117. ``katamaa ca, raahula, vaayodhaatu?
/what\ |and| | element of wind|
And what, Rahula, is the wind element?

vaayodhaatu siyaa ajjhattikaa, siyaa baahiraa.
/internal\ /external\
The wind element may be internal or external.

katamaa ca, raahula, ajjhattikaa vaayodhaatu?
And what, Rahula, is the internal wind element?

ya.m ajjhatta.m paccatta.m vaayo vaayogata.m upaadinna.m,
/what\| internal||individual| |wind| |windy| |clung to|
That, internally, and individually, is wind, windy, and clung to.

seyyathida.m -- uddha"ngamaa vaataa, adhogamaa vaataa, kucchisayaa
vaataa,
|just as this|upwards going winds|downwards going winds|existing in the
belly|
such as winds going upwards, winds going downwards, winds in the belly,

ko.t.thaasayaa vaataa, a"ngama"ngaanusaarino vaataa, assaaso
passaaso,
|existing in the abdomen|the limbs following (anusaari)|inbreath|outbreath|
winds in the abdomen, winds going across the limbs, inbreathing,
outbreathing

iti ya.m vaa pana~n~nampi ki~nci ajjhatta.m
paccatta.m
|thus what indeed |moreover else (a~n~na)|whatever| internal|individual
or whatever else internally, and individually, is

vaayo vaayogata.m upaadinna.m --
|wind, windy |clung to|
motion, wind, is clung to

aya.m vuccati, raahula, ajjhattikaa vaayodhaatu.
this is called, Rahula, the internal element of motion

yaa ceva kho pana ajjhattikaa vaayodhaatu yaa ca baahiraa vaayodhaatu

But that very internal motion element and that external motion element

vaayodhaaturevesaa.
|motion element| just that (eva.m esaa)|
are simply motion element.

ta.m `neta.m mama, nesohamasmi , na meso attaa'ti --
|thus| not this|mine| not this I am|not this the self|
Thus "this is not mine, this I am not, this is not myself"


evameta.m yathaabhuuta.m sammappa~n~naaya da.t.thabba.m.
|thus this| as it truly is| |with wisdom| |it should be
seen
thus this is to be seen with right wisdom just as it is.

evameta.m yathaabhuuta.m sammappa~n~naaya disvaa
just this|
|having seen|
Having seen this with right wisdom just as it is,

vaayodhaatuyaa nibbindati, vaayodhaatuyaa citta.m viraajeti.
| he is detached from| |consciousness becomes
dispassionate|
the mind is detached from and becomes dispassionate towards the motion
element."

Words:
seyyathida.m: seyyathaa ida.m= just as this (ida.m), as follows.
uddha.m=upwards
adho=downwards
kucchi=belly. kucchisaya=existing in the belly.
ko.t.tho=abdomen .ko.t.thhaasaya=existing in the abdomen
a"nga.m=constituent part, limb.
anusaarin=following, striving after. (-ino: plural)
assaaso=inbreath
passaasa=outbreath

Nina.