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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.29 Linked Discourses 1.29
3. Sattivagga 3. A Sword
Catucakkasutta Four Wheels Four Wheels
āCatucakkaį¹ navadvÄraį¹, āFour are its wheels, and nine its doors; These verses, with a brief setting, are also at SN 2.28:2.1. | The āfour wheelsā of a cart are compared to the body, but the application of the metaphor is not obvious. The commentary relates it to the four postures. Later Buddhist tantra speaks of four āwheelsā (cakra) in the sense of dynamic centers of vital and spiritual energyānavel, heart, throat, crown. This is attested much later than the suttas, but this could be a precedent. | The ānine doorsā are the nine apertures of the body (compare the eleven doors at MN 52:15.5).āHaving four wheels and nine doors,
puį¹į¹aį¹ lobhena saį¹yutaį¹; itās stuffed full, bound with greed, Filled up and bound with greed,
Paį¹
kajÄtaį¹ mahÄvÄ«ra, and born from a bog. Born from a bog, O great hero!
kathaį¹ yÄtrÄ bhavissatÄ«āti. Great hero, how will I keep going?ā The phrase yÄtrÄ bhavissati is familiar from the mendicantās reflection on eating only so that they āwill keep goingā. The problem here is that the body is bound up with suffering.How does one escape from it?ā
āChetvÄ naddhiį¹ varattaƱca, āHaving cut the strap and harnessāāHaving cut the thong and the strap,
icchÄ lobhaƱca pÄpakaį¹; the wicked desire and greedāHaving cut off evil desire and greed,
SamÅ«laį¹ taį¹hamabbuyha, and having plucked out craving, root and all: Having drawn out craving with its root:
evaį¹ yÄtrÄ bhavissatÄ«āti. thatās how you will keep going.ā Thus one escapes from it. ā