1.1PTS 5.249“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.“Mendicants, there are these five powers.¹1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ—The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca balānīti.These are the five powers.1.5Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;The Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.1.6evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento pañca balāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.In the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the five powers slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.

1.7Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento pañca balāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?And how does a mendicant who develops the five powers slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?1.8Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhābalaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,It’s when a mendicant develops the powers of faith,1.9vīriyabalaṁ …pe…energy,1.10satibalaṁ …mindfulness,1.11samādhibalaṁ …immersion,1.12paññābalaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.1.13Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento pañca balāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.That’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the five powers slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”

1.14Dvādasamaṁ.

1.15Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo paṭhamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1PTS 5.250Cha pācīnato ninnā,Six on slanting to the east,2.2cha ninnā ca samuddato;and six on slanting to the ocean;2.3Dvete cha dvādasa honti,these two sixes make twelve,2.4vaggo tena pavuccatīti.and that’s how this chapter is recited.