Saḷāyatanavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 725

[725] "Venerable Sāriputta, just as a deft butcher of cattle or a butcher's apprentice might slice open the belly with a sharp butcher's knife, even so, venerable Sāriputta, winds beyond measure slice through my belly. Venerable Sāriputta, I cannot bear it, I cannot keep going; my painful feelings (vedanā) are severe and they increase, they do not abate; their increase is evident, not their abating."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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