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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 167
they pass along. Some, by the glory issuing from their
bodies, illumine the ten quarters of the world.
Yumu receives the good with much affection, and, feast-
ing them with excellent food, thus addresses them:—' Ye
are truly meritorious in your deeds; ye are wise; by the
power of your merits ascend to an excellent heaven. He
who, born in the world, performs meritorious actions, he is
my father, brother, and friend.'
The wicked have 688,000 miles to travel to the palace of
Yumu, to receive judgment. In some places they pass over
a pavement of fire; in others the earth in which their feet
sink is burning hot; or they pass over burning sands, or
over stones with sharp edges, or burning hot; sometimes
showers of sharp instruments, and at others showers of burn-
ing cinders, or scalding water, or stones fall upon them;
burning winds scorch their bodies; every now and then
they fall into concealed wells full of darkness, or pass
through narrow passages filled with stones, in which ser-
pents lie concealed; sometimes the road is filled with thick
darkness; at other times they pass through the branches of
trees, the leaves of which are full of thorns; again they walk
over broken pots, or over hard clods of earth, bones, putri-
fying flesh, thorns, or sharp spikes; they meet tygers,
shackals, rhinoceroses, elephants, terrible giants, &c; and
in some parts they are scorched in the sun without obtain-
ing the least shade. They travel naked; their hair is in
disorder; their throat, lips, &c. are parched; they are
covered with blood, or dirt; some wail and shriek as they
pass along; others are weeping; others have horror depicted
on their countenances; some are dragged along by leathern
thongs tied round their necks, waists, or hands; others by
cords passed through holes bored in their noses; others by
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they pass along. Some, by the glory issuing from their
bodies, illumine the ten quarters of the world.
Yumu receives the good with much affection, and, feast-
ing them with excellent food, thus addresses them:—' Ye
are truly meritorious in your deeds; ye are wise; by the
power of your merits ascend to an excellent heaven. He
who, born in the world, performs meritorious actions, he is
my father, brother, and friend.'
The wicked have 688,000 miles to travel to the palace of
Yumu, to receive judgment. In some places they pass over
a pavement of fire; in others the earth in which their feet
sink is burning hot; or they pass over burning sands, or
over stones with sharp edges, or burning hot; sometimes
showers of sharp instruments, and at others showers of burn-
ing cinders, or scalding water, or stones fall upon them;
burning winds scorch their bodies; every now and then
they fall into concealed wells full of darkness, or pass
through narrow passages filled with stones, in which ser-
pents lie concealed; sometimes the road is filled with thick
darkness; at other times they pass through the branches of
trees, the leaves of which are full of thorns; again they walk
over broken pots, or over hard clods of earth, bones, putri-
fying flesh, thorns, or sharp spikes; they meet tygers,
shackals, rhinoceroses, elephants, terrible giants, &c; and
in some parts they are scorched in the sun without obtain-
ing the least shade. They travel naked; their hair is in
disorder; their throat, lips, &c. are parched; they are
covered with blood, or dirt; some wail and shriek as they
pass along; others are weeping; others have horror depicted
on their countenances; some are dragged along by leathern
thongs tied round their necks, waists, or hands; others by
cords passed through holes bored in their noses; others by
vol. n. z