Viyahapannatti 14.7.622

14.7.622

atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! lavasattamā devā, lavasattamā devā?
haṃtā atthi|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–lavasattamā devā, lavasattamā devā?
goyamā! se jahānāmae kei purise taruṇe jāva niuṇasippovagae sālīṇa vā, vīhīṇa vā, godhūmāṇa vā, javāṇa vā, javajavāṇa vā pakkāṇaṃ, pariyātāṇaṃ, hariyāṇaṃ, hariyakaṃḍāṇaṃ tikkheṇaṃ navapajjaṇaeṇaṃ asiaeṇaṃ paḍisāhariyā-paḍisāhariyā paḍisaṃkhiviyā-paḍisaṃkhiviyā jāva iṇāmeva-iṇāmeva tti kaṭṭu satta lave luejjā, jadi ṇaṃ goyamā! tesiṃ devāṇaṃ evatiyaṃ kālaṃ āue pahuppate to ṇaṃ te devā teṇaṃ ceva bhavaggahaṇeṇaṃ sijjhaṃtā bujjhaṃtā muccaṃtā parinivvāyaṃtā savvadukkhāṇaṃ aṃtaṃ kareṃtā| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–lavasattamā devā, lavasattamā devā|

"Venerable Sir, are there gods called Lavasaptama—are there gods called Lavasaptama?"
"Yes, they do exist."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'Gods called Lavasaptama, gods called Lavasaptama'?"
"Gautama, just as if some man, young [...] endowed with fine craft skills, were to cut seven portions of stalks—collecting them again and again, gathering them together again and again, thinking 'Just at this very moment!'—from ripe, mature, yellow stalks with yellow nodes of śāli rice, or vīhi rice, or wheat, or barley, or coarse barley, using a sharp, newly sharpened sickle; if, Gautama, those gods had only that much lifespan left, then indeed those gods, attaining liberation, awakening, release, and entering final nirvāṇa in that very embodiment, would make an end of all suffering. For that reason, Gautama, it is said: 'Gods called Lavasaptama, gods called Lavasaptama.'"