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One Root

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“One the root, two the loops, ^[1]

three the stains, five the spreads, ^[2]

and the ocean, the twelfth whirlpool: ^[3]

such is the abyss crossed by the seer.”

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[1] The exact meaning of these items is open to interpretation. See Bodhi’s note for two readings; I offer a third.

Āvaṭṭa here might be read as “whirlpool”, “loop”, or “twist”.

[2] Patthara is probably a “spread” of grass, such as was laid down in rituals.

[3] If the ocean is counted as the last item, the total is twelve. Dvādasa can be an ordinal number.

I take the riddle as corresponding with the twelvefold “round” (vaṭṭa) of dependent origination. The “one root” is ignorance; the “two loops” are name-and-form with consciousness (DN 15:22.6); the “three stains” are ignorance, craving, and grasping; the “five spreads” are perhaps the five consequents starting with consciousness; and the “ocean” is transmigration itself.