Viyahapannatti 16.5.673

16.5.673

teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ ulluyatīre nāmaṃ nagare hotthā–vaṇṇao| egajaṃbue ceie–vaṇṇao| teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ sāmī samosaḍhe jāva parisā pajjuvāsati| teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ sakke deviṃde devarāyā vajjapāṇī–evaṃ jaheva bitiyauddesae taheva divveṇaṃ jāṇavimāneṇaṃ āgao jāva jeṇeva samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–
deve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! mahiḍḍhie jāva mahesakkhe bāhirae poggale apariyāittā pabhū āgamittae? no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
deve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! mahiḍḍhie jāva mahesakkhe bāhirae poggale pariyāittā pabhū āgamittae? haṃtā pabhū|
deve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! mahiḍḍhie jāva mahesakkhe evaṃ eeṇaṃ abhilāveṇaṃ gamittae vā, bhāsittae vā, viāgarittae vā, ummisāvettae vā, nimisāvettae vā, āuṃṭāvettae vā, ṭhāṇaṃ vā sejjaṃ vā nisīhiyaṃ vā ceittae vā, viuvvittae vā, pariyārettae vā jāva haṃtā pabhū –imāiṃ aṭṭha ukkhittapasiṇavāgaraṇāiṃ pucchai, pucchittā saṃbhaṃtiyavaṃdanaeṇaṃ vaṃdati, vaṃdittā tameva divvaṃ jāṇavimāṇaṃ druhati, druhittā jāmeva disaṃ pāubbhūe tāmeva disaṃ paḍigae|

At that time, in that period, there was a city named Ullukatīra—[it should be] described [in detail]. [There was] the Ekajambuka caitya—[it should be] described. At that time, in that period, the Master arrived [and] the assembly paid homage [to him]. At that time, in that period, Śakra, the Indra of the gods, king of the gods, wielder of the thunderbolt—just as [described] in the second uddeśaka, so [here]—came by his divine celestial vehicle [and] went up to where the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra was; having approached, he venerated and made obeisance to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having venerated and made obeisance, spoke thus:
“Can a deity, Venerable Sir, of great power, up to of great majesty, arrive [here] without taking hold of external pudgalas?”
“That sense is not valid.”
“Can a deity, Venerable Sir, of great power, up to of great majesty, arrive [here] having taken hold of external pudgalas?”
“Yes, he can.”
“Can a deity, Venerable Sir, of great power, up to of great majesty—in this same manner, by this phrase—go, speak, explain, open [his eyes], close [his eyes], contract [his limbs], establish a place, a bed, or a seat, transform [forms], or indulge in pleasures?”—up to—“Yes, he can.” Having asked these eight abruptly posed questions and explanations, and having asked them, he paid homage with a hurried veneration; having paid homage, he mounted that very divine celestial vehicle, and having mounted it, departed in that very direction from which he had appeared.