Paṭhama Sambhejja-Udaka Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

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[1][pts] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṁ|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

[135] "Seyyathā pi bhikkhave, yatthimā mahā-nadiyo saṁsandanti samenti, seyyath'īdaṁ:||
Gaṅgā,||
Yamunā,||
Aciravatī,||
Sarabhū||
Mahī.|| ||

Tato puriso dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni uddhareyya.|| ||

Taṁ kim maññatha bhikkhave?|| ||

Katamannu kho bahutaraṁ yāni vā dve vā tīṇi vā udaka-phusitāni ubbhatāni,||
yaṁ vā sambhejja udakan" ti?|| ||

"Etad eva bhante, bahutaraṁ||
yad idaṁ sambhejja udakaṁ.|| ||

Appamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatāni.|| ||

N'eva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti,||
na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti,||
na sata-sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti,||
sambhejja udakaṁ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatānī" ti.|| ||

"Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
ariya-sāvakassa diṭṭhi-sampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etad eva bahutaraṁ dukkhaṁ yad idaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ,||
appa-mattakaṁ avasiṭṭhaṁ.|| ||

N'eva satimaṁ kalaṁ upeti,||
na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti,||
na sata-sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti,||
purimaṁ dukkha-k-khandhaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya||
yad idaṁ satta-k-khattūṁ paramatā.|| ||

Evaṁ mahatthiyo kho bhikkhave Dhamm-ā-bhisamayo,||
evaṁ mahatthiyo Dhamma-cakkhu paṭilābho" ti.|| ||