Pathikasutta 1.9

1.9.1

Assosi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto:

Sunakkhatta the Licchavi heard about this.

1.9.2

‘acelo kira korakkhattiyo alasakena kālaṅkato bīraṇatthambake susāne chaḍḍito’ti.

1.9.3

Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yena bīraṇatthambakaṃ susānaṃ, yena acelo korakkhattiyo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ tikkhattuṃ pāṇinā ākoṭesi:

So he went to see the aristocrat of Kuru in the charnel ground on the clump of vetiver. There he struck him with his fist three times,

1.9.4

‘jānāsi, āvuso korakkhattiya, attano gatin’ti?

‘Reverend aristocrat of Kuru, do you know your destiny?’

1.9.5

Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo korakkhattiyo pāṇinā piṭṭhiṃ paripuñchanto vuṭṭhāsi.

Then the aristocrat of Kuru got up, rubbing his back with his hands, and said,

1.9.6

‘Jānāmi, āvuso sunakkhatta, attano gatiṃ.

‘Reverend Sunakkhatta, I know my own destiny.

1.9.7

Kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatrāmhi upapanno’ti vatvā tattheva uttāno papati.

I’ve been reborn in the very lowest rank of titans, named the Kālakañjas.’ After speaking, he fell flat right there.