Paṭhama Sambhejja-Udaka Suttaṃ

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

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[1][pts] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṃ|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

[135] "Seyyathā pi bhikkhave, yatthimā mahā-nadiyo saṃsandanti samenti, seyyath'īdaṃ:||
Gaṇgā,||
Yamunā,||
Aciravatī,||
Sarabhū||
Mahī.|| ||

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

Taṃ kim maññatha bhikkhave?|| ||

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

"Etad eva bhante, bahutaraṃ||
yad idaṃ sambhejja udakaṃ.|| ||

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

N'eva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti,||
na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti,||
na sata-sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti,||
sambhejja udakaṃ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatānī" ti.|| ||

"Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
ariya-sāvakassa diṭṭhi-sampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etad eva bahutaraṃ dukkhaṃ yad idaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ,||
appa-mattakaṃ avasiṭṭhaṃ.|| ||

N'eva satimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
na sata-sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
purimaṃ dukkha-k-khandhaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ upanidhāya||
yad idaṃ satta-k-khattūṃ paramatā.|| ||

Evaṃ mahatthiyo kho bhikkhave Dhamm-ā-bhisamayo,||
evaṃ mahatthiyo Dhamma-cakkhu paṭilābho" ti.|| ||