron balls, and long, planks heated for a long night; having taken a cross-bar and bound with ropes, into the open mouth, the demons enter. 110. And black dogs, and spotted vultures, and flocks of ravens, and iron-mouthed birds; gathering, they eat the struggling one, tearing his tongue, a bloody meal. 111. That one, with burnt palate, and shattered body, the demons wander about, striking him; for their delight is in the suffering of others, in such a hell they dwell; whoever in this world are parricides. 112. And a son, having killed his mother, going from here to Yama's abode; experiences intense suffering, receiving the fruit of his own deeds. 113. Non-humans, exceedingly strong, the killer of his mother; with iron spikes, torment him again and again. 114. That discharge from his own body, blood born of himself; like molten copper, they make the matricide drink it hot. 115. Loathsome, a stinking corpse, foul-smelling, a mire of feces; resembling pus and blood, he stands immersed in a pond. 116. There, worms, enormous, iron-mouthed; tearing his skin, they eat, greedy for flesh and blood. 117. And he, having reached that hell, immersed a hundred men deep; emits a putrid, corpse-like stench, all around for a hundred leagues. 118. Even one with eyes, by his eyes, is overwhelmed by that stench; Such a Brahmadatta Oh, the mother-killer obtains suffering. Having approached the razor's edge, Sharp, difficult to cross, They fall, those who cause abortions, Into the difficult river Vetaraṇī. Iron silk-cotton trees, With sixteen-finger-long thorns, Hang down on both sides, Over the difficult river Vetaraṇī. They stand blazing, Like masses of fire from afar, Ablaze with fire, Risen a yojana upwards. These fall into hell, Hot, with sharp thorns, Both women who are adulterous, And men who go to others' wives. They fall head downwards, Overturned, struck down variously, They lie with limbs pierced through, They suffer long, always. Then at the end of the night, Into a great, mountain-like Iron pot they are thrown, With hot water like fire. Thus both day and night, The immoral, enveloped in delusion, Experience their own karma, Their own evil deeds from before. And the wife bought with wealth, Who despises her husband, Or mother-in-law, or father-in-law, Or elder (relative), or sister-in-law. Her tongue's tip, with a hook, They pull out with its root. She sees a fathom-long, Worm-eaten tongue in herself. She cannot make herself understood, In torment, after death, she burns. Sheep-butchers, pig-butchers, Fishers, hunters, Thieves, cow-killers, cruel ones, Those who praise the dispraised. With spears, with iron clubs, With swords and with arrows, Being struck, into the caustic river, They fall head downwards. Evening and morning, the deceiver Is struck with iron clubs. Then the vomit of the wicked, Of others, they always eat. Crows, Bheraṇḍaka birds, vultures, Kākoḷa birds... and iron-mouthed; They eat him writhing, the man who does evil deeds. 132. "Those who kill deer with deer, or bird with bird; Impure, covered with defilement, they go to the abundant hell. 133. "But the pure go upwards, by good deeds done here; See the fruit of good deeds, the gods with Indra and Brahmā. 134. "Therefore, I tell you, great king, O ruler of the land, practice the Dhamma; So, O king, practice the Dhamma, so that you may not regret your good deeds afterwards." The second Saṃkicca Jātaka. The Saṭṭhinipāta is finished. Its summary – Now in the Saṭṭhinipāta, listen to my words; The excellent Jātaka called, called Soṇaka and Arindama; and the excellent Kicca of the charioteer, thus spoken.