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Milindapañha

Opammakathāpañha

Samuddavagga

6. Nāvālagganakaṅgapañha

1 “Bhante nāgasena, ‘nāvālagganakassa dve aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni dve aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, nāvālagganakaṁ bahuūmijālākulavikkhobhitasalilatale mahatimahāsamudde nāvaṁ laggeti ṭhapeti, na deti disāvidisaṁ harituṁ; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena rāgadosamohūmijāle mahatimahāvitakkasampahāre cittaṁ laggetabbaṁ, na dātabbaṁ disāvidisaṁ harituṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, nāvālagganakassa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.

2 Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, nāvālagganakaṁ na plavati visīdati, hatthasatepi udake nāvaṁ laggeti ṭhānamupaneti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena lābhayasasakkāramānanavandanapūjanaapacitīsu lābhaggayasaggepi na plavitabbaṁ, sarīrayāpanamattake yeva cittaṁ ṭhapetabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, nāvālagganakassa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatinā—

3 ‘Yathā samudde lagganakaṁ,

na plavati visīdati;

Tatheva lābhasakkāre,

mā plavatha visīdathā’”ti.

4 Nāvālagganakaṅgapañho chaṭṭho.

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