In the
Mahā
Avici
Niraya
Hell
itself

And then
The guards of
Niraya Hell
Take that Beggar
And Toss him into
The Great
Unrelenting
Niraya
Hell
Itself

The flames
that leap up
near the West wall
are
hurtled
against
the East wall.

The flames
that erupt
near the East wall
are
hurtled
against
the West wall.

The flames
that burst forth
near the North wall
are
hurtled
against
the South wall.

The flames
that flame up
near the South wall
are
hurled
against
the North wall.

The flames
that effloresce
from the floor
are
hurtled
against
the roof.

The flames
that jump
from the roof
are
dashed
against
the
floor.

There comes a time,
Beggars,
after a long long time,
but sooner or later,
when
the East exit
is
opened

... for a spell.

Then
you see
that
beggar
move!
He rushes,
runs,
hurries,
goes swiftly,
hauls ass,
speeds,
gets his ass in gear,
gets the lead out,
gets a move on ...

And
while
he rushes
toward
the
East
exit
smoke
gets
in
his
eyes

The Flames
that leap up
near the West wall
that erupt
near the East wall
that burst forth
near the North wall
that flame up
near the South wall
that effloresce
from the floor
that jump from the roof

singe
off
his
hair

scorch
his
skin

sere
his
flesh

sear
his
tendons

burn
his
bones

and
wither
him
up
right
down
to
the
marrow.

And at that
he experiences
painful
sensations

intensely
painful
sensations

acutely
intense
painful
sensations

but
even though
he has served
many years
many hundreds of years
many thousands of years
many hundreds
of thousands
of years
the
exit
is nevertheless
shut
before
he
reaches
it.

West
exit
now
open

... for a spell.

Too
late.

"I hoida
Noith
gae
be
op'n
for a spell."

"South
exit's
open!"

"South
exit's
open!"

Too
late.

Too
late.

Well
there comes a time
beggars,
after a long long time,
but sooner or later,
when that beggar
has done his time
in
the
Mahā
Avici
Niraya.

The Eastern
exit
is opened ...
he rushes ...
he burns ...
but
emerging
from the East exit
he
escapes
the
Mahā
Avici
Niraya.

But
butting
up against
the East
exit ...

is
The Mahā
Gutha
Niraya

down
inni
twitchi
slip'n
sli.

Gobbletit down boys! Eat up! E a with both han. Stuff ya face. Pleny'nuf ta go roun.

But there
are
creatures,
beggars,
that live
in that
gutha

(Born there, growing up there, dying there. Such is the wretched state reached by some beings.)

and
with
their
needle-
sharp
teeth
they
cut
off
his
hair

(Trim the sides... a little off the top.)

they
eat
away
at
his
skin

they
devour
his
muscles

(Lov those pecs!)

pull
his
tendons

the
little ones
chew
on
the
bones
o

and
the toothless
suck
out
his
marrow.

Sing it
with
me
I wanna
hear
it!

Next
up
the
Mahā
Kukkula
Niraya

(I hear they run round dress aflame, burning, blazing, in flames — The Hot Ashes and Burning Embers Hell)

O O O

The
Mahā
Simbalavana
Niraya
The Silk-cotton Tree (bombax heptaphyllum) Woods

(Trees 1 yojana high, finger-length thorns — They make him climb up, they make him climb down. When he is climbing up the thorns point down, when he is climbing down the thorns point up.)

The
Mahā
Asipattavana
Niraya

The Sword-leaf Tree Woods

(The leaves,
blown by every passing breeze,
slash
this way
and
that —

They slash off his hand
or they slash off a foot
or they slash off both hands and feet
they slash of an ear
they slash off his nose
they slash off his hears and nose ...)

The
Kharodaka
Nadi

Aka: Vetarani "styx" woven waters

(He goes with the stream
he is driven against the stream
he goes with
and
is driven against the stream)

The Sanjiva Hell
The Same-life Hell "Do-Over"
Patapana Hell
Fiercely Burning allaroun
Paduma
The Lotus
(patricides and matricides)
several varieties
Sataporisa Hell
100-man High
(deep gutha)
Kauradhara
The Razor Bearing Hell
Dhuma
The Fuming
Roruva
The Broken Heart
Saṅghata
The Finger Snap
(murderers)

Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera.

In many an additional
figure could I describe
the horrors and woes of
Niraya
but it would be impossible
for me to describe in full
the horrors and woes of
Niraya
so many are
the horrors
and woes
of Niraya.

If, Beggars,
that beggar
after doing
his time
comes once again
to
human
(manusa)
status

he is reborn
in a poor
family
where it is no easy thing
to get his daily bread,
he is ugly,
malformed,
blind,
of little account,
of evil
downbound
ways;

of bad conduct
in
thought,
word
and
deed;

of poor ethical culture,
bad tempered,
one who lies,
harms living creatures,
takes other people's property
(who remembers 'o-p-p'?)
has intercourse
with other men's wives
and has wrong views;

and
when the elements
are cast asunder
at death
he finds
consciousness
relocated
to
Niraya.

Then
imagine,
beggars,

(did you hold that first "imagine, Beggars" in mind through all this?)

some
beggar
who likes
to take
a gamble
now
and
then,

who
loses
his
fortune

(a copper pot full of copper coins,
a copper pot full of silver coins,
a copper pot full of gold coins,
a silver pot full of silver coins,
a silver pot full of gold coins,
a gold pot full of gold coins;
his financial advisor;
the wheel, the horse, the elephant,
the gem,
the woman he thinks of as
'The Woman')

with
the
first
hand
he
plays.

Which is the
worse,
Beggars?
The fate of that
beggar of evil
downbound ways,
or
the fate of that
beggar who
loses at
a gamble?

O O O
The horrors
and
woes
of
dukkha
they gotta
inni
Niraya.