Spear Hairs

Sattisutta

Spear Hairs

Sattisutta

EN
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were spears flying through the air. And those spears kept rising up and falling on his body as he screamed in pain. …” … “That being used to be a deer hunter right here in Rājagaha. …”
PL
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sattilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa tā sattiyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe… eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe māgaviko ahosi …pe….
PL
Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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