1.5. Bao Nhiêu Phải Cắt Ðoạn.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Kati chinde kati jahe,

kati cuttari bhāvaye;

Kati saṅgātigo bhikkhu,

oghatiṇṇoti vuccatī”ti.

“Pañca chinde pañca jahe,

pañca cuttari bhāvaye;

Pañca saṅgātigo bhikkhu,

oghatiṇṇoti vuccatī”ti.

SC 1At Savatthi. Standing to one side, that devatā recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:

SC 2 “How many must one cut, how many abandon,
And how many further must one develop?
When a bhikkhu has surmounted how many ties
Is he called a crosser of the flood?”

The Blessed One:

SC 3 “One must cut off five, abandon five,
And must develop a further five.
A bhikkhu who has surmounted five ties
Is called a crosser of the flood.”