Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.7
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 19.7
1. Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One
Usulomasutta
Arrow Hairs
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ usulomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were arrows flying through the air.
Tassa te usū uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those arrows kept rising up and falling on his body
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as he screamed in pain. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe kāraṇiko ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be a torturer right here in Rājagaha. …”
Sattamaṁ.