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संयुत्त निकाय १९।१६
Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.16
The Related Suttas Collection 19.16
२। दुतियवग्ग
2. Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two
असीसकसुत्त
Asīsakasutta
A Headless Trunk
“इधाहं, आवुसो, गिज्झकूटा पब्बता ओरोहन्तो अद्दसं असीसकं कबन्धं वेहासं गच्छन्तं। तस्स उरे अक्खीनि चेव होन्ति मुखञ्च। तमेनं गिज्झापि काकापि कुललापि अनुपतित्वा अनुपतित्वा वितच्छेन्ति विराजेन्ति। सो सुदं अट्टस्सरं करोति …पे…
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asīsakaṁ kabandhaṁ1 vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa ure akkhīni ceva honti mukhañca. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
“Just now, friend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a headless trunk flying through the air. Its eyes and mouth were on its chest. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and clawing as it screamed in pain. …” …
एसो, भिक्खवे, सत्तो इमस्मिंयेव राजगहे हारिको नाम चोरघातको अहोसि …पे…।
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe hāriko nāma coraghātako ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be an executioner called Hārika right here in Rājagaha. …”
छट्ठं।
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
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