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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 17.7 Linked Discourses 17.7
1. Paį¹hamavagga Chapter One
Diddhasutta A Poisoned Arrow
SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati. At SÄvatthÄ«.
āDÄruį¹o, bhikkhave, lÄbhasakkÄrasiloko ā¦peā¦ adhigamÄya. āPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim ā¦
Kaį¹, bhikkhave, diddhagatena visallena sallena vijjhatu, sekhaį¹ appattamÄnasaį¹ lÄbhasakkÄrasiloko anupÄpuį¹Ätu. Let whom be pierced by a poisoned arrow? Let possessions, honor, and popularity come to a trainee who has not achieved their heartās desire. The construction parallels the previous (except the opening sentence is passive). Again, I think the Buddha is quoting a well-known curse. Compare Atharva Veda 8.3.6, where Agni is called on to smear poison on his arrow-tip and loose it at the sorcerers. Pali salla = Sanskrit Åalya (āarrowā), while Pali diddha = Sanskrit dih (āsmear with poisonā). Thus these two adjacent Suttas reinterpret curses in adjacent sections of the Atharva Veda that invoke Indra and Agni, the two most powerful Vedic gods.
Sallanti kho, bhikkhave, lÄbhasakkÄrasilokassetaį¹ adhivacanaį¹. āArrowā 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.
Sattamaį¹.