Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
13. Gilāna Vaggo
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
Chapter XIII: The Sick
Sutta 129
Parikuppa Suttaṃ
Festering[1]
Translated by E. M. Hare
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Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, five are the lost in hell
who lie festering,
incurable.
What five?
(By him) has his mother been deprived of life;
his father been deprived of life;
an arahant been deprived of life;
(by him), with evil thought,
has the Tathāgata's blood been drawn;
(by him) has the Order been embroiled.[2]
Verily, monks, these are the five
lost in hell
who lie festering,
incurable.'
"the English idiom:" "An angry wound," or "Angry flesh," infected.
— p.p.
[1] Parikuppo. Comy. observes: kuppana-sabhāvā, as an old wound. Kuppati means to shake, to be agitated, to be angry (so in the English idiom).
