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SN 19.6PTS SN 2.2571 min read

Spear Hairs

Sattisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.6Linked Discourses 19.6
  • 0.21. PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.3SattisuttaSpear Hairs

1.1“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sattilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.“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.1.2Tassa tā sattiyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.And those spears kept rising up and falling on his body1.3So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…as he screamed in pain. …” …

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

1.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Struck by spears like those he used to bring down his deer quarry.

    ↩ sn19.6:1.4