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# With Subha 2.17

Subhasutta 2.17

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.1)

Puna caparaṃ, māṇava, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati sato sampajāno, sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṃvedeti, yaṃ taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti: ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti, tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.

> Furthermore, with the fading away of rapture, a mendicant enters and remains in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’  
> — With Subha

### [2.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.2)

So imameva kāyaṃ nippītikena sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa nippītikena sukhena apphuṭaṃ hoti.

> They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with bliss free of rapture. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with bliss free of rapture.  
> — With Subha

### [2.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.3)

Seyyathāpi, māṇava, uppaliniyaṃ vā paduminiyaṃ vā puṇḍarīkiniyaṃ vā appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṃvaḍḍhāni udakānuggatāni antonimuggaposīni, tāni yāva caggā yāva ca mūlā sītena vārinā abhisannāni parisannāni paripūrāni paripphuṭāni, nāssa kiñci sabbāvataṃ uppalānaṃ vā padumānaṃ vā puṇḍarīkānaṃ vā sītena vārinā apphuṭaṃ assa.

> It’s like a pool with blue water lilies, or pink or white lotuses. Some of them sprout and grow in the water without rising above it, thriving underwater. From the tip to the root they’re drenched, steeped, filled, and soaked with cool water. There’s no part of them that’s not soaked with cool water.  
> — With Subha

### [2.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.4)

Evameva kho, māṇava, bhikkhu …pe…

> In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with bliss free of rapture. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with bliss free of rapture.  
> — With Subha

### [2.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.5)

yampi, māṇava, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā …pe… tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.

### [2.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.6)

So imameva kāyaṃ nippītikena sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa nippītikena sukhena apphuṭaṃ hoti.

### [2.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.17.7)

Idampissa hoti samādhismiṃ.

> This pertains to their immersion.  
> — With Subha

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Subhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~sr-brankokovacevic.2.17.1) — sr
- [With Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~en-sujato.2.17.1) — English
- [Mit Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~de-sabbamitta.2.17.1) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.80.1) — Pāli
- [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.27.3) — Pāli
- [Mahāassapurasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.39.17.3) — Pāli

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