Five discourses merged under a single unified key prefix, closing this vagga's own third set and the vagga itself
Length
<1 minute to read, plus a described (not translated) colophon and uddāna
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — closes the vagga's own thirty-six discourses
Why this discourse
The same four rivers, now sloping to the ocean under Set 3's own self-referential formula, close this vagga's own third and final set of twelve — and with it, the entire Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga, thirty-six discourses built from three genuinely distinct closing formulas.
Reading guide
The vagga complete: three sets, three formulas
Set 1 (SN 45.103-114): “culminating in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.” Set 2 (SN 45.115-126): “whose objective, destination, and culmination is freedom from death.” Set 3 (SN 45.127-138): “which slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment” — self-referential. All three confirmed by direct reading, not assumed from the vagga's own name (which, read alone, would suggest only a second single set).
An untranslated colophon and uddāna, described honestly
The Pāli root closes with “Chaṭṭhaṁ” (“the sixth”, numbering this discourse within its own merged block) and “(Gaṅgāpeyyālī.)” (naming this section of peyyāla texts), followed by a six-line uddāna (summary verse) whose final line — “Nibbānaninno dvādasakī, catutthakī chaṭṭhā navakī” — carries a numbering scheme this project does not confidently interpret. No English translation of the colophon or uddāna exists in the consulted source; per this project's own established practice, no translation is invented here.
Key terms
yamunā... aciravatī... sarabhū... mahī — the same four rivers, now sloping to the ocean, closing this vagga's own final set
sabbā tā mahānadiyo — “all the great rivers” — the collective statement closing this block, this set, and this vagga
chaṭṭhaṁ — “the sixth” — a numbering marker in the Pāli root closing this merged block, left untranslated in the consulted English source
gaṅgāpeyyālī — “the Ganges peyyāla [section]” — the colophon's own name for this entire sequence of abbreviated Ganges-simile texts
tassuddānaṁ — “its summary verse” — introducing the closing uddāna, whose final numbering line this project does not confidently interpret
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment in this merged file, quoted in full, closing the Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
45.134-138“Mendicants, the Yamunā river slants, slopes, and inclines to the ocean. …” “… the Aciravatī river …” “… the Sarabhū river …” “… the Mahī river …” “… all the great rivers …”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
How many genuinely distinct closing formulas does this vagga's own three sets of twelve use in total?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading across all three sets, not assumed from the vagga's own name.
Question 2 of 3
How does this reading guide handle the untranslated Pāli colophon and uddāna?
Correct: A. Following this project's own established practice — no fabricated translation for untranslated source material.
Question 3 of 3
What does this page complete?
Correct: A. This vagga's own largest, at thirty-six discourses across twelve pages, closes here.
