Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.26 3.

Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.26

Nānātitthiyavagga Rohitassasutta Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
  1. Nānātitthiyavagga

Rohitassasutta

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho rohitasso devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “yattha nu kho, bhante, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, sakkā nu kho so, bhante, gamanena lokassa anto ñātuṁ vā daṭṭhuṁ vā pāpuṇituṁ vā”ti?

Originating at Sāvatthi, while standing to one side, the celestial being Rohitassa addressed the Blessed One: Venerable sir, is it possible by traveling to know, to see, or to reach the end of the world where there is neither birth, nor aging, nor death, nor departing, nor reappearing?

“Yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmī”ti.

The Blessed One replied: Friend, where there is neither birth, nor aging, nor death, nor departing, nor reappearing:I do not say that by traveling one can know, see, or reach the end of the world.

“Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante. Yāvasubhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā: ‘yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmī’ti.

Wonderful, Venerable Sir, astounding, Venerable Sir, is this statement by the Blessed One. Previously, Venerable Sir, I was an ascetic named Rohitassa, the son of Bhoja, endowed with great spiritual power, capable of traveling through the sky.

Such was my speed, Venerable Sir, that it was like a trained, skilled archer, wellequipped with a strong bow, could easily shoot a light arrow across the shadow of a palm tree.

Bhūtapubbāhaṁ, bhante, rohitasso nāma isi ahosiṁ bhojaputto iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo.

Such was my stride, Venerable Sir, as is the distance between the eastern and western oceans.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evarūpo javo ahosi; seyyathāpi nāma daḷhadhammā dhanuggaho susikkhito katahattho katayoggo katūpāsano lahukena asanena appakasireneva tiriyaṁ tālacchāyaṁ atipāteyya. Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evarūpo padavītihāro ahosi; seyyathāpi nāma puratthimā samuddā pacchimo samuddo.

A desire arose in me, Venerable Sir, to reach the end of the world by traveling. With such speed and stride, renouncing food and drink, abstaining from eating and drinking, without stopping to relieve myself or to sleep, for a lifespan of a hundred years, traveling for a hundred years, without reaching the end of the world, I died along the way.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evarūpaṁ icchāgataṁ uppajji: ‘ahaṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ pāpuṇissāmī’ti.

Wonderful, Venerable Sir, astounding, Venerable Sir, is this statement by the Blessed One.

So khvāhaṁ, bhante, evarūpena javena samannāgato evarūpena ca padavītihārena, aññatreva asitapītakhāyitasāyitā aññatra uccārapassāvakammā aññatra niddākilamathapaṭivinodanā vassasatāyuko vassasatajīvī vassasataṁ gantvā appatvāva lokassa antaṁ antarāva kālaṅkato. Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.

Friend, where there is neither birth, nor aging, nor death, nor departing, nor reappearing:I do not say that by traveling one can know, see, or reach the end of the world.

But, friend, I do not say that without reaching the end of the world there is an end to suffering.

Yāvasubhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā: ‘yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmī’”ti.

Still, friend, I declare that in this very fathom-long body, with its perception and mind, one can know the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world, and the path leading to the cessation of the world.

“Na kho panāhaṁ, āvuso, appatvā lokassa antaṁ dukkhassa antakiriyaṁ vadāmi.

Not by traveling is the world's end reached;

Api ca khvāhaṁ, āvuso, imasmiṁyeva byāmamatte kaḷevare sasaññimhi samanake lokañca paññapemi lokasamudayañca lokanirodhañca lokanirodhagāminiñca paṭipadanti.

nor, without reaching the world's end, is release gained from suffering.

Therefore, truly, the wise one understanding the world,

within this very body ending the woe.

Gamanena na pattabbo, lokassanto kudācanaṁ; Na ca appatvā lokantaṁ, dukkhā atthi pamocanaṁ.

The one who has traversed beyond the world, having completed the holy life;

Tasmā have lokavidū sumedho, Lokantagū vusitabrahmacariyo; Lokassa antaṁ samitāvi ñatvā, Nāsīsati lokamimaṁ parañcā”ti.

Having known the end of the world with profound understanding,

Does not long for this world or any other.