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# Viyahapannatti 12.9.559

Viyāhapannatti 12.9.559

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [12.9.559](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.12.9.559)

eesi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! bhaviyadavvadevāṇaṃ, naradevāṇaṃ, dhammadevāṇaṃ, devātidevāṇaṃ, bhāvadevāṇa ya kayare kayarehiṃto appā vā? bahuyā vā? tullā vā? visesāhiyā vā?  
goyamā! savvatthovā naradevā, devātidevā saṃkhejjaguṇā, dhammadevā saṃkhejjaguṇā, bhaviyadavvadevā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, bhāvadevā asaṃ-khejjaguṇā|  
eesi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! bhāvadevāṇaṃ bhavanavāsīṇaṃ, vāṇamaṃtarāṇaṃ, joisiyāṇaṃ, vemāṇiyāṇaṃ–sohammagāṇaṃ jāva accuyagāṇaṃ, gevejjagāṇaṃ, anuttarovavāiyāṇa ya kayare kayarehiṃto appā vā? bahuyā vā? tullā vā? visesāhiyā vā?  
goyamā! savvatthovā anuttarovavāiyā bhāvadevā, uvarimagevejjā bhāvadevā saṃkhejjaguṇā, majjhima-gevejjā saṃkhejjaguṇā, heṭṭhimagevejjā saṃkhejjaguṇā, accue kappe devā saṃkhejjaguṇā jāva āṇaya-kappe devā saṃkhejjaguṇā, sahassāre kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, mahāsukke kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, laṃtae kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, baṃbhaloe kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, māhiṃde kappe devā asaṃkhejja-guṇā, saṇaṃkumāre kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, īsāne kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, sohamme kappe devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, bhavanavāsidevā asaṃkhe-jjaguṇā, vāṇamaṃtarā devā asaṃkhejjaguṇā, jotisiyā bhāvadevā asaṃkhejjaguṇā|  
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

> "Among these, Venerable Sir—potential substance-gods, king-gods, Dharma-gods, god-of-gods, and actual gods—who is fewer, more, equal, or specifically greater compared to whom?"  
> "Gautama! King-gods are the fewest of all; god-of-gods are countably times more; Dharma-gods are countably times more; potential substance-gods are uncountably times more; actual gods are uncountably times more."  
> "Among these actual gods, Venerable Sir—Bhavanavāsins, Vāṇamantara, Jyotiṣka, and Vaimānika: Saudharmaka up to Acyutaka, Graiveyaka, and Anuttaropapātika—who is fewer, more, equal, or specifically greater compared to whom?"  
> "Gautama! Anuttaropapātika actual gods are the fewest of all; upper-Graiveyaka actual gods are countably times more; middle-Graiveyaka are countably times more; lower-Graiveyaka are countably times more; gods in the Acyuta heaven are countably times more up to gods in the Ānata heaven are countably times more; gods in the Sahasrāra heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Mahāśukra heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Lāntaka heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Brahmaloka heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Māhendra heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Sanatkumāra heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Īśāna heaven are uncountably times more; gods in the Saudharma heaven are uncountably times more; Bhavanavāsin gods are uncountably times more; Vāṇamantara gods are uncountably times more; Jyotiṣka actual gods are uncountably times more."  
> "That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (3)

- [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.12.9.559) — Hindi
- [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.12.9.559) — Gujarati
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.12.9.559) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.829) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati
- [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v6.p89) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit

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