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## 200/Go. Ma. Jivakanda
**Verse 147**
The suffering of hell is greater than the suffering of other destinies. There are five types of suffering: suffering caused by oneself, physical suffering, mental suffering, suffering caused by the environment, and suffering caused by others. In hell, there is an unfavorable and inseparable reaction. The hell-bound beings react inseparably with weapons like the Barana and others, and with Vajragni and others. They attain the form of fire, wind, stone, trees, alkaline water, and poison, and inflict terrible suffering on each other. They also react as ferocious animals like tigers, vultures, eagles, crows, chakravaka birds, wolves, and dogs, causing suffering to each other. The hell-bound beings are satisfied by tormenting other hell-bound beings through killing, binding, and other obstacles, causing them to be pierced little by little, devoured, and so on. The ground of hell is like heated iron to the touch, covered with sharp hairs like a razor, and filled with sharp thorns like needles. Even a slight touch causes unbearable pain, even more than the bite of thousands of scorpions. In hell, there are iron statues like anklets, filled with flames and sparks, forests of Asipatra trees with sharp leaves like razors and arrows, terrifying Vetalagiri mountains with hundreds of caves and mechanisms, unimaginable Kuta Salmali trees, Vaitarani rivers, and ponds filled with the stench of corpses and swarms of insects, all of which are a torment for the terrified hell-bound beings. Fearing the fire, they run towards the Vaitarani river, mistaking its salty water for cool water and falling into it. The pain of burning caused by the salty water makes them rise up quickly, seeking shade and entering the Asipatra forest. There, they are pierced by falling Asipatra leaves. Their feet, arms, shoulders, ears, lips, noses, and heads are torn apart by the Asipatra leaves. The pain of cold and heat is unbearable in hell. The earth there inflicts unbearable suffering. The suffering of hunger, thirst, and fear is constant in hell. There are many instruments of torture, both naturally occurring and created by reaction, such as cauldrons filled with boiling water, burning, strange-shaped skewers, and many furnaces.
The first three hells are inhabited by Asura Kumaras, who are of bad character and have strayed from the right path. They cause great suffering to the hell-bound beings, enjoying themselves by making them fight each other. The hell-bound beings experience great mental suffering due to the lack of desirable things, the presence of undesirable things, and humiliation and fear. Even when their bodies are reduced to the size of a sesame seed, they do not die. They do not die prematurely. Their bodies are scattered like mercury and then reassembled. The hell-bound beings suffer from various diseases constantly. Even their relatives from previous births, now in hell, become angry and cause them suffering. The suffering of even one moment in hell cannot be described by thousands of tongues.
Those who drink alcohol, eat meat, kill living beings, take pleasure in hunting, speak untruthfully due to attachment, greed, anger, and other vices, are lustful and attached to other women, engage in sexual intercourse day and night, cheat others, steal the wealth of others, and steal, are sinners.
**1. Lokavibhaga Ashtama Vibhaga**