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Padmapurana
Those whose souls are consumed by great delusion, how can they not be born in hell? Being in this state, you do not know what is good for your soul. ||27||
Those who have not seen the end of the universe, who are devoted to violence, falsehood, and stealing the property of others, who are filled with fierce meditation, and who are hostile to those who are in hell, are the ones who reach hell. ||28||
Those who are attached to the right to enjoy, who are delighted by intense anger and other passions, and who are constantly engaged in harmful actions, are the ones who attain this kind of suffering. ||29||
Then, seeing the excellent god on the beautiful chariot, Lakshmana and Ravana first asked, "Who are you?" ||30||
Then the god told them the whole story of Rama and himself, and also said that according to karma, all these strange things are possible. ||31||
Then, hearing their own story, they attained enlightenment and their souls became calm. They lamented in this way, filled with sorrow. ||32||
"Alas! Why did we not engage in dharma during our human birth? Because of our evil deeds, we have attained this state." ||33||
"Alas! Alas! What terrible deeds have we done that bring suffering to our souls? Oh, the greatness of delusion, that it even surpasses self-interest!" ||34||
"You are blessed, O Indra, because you have given up desire for worldly things and, having drunk the nectar of the words of the Jinas, have attained the lordship of the gods." ||35||
Then, filled with great compassion, Indra said many times, "Do not fear, do not fear. Come, come, I will take you out of hell and bring you to heaven." ||36||
Then, girding his loins, Indra was ready to take them himself, but they could not be grasped. Just as ghee melts in fire, so too did those hell-beings melt and remain there. ||37||
Indra tried all means to lift them, but they could not be lifted. Just as reflections in a mirror cannot be grasped, so too could they not be grasped. ||38||
Then, filled with great sorrow, those hell-beings said, "O god, the karmas we have accumulated in the past are undoubtedly worthy of being experienced." ||39||