Viyahapannatti 11.11.523

11.11.523

teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ vimalassa arahao paoppae dhammaghose nāmaṃ anagāre jāisaṃpanne vaṇṇao jahā kesi-sāmissa jāva paṃcahiṃ anagārasaehiṃ saddhiṃ saṃparivuḍe puvvānupuvviṃ caramāṇe gāmāṇuggāmaṃ dūijjamāṇe jeṇeva hatthiṇāpure nagare, jeṇeva sahasaṃbavane ujjāṇe, teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā ahāpaḍirūvaṃ oggahaṃ ogiṇhai, ogiṇhittā saṃjameṇaṃ tavasā appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe viharai|
tae ṇaṃ hatthiṇāpure nagare siṃghāḍaga-tiya-caukka-caccara-caummuha-mahāpaha-pahesu mahayā jaṇasadde i vā jāva parisā pajjuvāsai|
tae ṇaṃ tassa mahabbalassa kumārassa taṃ mahayājaṇasaddaṃ vā jaṇavūhaṃ vā jāva jaṇasannivāyaṃ vā suṇamāṇassa vā pāsa-māṇassa vā evaṃ jahā jamālī taheva ciṃtā, taheva kaṃcuijja-purisaṃ saddāveti, saddāvettā evaṃ vayāsī–kiṇṇaṃ devānuppiyā! ajja hatthiṇāpure nayare iṃdamahe i vā jāva niggacchaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ se kaṃcui-purise mahabbaleṇaṃ kumāreṇaṃ evaṃ vutte samāṇe haṭṭhatuṭṭhe dhammaghosassa anagārassa āgamaṇagahiyavi-ṇicchae karayalapariggahiyaṃ dasanahaṃ sirasāvattaṃ matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu mahabbalaṃ kumāraṃ jaeṇaṃ vijaeṇaṃ baddhāvei, baddhāvettā evaṃ vayāsī– no khalu devānuppiyā! ajja hatthiṇāpure nagare iṃdamahe i vā jāva niggacchaṃti| evaṃ khalu devānuppiyā! ajja vimalassa arahao paoppae dhammaghose nāmaṃ anagāre hatthiṇāpurassa nagarassa bahiyā sahasaṃbavane ujjāṇe ahāpaḍirūvaṃ oggahaṃ ogiṇhittā saṃjameṇaṃ tavasā appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe viharai, tae ṇaṃ ete bahave uggā, bhogā jāva niggacchaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ se mahabbale kumāre taheva rahavareṇaṃ niggacchati| dhammakahā jahā kesisāmissa| so vi taheva ammāpiyaraṃ āpucchai, navaraṃ–dhammaghosassa anagārassa aṃtiyaṃ muṃḍe bhavittā agārāo anagāriyaṃ pavvaittae| taheva vuttapaḍivuttiyā, navaraṃ–imāo ya te jāyā! viularāyakulabāliyāo kalākusala-savvakālalāliya-suhociyāo sesaṃ taṃ ceva jāva tāhe akāmāiṃ ceva mahabbalakumāraṃ evaṃ vayāsī–taṃ icchāmo te jāyā! egadivasamavi rajjasiriṃ pāsittae|
tae ṇaṃ se mahabbale kumāre ammāpiu-vayaṇamanuyattamāṇe tusiṇīe saṃciṭṭhai|
tae ṇaṃ se bale rāyā koḍuṃbiyapurise saddāvei, evaṃ jahā sivabhaddassa taheva sayābhiseo bhāṇiyavvo jāva abhisiṃ-cati, karayalapariggahiyaṃ dasanahaṃ sirasāvattaṃ matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu mahabbalaṃ kumāraṃ jaeṇaṃ vijaeṇaṃ vaddhāveti, vaddhāvettā evaṃ vayāsī–bhaṇa jāyā! kiṃ demo? kiṃ payacchāmo? sesaṃ jahā jamālissa taheva jāva–
tae ṇaṃ se mahabbale anagāre dhammaghosassa anagārassa aṃtiyaṃ sāmāiyamāiyāiṃ coddasa puvvāiṃ ahijjai, ahijji-ttā bahūhiṃ cauttha-chaṭṭhaṭṭhama-dasama-duvālasehiṃ māsaddha-māsakhamaṇehiṃ vicittehiṃ tavokammehiṃ appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe bahupaḍipuṇṇāiṃ duvā-lasa vāsāiṃ sāmaṇṇapariyāgaṃ pāuṇai, pāuṇittā māsiyāe saṃlehaṇāe attāṇaṃ jjhūsittā, saṭṭhiṃ bhattāiṃ anasanāe chedettā āloiya paḍikkaṃte samāhipatte kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā uḍḍhaṃ caṃdima-sūriya-gahagaṇa-nakkhatta-tārārūvāṇaṃ bahūiṃ joyaṇāiṃ, bahūiṃ joyaṇasayāiṃ, bahūiṃ joyaṇasahassāiṃ, bahūiṃ joyaṇasayasahassāiṃ, bahūo joyaṇakoḍīo, bahūo joyaṇakoḍākoḍīo uḍḍhaṃ dūraṃ uppaittā sohammī-sāṇa-saṇaṃkumāra-māhiṃde kappe vīīvaittā baṃbhaloe kappe devattāe uvavanne| tattha ṇaṃ atthegatiyāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ dasa sāgarovamāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā| tattha ṇaṃ mahabbalassa vi devassa dasa sāgarovamāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā| se ṇaṃ tumaṃ sudaṃsaṇā! baṃbhaloge kappe dasa sāgarovamāiṃ divvāiṃ bhogabhogāiṃ bhuṃjamāṇe viharittā tao devalogāo āukkhaeṇaṃ bhavakkhaeṇaṃ ṭhiikkhaeṇaṃ anaṃtaraṃ cayaṃ caittā iheva vāṇiya-ggāme nagare seṭṭhikulaṃsi puttattāe paccāyāe|

At that time, in that period, an ascetic named Dhammaghosa, the grand-disciple of the arhat Vimala, endowed with [high] lineage—the description is as with master Kesi—up to surrounded by five hundred ascetics, wandering in succession and progressing from village to village, arrived at the city of Hatthiṇāpura, at the Sahasamba-vana park; having arrived, he took up a suitable lodging, and having taken up [the lodging], he lived, purifying his soul through self-restraint and austerity.
Then in the city of Hatthiṇāpura, at triangles, crossroads, squares, courtyards, junctions, main streets, and roads, there was a great sound of people, up to the assembly paid homage.
Then prince Mahabbala, hearing or seeing that great sound of people or gathering of people up to the assembly of people, had the thought just as Jamāli had; just so he summoned a chamberlain, and having summoned him, spoke thus: 'Why, beloved of the gods, is there today in the city of Hatthiṇāpura a festival of Indra, up to [people] are going out?'
Then that chamberlain, addressed thus by prince Mahabbala, pleased and delighted, ascertained the arrival of the ascetic Dhammaghosa, and joining his palms with the ten fingernails crowned on his head, congratulated prince Mahabbala with victory and triumph, and having congratulated him, spoke thus: 'Indeed not, beloved of the gods, is there today in the city of Hatthiṇāpura a festival of Indra, up to [people] are going out. Indeed, beloved of the gods, today the ascetic named Dhammaghosa, the grand-disciple of the arhat Vimala, outside the city of Hatthiṇāpura, in the Sahasamba-vana park, having taken up a suitable lodging, lives purifying his soul through self-restraint and austerity; therefore these many Ugras, Bhogas, up to are going out.'
Then prince Mahabbala in the same way departed in an excellent chariot. The sermon was as with master Kesi. He too in the same way asked his parents for permission, with this difference: 'To become tonsured in the presence of the ascetic Dhammaghosa and to go forth from the household into homelessness.' In the same way were the statements and replies, with this difference: 'And these, son, are daughters of extensive royal houses, skilled in the arts, always pampered, accustomed to comfort.' The rest is just the same, up to then, having no desire [to allow him], they spoke thus to prince Mahabbala: 'Therefore we wish, son, to see the splendour of your reign even for a single day.'
Then prince Mahabbala, yielding to the words of his parents, remained silent.
Then king Bala summoned his household attendants; just as in the case of Sivabhadda, so the coronation is to be spoken of, up to they consecrated him, joined their palms with the ten fingernails crowned on their head, congratulated prince Mahabbala with victory and triumph, and having congratulated him, spoke thus: 'Speak, son, what may we give? What may we bestow?' The rest is just as with Jamāli, up to:
Then the ascetic Mahabbala, in the presence of the ascetic Dhammaghosa, studied the fourteen pūrvas beginning with the Sāmāyika; having studied [them], purifying his soul with many diverse austerities of fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth fasts, and half-month and month-long fasts, he completed a fully complete twelve years of ascetic life; having completed [it], having emaciated himself through a month-long sallehanā, having cut off sixty meals by fasting, having confessed and repented, having attained spiritual composure, dying at the appointed time, he ascended far upwards, many yojanas, many hundreds of yojanas, many thousands of yojanas, many hundreds of thousands of yojanas, many crores of yojanas, many crores of crores of yojanas above the forms of the moon, sun, planets, lunar mansions, and stars; having bypassed the celestial abodes of Sohammadeva, Īsāna, Saṇaṃkumāra, and Māhiṃda, he was born as a deity in the Baṃbhaloka heaven. There, a lifespan duration of ten sāgaropamas is proclaimed for some deities. There, a lifespan duration of ten sāgaropamas was proclaimed for the deity Mahabbala as well. You yourself, O Sudaṃsaṇa, having lived enjoying divine pleasures in the Baṃbhaloka heaven for ten sāgaropamas, immediately upon passing away from that divine world due to the exhaustion of your life, the exhaustion of your state of existence, and the exhaustion of your lifespan duration, were reborn as a son in a merchant family right here in the city of Vāṇiyaggāma.