Chapter 65.

1. I also saw several souls (2) whose chests were plunged in mud and stench, (3) and a sharp sickle ever went among their legs and other limbs; (4) and they ever called for a father and mother. 5. And I asked thus: 'Who are these souls? (6) and what sin was committed by them, whose souls suffer so severe a punishment?' 7. Srosh the pious, and Adar the angel, said (8) thus: 'These are the souls of that wicked who, in the world, distressed their father and mother; (9) and asked no absolution and forgiveness from their father and mother, in the world.'