What are the sets of one, two, three, five and twelve things mentioned in the sutta below?
What does it mean?
From SN 1.44 (translated by Bhikkhu Sujato):
> “One is the root, two are the whirlpools, three are the stains, five
> the spreads, twelve the ocean’s whirlpools: such is the abyss crossed
> over by the hermit.”
From SN 1.44 (translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi):
> “The seer has crossed over
> the abyss
> With its one root, two whirlpools,
>Three stains, five extensions,
> An ocean with twelve eddies.”
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