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The twenty-sixth chapter speaks of the six terrible earths below this earth, where the hellish beings experience the fruits of their sinful karma. ||7|| These hellish beings are ugly, their voices are dreadful, they are filled with darkness, and their bodies are the cause of unbearable suffering. ||78|| Among these earths is the terrible hell called Kumbhipaka, the terrifying river Vaitarani, and the Salmali tree with sharp thorns. ||79|| There are forests covered with sword-leaves, mountains like razor blades, and sharp iron spikes like burning fire, constantly present. ||80|| Those who eat honey and meat, and those who kill living beings, experience intense suffering in these hells constantly. ||81|| There is not even a space the size of a fingernail where the suffering hellish beings can find even a moment's rest. ||82|| Thinking, "We will hide here," the hellish beings flee, but they are killed by other merciless hellish beings and evil gods. ||83|| Just as fish burning in a fire of twisted embers make a dull sound, so too do the hellish beings make a dull sound when they fall into the fire. If, out of fear of the fire, they somehow escape and reach the water of the Vaitarani river, they are burned even more by the extremely salty waves. ||84-85|| If, desiring shade, they quickly flee to the forest of sword-leaves, they are cut to pieces by falling wheels, swords, clubs, and other weapons. ||86|| Those whose noses, ears, shoulders, and thighs, etc., have been cut off, and who vomit blood as if raining, are put into Kumbhipaka, meaning they are cooked in a pot or other container. ||87|| Those who make cruel sounds are thrown into cruel mills, and then they are dropped onto sharp mountains, breaking them into pieces, causing them to make a dull sound. ||88|| They are placed on very tall, dark trees, and their heads are beaten with large maces. ||89|| When those who are thirsty for water ask for it, they are given copper-colored dust, which burns their bodies and causes them great suffering. ||90||