Viyahapannatti 12.9.555

12.9.555

bhaviyadavvadevā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaohiṃto uvavajjaṃti–kiṃ neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti? tirikkha-manussa-devehiṃto uvavajjaṃti?
goyamā! neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti, tirikkha-manussa-devehiṃto vi uvavajjaṃti| bhedo jahā vakkaṃtīe savvesu uvavāeyavvā jāva anuttarovavāiya tti, navaraṃ– asaṃkhejjavāsāuya-akammabhūmagaaṃtara-dīvagasavvaṭṭhasiddhavajjaṃ jāva aparājiyadevehiṃto vi uvavajjaṃti|
naradevā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaohiṃto uvavajjaṃti–kiṃ neraiehiṃto–pucchā|
goyamā! neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti, no tirikkhajoṇiehiṃto, no manussehiṃto, devehiṃto vi
uvavajjaṃti|
jai neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti–kiṃ rayaṇappabhāpuḍhavineraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti jāva ahesattamā-puḍhavi-neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti?
goyamā! rayaṇappabhāpuḍhavineraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti, no sakkarappabhāpuḍhavineraiehiṃto jāva no ahesattamāpuḍhavineraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti|
jai devehiṃto uvavajjaṃti kiṃ bhavanavāsidevehiṃto uvavajjaṃti? vāṇamaṃtara-joisiya-vemāniya-devehiṃto uvavajjaṃti?
goyamā! bhavanavāsidevehiṃto vi uvavajjaṃti, vāṇamaṃtaradevehiṃto, evaṃ savvadevesu uvavāeyavvā, vakkaṃtīe bhedeṇaṃ jāva savvaṭṭhasiddhatti|
dhammadevā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaohiṃto uvavajjaṃti–kiṃ neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti–pucchā|
evaṃ vakkaṃtībhedeṇaṃ savvesu uvavāeyavvā jāva savvaṭṭhasiddhatti, navaraṃ–tama-ahesattama-teu-vāu-asaṃkhejjavāsāuyaakammabhūmagaaṃtaradīvagavajjesu|
devātidevā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaohiṃto uvavajjaṃti–kiṃ neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti–pucchā|
goyamā! neraiehiṃto uvavajjaṃti, no tirikkhajoṇiehiṃto, no mannussehiṃto, devehiṃto vi uvavajjaṃti
jai neraiehiṃto? evaṃ tisu puḍhavīsu uvavajjaṃti, sesāo khoḍeyavvāo|
jai devehiṃto? vemāṇiesu savvesu uvavajjaṃti jāva savvaṭṭhasiddhatti, sesā khoḍeyavvā|
bhāvadevā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaohiṃto uvavajjaṃti? evaṃ jahā vakkaṃtīe bhavanavāsīṇaṃ uvavāo tahā bhāṇiyavvo|

"Venerable Sir, from where are potential substance-gods born? Do they come from inhabitants of hell? Do they come from animals, humans, [or] gods?"
"Gautama, they come from inhabitants of hell, and they also come from animals, humans, [and] gods. The division is as in [the chapter on] transmigration: they should be brought to be born in all, up to the anuttara-celestials, with the exception of those having an incalculable number of years of lifespan, those born in the non-action-lands, those born in intermediate islands, and those in the Sarvārthasiddha [realm]; they come from deities up to the Aparājita deities."
"Venerable Sir, from where are human-gods born? Do they come from inhabitants of hell?"—[so goes] the inquiry.
"Gautama, they come from inhabitants of hell, not from animals, not from humans, and they also come from gods."
"If they come from inhabitants of hell, do they come from inhabitants of hell of the Ratnaprabhā earth up to inhabitants of hell of the Adhaḥsaptamī earth?"
"Gautama, they come from inhabitants of hell of the Ratnaprabhā earth, not from inhabitants of hell of the Śarkarāprabhā earth up to not from inhabitants of hell of the Adhaḥsaptamī earth."
"If they come from gods, do they come from Bhavanavāsin gods, or do they come from Vāṇamantara, Jyotiṣka, [or] Vaimānika gods?"
"Gautama, they also come from Bhavanavāsin gods, from Vāṇamantara gods; likewise they should be brought to be born from all gods according to the distinctions of transmigration up to Sarvārthasiddha."
"Venerable Sir, from where are Dharma-gods born? Do they come from inhabitants of hell?"—[so goes] the inquiry.
"Likewise, according to the distinctions of transmigration, they should be brought to be born in all up to Sarvārthasiddha, with the exception of [the earths] Tamaḥprabhā and Adhaḥsaptamī, fire-bodied beings, wind-bodied beings, those having an incalculable number of years of lifespan, those born in the non-action-lands, and those born in intermediate islands."
"Venerable Sir, from where are gods of gods born? Do they come from inhabitants of hell?"—[so goes] the inquiry.
"Gautama, they come from inhabitants of hell, not from animals, not from humans, and they also come from gods."
"If from inhabitants of hell?"
"Thus they come from three [hell-]earths; the remaining ones are to be excluded."
"If from gods?"
"They come from all Vaimānikas up to Sarvārthasiddha; the rest are to be excluded."
"Venerable Sir, from where are actual gods born?"
"Thus, as the birth of Bhavanavāsins is stated in [the chapter on] transmigration, so it is to be stated."