Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

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Nirayavaggo
22. The Chapter about the Underworld
Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti,
The one who speaks falsely goes to the underworld,
yo vāpi katvā ‘Na karomī’ ti cāha,
and he who says: ‘I do not do’ what he has done,
ubho pi te pecca samā bhavanti
both of these are just the same when they have gone
nihīnakammā manujā parattha. [306]
to the hereafter, (they are) humans who did base deeds.
Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo pāpadhammā asaññatā,
Many wearing the monastic robe around their necks are wicked, unrestrained,
pāpā pāpehi kammehi nirayaṁ te upapajjare. [307]
the wicked through their wicked deeds re-arise in the underworld.
Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto tatto, aggisikhūpamo,
It’s better to have eaten a glowing iron ball, like a flame of fire,
yañ-ce bhuñjeyya dussīlo raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ asaññato. [308]
than that (the monastic) who is unrestrained and unvirtuous should enjoy the country’s
almsfood.
Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto,
There are four states the man who is heedless,
āpajjatī paradārūpasevī:
the man who consorts with other man’s wives, undergoes:
apuññalābhaṁ, nanikāmaseyyaṁ,
he gains demerit, an uncomfortable bed,
nindaṁ tatīyaṁ, nirayaṁ catutthaṁ. [309]
blame as third, and (rebirth in) the underworld as fourth.