3. Sattivagga

3. A Sword

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.27

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3. Sattivagga

3. A Sword

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Sarasutta

Streams

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“Kuto sarā nivattanti,

“From where do streams recoil?

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kattha vaṭṭaṁ na vattati;

Where does the cycle spin no more?

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Kattha nāmañca rūpañca,

Where does name and form

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asesaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

cease with no residue left behind?”

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“Yattha āpo ca pathavī,

“Where water and earth,

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tejo vāyo na gādhati;

fire and air have no footing—

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Ato sarā nivattanti,

from here the streams recoil;

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ettha vaṭṭaṁ na vattati;

in reference to this, the cycle spins no more;

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Ettha nāmañca rūpañca,

in reference to this, name and form

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asesaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

ceases with no residue left behind.”