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## Hellish Torment: A Jain Perspective
There exists a place perpetually engulfed in intense heat. This place, a consequence of accumulated karmic debts, is bound by strong chains and inherently agonizing. The hell guardians, devoid of any compassion, bind the tormented souls, who find no refuge, hand and foot, and cast them into this sorrowful abyss. There, they are mercilessly beaten with rods, treated like enemies.
They break the backs of the wretched souls with clubs, and shatter their heads with iron hammers. Their mangled bodies are then sliced open like planks of wood with heated saws.
The hell guardians, driven by cruelty, break the backs of the unfortunate souls with clubs, and crush their heads with iron hammers. The word "api" (also) implies that they also mutilate other limbs. They then carve open the sides of their bodies with saws, and further torment them with heated saws and force them to drink molten lead.
The hell guardians, remembering the wicked deeds of the tormented souls from their past lives, inflict pain upon them with arrows. They drive them like elephants, using goads, forcing them to carry burdens. They force one, two, or three other souls to mount their backs and walk, and in their rage, they strike their vital points.