The Buddha confirms Venerable Mahāmoggallāna's clairvoyant vision of a man whose body hairs were spears suffering in a ghostly incarnation, formerly a deer hunter in Rājagaha, illustrating the inescapable results of unwholesome kamma.
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sattilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa tā sattiyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe māgaviko ahosi …pe….
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sattilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were spears flying through the air.
Tassa tā sattiyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those spears kept rising up and falling on his body
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as he screamed in pain. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe māgaviko ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be a deer hunter right here in Rājagaha. …”
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026