Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ rājagahe veḷuvane.
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ purisaṁ gūthakūpe sasīsakaṁ nimuggaṁ …pe…
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe pāradāriko ahosi …pe….
Paṭhamaṁ.
The Buddha confirms Venerable Mahāmoggallāna's clairvoyant vision of a man sunk over his head in a sewer suffering in a ghostly incarnation, formerly a an adulterer in Rājagaha, illustrating the inescapable results of unwholesome kamma.
SN 19.11 Over His Head
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
So I have heard.
ekaṁ samayaṁ rājagahe veḷuvane.
At one time near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove …
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ purisaṁ gūthakūpe sasīsakaṁ nimuggaṁ …pe…
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk over his head in a sewer. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe pāradāriko ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be an adulterer right here in Rājagaha. …”
Paṭhamaṁ.
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