Samyuttanikaya 22.8.5.79_15

22.8.5.79_15

Yathā hi tilatelaṃ sāsapatelaṃ madhukatelaṃ eraṇḍakatelaṃ vasātelanti imāni pañca telāni ekacāṭiyaṃ pakkhipitvā divasaṃ yamakamanthe hi manthetvā tato ‘‘idaṃ tilatelaṃ, idaṃ sāsapatela’’nti ekekassa pāṭiyekkaṃ uddharaṇaṃ nāma dukkaraṃ, idaṃ tato dukkarataraṃ. Bhagavā pana sabbaññutaññāṇassa suppaṭividdhattā dhammissaro dhammarājā imesaṃ arūpīnaṃ dhammānaṃ ekārammaṇe vattamānānaṃ vavatthānaṃ akāsi. Pañcannaṃ mahānadīnaṃ samuddaṃ paviṭṭhaṭṭhāne ‘‘idaṃ gaṅgāya udakaṃ, idaṃ yamunāyā’’ti evaṃ pāṭiyekkaṃ udakuddharaṇenāpi ayamattho veditabbo.

For just as if one were to place these five oils—sesame oil, mustard oil, mahua oil, castor oil, and animal fat—into a single vessel, churn them with a double churning-stick all day, and then separately extract each one, saying, 'This is sesame oil, this is mustard oil,' which would be a difficult thing, this is more difficult than that. But the Blessed One, because of his thorough penetration by omniscient knowledge, being the Master of Dhamma, the King of Dhamma, made a demarcation of these immaterial states occurring with a single object. This meaning should also be understood by the separate drawing out of water at the place where the five great rivers enter the ocean, saying, 'This is water of the Ganges, this of the Yamunā.'