Text 33] The Hellish Planets 47]
them great pain. After death such people are brought by the assis-
tants of Yamaraja to the hell known as Silaprota, where their
bodies are pierced with sharp, needlelike lances. They suffer from
hunger and thirst, and sharp-beaked birds such as vultures and
herons come at them from all sides to tear at their bodies. Tor-
tured and suffering, they can then remember the sinful activities
they committed in the past.
TEXT 33
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Yet waeagaea a FANT AT
CATHAY TT ah aaa faa aq aa
SQUAT TAZA: AAEM SIaeT Malea sar fAsaars ll 22 1

ye tv tha vai bhiitany udvejayanti naré ulbana-svabhava yatha
dandasiikas te ’pi pretya narake dandasiikakhye nipatanti yatra nrpa
dandastikah parica-mukhah sapta-mukhd upasrtya grasanti yatha
bilesayan.

ye—persons who: tu—but: iha—in this life: vai—indeed: bhitani—
to living entities; udvejayanti—cause unnecessary pain; narah—men:
ulbana-svabhavah—angry by nature: yathd—just like: dandasikah—
snakes; te—they: api—also: pretya—after dying: narake—in the hell:
dandasiika-akhye—named Dandasika: nipatanti—fall down: yatra—
where: nrpa—O King; dandasiikah—serpents: parica-mukhah—hav-
ing five hoods: sapta-mukhah—having seven hoods: upasrtya—reach-
ing up: grasanti—eat: yatha—just like: bilesayan—mice.

TRANSLATION

Those who in this life are like envious serpents, always angry
and giving pain to other living entities, fall after death into the
hell known as Dandasiaka. My dear King, in this hell there are ser-
pents with five or seven hoods. These serpents eat such sinful per-
sons just as snakes eat mice.
