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SRI NAJVABHGAMA SUTRA
Q: O Lord! How is the smell of bodies in Ratnaprabha earth (hell)? A: O Gautam! They smell like dead serpents. Similarly, the smell of all the beings
right up to seventh hell is to be implied.
इमीसे णं भंते! रयणप्पभाए पुढवीए णेरइयाणं
सरीरया केरिसया फासेणं पण्णत्ता? गोयमा! फु डितच्छविविच्छविया खर-फरुस-झाम-झुसिरा फासेणं
पण्णत्ता। एवं जाव अहेसत्तमा।
IMĪSE ŅAM BHAMTE ! RAYAŅAPPABHĀE PUDHAVIE ŅERAIYĀŅAM
SARĪRAYA KERISAYĀ FĀSEŅAM PAŅŅATTAA? GOYAMĀ ! PHUDITACCHAVIVICCHAVIYA KHARA-PHARUSA-JHĀMA-JHUSIRĀ
PHĀSEŅAM PAŅŅATTĀ | EVAM JĀVA AHESATTAMĀ ||
Q: O Lord! How is the touch of the bodies of beings in Ratnaprabha earth (hell)? A: O Gautam! The skin of these beings is ragged with scratches and wrinkles around. Their skin is hard, rough, and appears like burnt objects and have pores (compared to roughness of a brick). This is stated in respect to all the hells right
up to seventh hell.
