Viyahapannatti 14.2.601

14.2.601

atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! pajjaṇṇe kālavāsī vuṭṭhikāyaṃ pakareṃti?
haṃtā atthi|
jāhe ṇaṃ bhaṃte! sakke deviṃde devarāyā vuṭṭhikāyaṃ kāukāme bhavai se kahamiyāṇiṃ pakareti?
goyamā! tāhe ceva ṇaṃ se sakke deviṃde devarāyā abbhiṃtaraparisae deve saddāvei| tae ṇaṃ te abbhiṃtaraparisagā devā saddāviyā samāṇā majjhimaparisae deve saddāveṃti| tae ṇaṃ te majjhimaparisagā devā saddāviyā samāṇā bāhiraparisae deve saddāveṃti| tae ṇaṃ te bāhiraparisagā devā saddāviyā samāṇā bāhirabāhirage deve saddāveṃti|
tae ṇaṃ te bāhirabāhiragā devā saddāviyā samāṇā ābhiogie deve saddāveṃti| tae ṇaṃ te ābhiogiyā devā saddāviyā samāṇā vuṭṭhikāie deve saddāveṃti| tae ṇaṃ te vuṭṭhikāiyā devā saddāviyā samāṇā vuṭṭhikāyaṃ pakareṃti| evaṃ khalu goyamā! sakke deviṃde devarāyā vuṭṭhikāyaṃ pakareti|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! asurakumārā vi devā vuṭṭhikāyaṃ pakareṃti? haṃtā atthi|
kiṃpattiyaṃ ṇaṃ bhaṃte! asurakumārā devā vuṭṭhikāyaṃ pakareṃti?
goyamā! je ime arahaṃtā bhagavaṃto–eesi ṇaṃ jammaṇamahimāsu vā nikkhamaṇamahimāsu vā nāṇuppāya-mahimāsu vā parinivvāṇa-mahimāsu vā, evaṃ khalu goyamā! asurakumārā devā vuṭṭhikāyaṃ pakareṃti| evaṃ nāgakumārā vi, evaṃ jāva thaṇiyakumārā| vāṇamaṃtara-joisiya-vemāṇiyā evaṃ ceva|

"Is it the case, Venerable Sir, that seasonal clouds produce rain?"
"Yes, it is so."
"When, Venerable Sir, Śakra, the Indra of the gods, the king of the gods, desires to produce rain, how does he then produce it?"
"Gautama! At that very time, Śakra, the Indra of the gods, the king of the gods, summons the gods of the inner council. Then those gods of the inner council, being summoned, summon the gods of the middle council. Then those gods of the middle council, being summoned, summon the gods of the outer council. Then those gods of the outer council, being summoned, summon the gods outside of the outer [council].
Then those gods outside of the outer [council], being summoned, summon the Ābhiyogika gods. Then those Ābhiyogika gods, being summoned, summon the rain-bodied gods. Then those rain-bodied gods, being summoned, produce rain. Thus indeed, Gautama, Śakra, the Indra of the gods, the king of the gods, produces rain."
"Is it the case, Venerable Sir, that the Asurakumāra gods also produce rain?"
"Yes, it is so."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, do the Asurakumāra gods produce rain?"
"Gautama! For these Arhats, the Blessed Ones—at their birth festivals, or renunciation festivals, or omniscience-attainment festivals, or complete nirvāṇa festivals—thus indeed, Gautama, the Asurakumāra gods produce rain. So also the Nāgakumāras, and so forth up to the Stanitakumāras. The Vāṇamantaras, Jyotiṣkas, and Vaimānikas likewise."