Viyahapannatti 16.5.675

16.5.675

jāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre bhagavao goyamassa eyamaṭṭhaṃ parikaheti tāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ se deve taṃ desaṃ havvamāgae| tae ṇaṃ se deve samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ tikkhutto āyāhiṇa-payāhiṇaṃ karei, karettā vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–evaṃ khalu bhaṃte! mahāsukke kappe mahāsāmāṇe vimāne ege māyimicchadiṭṭhi-uvavannae deve mamaṃ evaṃ vayāsī–pariṇamamāṇā poggalā no pariṇayā, apariṇayā; pariṇamaṃtīti poggalā no pariṇayā, apariṇayā| tae ṇaṃ ahaṃ taṃ māyimicchadiṭṭhiuvavannagaṃ devaṃ evaṃ vayāsī–pariṇamamāṇā poggalā pariṇayā, no apariṇayā; pariṇamaṃtīti poggalā pariṇayā, no apariṇayā, se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ?
gaṃgadattādi! samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre gaṃgadattaṃ devaṃ evaṃ vayāsī–ahaṃ pi ṇaṃ gaṃgadattā! evamāikkhāmi bhāsemi pannavemi parūvemi–pariṇamamāṇā poggalā pariṇayā, no apariṇayā; pariṇamaṃtīti poggalā pariṇayā, no apariṇayā, saccamese aṭṭhe|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte deve samaṇassa bhagavao mahāvīrassa aṃtiyaṃ eyamaṭṭhaṃ soccā nisamma haṭṭhatuṭṭhe samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā naccāsanne jāva pajjuvāsati|
tae ṇaṃ samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre gaṃgadattassa devassa tīse ya mahatimahāliyāe parisāe dhammaṃ parikahei jāva ārāhae bhavati|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte deve samaṇassa bhagavao mahāvīrassa aṃtie dhammaṃ soccā nisamma haṭṭhatuṭṭhe uṭṭhāe uṭṭhei, uṭṭhettā samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–ahaṇṇaṃ bhaṃte! gaṃgadatte deve kiṃ bhavasiddhie? abhavasiddhie? sammadiṭṭhī? micchadiṭṭhī? parittasaṃsārie? anaṃtasaṃsārie? sulabhabohie? dullabhabohie? ārāhae? virāhae? carime? acarime? gaṃgadattāi! samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre gaṃgadattaṃ devaṃ evaṃ vayāsī–gaṃgadattā! tumaṇṇaṃ bhavasiddhie, no abhavasiddhie| sammadiṭṭhī, no micchadiṭṭhī| parittasaṃsārie, no anaṃtasaṃsārie| sulabhabohie, no dullabhabohie| ārāhae, no virāhae| carime, no acarime|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte deve samaṇeṇaṃ bhagavayā mahāvīreṇaṃ evaṃ vutte samāṇe haṭṭhatuṭṭhacittamānaṃdie pīimaṇe paramasomaṇassie harisavasavisappamāṇahiyae samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–tubbhe ṇaṃ bhaṃte! savvaṃ jāṇaha savvaṃ pāsaha, savvao jāṇaha savvao pāsaha, savvaṃ kālaṃ jāṇaha savvaṃ kālaṃ pāsaha, savve bhāve jāṇaha savve bhāve pāsaha|
jāṇaṃti ṇaṃ devānuppiyā! mama puvviṃ vā pacchā vā mameyarūvaṃ divvaṃ deviḍḍhiṃ divvaṃ devajuiṃ divvaṃ devāṇubhāvaṃ laddhaṃ pattaṃ abhisama-ṇṇāgayaṃ ti, taṃ icchāmi ṇaṃ devānuppiyāṇaṃ bhattipuvvagaṃ goyamātiyāṇaṃ samaṇāṇaṃ niggaṃthāṇaṃ divvaṃ deviḍḍhiṃ divvaṃ devajuiṃ divvaṃ devāṇu-bhāvaṃ divvaṃ battīsatibaddhaṃ naṭṭavihiṃ uvadaṃsittae|
tae ṇaṃ samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre gaṃgadatteṇaṃ deveṇaṃ evaṃ vutte samāṇe gaṃgadattassa devassa eyamaṭṭhaṃ no āḍhāi, no pariyāṇai tusiṇīe saṃciṭṭhati|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte deve samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ doccaṃ pi taccaṃ pi evaṃ vayāsī–tubbhe ṇaṃ bhaṃte! savvaṃ jāṇaha savvaṃ pāsaha, savvao jāṇaha savvao pāsaha, savvaṃ kālaṃ jāṇaha savvaṃ kālaṃ pāsaha, savve bhāve jāṇaha savve bhāve pāsaha|
jāṇaṃti ṇaṃ devānuppiyā! mama puvviṃ vā pacchā vā mameyarūvaṃ divvaṃ deviḍḍhiṃ divvaṃ devajuiṃ divvaṃ devāṇubhāvaṃ laddhaṃ pattaṃ abhisamannāgayaṃ ti, taṃ icchāmi ṇaṃ devānuppiyāṇaṃ bhattipuvvagaṃ goyamātiyāṇaṃ samaṇāṇaṃ niggaṃthāṇaṃ davvaṃ deviḍḍhiṃ divvaṃ devajuiṃ divvaṃ devānubhāvaṃ divvaṃ battīsatibaddhaṃ naṭṭavihiṃ uvadaṃsittae tti kaṭṭu jāva battīsatibaddhaṃ naṭṭavihiṃ uvadaṃseti, uvadaṃsettā jāva tāmeva disaṃ paḍigae

And while the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, was narrating this matter to the Venerable Gautama, that god quickly arrived in that place. Then that god circumambulated the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, three times from left to right, praised and bowed to him, and having praised and bowed, spoke thus:

“Indeed, Venerable Sir, in the Mahāśukra kalpa, in the Mahāsāmānika celestial abode, a deceitful wrong-believing god who was reborn there said to me: ‘Pudgalas in the process of transforming are not transformed, they are untransformed; because they are transforming, pudgalas are not transformed, they are untransformed.’ Then I said to that reborn deceitful wrong-believing god: ‘Pudgalas in the process of transforming are transformed, not untransformed; because they are transforming, pudgalas are transformed, not untransformed.’ How is this matter, Venerable Sir?”

“O Gaṅgadatta!” the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra said thus to the god Gaṅgadatta: “I too, O Gaṅgadatta, declare, speak, explain, and set forth thus: ‘Pudgalas in the process of transforming are transformed, not untransformed; because they are transforming, pudgalas are transformed, not untransformed.’ This matter of yours is true.”

Then that god Gaṅgadatta, having heard and grasped this matter in the presence of the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, rejoiced and gratified, praised and bowed to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having praised and bowed, sat neither too near [nor too far], up to revering him.

Then the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, expounded Dharma to the god Gaṅgadatta and to that exceedingly large assembly, up to [the point where he] became an achiever [of righteousness].

Then that god Gaṅgadatta, having heard and grasped Dharma in the presence of the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, rejoiced and gratified, arose from his seat, and having arisen, praised and bowed to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having praised and bowed, spoke thus: “Venerable Sir, am I, the god Gaṅgadatta, capable of liberation or incapable of liberation? Possessed of right view or possessed of wrong view? Having a finite saṃsāra or having an infinite saṃsāra? One for whom enlightenment is easily attained or difficult to attain? An achiever or a non-achiever? In his final birth or not in his final birth?”

“O Gaṅgadatta!” the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra said thus to the god Gaṅgadatta: “Gaṅgadatta! You are capable of liberation, not incapable of liberation. Possessed of right view, not possessed of wrong view. Having a finite saṃsāra, not having an infinite saṃsāra. One for whom enlightenment is easily attained, not difficult to attain. An achiever, not a non-achiever. In your final birth, not not in your final birth.”

Then that god Gaṅgadatta, having been addressed thus by the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, with a mind rejoiced and pleased, delighted, glad at heart, exceedingly cheerful, his heart expanding with joy, praised and bowed to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having praised and bowed, spoke thus: “Venerable Sir, you know all and see all; you know in all respects and see in all respects; you know through all time and see through all time; you know all states and see all states.

Beloved of the gods knows whether before or after I attained, reached, and acquired such divine divine-power, divine divine-radiance, and divine divine-potency; therefore, with devotion toward the Beloved of the gods, I wish to display to the śramaṇas and Nirgranthas headed by Gautama my divine divine-power, divine divine-radiance, divine divine-potency, and the thirty-two-fold theatrical performance.”

Then the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, being spoken to thus by the god Gaṅgadatta, did not heed or take note of this matter of the god Gaṅgadatta, and remained silent.

Then that god Gaṅgadatta spoke thus a second and a third time to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra: “Venerable Sir, you know all and see all; you know in all respects and see in all respects; you know through all time and see through all time; you know all states and see all states.

Beloved of the gods knows whether before or after I attained, reached, and acquired such divine divine-power, divine divine-radiance, and divine divine-potency; therefore, with devotion toward the Beloved of the gods, I wish to display to the śramaṇas and Nirgranthas headed by Gautama my divine divine-power, divine divine-radiance, divine divine-potency, and the thirty-two-fold theatrical performance”—saying so, up to displaying the thirty-two-fold theatrical performance; and having displayed it, up to returned in that very direction.