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Sarasutta

Streams Streams

“Kuto sarā nivattanti,
“From where do streams turn back?
“From where do the streams turn back?

kattha vaṭṭaṁ na vattati;
Where does the cycle spin no more?
Where does the round no longer revolve?

Kattha nāmañca rūpañca,
Where do name and form
Where does name-and-form cease,

asesaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.
cease with nothing left over?”
Stop without remainder?”

“Yattha āpo ca pathavī,
“Where water and earth,
“Where water, earth,

tejo vāyo na gādhati;
fire and air find no footing—
fire, and air, Do not gain a footing:

Ato sarā nivattanti,
from there the streams turn back;
It is from here that the streams turn back,

ettha vaṭṭaṁ na vattati;
there the cycle spins no more;
Here that the round no longer revolves;

Ettha nāmañca rūpañca,
and there it is that name and form
Here name-and-form ceases,

asesaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.
cease with nothing left over.”
Stops without remainder.