SN19:5 Sword Hairs
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1… "I saw a man with body-hairs of swords moving through the air. Those swords kept on rising up and striking his body while he uttered cries of pain … ."
"That being was a hog butcher in this same Rājagaha … ."
1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa te asī uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūkariko ahosi … pe … .
Pañcamaṁ.
