The Buddha confirms Venerable Mahāmoggallāna's clairvoyant vision of a flayed woman suffering in a ghostly incarnation for past unethical conduct in Rājagaha, illustrating the inescapable results of unwholesome kamma.
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ nicchaviṁ itthiṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
esā, bhikkhave, itthī imasmiṁyeva rājagahe aticārinī ahosi …pe….
Tatiyaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ nicchaviṁ itthiṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ.
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a flayed woman flying through the air.
Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti.
Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing her, pecking and clawing
Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as she screamed in pain. …” …
esā, bhikkhave, itthī imasmiṁyeva rājagahe aticārinī ahosi …pe….
“That woman used to be an adulteress right here in Rājagaha. …”
Tatiyaṁ.
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