Dutiya Samudda Suttaṃ

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

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[1][pts][than] 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:|| ||

"Seyyathā pi bhikkhave,||
mahā-samuddo parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya,||
ṭhapetvā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni.|| ||

Taṃ kim maññatha bhikkhave,||
katamaṃ nu kho bahutaraṃ,||
yaṃ vā mahā-samudde udakaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ,||
yāni vā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī" ti?|| ||

"Etad eva bhante,||
bahutaraṃ mahā-samudde udakaṃ yad idaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ appamattāni dve vā tiṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhāni.|| ||

N'eva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti,||
na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti,||
na sata-sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti,||
mahā-samudde udakaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī" 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 dhammābhisamayo,||
evaṃ mahatthiyo Dhamma-cakkhu paṭilābho" ti.|| ||