Sattisutta
Spear Hairs
“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.
Tassa tā sattiyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those spears kept rising up and falling on his body
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as he screamed in pain. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe māgaviko ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be a deer hunter right here in Rājagaha. …”
