[310] **If you, O sage (muni), say that they have not crossed the flood (ogha)** — *they*: those who resort to views (diṭṭhigatika). *Sage (muni)*: it is knowledge (ñāṇa) that is called sagacity (mona) … having gone beyond the tie and the net, he is a sage.
*You say that they have not crossed the flood*: they have not crossed, have not crossed over, have not crossed beyond, have not passed beyond, have not fully surmounted, have not gone past the flood of sensuality, the flood of existence, the flood of views, and the flood of ignorance; they revolve within birth, aging, and death; they revolve within the path of saṃsāra; they are pursued by birth, chased by aging, overcome by sickness, struck down by death; without protection, without shelter, without refuge, having become refugeless.
*You say*: you say, you declare, you teach, you make known, you establish, you disclose, you analyze, you make plain, you proclaim. Hence: **if you, O sage, say that they have not crossed the flood**.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.