A devatā:
“The seer has crossed over the abyss
With its one root, two whirlpools,
Three stains, five extensions,
An ocean with twelve eddies.”
sn.1.44 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
One Root
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
One Root
“One is the root, two are the whirlpools,three are the stains, five the spreads,
twelve the ocean’s whirlpools:
such is the abyss crossed over by the hermit.”