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Itivuttaka 24

Aṭṭhipuñjasutta

A Heap of Bones · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was said indeedVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected One, thusvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

of one individual“Ekapuggalassa, mendicantsbhikkhave, for an eonkappaṁ roamingsandhāvato transmigratingsaṁsarato there would besiyā thusevaṁ greatmahā a heap of bonesaṭṭhikaṅkalo a pile of bonesaṭṭhipuñjo a mass of bonesaṭṭhirāsi as thisyathāyaṁ Vepullavepullo mountainpabbato, ifsace a gatherersaṁhārako there would beassa, and gathered togethersambhatañca notna would be lostvinasseyyā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ thusiti it is saidvuccati:

of a single“Ekassekena for an eonkappena,
a heap of bones of an individualpuggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;
there would beSiyā equal to a mountainpabbatasamo a pilerāsi,
thusiti saidvuttaṁ by the great seermahesinā.

thisSo indeedkho and thispanāyaṁ declaredakkhāto,
Vepullavepullo mountainpabbato bigmahā;
higherUttaro than the Vulture's Peakgijjhakūṭassa,
of the Magadhansmagadhānaṁ in the Mountainfoldgiribbaje.

whenYato andca noble truthsariyasaccāni,
with right understandingsammappaññāya one seespassati;
sufferingDukkhaṁ suffering's origindukkhasamuppādaṁ,
of sufferingdukkhassa andca transcendenceatikkamaṁ;
noble eightfoldAriyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ pathmaggaṁ,
that leads to the stilling of sufferingdukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.

thatSa seven timessattakkhattuṁ at most,paramaṁ,
having roamed onsandhāvitvāna an individual;puggalo;
the ender of sufferingDukkhassantakaro is,hoti,
with the ending of all fetters”sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.

this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
fourthCatutthaṁ.

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