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SN 19.5PTS SN 2.2571 min read

Sword Hairs

Asilomasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.5Linked Discourses 19.5
  • 0.21. PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.3AsilomasuttaSword Hairs

1.1PTS 2.257“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were swords flying through the air.1.2Tassa te asī uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.And those swords kept rising up and falling on his body1.3So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…as he screamed in pain. …” …

1.4eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūkariko ahosi …pe….“That being used to be a pig butcher right here in Rājagaha. …”1

1.5Pañcamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. He is stabbed like he used to stab his pigs.

    ↩ sn19.5:1.4