What is the Karmic Effect of Harsh Speech?

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"There is the case, where a woman or man is ill-tempered & easily upset; even when lightly criticized, he/she grows offended, provoked, malicious, & resentful; shows annoyance, aversion, & bitterness. Through having adopted & carried out such actions, on the break-up of the body, after death, he/she reappears in the plane of deprivation, the bad destination, the lower realms, hell. If, on the break-up of the body, after death — instead of reappearing in the plane of deprivation, the bad destination, the lower realms, hell. If instead he/she comes to the human state, then he/she is ugly wherever reborn. This is the way leading to ugliness: to be ill-tempered & easily upset; even when lightly criticized, to grow offended, provoked, malicious, & resentful; to show annoyance, aversion, & bitterness.

"But then there is the case where a woman or man is not ill-tempered or easily upset; even when heavily criticized, he/she doesn't grow offended, provoked, malicious, or resentful; doesn't show annoyance, aversion, or bitterness. Through having adopted & carried out such actions, on the break-up of the body, after death, he/she reappears in a good destination... If instead he/she comes to the human state, then he/she is beautiful wherever reborn. This is the way leading to beauty: not to be ill-tempered or easily upset; even when heavily criticized, not to be offended, provoked, malicious, or resentful; nor to show annoyance, aversion, & bitterness.

Cula-kammavibhanga Sutta: The Shorter Analysis of Action (this is a gift of Dhamma, it's not given to be sold or for any wordly gains. d-gift)

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The mind & body is disturbed, with agitation & stress ('hell').

Friends may be lost or social status (such as a job) may be lost, which results in deficiency & need ('hungry ghost').

Shame & regret will eventually arise internally (if the mind returns to a normal or 'human' state).

Pharusā, bhikkhave, vācā āsevitā bhāvitā bahulīkatā niraya­saṃ­vatta­nikā tiracchā­na­yoni­saṃ­vatta­nikā petti­visa­ya­saṃ­vatta­nikā. Yo sabbalahuso pharusāya vācāya vipāko, ­manus­sa­bhūtassa amanā­pa­saddasaṃ­vatta­niko hoti

Harsh speech — when indulged in, developed & pursued — is something that leads to (saṃvattanika) hell (niraya), leads to the animal birth (tiracchā­na­yoni), leads to the realm (­visa­ya) of the hungry shades (petti­). The slightest of all the results coming from harsh speech is that, when one becomes human (manus­sa), it leads to unappealing (amanā­pa­) sounds.

AN 8.40 Vipaka Sutta

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