1. Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One
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1.1
“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.
1.2
Tassa te usū uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those arrows kept rising up and falling on his body
1.4
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe kāraṇiko ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be a punisher right here in Rājagaha. …”
1.5
Sattamaṁ.