Āsīvisopamasutta

sn35.238:7.1 I’ve made up this simile to make a point.

sn35.238:7.2 And this is the point.

sn35.238:7.3 ‘Four venomous vipers of awesome might’ is a term for the four principal states:

sn35.238:7.4 the elements of earth, water, fire, and air.