Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāsamuddo na matena kuṇapena saṁvasati. Yaṁ hoti mahāsamudde mataṁ kuṇapaṁ, taṁ khippaññeva tīraṁ vāheti, thalaṁ ussāreti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāsamuddo na matena kuṇapena saṁvasati, yaṁ hoti mahāsamudde mataṁ kuṇapaṁ, taṁ khippaññeva tīraṁ vāheti, thalaṁ ussāreti— ayaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde tatiyo acchariyo abbhuto dhammo, yaṁ disvā disvā asurā mahāsamudde abhiramanti. Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, tā mahāsamuddaṁ pattā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, mahāsamuddotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchanti. Yampi, bhikkhave, yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, tā mahāsamuddaṁ pattā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, mahāsamuddotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchanti— ayaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde catuttho acchariyo abbhuto dhammo, yaṁ disvā disvā asurā mahāsamudde abhiramanti.