Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.44
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 1.44
5. Ādittavagga
5. On Fire
Ekamūlasutta
A devatā:“One Root One Root
“Ekamūlaṁ dvirāvaṭṭaṁ,
With its one root, two whirlpools,
“One is the root, two are the whirlpools,
timalaṁ pañcapattharaṁ;
Three stains, five extensions,
three are the stains, five the spreads,
Samuddaṁ dvādasāvaṭṭaṁ,
An ocean with twelve eddies.
twelve the ocean’s whirlpools:
pātālaṁ atarī isī”ti.
The seer has crossed over the abyss.”
such is the abyss crossed over by the seer.”