sn3.20:4.1 Because that financier provided Tagarasikhī with almsfood, as a result of that deed he was reborn seven times in a good place, a heavenly realm.
sn3.20:4.2 And as a residual result of that same deed he held the position of financier seven times right here in Sāvatthī.
sn3.20:4.3 But because that financier regretted giving alms,
sn3.20:4.4 as a result of that deed his mind didn’t tend to enjoy nice food, clothes, vehicles, or the five refined kinds of sensual stimulation.
sn3.20:4.5 And because that financier murdered his brother’s only child for the sake of his fortune, as a result of that deed he burned in hell for many years, for many hundreds, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands of years.
sn3.20:4.6 And as a residual result of that same deed, he is childless for the seventh time, his fortune ending up in the royal treasury.
sn3.20:4.7 Now the old merit of that financier has been used up, and he hasn’t accumulated new merit.
sn3.20:4.8 Today, Great King, that financier burns in the Great Hell of Screams.”
sn3.20:4.9 “Really, sir, that financier has been reborn in the Great Hell of Screams?”
sn3.20:4.10 “Yes he has, Great King.”
sn3.20:4.11 That is what the Buddha said. …