[568] "These torments (upakkama) high and low, many and various,
most dreadful in form, are seen in the hells (niraya);
fear indeed comes over me, O charioteer, at the sight.
I ask you, Mātali, charioteer of the devas:
what evil, pray, did these mortals do,
these people who feel feelings (vedanā) beyond measure —
painful (dukkha), piercing,¹ harsh, and bitter?"
¹ The Burmese edition (ม.) reads *tibbā* ["intense"]; from here onward the same applies.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.