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Oghataranasutta 1.1-9

Oghataraṇasutta 1.1-9

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Pāli

1.1

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

So I have heard.

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1.2

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

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1.3

Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,

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1.4

“kathaṃ nu tvaṃ, mārisa, oghamatarī”ti?

“Good fellow, how did you cross the flood?”

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1.5

“Appatiṭṭhaṃ khvāhaṃ, āvuso, anāyūhaṃ oghamatarin”ti.

“Neither standing nor swimming, respectable sir, I crossed the flood.”

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1.6

“Yathākathaṃ pana tvaṃ, mārisa, appatiṭṭhaṃ anāyūhaṃ oghamatarī”ti?

“But in what way did you cross the flood neither standing nor swimming?”

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1.7

“Yadāsvāhaṃ, āvuso, santiṭṭhāmi tadāssu saṃsīdāmi;

“When I stood, I sank under.

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1.8

yadāsvāhaṃ, āvuso, āyūhāmi tadāssu nibbuyhāmi.

When I swam, I was swept away.

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1.9

Evaṃ khvāhaṃ, āvuso, appatiṭṭhaṃ anāyūhaṃ oghamatarin”ti.

That’s how I crossed the flood neither standing nor swimming.”

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