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Mahīparācīnninnasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 220

[220] Setting at Sāvatthī. Bhikkhus, just as whatever great rivers there are — that is to say, the Gaṅgā, the Yamunā, the Aciravatī, the Sarabhū, and the Mahī — all of them slant toward the east, slope toward the east, incline toward the east; so too, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu … .

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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