A Heap of Bones · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said·perfected-one·quotation-markervuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
of one individual“Ekapuggalassa,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
for an eonkappaṁ
roamingsandhāvato
transmigratingsaṁsarato
there would besiyā
thusevaṁ
greatmahā
bone·heapaṭṭhikaṅkalo
bone·pileaṭṭhipuñjo
bone·massaṭṭhirāsi
as + thisyathāyaṁ
Vepullavepullo
mountainpabbato,
ifsace
a gatherersaṁhārako
there would beassa,
gathered·andsambhatañca
notna
would be lostvinasseyyā”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
it is saidvuccati:
of a single“Ekassekena
for an eonkappena,
individual·bone·heappuggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;
there would beSiyā
mountain·equalpabbatasamo
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·truthariyasaccāni,
with right understandingsammappaññāya
one seespassati;
sufferingDukkhaṁ
suffering·origindukkhasamuppādaṁ,
of sufferingdukkhassa
andca
transcendenceatikkamaṁ;
noble + 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,
all·fetters + endingsabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.
this·tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heardsutanti.
fourthCatutthaṁ.
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