Viyahapannatti 16.5.676

16.5.676

bhaṃteti! bhagavaṃ goyame samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–gaṃgadattassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! devassa sā divvā deviḍḍhī divvā devajjutī divve devānubhāve kahiṃ gate? kahiṃ anuppaviṭṭhe?
goyamā! sarīraṃ gae, sarīraṃ anuppaviṭṭhe, kūḍāgārasālādiṭṭhaṃto jāva sarīraṃ anuppaviṭṭhe| aho ṇaṃ bhaṃte! gaṃgadatte deve mahiḍḍhie mahajjuie mahabbale mahāyase mahesakkhe|
gaṃgadatteṇaṃ bhaṃte! deveṇaṃ sā divvā deviḍḍhī sā divvā devajjutī se divve devāṇubhāge kiṇṇā laddhe? kiṇṇā patte? kiṇṇā abhisamannāgae? puvvabhave ke āsī? kiṃ nāmae vā? kiṃ vā gotteṇaṃ?
kayaraṃsi vā gāmaṃsi vā nagaraṃsi vā nigamaṃsi vā rāyahānīe vā kheḍaṃsi vā kabbaḍaṃsi vā maḍaṃbaṃsi vā paṭṭaṇaṃsi vā doṇamuhaṃsi vā āgaraṃsi vā āsamaṃsi vā saṃbāhaṃsi vā sannivesaṃsi vā?
kiṃ vā daccā? kiṃ vā bhoccā? kiṃ vā kiccā? kiṃ vā samāyarittā? kassa vā tahārūvassa samaṇassa vā māhaṇassa vā aṃtie egamavi āriyaṃ dhammiyaṃ suvayaṇaṃ soccā nisamma jaṇṇaṃ gaṃgadatteṇaṃ deveṇaṃ sā divvā deviḍḍhī sā divvā devajjutī se divve devānubhāge laddhe patte abhisamannāgae?
goyamādī! samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre bhagavaṃ goyamaṃ evaṃ vayāsī–evaṃ khalu goyamā! teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ iheva jaṃbuddīve dīve bhārahe vāse hatthiṇāpure nāmaṃ nagare hotthā–vaṇṇao| sahasaṃbavane ujjāṇe–vaṇṇao| tattha ṇaṃ hatthiṇāpure nagare gaṃgadatte nāma gāhāvatī parivasati–aḍḍhe jāva bahujaṇassa aparibhūe|
teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ munisuvvae arahā ādigare jāva savvaṇṇū savvadarisī āgāsagaeṇaṃ cakkeṇaṃ, āgāsagaeṇaṃ chatteṇaṃ, āgāsiyāhiṃ cāmarāhiṃ, āgāsa-phāliyāmaeṇaṃ sapāyavīḍheṇaṃ sīhāsaṇeṇaṃ, dhammajjhaeṇaṃ purao pakaḍḍhijjamāṇeṇaṃ-pakaḍḍhijjamāṇeṇaṃ sīsagaṇasaṃparivuḍe puvvā-ṇupuvviṃ caramāṇe gāmānugāmaṃ dūijjamāṇe suhaṃsuheṇaṃ viharamāṇe jeṇeva hatthiṇāure nagare jeṇeva sahasaṃbavane ujjāṇe jāva viharati| parisā niggayā jāva pajjuvāsati|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte gāhāvatī imose kahāe laddhaṭṭhe samāṇe haṭṭhatuṭṭhe ṇhāe kayabalikamme jāva appamahagghābharaṇālaṃki-yasarīre sāo gihāo paḍinikkhamati, paḍinikkhamittā pāyavihāracāreṇaṃ hatthiṇāpuraṃ nagaraṃ majjhaṃmajjheṇaṃ niggacchati, niggacchittā jeṇeva sahasaṃbavane ujjāṇe jeṇeva muṇisuvvae arahā teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā muṇisuvvayaṃ arahaṃ tikkhutto āyāhiṇa-payāhiṇaṃ karei jāva tivihāe pajjuvāsaṇāe pajjuvāsati|
tae ṇaṃ muṇisuvvae arahā gaṃgadattassa gāhāvatissa tīse ya mahatimahāliyāe parisāe dhammaṃ parikahei jāva parisā paḍigayā|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte gāhāvatī munisuvvayassa arahao aṃtiyaṃ dhammaṃ soccā nisamma haṭṭhatuṭṭhe uṭṭhāe uṭṭheti, uṭṭhettā muṇi suvvayaṃ arahaṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–saddahāmi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! niggaṃthaṃ pāvayaṇaṃ jāva se jaheyaṃ tubbhe vadaha, jaṃ navaraṃ devānuppiyā! jeṭṭhaputtaṃ kuḍuṃbe ṭhāvemi, tae ṇaṃ ahaṃ devānuppiyāṇaṃ aṃtiyaṃ muṃḍe bhavittā agārāo anagāriyaṃ pavvayāmi|
ahāsuhaṃ devānuppiyā! mā paḍibaṃdhaṃ|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte gāhāvaī munisuvvaeṇaṃ arahayā evaṃ vutte samāṇe haṭṭhatuṭṭhe muṇisuvvayaṃ arahaṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā munisuvvayassa arahao aṃtiyāo sahasaṃbavaṇāo ujjāṇāo paḍinikkhamati, paḍinikkhamittā, jeṇeva hatthiṇāpure nagare jeṇeva sae gihe teṇeva uvāgacchati, uvāgacchittā viulaṃ asana-pāna-khāima-sāimaṃ uvakkhaḍāveti, uvakkhaḍāvettā mitta-nāi-niyaga-sayaṇa-saṃbaṃdhi-pariyaṇaṃ āmaṃteti, āmaṃtettā tao pacchā ṇhāe jahā pūraṇe jāva jeṭṭhaputtaṃ kuḍuṃbe ṭhāveti| taṃ mitta-nāi-niyaga -sayaṇa-saṃbaṃdhi-pariyaṇaṃ jeṭṭhaputtaṃ ca āpucchai, āpucchittā purisasahassa-vāhaṇiṃ sīyaṃ druhati, druhittā mitta-nāi-niyaga-sayaṇa-saṃbaṃdhi-parijaṇeṇaṃ jeṭṭhaputteṇa ya samaṇugamma-māṇamagge savviḍḍhīe jāva duṃduhi-nigghosanāditaraveṇaṃ hatthiṇāgapuraṃ majjhaṃmajjheṇaṃ nigga-cchai, niggacchittā jeṇeva sahasaṃbavane ujjāṇe teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā chattādite titthagarātisae pāsati|
evaṃ jahā uddāyaṇe jāva sayameva ābharaṇe omuyai, omuittā sayameva paṃcamuṭṭhiyaṃ loyaṃ kareti, karettā jeṇeva muṇisuvvae arahā evaṃ jaheva uddāyaṇe taheva pavvaie, taheva ekkārasa aṃgāiṃ ahijjai jāva māsiyāe saṃlehaṇāe attāṇaṃ jjhūsei, jjhūsettā saṭṭhiṃ bhattāiṃ anasanāe chedeti, chedettā āloiya-paḍikkaṃte samāhipatte kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā mahāsukke kappe mahāsāmāṇe vimāne uvavāyasabhāe devasayaṇijjaṃsi jāva gaṃgadattadevattāe uvavanne|
tae ṇaṃ se gaṃgadatte deve ahuṇovavannamettae samāṇe paṃcavihāe pajjattīe pajjattabhāvaṃ gacchati, [taṃ jahā–āhārapajja-ttīe jāva bhāsā-maṇapajjattīe] evaṃ khalu goyamā! gaṃgadatteṇaṃ deveṇaṃ sā divvā deviḍḍhī sā divvā devajjutī se divve devāṇubhāge laddhe patte abhisamannāgae|
gaṃgadattassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! devassa kevatiyaṃ kālaṃ ṭhiti pannattā?
goyamā! sattarasa sāgarovamāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā|
gaṃgadatte ṇaṃ bhaṃte! deve tāo devalogāo āukkhaeṇaṃ bhavakkhaeṇaṃ ṭhiikkhaeṇaṃ anaṃtaraṃ cayaṃ caittā kahiṃ gacchihiti? kahiṃ uvavajjihiti?
goyamā! mahāvidehe vāse sijjhihiti jāva savvadukkhāṇaṃ aṃtaṃ kāhiti|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

"Venerable Sir!" Lord Gautama bowed to and venerated the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having bowed to and venerated him, spoke thus:
"Where has that divine celestial splendour, divine celestial brilliance, and divine celestial power of the god Gaṅgadatta gone, Venerable Sir? Where has it entered?"
"Gautama! It has gone into the body; it has entered into the body; [as in] the illustration of the peaked roof hall, up to: it has entered into the body."
"Oh, Venerable Sir! The god Gaṅgadatta has great splendour, great brilliance, great strength, great fame, and great majesty!
By what [cause], Venerable Sir, was that divine celestial splendour, that divine celestial brilliance, and that divine celestial power attained, acquired, and fully accomplished by the god Gaṅgadatta? What was he in his previous life? What was his name, or what was his gotra?
In which village, town, market-city, royal capital, bordered settlement, miserable hamlet, isolated town, port-city, river-mouth town, mine, hermitage, fortress, or encampment [did he live]?
What did he give, or what did he consume, or what did he perform, or what did he practice? Or from which suitable śramaṇa or brāhmaṇa, having heard and grasped even a single noble, righteous, wholesome saying, did the god Gaṅgadatta attain, acquire, and fully accomplish that divine celestial splendour, that divine celestial brilliance, and that divine celestial power?"
"Gautama!" the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, spoke thus to Lord Gautama: "Indeed, Gautama, at that time, in that period, right here in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the realm of Bhārata, there was a city named Hastināpura—a description—and a park named Sahasrāmravana—a description.
There, in the city of Hastināpura, lived a householder named Gaṅgadatta—prosperous, up to: not overcome by many people.
At that time, in that period, the Arhat Munisuvrata, the founder, up to: the omniscient, the all-seeing, accompanied by a wheel moving in the sky, an umbrella moving in the sky, chowries in the sky, a crystal-like lion-throne with a footstool in the sky, with the banner of Dharma drawn forward before him, surrounded by a multitude of disciples, wandering in due order, going from village to village, dwelling in great ease, arrived at the city of Hastināpura, at the Sahasrāmravana park, up to: dwelt there. The assembly came forth, up to: attended upon him.
Then the householder Gaṅgadatta, having received news of this event, delighted and joyful, bathed, having performed the daily auspicious rites, up to: with his body adorned with light and precious ornaments, departed from his house. Having departed, he set out on foot, went right through the middle of the city of Hastināpura, and arrived at the Sahasrāmravana park, where the Arhat Munisuvrata was. Having arrived, he circumambulated the Arhat Munisuvrata three times from left to right, up to: attended upon him with the threefold attendance.
Then the Arhat Munisuvrata expounded the Dharma to the householder Gaṅgadatta and to that very large assembly, up to: the assembly returned.
Then the householder Gaṅgadatta, having heard and grasped the Dharma in the presence of the Arhat Munisuvrata, delighted and joyful, arose from his seat. Having arisen, he bowed to and venerated the Arhat Munisuvrata, and having bowed to and venerated him, spoke thus:
'I have faith, Venerable Sir, in the Nirgrantha proclamation, up to: it is just as you say; only, Beloved of the Gods, I shall establish my eldest son in the household, and then, Beloved of the Gods, having shaved my head, I shall go forth from the household into homelessness in your presence.'
'As it pleases you, Beloved of the Gods! Make no hindrance.'
Then the householder Gaṅgadatta, having been addressed thus by the Arhat Munisuvrata, delighted and joyful, bowed to and venerated the Arhat Munisuvrata, and having bowed to and venerated him, departed from the presence of the Arhat Munisuvrata from the Sahasrāmravana park. Having departed, he arrived at the city of Hastināpura, at his own house. Having arrived, he had abundant food, drink, delicacies, and savouries prepared, and having had them prepared, he invited his friends, relatives, kin, family, affines, and dependents. Having invited them, and thereafter having bathed—as in the case of Pūraṇa, up to: he established his eldest son in the household. He asked permission of those friends, relatives, kin, family, affines, dependents, and his eldest son, and having asked permission, he mounted a palanquin borne by a thousand men. Having mounted it, followed along the road by his friends, relatives, kin, family, affines, dependents, and his eldest son, with all his splendour, up to: to the sounds of kettle-drums and musical instruments, he went right through the middle of the city of Hastināpura. Having gone forth, he arrived at the Sahasrāmravana park. Having arrived, he beheld the umbrella and other supernatural attributes of the Tīrthaṅkara.
Thus, as in the case of Udāyana, up to: he removed his ornaments himself, and having removed them, he plucked out his hair himself in five handfuls. Having done so, he approached the Arhat Munisuvrata; just as in the case of Udāyana, he took initiation in the same manner, and in the same manner studied the eleven Aṅgas, up to: emaciated himself through a one-month saṃlekhanā, and having emaciated himself, cut off sixty meals by fasting; having confessed and repented, attained composure, and in the fullness of time having met his death, he was reborn in the Mahāśukra heaven, in the Mahāsāmānika celestial abode, in the manifestation-hall on the divine bed, up to: was reborn as the god Gaṅgadatta.
Then the god Gaṅgadatta, as soon as he was thus reborn, attained the state of completion through the five kinds of completions, [namely: through the completion of nourishment, up to: through the completions of speech and mind.] Thus indeed, Gautama, did the god Gaṅgadatta attain, acquire, and fully accomplish that divine celestial splendour, that divine celestial brilliance, and that divine celestial power."
"How long, Venerable Sir, has the lifespan duration of the god Gaṅgadatta been declared to be?"
"Gautama! A lifespan duration of seventeen sāgaropamas has been declared."
"When the god Gaṅgadatta passes away immediately from that celestial realm at the exhaustion of his life, the exhaustion of his existence, and the exhaustion of his lifespan duration, where will he go, Venerable Sir? Where will he be reborn?"
"Gautama! In the realm of Mahāvideha, he will become liberated, up to: will make an end of all suffering."
"So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!"