1 Standing on one side, that deva addressed the Auspicious One in a verse.

“From where do currents stand still,
where does the round not revolve;
where are name and form,
completely held in check?”

“Where water and earth,
fire and air do not find a footing;
from here currents stand still,
here the round does not revolve;
here name and form,
are completely held in check.”

1 ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi.

kuto sarā nivattanti,
kattha vaṭṭaṃ na vattati;
kattha nāmañca rūpañca,
asesaṃ uparujjhatīti.

yattha āpo ca paṭhavī,
tejo vāyo na gādhati;
ato sarā nivattanti,
ettha vaṭṭaṃ na vattati;
ettha nāmañca rūpañca,
asesaṃ uparujjhatī'ti.