[127] 7.
The result (vipāka) of deeds (kamma) done in the past
may churn the mind amid forms, sounds, tastes, smells, and touches that delight the mind.
Having enjoyed dancing, singing, delight, and play in no small measure,
having taken his pleasure in the park,¹ entering Giribbaja,
he saw the seer (isi) Sunetta — self-tamed, concentrated,
of few wishes, endowed with moral shame (hirī), delighting in the gleanings that had come into his bowl.
Descending from the elephant's shoulder, he said, "Have you received anything, venerable sir?"
and taking his bowl, the khattiya raised it up high.
Having smashed the bowl upon the bare ground, he departed laughing:
"I am the son of King Kitava — what will you do to me, bhikkhu?"
Bitter was the result of that harsh deed,
which the king's son experienced, consigned to hell (niraya).
For six and eighty-four myriads (nahuta) of years
the doer of that wickedness underwent intense suffering (dukkha) in hell.
He roasted lying on his back, face down, on his left side and his right,
and standing with feet pointing upward — for a long time the fool roasted.
For many thousands of years, for multitudes and myriads more,
the doer of that wickedness underwent intense suffering in hell.
Such indeed is the bitter [result] for those who offend the inoffensive:
doers of evil deeds are tormented, having assailed a seer of good vows.
Having experienced much suffering there for many years,
passing away from there, he became a peta stricken by hunger and thirst.
Having known thus the danger born of intoxication with power,
having abandoned intoxication with power, one should conduct oneself with humility.
Praiseworthy in this very life is one who is reverent toward the Buddhas;
with the breakup of the body, that wise one arises in heaven (sagga).
The Rājaputta Peta Story, the seventh, [is ended].
¹ Variant (Yu./European ed.): *caritvāna*, "having wandered."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.