Pot Balls

Kumbhaṇḍasutta

Pot Balls

Kumbhaṇḍasutta

EN
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man with testicles big as pots flying through the air. When he was walking he had to lift his testicles on to his shoulder. And when he sat down, he sat right on them. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing him, pecking and clawing
PL
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ kumbhaṇḍaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. So gacchantopi teva aṇḍe khandhe āropetvā gacchati. Nisīdantopi tesveva aṇḍesu nisīdati. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti.
EN
as he screamed in pain. …” … “That being used to be a corrupt village head right here in Rājagaha. …”
PL
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe… eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe gāmakūṭako ahosi …pe…. Dasamaṁ. Paṭhamo vaggo.
PL
Tassuddānaṁ Aṭṭhi pesi ubho gāvaghātakā, Piṇḍo sākuṇiyo nicchavorabbhi; Asi sūkariko sattimāgavi,
PL
Usu kāraṇiko sūci sārathi; Yo ca sibbiyati sūcako hi so, Aṇḍabhāri ahu gāmakūṭakoti.

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

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