[521] Tassa kho pana bhikkhave asipattavanassa samanantarāsahitameva mahatī khārodakā nadī . so tattha patati . so tattha anusotampi vuyhati paṭisotampi vuyhati anusotapaṭisotampi vuyhati . So tattha dukkhā tippā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti na ca tāva kālaṃ karoti yāva na taṃ pāpakammaṃ byantīhoti.

[522] Tamenaṃ bhikkhave nirayapālā baḷisena uddharitvā thale Patiṭṭhāpetvā evamāhaṃsu ambho purisa kiṃ icchasīti . so evamāha jighacchitosmi bhanteti . tamenaṃ bhikkhave nirayapālā tattena ayosaṅkunā mukhaṃ vivaritvā ādittena sampajjalitena sañjotibhūtena tattaṃ lohaguḷaṃ mukhe pakkhipanti ādittaṃ sampajjalitaṃ sañjotibhūtaṃ . So tassa oṭṭhampi ḍayhati mukhampi ḍayhati kaṇṭhampi ḍayhati udarampi ḍayhati antampi antaguṇampi ādāya adhobhāgā nikkhamati . so tattha dukkhā tippā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti na ca tāva kālaṃ karoti yāva na taṃ pāpakammaṃ byantīhoti.

[523] Tamenaṃ bhikkhave nirayapālā evamāhaṃsu ambho purisa kiṃ icchasīti . so evamāha pipāsitosmi bhanteti . tamenaṃ bhikkhave nirayapālā tattena ayosaṅkunā mukhaṃ vivaritvā ādittena sampajjalitena sañjotibhūtena tattaṃ tambalohaṃ mukhe āsiñcanti ādittaṃ sampajjalitaṃ sañjotibhūtaṃ . taṃ tassa oṭṭhampi ḍayhati mukhampi ḍayhati kaṇṭhampi ḍayhati udarampi ḍayhati antampi antaguṇampi ādāya adhobhāgā nikkhamati . so tattha dukkhā tippā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti na ca tāva kālaṃ karoti yāva na taṃ pāpakammaṃ byantīhoti . tamenaṃ bhikkhave nirayapālā puna mahāniraye pakkhipanti.

[524] Bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave yamassa rañño etadahosi ye Kira bho loke pāpakāni kammāni karonti te evarūpā vividhā kammakāraṇā kāriyanti aho vatāhaṃ manussattaṃ labheyyaṃ tathāgato ca loke uppajjeyya arahaṃ sammāsambuddho tañcāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ payirupāseyyaṃ so ca me bhagavā dhammaṃ deseyya tassa cāhaṃ bhagavato dhammaṃ ājāneyyanti . taṃ kho panāhaṃ bhikkhave nāññassa kassaci samaṇassa vā brāhmaṇassa vā sutvā vadāmi apica kho yadeva me sāmaṃ ñātaṃ sāmaṃ diṭṭhaṃ sāmaṃ viditaṃ tadevāhaṃ vadāmīti.