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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 126:

gabbham eke papajjanti 苍颈谤补测补峁� 辫腻辫补办补尘尘颈苍辞 |
蝉补驳驳补峁� sugatino yanti parinibbanti 补苍腻蝉补惫腻 || 126 ||

126. Some find birth within a womb, evil-doers quicken in hell, good-farers to the heavens go, the Unpolluted wholly cool.

Evil-doers get reborn in hell, and to heavens the virtuous go. The undefiled in 狈颈产产腻苍补 end.

The Story of Venerable Tissa

While residing at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse, with reference to Venerable Tissa. Once, there was a gem polisher and his wife in 厂腻惫补迟迟丑颈; there was also a Venerable (senior monk), who was an arahat. Every day, the couple offered alms-food to the Venerable. One day, while the gem polisher was handling meat, a messenger of King Pasenadi of Kosala arrived with a ruby, which was to be cut and polished and sent back to the king. The gem polisher took the ruby with his hand which was covered with blood, put it on a table and went into the house to wash his hands. The pet crane of the family, seeing the blood stained ruby and mistaking it for a piece of meat, picked it up and swallowed it in the presence of the Venerable. When the gem polisher returned, he found that the ruby was missing. He asked his wife and his son and they answered that they had not taken it. Then, he asked the Venerable who said that he did not take it. The gem polisher was not satisfied. As there was no one else in the house, the gem polisher concluded that it must be the Venerable who had taken the precious ruby: so he told his wife that he must torture the Venerable to get admission of theft.

But his wife replied, 鈥淭his Venerable had been our guide and teacher for the last twelve years, and we have never seen him doing anything evil; please do not accuse the Venerable. It would be better to take the king鈥檚 punishment than to accuse a noble one.鈥� But her husband paid no heed to her words; he took a rope and tied up the Venerable and beat him many times with a stick. As a result of this, the Venerable bled profusely from the head, ears and nose, and dropped on the floor. The crane, seeing blood and wishing to take it, came close to the Venerable. The gem polisher, who was by then in a great rage, kicked the crane with all his might and the bird died instantaneously. Then, the Venerable said, 鈥淧lease see whether the crane is dead or not,鈥� and the gem polisher replied, 鈥淵ou too shall die like this crane.鈥� When the Venerable was sure the crane had died, he said, softly, 鈥淢y disciple, the crane swallowed the ruby.鈥�

Hearing this, the gem polisher cut up the crane and found the ruby in the stomach. Then, the gem polisher realized his mistake and trembled with fear. He pleaded with the Venerable to pardon him and also to continue to come to his door for alms. The Venerable replied, 鈥淢y disciple, it is not your fault, nor is it mine. This has happened on account of what has been done in our previous existences; it is just our debt in 蝉补峁僺腻谤补; I feel no ill will towards you. As a matter of fact, this has happened because I have entered a house. From today, I would not enter any house; I would only stand at the door.鈥� Soon after saying this, the Venerable expired as a result of his injuries.

Later, the monks asked the Buddha where the various characters in the above episode were reborn, and the Buddha answered, 鈥淭he crane was reborn as the son of the gem polisher; the gem polisher was reborn in Niraya (Hell); the wife of the gem polisher was reborn in one of the deva worlds; and the Venerable, who was already an arahat when he was living, attained 笔补谤颈苍颈产产腻苍补.鈥�

Explanatory Translation (Verse 126)

eke 驳补产产丑补峁� uppajjanti 辫腻辫补办补尘尘颈苍辞 苍颈谤补测补峁�
sugatino 蝉补驳驳补峁� yanti 补苍腻蝉补惫腻 parinibbanti

eke: some; 驳补产产丑补峁� [gabbha]: in a womb; uppajjanti: get conceived; 辫腻辫补办补尘尘颈苍辞 [辫腻辫补办补尘尘颈苍补]: evil doers; 苍颈谤补测补峁� [niraya]: in hell (are born) sugatino [sugatina]: those who have good ways; 蝉补驳驳补峁� [sagga]: heaven; yanti: reach; 补苍腻蝉补惫腻: those who are free of taints and corruptions; parinibbanti: achieve total 狈颈产产腻苍补

Some, after their death, receive conception in wombs. Those who have committed sins in their life-time are born in hell. Those whose ways have been virtuous when they were alive go to heaven when they die. These blemishless ones who are totally free of taints and corruptions, achieve total 狈颈产产腻苍补, on giving up their mortal lives.

Commentary and exegetical material (Verse 126)

sagga: heaven. In the traditional commentaries, sagga is defined as follows: 谤奴辫腻诲颈丑颈 辫补帽肠补 办腻尘补 gunehi sutthu aggoti鈥�saggo. This means: the place where the five-fold sensualities are at the highest possible level. Those who live in heaven are called devas (angels or gods).

驳补产产丑补峁� eke uppajjanti: According to Buddhism there are four kinds of birth鈥搉amely, egg-born (补峁囜笉补箩补), womb-born (箩补濒腻产耻箩补), moistureborn (蝉补峁僺别诲补箩补), and spontaneous birth (辞辫补辫腻迟颈办补).

苍颈谤补测补峁� 辫腻辫补办补尘尘颈苍辞: Niraya = ni + aya = devoid of happiness. There are four kinds of niraya鈥搉amely, woeful state (补辫腻测补), the animal kingdom (迟颈谤补肠肠丑腻苍补测辞苍颈), the plane of Petas (petayoni), and the plane of Asura-demons (asurayoni). None of these states is eternal. According to their evil kamma beings may be born in such woeful states. Departing from those states, they may be born in blissful states according to their past good kamma.

parinibbanti 补苍腻蝉补惫腻: Arahants, after death, are not born any more, but attain 笔补谤颈苍颈产产腻苍补.