[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) › [The Book of Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2) › [Nidānasaṃyutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12) › [Nidanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60) › 4.2 # Nidanasutta 4.2 Nidānasutta 4.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.4.2) Tassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni, yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni, sabbāni tāni uddhaṃ ojaṃ abhiharanti. > And its roots going downwards and across all draw the sap upwards. > — Causation - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.4) ## Translations (3) - [Uzrok](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60~sr-brankokovacevic.4.2) — sr - [Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60~en-sujato.4.2) — English - [Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60~de-sabbamitta.4.2) — German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.4.2) · Pramāṇa