Viyahapannatti 11.10.512

11.10.512

logassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! egammi āgāsapadese je egiṃdiyapadesā jāva paṃciṃdiyapadesā aniṃdiyapadesā annamannabaddhā annamannapuṭṭhā annamannabaddhapuṭṭhā annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti? atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! annamannassa kiṃci ābāhaṃ vā vābāhaṃ vā uppāyaṃti? chavicchedaṃ vā kareṃti? no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai– logassa ṇaṃ egammi āgāsapadese je egiṃdiyapadesā jāva annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti, natthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! annamannassa kiṃci ābāhaṃ vā vābāhaṃ vā uppāyaṃti? chavicchedaṃ vā kareṃti?
goyamā! se jahānāmae naṭṭiyā siyā–siṃgārāgāracāruvesā saṃgaya-gaya-hasiya-bhaṇiya-ceṭṭhiya-vilāsa-salaliya-saṃlāva-niuṇa-juttovayārakusalā suṃdarathaṇa-jaghana-vayaṇa-kara-caraṇa-nayana-lāvaṇṇa -rūva-jovvaṇa-vilāsa kaliyā raṃgaṭṭhāṇaṃsi janasayāulaṃsi janasahassāulaṃsi janasayasahassāulaṃsi battīsaivihassa naṭṭassa annayaraṃ naṭṭavihiṃ uvadaṃsejjā, se nūnaṃ goyamā! te pecchagā taṃ naṭṭiyaṃ animisāe diṭṭhīe savvao samaṃtā samabhiloeṃti?
haṃtā samabhiloeṃti|
tāo ṇaṃ goyamā! diṭṭhīo taṃsi naṭṭiyaṃsi savvao samaṃtā sannipaḍiyāo?
haṃtā sannipaḍiyāo| atthi ṇaṃ goyamā! tāo diṭṭhīo tīse naṭṭiyāe kiṃci vi ābāhaṃ vā
vābāhaṃ vā uppāyaṃti? chavicchedaṃ vā kareṃti?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
sā vā naṭṭiyā tāsiṃ diṭṭhīṇaṃ kiṃci ābāhaṃ vā vābāhaṃ vā uppāeti? chavicchedaṃ vā karei?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
tāo vā diṭṭhīo annamaṇṇāe diṭṭhīe kiṃci ābāhaṃ vā vābāhaṃ vā uppāeṃti? chavicchedaṃ vā kareṃti?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–logassa ṇaṃ egammi āgāsapadese je egiṃdiyapadesā jāva annamannaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti, natthi ṇaṃ annamannassa ābāhaṃ vā vābāhaṃ vā uppāyaṃti, chavicchedaṃ vā kareṃti|

"Venerable Sir, in a single space-point of the world, those points of one-sensed souls up to points of five-sensed souls, and points of non-sensed souls that exist bound together, touched together, bound and touched together, staying packed together—Venerable Sir, do they produce any pain or affliction in one another? Or do they cut through each other's limbs?"
"That is not the case."
"Venerable Sir, for what reason is it said: 'In a single space-point of the world, those points of one-sensed souls up to staying packed together do not produce any pain or affliction in one another, nor cut through each other's limbs'?"
"Gautama, suppose there were an actress—adorned in lovely attire, an abode of amorous beauty; skilled in harmonious movement, laughter, speech, gesturing, charm, grace, conversation, and polite etiquette; endowed with beautiful breasts, hips, face, hands, feet, and eyes, charm, beauty, youth, and grace—who, in a theatre crowded with hundreds of people, thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people, demonstrates a certain mode of dance out of thirty-two varieties of dance. Now Gautama, would those spectators look at that actress from all around with unwinking gaze?"
"Yes, [they would] look at [her]."
"Then Gautama, do those gazes converge from all around upon that actress?"
"Yes, they converge."
"Gautama, do those gazes produce any pain or affliction in that actress? Or do they cut through her limbs?"
"That is not the case."
"Or does that actress produce any pain or affliction in those gazes? Or does she cut through their limbs?"
"That is not the case."
"Or do those gazes produce any pain or affliction in one another's gaze? Or do they cut through each other's limbs?"
"That is not the case."
"For that reason, Gautama, it is said: 'In a single space-point of the world, those points of one-sensed souls up to staying packed together do not produce any pain or affliction in one another, nor cut through each other's limbs.'"