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# Samannaphalasutta 98.1-9

Sāmaññaphalasutta 98.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [98.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.1)

Seyyathāpi, mahārāja, pabbatasaṅkhepe udakarahado accho vippasanno anāvilo. Tattha cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito passeyya sippisambukampi sakkharakathalampi macchagumbampi carantampi tiṭṭhantampi. Tassa evamassa: ‘ayaṃ kho udakarahado accho vippasanno anāvilo. Tatrime sippisambukāpi sakkharakathalāpi macchagumbāpi carantipi tiṭṭhantipī’ti.

> Suppose that in a mountain glen there was a lake that was transparent, clear, and unclouded. A person with clear eyes standing on the bank would see the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still. They’d think: ‘This lake is transparent, clear, and unclouded. And here are the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still.’  
> — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life

### [98.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.2)

Evameva kho, mahārāja, bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudubhūte kammaniye ṭhite āneñjappatte āsavānaṃ khayañāṇāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti.

> In the same way, when their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they project it and extend it toward knowledge of the ending of defilements.  
> — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life

### [98.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.3)

‘So idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, ‘ayaṃ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti.

### [98.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.4)

‘Ime āsavā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, ‘ayaṃ āsavasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, ‘ayaṃ āsavanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, ‘ayaṃ āsavanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti.

### [98.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.5)

Tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato kāmāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, bhavāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, avijjāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati,

### [98.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.6)

vimuttasmiṃ ‘vimuttam’iti ñāṇaṃ hoti,

### [98.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.7)

‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.

### [98.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.8)

Idaṃ kho, mahārāja, sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmaññaphalehi abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.

> This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.  
> — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life

### [98.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.9)

Imasmā ca pana, mahārāja, sandiṭṭhikā sāmaññaphalā aññaṃ sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ uttaritaraṃ vā paṇītataraṃ vā natthī”ti.

> And, Great King, there is no other fruit of the ascetic life apparent in the present life which is better and finer than this.”  
> — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life

## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.98.1) — Russian
- [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.98.1) — lt
- [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.98.1) — German
- [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.98.1) — sr
- [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.98.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.2.249) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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