Linked Discourses 19.9 Chapter One Needle Hairs (2nd) (SN19.9)

1.1

“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sūcilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were needles flying through the air.

1.2

Tassa tā sūciyo sīse pavisitvā mukhato nikkhamanti;

The needles bored into his head and out his mouth,

1.3

mukhe pavisitvā urato nikkhamanti;

into his mouth and out his chest,

1.4

ure pavisitvā udarato nikkhamanti;

into his chest and out his belly,

1.5

udare pavisitvā ūrūhi nikkhamanti;

into his belly and out his thighs,

1.6

ūrūsu pavisitvā jaṅghāhi nikkhamanti;

into his thighs and out his calves,

1.7

jaṅghāsu pavisitvā pādehi nikkhamanti;

and into his calves and out his feet.

1.8

so sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…

And he screamed in pain. …” …

1.9

eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūcako ahosi …pe….

“That being used to be an informant right here in Rājagaha. …”

1.10

Navamaṁ.