Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.8
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 19.8
1. Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One
Sūcilomasutta
Needle Hairs
“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.
Tassa tā sūciyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those needles kept rising up and falling on his body
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as he screamed in pain. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūto ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be a war herald right here in Rājagaha. …”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.