Viyahapannatti 12.5.549

12.5.549

caṃdassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! joisiṃdassa joisaranno kati aggamahisīo pannattāo? jahā dasamasae jāva no ceva ṇaṃ mehuṇavattiyaṃ| sūrassa vi taheva|
caṃdima-sūriyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! joisiṃdā joisarāyāṇo kerisae kāmabhoge paccaṇubbhavamāṇā viharaṃti?
goyamā! se jahānāmae kei purise paḍhamajovvaṇuṭṭhāṇabalatthe paḍhamajovvaṇuṭṭhāṇabalatthāe bhāriyāe saddhiṃ aciravattavivāhakajje atthagavesaṇayāe solasavāsavippavāsie, se ṇaṃ tao laddhaṭṭhe kayakajje aṇahasamagge punaravi niyagaṃ gihaṃ havvamāgae, ṇhāe kayabalikamme kayakouya-maṃgala-pāyacchitte savvālaṃkāravibhūsie maṇuṇṇaṃ thālipāgasuddhaṃ aṭṭhārasavaṃjaṇākulaṃ bhoyaṇaṃ bhūtte samāṇe taṃsi tārisagaṃsi vāsagharaṃsi abbhiṃtarao sacittakamme bāhirao dūmiya-ghaṭṭha-maṭṭhe vicittaulloga-cilliyatale maṇirayaṇapaṇāsiyaṃdhayāre, bahusama-suvibhattadesabhāe paṃcavaṇṇa-sarasasurabhi-mukkapuppha-puṃjovayārakalie kālāguru-pavarakuṃdurukka-turukka-dhūva-maghamagheṃta-gaṃdhuddhūyābhi-rāme sugaṃdhavaragaṃdhie gaṃdhavaṭṭibhūe|
taṃsi tārisagaṃsi sayaṇijjaṃsi–sāliṃgaṇavaṭṭie ubhao vibboyaṇe duhao uṇṇae majjhe ṇaya-gaṃbhīre gaṃgāpuliṇavāluya-uddāla-sālisae oyaviya-khomiya-dugullapaṭṭa-paḍicchayaṇe suviraiya-rayattāṇe rattaṃsuyasaṃvue suramme āiṇaga-rūya-būra-navanīya-tūlaphāse sugaṃ-dhavarakusuma-cuṇṇa sayaṇo-vayārakalie tāe tārisiyāe bhāriyāe siṃgārāgāracāruvesāe saṃgaya-gaya-hasiya-bhaṇiya-ceṭṭhiya-vilāsa-salaliya-saṃlāva-niuṇa-juttovayāra-kusalāe suṃdarathaṇa-jaghana-vayaṇa-kara-caraṇa-nayana-lāvaṇṇa-rūva-jovvaṇa-vilāsakaliyāe aṇurattāe avirattāe maṇānukūlāe saddhiṃ iṭṭhe sadde pharise rase rūve gaṃdhe paṃcavihe māṇussae kāmabhoge paccaṇubbhavamāṇe viharejjā, se ṇaṃ goyamā! purise viusamaṇakālasamayaṃsi kerisayaṃ sāyāsokkhaṃ paccaṇubbhavamāṇe viharai?
orālaṃ samaṇāuso!
tassa ṇaṃ goyamā! purisassa kāmabhogehiṃto vāṇamaṃtarāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ etto anaṃtaguṇavisiṭṭhatarā ceva kāmabhogā| vāṇamaṃtarāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ kāmabhogehiṃto asuriṃdavajjiyāṇaṃ bhavanavāsīṇaṃ devāṇaṃ etto anaṃtaguṇavisiṭṭhatarāceva kāmabhogā| asuriṃdavajjiyāṇaṃ bhavanavāsiyāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ kāmabhogehiṃto asurakumārāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ etto anaṃtaguṇavisiṭṭhatarā ceva kāmabhogā| asurakumārāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ kāmabhoge-hiṃto gahagaṇa-nakkhatta-tārārūvāṇaṃ jotisiyāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ etto anaṃtaguṇavisiṭṭhatarā ceva kāmabhogā| gahagaṇa-nakkhatta-tārārūvāṇaṃ jotisiyāṇaṃ kāmabhogehiṃto caṃdima-sūriyāṇaṃ jotisiyāṇaṃ jotisa-rāīṇaṃ etto anaṃtaguṇavisiṭṭhatarā ceva kāmabhogā| caṃdima-sūriyā ṇaṃ goyamā! jotisiṃdā jotisa-rāyāṇo erise kāmabhoge paccaṇubbhavamāṇā viharaṃti|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti bhagavaṃ goyame samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā saṃjameṇaṃ tavasā appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe viharai|

"Venerable Sir! How many chief queens are stated for the moon, the Indra of the heavenly bodies, king of the heavenly bodies?"
[Mahāvīra replied:] "As stated in the tenth śataka, up to: not at all for the purpose of sexual union. The same applies to the sun as well."
"Venerable Sir! What kind of sensual pleasures do the moon and the sun, the Indras of the heavenly bodies, kings of the heavenly bodies, experience as they live?"
"Gautama! Suppose a man in the prime of his first youth and strength, having recently wed a wife in the prime of her first youth and strength, were to live abroad for sixteen years in search of wealth; and then, having acquired wealth, accomplished his purpose, and returned safely and soundly to his own home, having bathed, performed the offering ritual, performed the protective, auspicious, and expiatory rites, adorned with all ornaments, having eaten a delightful meal, pure from the cooking-pot and composed of eighteen dishes, in such a bedchamber that is painted with pictures inside, polished, scraped, and smoothed outside, with a canopy painted with various figures and a shining floor, where darkness is dispelled by gems and jewels, with a very even and well-proportioned space, adorned with an offering of heaps of freshly gathered fragrant five-colored flowers, delightfully fragrant and filled with plumes of scent wafting from black aloe, choice olibanum, and incense, sweetly scented with supreme fragrances, made into an abode of sweet smells;
and on such a bed—with an embracing bolsters, pillows at both ends, raised at both ends, low and deep in the middle, soft as the sand dunes of the Ganges shore, covered with white, flaxen, and silk cloth, adorned with a well-fashioned coverlet, enveloped in red cloth, very charming, soft to the touch like deer skin, fine cotton, kapok, fresh butter, or cotton wool, adorned with an offering of fragrant supreme floral powder on the bed;—[suppose he] were to live experiencing the fivefold human sensual pleasures—delightful sound, touch, taste, form, and fragrance—together with such a wife, dressed in a lovely attire that is an abode of charm, skilled in harmonious movement, laughter, speech, gestures, coquetry, graceful charm, and conversation, clever in proper etiquette, endowed with the charms, beauty, youth, and allure of lovely breasts, hips, face, hands, feet, and eyes, affectionate, unfailing in love, agreeable to his mind: Gautama, what kind of agreeable pleasure would that man experience as he lives at the time of calming his passion?"
"Great, long-lived Śramaṇa!"
"Gautama! Infinitely more superior than the sensual pleasures of that man are the sensual pleasures of the Vāṇamantaras. Infinitely more superior than the sensual pleasures of the Vāṇamantaras are the sensual pleasures of the Bhavanavāsīs, excluding the Asurendras. Infinitely more superior than the sensual pleasures of the Bhavanavāsīs, excluding the Asurendras, are the sensual pleasures of the Asurakumāra gods. Infinitely more superior than the sensual pleasures of the Asurakumāra gods are the sensual pleasures of the Jyotiṣka gods consisting of the hosts of planets, constellations, and stars. Infinitely more superior than the sensual pleasures of the Jyotiṣka gods consisting of the hosts of planets, constellations, and stars are the sensual pleasures of the moon and the sun, the kings of the heavenly bodies among the Jyotiṣkas. Gautama! The moon and the sun, the Indras of the heavenly bodies, kings of the heavenly bodies, live experiencing such sensual pleasures."
"So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!" Saying this, the Venerable Gautama venerated and bowed down to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having venerated and bowed down, lived purifying himself through self-restraint and austerity.