SN 17.6

Asanisutta

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe… adhigamāya. Kaṁ, bhikkhave, asanivicakkaṁ āgacchatu, sekhaṁ appattamānasaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko anupāpuṇātu.

A Bolt of Lightning

At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim … Let forked lightning fall on whom? Let possessions, honor, and popularity come to a trainee who has not achieved their heart’s desire.

Asanivicakkanti kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasilokassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ. Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe… evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

‘Forked lightning’ is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”