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[The nature of Ushnavedhana (Burning Sensation)]
[247] The nature of Ushnavedhana (Burning Sensation)
89. [5] Bhante! In the Naraka (Hells), how do the Narakis (Denizens of Hell) experience Ushnavedhana (Burning Sensation)?
Gautama! It is as follows: Just as a skilled blacksmith, who is young, strong, and has a firm grip, with his hands and feet firmly placed, and with the ability to strike, push, move, shake, and crush, having well-developed arms with thick, round, and muscular shoulders, and a body covered with thick skin, with a powerful chest, and skilled, dexterous, and intelligent, takes a large, red-hot iron ball, heats it repeatedly, hammers it repeatedly, splits it repeatedly, crushes it repeatedly, until it becomes extremely hot, glowing, and molten, and then throws it into the Asambhavapratishthapana (Naraka where the Ushnavedhana is experienced), he sees it sinking, disappearing, and being submerged, and does not see it emerging, not coming out, or not being submerged again. Just as a mad, intoxicated elephant in the first part of the rainy season or the last part of the summer, being tormented by heat, thirst, and the flames of forest fire, sees a large, four-cornered, deep, cool, and clear pond, with lotus flowers, water lilies, and other fragrant flowers, and filled with clean water, and inhabited by various aquatic creatures, and enters it, immerses in it, and experiences the coolness, the heat, the thirst, the hunger, and the fatigue, and rests or sleeps or plays or enjoys, in the same way, Gautama! The Narakis, being in the Asambhavapratishthapana (Naraka where the Ushnavedhana is experienced), see thousands of such burning, glowing, molten, and emerging and submerging iron balls, and enter them, experience the heat, the thirst, the hunger, and the fatigue, and rest or sleep or play or enjoy.