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Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 12 – Readings
Ex. 3 (Part 1 of 4)

Atha kho aayasmaa Aanando yena Bhagavaa
ten’upasa”nkami; upasa”nkamitvaa Bhagavanta.m
abhivaadetvaa ekamanta.m nisiidi. Ekamanta.m nisinno
kho aayasmaa Aanando Bhagavanta.m etadavoca:
Then the venerable Ananda approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he greeted him and sat down at one
side. Sitting on one side the venerable Ananda said
thus to the Blessed One:

«Tii.n’imaani, bhante, gandhajaataani, yesa.m
anuvaataññeva gandho gacchati, no pa.tivaata.m.
Katamaani tii.ni?
“There are three types of scent, in which a scent goes
in the direction of the wind, but not against it.
What are the three?

Muulagandho, saaragandho, pupphagandho: imaani kho,
bhante, tii.nii gandhajaataani, yesa.m anuvaataññeva
gandho gacchati, no pa.tivaata.m. Atthi nu kho,
bhante, kiñci gandhajaata.m yassa anuvaatampi gandho
gacchati, pa.tivaatampi gandho gacchati,
anuvaatapa.tivaatampi gandho gacchatii»ti?
“Root scent, essence scent, and flower scent: these
are the three types of scent, in which a scent goes in
the direction of the wind, but not against it. Is
there, venerable sir, any type of scent whatever, in
which a scent goes in the direction of the wind, goes
against it and goes both with and against the wind?”

Metta, John