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SN 1.5 Cut How Many? – Katichindasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Standing to one side, that deity recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Cut how many? Drop how many?

“Kati chinde kati jahe,

How many more should be developed?

kati cuttari bhāvaye;

How many chains must a bhikkhu escape

Kati saṅgātigo bhikkhu,

before you call them a flood-crosser?”

oghatiṇṇoti vuccatī”ti.

“Five to cut, five to drop,

“Pañca chinde pañca jahe,

and five more to develop.

pañca cuttari bhāvaye;

A bhikkhu must escape five chains

Pañca saṅgātigo bhikkhu,

before you call them a flood-crosser.”

oghatiṇṇoti vuccatī”ti.