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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 13.11 Linked Discourses 13.11
1. Abhisamayavagga 1. Comprehension
Tatiyapabbatasutta A Mountain (3rd)
SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati. At SÄvatthÄ«. Also at SN 56.49.
āSeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, puriso sinerussa pabbatarÄjassa satta muggamattiyo pÄsÄį¹asakkharÄ upanikkhipeyya. āMendicants, suppose a person was to place on Sineru, the king of mountains, seven pebbles the size of mung beans. Sineru, also known as Neru (Ja 379:3.1), Meru (DN 32:7.2), or Sumeru (Thi Ap 17:53.2), is the axis mundi, the mountain around which the world revolves. The oldest reference is perhaps Taittiriya Äraį¹yaka 1.7.1.3. There, KaÅyapa, the eighth above the seven SÅ«ryas, dwells constantly on Meru, never leaving, while the other Suns illuminate different regions. Sages have gone as far as the regions around, but none reached the mountain itself.
Taį¹ kiį¹ maƱƱatha, bhikkhave, What do you think, mendicants?
katamaį¹ nu kho bahutaraį¹, yÄ vÄ satta muggamattiyo pÄsÄį¹asakkharÄ upanikkhittÄ yo vÄ sineru pabbatarÄjÄāti? Which is more: the seven pebbles the size of mung beans, or Sineru, the king of mountains?ā
āEtadeva, bhante, bahutaraį¹ yadidaį¹ sineru pabbatarÄjÄ; āSir, Sineru, the king of mountains, is certainly more.
appamattikÄ satta muggamattiyo pÄsÄį¹asakkharÄ upanikkhittÄ. The seven pebbles the size of mung beans are tiny.
Neva satimaį¹ kalaį¹ upenti na sahassimaį¹ kalaį¹ upenti na satasahassimaį¹ kalaį¹ upenti sineruį¹ pabbatarÄjÄnaį¹ upanidhÄya satta muggamattiyo pÄsÄį¹asakkharÄ upanikkhittÄāti. Compared to Sineru, itās not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.ā
āEvameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasÄvakassa diį¹į¹hisampannassa puggalassa adhigamaį¹ upanidhÄya aƱƱatitthiyasamaį¹abrÄhmaį¹aparibbÄjakÄnaį¹ adhigamo neva satimaį¹ kalaį¹ upeti na sahassimaį¹ kalaį¹ upeti na satasahassimaį¹ kalaį¹ upeti. āIn the same way, compared with the achievements of a noble disciple accomplished in view, the achievements of the ascetics, brahmins, and wanderers of other religions is not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.
Evaį¹ mahÄdhigamo, bhikkhave, diį¹į¹hisampanno puggalo, evaį¹ mahÄbhiƱƱoāti. So great is the achievement of the individual accomplished in view, so great is their direct knowledge.ā
EkÄdasamaį¹.
Abhisamayasaį¹yuttaį¹ samattaį¹. The Linked Discourses on comprehension are complete.
TassuddÄnaį¹
NakhasikhÄ pokkharaį¹Ä«,
sambhejjaudake ca dve;
Dve pathavÄ« dve samuddÄ,
tayo ca pabbatÅ«pamÄti.