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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 17.6 Linked Discourses 17.6
1. Paį¹hamavagga Chapter One
Asanisutta A Bolt of Lightning
SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati. At SÄvatthÄ«.
āDÄruį¹o, bhikkhave, lÄbhasakkÄrasiloko ā¦peā¦ adhigamÄya. āPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim ā¦
Kaį¹, bhikkhave, asanivicakkaį¹ Ägacchatu, sekhaį¹ appattamÄnasaį¹ lÄbhasakkÄrasiloko anupÄpuį¹Ätu. Let forked lightning fall on whom? Let possessions, honor, and popularity come to a trainee who has not achieved their heartās desire. The phrasing here is odd, but the regular syntax in the two phrases (object in accusative, subject in nominative, verb in imperative), as well as the parallel phrasing in the next Sutta, argue against it being corrupt (as posited by Bodhi). I think the Buddha is quoting a curse, then he substitutes the Dhammic meaning. Compare Atharva Veda 8.4.20: āLet Indra hurl his lightning at the sorcerers!ā, where Sanskrit aÅani = Pali asani (ālightning-boltā). See the next Sutta and note. | For asanivicakka (āforked lightningā) see Rig Veda 4.35.2, where vicakra means ādividedā. This phrase is only used in one other place in the canon, which is also about a decadent monk (DN 25:11.3).
Asanivicakkanti kho, bhikkhave, lÄbhasakkÄrasilokassetaį¹ adhivacanaį¹. āForked lightningā is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity.
Evaį¹ dÄruį¹o kho, bhikkhave, lÄbhasakkÄrasiloko ā¦peā¦ So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. ā¦ā
evaƱhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabbanāti.
Chaį¹į¹haį¹.