Viyahapannatti 13.1.566

13.1.566

se nūnaṃ bhaṃte! kaṇhalesse, nīlalesse jāva sukkalesse bhavittā kaṇhalessesu neraiesu uvavajjaṃti?
haṃtā goyamā! kaṇhalesse jāva uvavajjaṃti|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–kaṇhalesse jāva uvavajjaṃti?
goyamā! lessaṭṭhāṇesu saṃkilissamāṇesu-saṃkilissamāṇesu kaṇhalesaṃ pariṇamai, pariṇamittā kaṇhalesesu neraiesu uvavajjaṃti| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ jāva uvavajjaṃti|
se nūnaṃ bhaṃte! kaṇhalesse jāva sukkalesse bhavittā nīlalessesu neraiesu uvavajjaṃti?
haṃtā goyamā! jāva uvavajjaṃti|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ jāva uvavajjaṃti?
goyamā! lessaṭṭhāṇesu saṃkilissamāṇesu vā visujjhamāṇesu vā nīlalessaṃ pariṇamai, pariṇamittā nīlalessesu neraiesu uvavajjaṃti| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! jāva uvavajjaṃti|
se nūnaṃ bhaṃte! kaṇhalesse, nīlalesse jāva sukkalesse bhavittā kāulessesu neraiesu uvavajjaṃti?
evaṃ jahā nīlalessāe tahā kāulessāe vi bhāṇiyavvā jāva se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ jāva uvavajjaṃti|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

“Is it indeed so, Venerable Sir, that having been [possessors of] black leśyā, blue leśyā, up to white leśyā, they take birth among inhabitants of hell having black leśyā?”
“Yes, Gautama! Having been [possessors of] black leśyā […] up to they take birth.”
“For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said thus: ‘Having been [possessors of] black leśyā […] up to they take birth’?”
“Gautama! As the stations of leśyā undergo increasing defilement, one transforms into black leśyā; having transformed, they take birth among inhabitants of hell having black leśyā. For that reason, […] up to they take birth.”
“Is it indeed so, Venerable Sir, that having been [possessors of] black leśyā up to white leśyā, they take birth among inhabitants of hell having blue leśyā?”
“Yes, Gautama! […] up to they take birth.”
“For what reason […] up to they take birth?”
“Gautama! As the stations of leśyā undergo defilement or purification, one transforms into blue leśyā; having transformed, they take birth among inhabitants of hell having blue leśyā. For that reason, Gautama! […] up to they take birth.”
“Is it indeed so, Venerable Sir, that having been [possessors of] black leśyā, blue leśyā, up to white leśyā, they take birth among inhabitants of hell having pigeon-grey leśyā?”
“As for blue leśyā, so it should be stated also for pigeon-grey leśyā up to ‘for that reason, […] up to they take birth’.”
“That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!”