PTS cs 5 The king said: ‘Venerable Nāgasena, your people say that the world rests on water, the water on air, the air on space. This saying also I cannot believe.’
Then the Elder brought water in a regulation water-pot, and convinced king Milinda, saying: ‘As this water is supported by the atmosphere, so is that water supported by air.’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, tumhe bhaṇatha—‘ayaṁ mahā pathavī udake patiṭṭhitā, udakaṁ vāte patiṭṭhitaṁ, vāto ākāse patiṭṭhito’ti, etampi vacanaṁ na saddahāmī”ti. Thero dhammakarakena udakaṁ gahetvā rājānaṁ milindaṁ saññāpesi—*dhammakarakena → dhammakaraṇena (mr)“yathā, mahārāja, imaṁ udakaṁ vātena ādhāritaṁ, evaṁ tampi udakaṁ vātena ādhāritan”ti.
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, tumhe bhaṇatha—‘ayaṁ mahā pathavī udake patiṭṭhitā, udakaṁ vāte patiṭṭhitaṁ, vāto ākāse patiṭṭhito’ti, etampi vacanaṁ na saddahāmī”ti. Thero dhammakarakena udakaṁ gahetvā rājānaṁ milindaṁ saññāpesi—*dhammakarakena → dhammakaraṇena (mr)“yathā, mahārāja, imaṁ udakaṁ vātena ādhāritaṁ, evaṁ tampi udakaṁ vātena ādhāritan”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Pathavisandhārakapañho sattamo. *Pathavisandhārakapañho → paṭhavīsaṇṭhārakapañho (maku)
Pathavisandhārakapañho sattamo. *Pathavisandhārakapañho → paṭhavīsaṇṭhārakapañho (maku)