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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.1 Linked Discourses 1.1
1. Naḷavagga 1. A Reed
Oghataraṇasutta Crossing over the Flood Crossing the Flood Crossing the Flood
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—I have heard So I have heard. Thus have I heard.
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapiṇḍika’s Park.
Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: Then a certain devatā, in the far extreme of the night, her extreme radiance lighting up the entirety of Jeta’s Grove, went to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down to him, she stood to one side. As she was standing there, she said to him, 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, Then, when the night had advanced, a certain devatā of stunning beauty, illuminating the entire Jeta’s Grove, approached the Blessed One. Having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One, stood to one side, and said to him:
“kathaṁ nu tvaṁ, mārisa, oghamatarī”ti? “Tell me, dear sir, how you crossed over the flood.” “Good fellow, how did you cross the flood?” “How, dear sir, did you cross the flood?”
“Appatiṭṭhaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, anāyūhaṁ oghamatarin”ti. “I crossed over the flood without pushing forward, without staying in place.” “Neither standing nor swimming, respectable sir, I crossed the flood.” “By not halting, friend, and by not straining I crossed the flood. ”
“Yathākathaṁ pana tvaṁ, mārisa, appatiṭṭhaṁ anāyūhaṁ oghamatarī”ti? “But how, dear sir, did you cross over the flood without pushing forward, without staying in place?” “But in what way did you cross the flood neither standing nor swimming?” “But how is it, dear sir, that by not halting and by not straining you crossed the flood?”
“Yadāsvāhaṁ, āvuso, santiṭṭhāmi tadāssu saṁsīdāmi; “When I stayed in place, I sank. “When I stood, I sank under. “When I came to a standstill, friend, then I sank;
yadāsvāhaṁ, āvuso, āyūhāmi tadāssu nibbuyhāmi. When I pushed forward, I was whirled about. When I swam, I was swept away. but when I struggled, then I got swept away.
Evaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, appatiṭṭhaṁ anāyūhaṁ oghamatarin”ti. And so I crossed over the flood without pushing forward, without staying in place.” That’s how I crossed the flood neither standing nor swimming.” It is in this way, friend, that by not halting and by not straining I crossed the flood. ”
“Cirassaṁ vata passāmi, “At long last I see “After a long time I see “After a long time at last I see
brāhmaṇaṁ parinibbutaṁ; a brahman, totally unbound, a brahmin fully quenched. A brahmin who is fully quenched,
Appatiṭṭhaṁ anāyūhaṁ, who without staying in place, without pushing forward, Neither standing nor swimming, Who by not halting, not straining,
tiṇṇaṁ loke visattikan”ti. has crossed over the entanglements of the world.” he’s crossed over clinging to the world.” Has crossed over attachment to the world.”
Idamavoca sā devatā. That is what the devatā said. That is what that deity said, This is what that devatā said.
Samanuñño satthā ahosi. The Teacher approved. and the Teacher concurred. The Teacher approved.
Atha kho sā devatā: Then that devatā, thinking,
“samanuñño me satthā”ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti. Realizing that “The Teacher has approved of me,” she bowed down to him, circumambulated him, keeping him to her righ, and then vanished right there.Then that deity, knowing that the Teacher concurred, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there. “The Teacher has approved of me, ” paid homage to the Blessed One and, keeping him on the right, disappeared right there.