Daily Words of the Buddha for August 20, 2020

Nā Hālau ʻĀha Hūi Lanakila
Pāli Word a Day for August 20, 2020 — nāyaka — a leader, guide, lord, mostly as epithet of buddha (lokanāyaka “lord of the world”)

Yathā naro āpagamotaritvā,
mahodakaṃ salilaṃ sīghasotaṃ,
so vuyhamāno anusotagāmī —
kiṃ so pare sakkhati tārayetuṃ?

If one going down into a river,
swollen and swiftly flowing,
is carried away by the current —
how can one help others across?

Sutta Nipāta 2.321
The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland

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