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The Sixth Chapter
119
Some are given molten lead, tin, etc. to drink. Some are tormented by sharp-beaked flies, etc. Some are filled with worms and blood-soaked mud. Some are tormented by each other. ||309-310||
In such ways, the suffering that living beings experience in hell is impossible to describe. ||311||
Just as you both wandered through many painful births in the past, so too will you wander again if you remain devoid of Dharma. ||312||
Thus questioned by the Dev and the Vidyadhara, the supreme Shraman said, "Tell me, how did you both wander through these miserable births?" ||313||
Then, adorned with the ornament of restraint, the Shraman spoke these sweet words, "My dear ones, calm your minds." ||314||
You both wandered in this world of suffering, driven by delusion, killing each other. ||315||
You both attained human birth through karma, but it is very difficult to find Dharma in this world. ||316||
One of you became a minister named Suyashodata in the city of Sravasti in the land of Kashi. Suyashodata was very handsome, and he took initiation and wandered the earth, engaged in great austerities. ||317||
While wandering, Suyashodata Muni arrived in Kashi and sat in a secluded place. Many women of the right faith came to worship him. Seeing the Muni surrounded by women, the wicked hunter, wielding weapons of sharp words, began to frighten him. ||318-320||
"This shameless, naked, and unbathed man, covered in filth, is a great misfortune for me, who is out hunting." ||321||
As the hunter, wielding a fearsome bow, spoke these words, the Muni's meditation became clouded with sorrow. ||322||
Thinking, "I will crush this sinful hunter to dust with a single blow of my fist," he became filled with anger. ||323||