SN19:10 Pot Testicles
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1… "I saw a man whose testicles were like pots moving through the air. When he walked, he had to lift his testicles onto his shoulders, and when he sat down he sat on top of his testicles. Vultures, crows, and hawks, following him in hot pursuit, were stabbing at him and tearing him apart while he uttered cries of pain … ."
"That being was a corrupt magistrate in this same Rājagaha…."
[n.352] Gāmakūṭa, lit. "village cheat." Spk: He secretly accepted bribes and, committing an evident wrong by his skewed judgements, misallocated the belongings of others. Hence his private parts were exposed. Since he caused an unbearable burden for others by imposing harsh penalties, his private parts became an unbearable burden for him. And since he was unrighteous (visama) when he should have been righteous, his private parts became uneven (visama) and he had to sit on them.
Interestingly, Ee (apparently based on SS) here reads dhaṅkā for crows in place of kākā in the other eds.
sn.ii.259
1"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. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe gāmakūṭako ahosi … pe … .
Dasamaṁ.
Paṭhamo vaggo.
2Aṭṭhi pesi ubho gāvaghātakā,
Piṇḍo sākuṇiyo nicchavorabbhi;
Asi sūkariko sattimāgavi,
Usu kāraṇiko sūci sārathi;
Yo ca sibbiyati sūcako hi so,
Aṇḍabhāri ahu gāmakūṭakoti.
