sn42.3:1.1 Then Dustin the warrior chief went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
sn42.3:1.2 “Sir, I have heard that the warriors of the past who were tutors of tutors said:
sn42.3:1.3 ‘Suppose a warrior, while striving and struggling in battle, is killed and finished off by his foes. When his body breaks up, after death, he’s reborn in the company of the gods of the fallen.’
sn42.3:1.4 What does the Buddha say about this?”
sn42.3:1.5 “Enough, chief, let it be. Don’t ask me that.”
sn42.3:1.6 For a second time …
sn42.3:1.7 And for a third time Dustin the warrior chief said to the Buddha:
sn42.3:1.8 “Sir, I have heard that the warriors of the past who were tutors of tutors said:
sn42.3:1.9 ‘Suppose a warrior, while striving and struggling in battle, is killed and finished off by his foes. When his body breaks up, after death, he’s reborn in the company of the gods of the fallen.’
sn42.3:1.10 What does the Buddha say about this?”