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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 29.8 Linked Discourses 29.8
1. NÄgavagga 1. Dragons
Dutiyasutasutta Theyāve Heard (2nd)
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«.
Ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
āko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kÄyassa bhedÄ paraį¹ maraį¹Ä jalÄbujÄnaį¹ nÄgÄnaį¹ sahabyataį¹ upapajjatÄ«āti? āSir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the womb-born dragons?ā
ā¦peā¦ (Tell all in full.)
Ayaį¹ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaį¹ paccayo, yena midhekacco kÄyassa bhedÄ paraį¹ maraį¹Ä jalÄbujÄnaį¹ nÄgÄnaį¹ sahabyataį¹ upapajjatÄ«āti.
Aį¹į¹hamaį¹.