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4. Buddha: 'He is without breathing, he is not breathing, he is possessed of understanding, and he is not forming himself an understanding; know, O Todeyya, that such is the Muni, not possessing anything, not cleaving to lust and existence.' (1090) Todeyyamânavapukkhâ is ended.
11. KAPPAMÂNAVAPUKKHA.
1. For those who stand in the middle of the water,'-so said the venerable Kappa,—' in the formidable stream that has set in, for those who are overcome by decay and death, tell me of an island, O venerable man, and tell thou me of an island that this (pain) may not again come on1.' (1091) 2. For those who stand in the middle of the water, O Kappa,' so said Bhagavat,-' in the formidable stream that has set in, for those overcome by decay and death, I will tell thee of an island, O Kappa. (1092) 3. 'This matchless island, possessing nothing (and) grasping after nothing, I call Nibbâna, the destruction of decay and death2. (1093)
1 Tvañ ka me dîpam* akkhâhi Yatha yidam nâparam siyâ. 2 Akinkanam anâdânam Etam dîpam anâparam Nibbânam iti nam brumi Garâmakkuparikkhayam.
Akiñkanan ti kiñkanapatipakkham, anâdânan ti âdânapa/ipakkham, kiñkanâdânavûpasaman ti vuttam hoti. Commentator.
*B reads disam.
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