SN 1.27 Streams

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Kuto sarā nivattanti,

“From where do streams recoil?

kattha vaṭṭaṁ na vattati;

Where does the cycle spin no more?

Kattha nāmañca rūpañca,

Where does name and form

asesaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

cease with no residue left behind?”

“Yattha āpo ca pathavī,

“Where water and earth,

tejo vāyo na gādhati;

fire and air have no footing—

Ato sarā nivattanti,

from here the streams recoil;

ettha vaṭṭaṁ na vattati;

in reference to this, the cycle spins no more;

Ettha nāmañca rūpañca,

in reference to this, name and form

asesaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

ceases with no residue left behind.”