Viyahapannatti 1.6.77

1.6.77

atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! jīvā ya poggalā ya annamannabaddhā, annamannapuṭṭhā, annamannamogāḍhā, annamannasineha-paḍibaddhā, annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti?
haṃtā atthi|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–atthi ṇaṃ jīvā ya poggalā ya annamannabaddhā, annamannapuṭṭhā, annamannamogāḍhā, annamannasinehapaḍibaddhā, annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti?
goyamā! se jahānāmae harade siyā puṇṇe puṇṇappamāṇe volaṭṭamāṇe vosaṭṭamāṇe samabharaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhai
ahe ṇa kei purise taṃsi haradaṃsi egaṃ mahaṃ nāvaṃ sayāsavaṃ sayachiddaṃ ogāhejjā| se nūnaṃ goyamā! sā nāvā tehiṃ āsavadārehiṃ āpūramāṇī-āpūramāṇī puṇṇā punnappamāṇā volaṭṭamāṇā vosaṭṭamāṇā samabharaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhai?
haṃtā ciṭṭhai|
se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai– atthi ṇaṃ jīvā ya poggalā ya annamannabaddhā, annamannapuṭṭhā, annamannamogāḍhā, annamannasinehapaḍibaddhā, annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti|

“Are living beings and matter, Venerable Sir, mutually bound, mutually touched, mutually interpenetrated, mutually tied by adhesion, and remain in a state of mutual cohesion?”
“Yes, they are.”
“For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: ‘Living beings and matter are mutually bound, mutually touched, mutually interpenetrated, mutually tied by adhesion, and remain in a state of mutual cohesion’?”
“Gautama! Suppose there were a pool, full, at maximum capacity, overflowing, pouring over, remaining like a fully packed vessel.
Then some man into that pool were to launch a large boat having a hundred inflows and a hundred holes. Would not that boat, Gautama, filling and filling through those inflow-openings, become full, at maximum capacity, overflowing, pouring over, and remain like a fully packed vessel?”
“Yes, it would remain.”
“For that reason, Gautama, it is said: ‘Living beings and matter are mutually bound, mutually touched, mutually interpenetrated, mutually tied by adhesion, and remain in a state of mutual cohesion’.”