Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
15. Anamat'agga-Saṃyuttaṃ
I. Paṭhama Vagga
Sutta 4
Khīram Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati||
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkh āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṃ|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Anamat'aggoyaṃ bhikkhave, saṃsāro.|| ||
Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjā-nīvaraṇānaṃ sattāṇaṃ taṇhā-saṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ.|| ||
Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave?|| ||
Katamannu kho bahutaraṃ||
yaṃ vā vo iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāva- [181] taṃ saṃsarataṃ mātuthaññaṃ pītaṃ,||
yaṃ vā catusu mahā-samuddesu udakan" ti.|| ||
"Yathā kho mayaṃ bhante Bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāma,||
etad eva bhante,||
bahutaraṃ yaṃ no iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ mātuthaññaṃ pītaṃ,||
na tv'eva catusu mahā-samuddesu udakan" ti.|| ||
"Sādhu sādhu bhikkhave,||
sādhu kho me tumhe bhikkhave,||
evaṃ dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānātha.|| ||
Etad eva bhikkhave,||
bahutaraṃ yaṃ vo iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ mātuthaññaṃ pītaṃ,||
na tv'eva catusu mahā-samuddesu udakaṃ.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Anamat'aggoyaṃ bhikkhave, saṃsāro.|| ||
Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjā-nīvaraṇānaṃ sattāṇaṃ taṇhā-saṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ.|| ||
Evaṃ dīgha-rattaṃ vo bhikkhave,||
dukkhaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ tibbaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ,||
vyasanaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ,||
kaṭasi vaṇḍhitā.|| ||
Yāvañ c'idaṃ bhikkhave,||
alam eva sabba saṇkhāresu nibbindituṃ,||
alaṃ virajjituṃ,||
alaṃ vimuccitun" ti.|| ||
