This
passage is about the Preta lokaya (world of loathsome demons). It is a
discussion between Moggallana Thera and a Prethi (Female Evil Spirit).
Theranun
Wahanse (Bikkhu) -You are not wearing
any clothes. Your body is disfigured and it stinks. Full
of flies. Who are you?
Prethiya -I am a female evil spirit (Pretiya) born in yama lokaya
(the world of Hades). I have commited a lot of sin that’s why I am here today
like this. I bring up seven children in the morning another seven in the evening as well. Then I eat all
these children myself still I am
hungry. My stomach is burning out of hunger. It is fuming out of starvation. I am
always in fire. No relief!
Theranuwan Wahanse - What
sins have you commited from your body? What is the reason for you to
eat human flesh?
Prethiya - I had two sons. Both were well built yougsters. Therefore
with their power I tried to control my husband too.
He was angry with me & He married another woman who later became pregnant.
I wanted to take revenge from her
and with that bad thought I destroyed her fetus which was three months
old. The womb fell off. Then her mother got angry with me . Her relatives
all came. She made me swear. She frightened me. I swore terribly and
lied. “If I really contributed to this abortion, I will be punished as a woman
who eats her own children”. This is the result of karma and lying. Now
I eat human flesh filled with blood.
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