“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yamunā nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā ­samud­da­pabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu … pe … seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, aciravatī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā ­samud­da­pabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu … pe … seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sarabhū nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā ­samud­da­pabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu … pe … seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahī nadī samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā ­samud­da­pabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu … pe … seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kācimā mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṃ—gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, sabbā tā samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā ­samud­da­pabbhārā; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nib­bā­na­pabbhāro. Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nib­bā­na­pabbhāro? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṃ nibbānapoṇaṃ nib­bā­na­pabbhā­raṃ … pe … sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṃ nibbānapoṇaṃ nib­bā­na­pabbhā­raṃ. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nib­bā­na­pabbhāro”ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.

(Gaṅgāpeyyālī.)

Cha pācīnato ninnā,
cha ninnā ca samuddato;
Ete dve cha dvādasa honti,
vaggo tena pavuccatīti;
Nibbānaninno dvādasakī,
catutthakī chaṭṭhā navakī.