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SN 19.7PTS SN 2.2571 min read

Arrow Hairs

Usulomasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.7Linked Discourses 19.7
  • 0.21. PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.3UsulomasuttaArrow Hairs

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

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

1.5Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. His job is detailed at MN 13:14.3.

    ↩ sn19.7:1.4