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## Chapter Thirty-Three
He was being scorched from all sides by the rays of the sun, like a righteous man being tormented by hundreds of harsh words from a wicked person. || 85 || Seeing him, Vajrakarn, who appeared like Yama, mounted on a horse, spoke to the sage, who was like a deep ocean of jewels, a dwelling place of ultimate truth, a destroyer of sin, filled with compassion for all beings, and adorned with the glory of a Shraman. || 86-87 || "What are you doing here, O sage?" The sage replied, "I am doing what is beneficial for the soul, something that has not been done even in hundreds of past lives." || 88 || The king, Vajrakarn, laughed and said, "In this state, you have no happiness, how can there be any benefit for the soul?" || 89 || "What benefit is there for the soul of one whose beauty and form are lost, who is devoid of desire and wealth, who has no clothes, and who has no support?" || 90 || "How can there be any benefit for the soul of those like you, who are devoid of baths and ornaments, and who depend on the food given by others?" || 91 || Seeing the king, who was tormented by desires, the compassionate sage, restrained, said, "Why do you ask me about benefit, when you are bound by the chains of hope? Ask those who are deceived by the senses, who are far from the means of benefit, and who are wandering in the ocean of delusion, driven by excessive attachment." || 92-93 || "This one, who is intent on destroying thousands of beings, who is devoted to the destruction of the soul, and who is devoid of right understanding, will surely fall into a terrible hell." || 94 || "You must not have known about the terrible hells, for you take great delight in sins, rising again and again." || 95 || "There are seven hells below this earth, which are extremely terrible, filled with a terrible stench, extremely difficult to see, extremely painful to touch, and extremely difficult to cross." || 96 || "They are filled with sharp thorns of iron, crowded with various kinds of instruments, filled with mountains as sharp as the edge of a razor, and their bottoms are more painful than molten iron." || 97 || "They are filled with loud sounds, great darkness, and great fear. They are covered with forests of swords and filled with rivers of alkali." || 98 ||
The sage had no covering of any kind on his body. He was sitting in the sun, fulfilling his vows, fearless like a bird, and fearless like a lion. || 84 ||