Viyahapannatti 16.6: Uddeśaka 6: svapna

"How many kinds of dream-visions, Venerable Sir, have been expounded?"
"Gautama! Five kinds of dream-visions have been expounded, namely: true, persistent, anxious, contrary, and indistinct vision.
Does one see a dream when asleep, Venerable Sir? Does one see a dream when awake? Does one see a dream when half-asleep and half-awake?"
"Gautama! One does not see a dream when asleep, nor does one see a dream when awake; one sees a dream when half-asleep and half-awake."
"Are living beings, Venerable Sir, asleep? Awake? Half-asleep and half-awake?"
"Gautama! Living beings are asleep, and also awake, and also half-asleep and half-awake."
"Are the inhabitants of hell, Venerable Sir, asleep?"—[this is the] question.
"Gautama! The inhabitants of hell are asleep, not awake, nor half-asleep and half-awake. Likewise up to four-sensed beings."
"Are five-sensed animals, Venerable Sir, asleep?"—[this is the] question.
"Gautama! They are asleep, not awake, and also half-asleep and half-awake. Humans are like living beings [in general]. The Vāṇavyantara, Jyotiṣka, and Vaimānika [gods] are like the inhabitants of hell."

"Does a restrained person, Venerable Sir, see a dream? Does an unrestrained person see a dream? Does a partially restrained person see a dream?"
"Gautama! A restrained person sees a dream, an unrestrained person also sees a dream, and a partially restrained person also sees a dream. When a restrained person sees a dream, they see it true to reality. When an unrestrained person sees a dream, it may be so or it may be otherwise. When a partially restrained person sees a dream, it may be so or it may be otherwise."
"Are living beings, Venerable Sir, restrained? Unrestrained? Partially restrained?"
"Gautama! Living beings are restrained, also unrestrained, and also partially restrained. Thus, just as with the classification of sleeping beings, so it should be stated."
"How many dreams, Venerable Sir, have been expounded?"
"Gautama! Forty-two dreams have been expounded."
"How many great dreams, Venerable Sir, have been expounded?"
"Gautama! Thirty great dreams have been expounded."
"How many total dreams, Venerable Sir, have been expounded?"
"Gautama! Seventy-two total dreams have been expounded."
"How many great dreams do mothers of tīrthaṅkaras, Venerable Sir, awake having seen when a tīrthaṅkara descends into the womb?"
"Gautama! When a tīrthaṅkara descends into the womb, mothers of tīrthaṅkaras awake having seen these fourteen great dreams out of these thirty great dreams, namely: elephant, bull, up to and fire."
"How many great dreams do mothers of cakravartins, Venerable Sir, awake having seen when a cakravartin descends into the womb?"
"Gautama! When a cakravartin descends into the womb, mothers of cakravartins awake having seen these fourteen great dreams out of these thirty great dreams, namely: elephant, bull, up to and fire."
"Mothers of Vāsudevas, Venerable Sir..."—[this is the] question.
"Gautama! When a Vāsudeva descends into the womb, mothers of Vāsudevas awake having seen any seven great dreams among these fourteen great dreams."
"Mothers of Baladevas..."—[this is the] question.
"Gautama! Mothers of Baladevas, up to awake having seen any four great dreams among these fourteen great dreams."
"Mothers of maṇḍalika [kings], Venerable Sir..."—[this is the] question.
"Gautama! Mothers of maṇḍalika [kings], up to awake having seen any one great dream among these fourteen great dreams."

The śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, in the final night of his period as an unliberated ascetic, awoke after seeing these ten great dreams, namely:
1. Having seen in a dream a great, frightful-looking, blazing tāla-piśāca vanquished, he awoke.
2. Having seen in a dream a great male cuckoo with white wings, he awoke.
3. Having seen in a dream a great male cuckoo with variegated wings, he awoke.
4. Having seen in a dream a great pair of garlands made entirely of jewels, he awoke.
5. Having seen in a dream a great herd of white cows, he awoke.
6. Having seen in a dream a great lotus lake flowering all around on every side, he awoke.
7. Having seen in a dream a great ocean churned with thousands of rolling waves crossed with his own arms, he awoke.
8. Having seen in a dream a great sun blazing with radiance, he awoke.
9. Having seen in a dream the Mānuṣottara mountain encircled and wrapped all around on every side with his own entrails shining like green beryl, he awoke.
10. Having seen in a dream himself seated upon an excellent lion throne atop the peak of Mandara on the great Mount Mandara, he awoke.

1. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great, frightful-looking, blazing tāla-piśāca vanquished, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, eradicated deluding [karma] from the root.
2. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great male cuckoo with white wings, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, dwells engaged in white meditation.
3. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great male cuckoo with variegated wings, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, explains, makes known, expounds, demonstrates, illustrates, and elucidates the twelvefold basket of the leaders consisting of variegated doctrines of his own system and other systems, namely: Ācāra, Sūtrakṛta, and so on up to Dṛṣṭivāda.
4. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great pair of garlands made entirely of jewels, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, makes known the twofold Dharma, namely: the householder Dharma and the homeless ascetic Dharma.
5. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great herd of white cows, by that there is for the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, a fourfold community of ascetics, namely: monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen.
6. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great lotus lake flowering all around on every side, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, makes known the fourfold gods, namely: mansion-dwelling, wandering, stellar, and celestial.
7. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great ocean churned with thousands of rolling waves crossed with his own arms, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, crossed the beginningless, endless, long-coursed, four-ended wilderness of saṃsāra.
8. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream a great sun blazing with radiance, by that there arose for the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, infinite, supreme, unimpeded, unclouded, entire, and complete excellent omniscient knowledge and vision.
9. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream the Mānuṣottara mountain encircled and wrapped all around on every side with his own entrails shining like green beryl, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra's lofty fame, renown, acclaim, and eulogy circulate through the world of gods, humans, and asuras: ‘Truly, the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra! Truly, the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra!’
10. In that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, awoke after seeing in a dream himself seated upon an excellent lion throne atop the peak of Mandara on Mount Mandara, by that the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, seated as an omniscient one in the midst of an assembly of gods, humans, and asuras, explains, makes known, expounds, demonstrates, illustrates, and elucidates the Dharma.

If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great line of horses, or a line of elephants, or a line of men, or a line of kinnaras, or a line of kiṃpuruṣas, or a line of mahoragas, or a line of gandharvas, or a line of bulls, and mounting mounts it, considers oneself mounted, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great rope stretching east to west, touching the ocean at both ends, and rolling rolls it up, considers it rolled up, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great rope stretching east to west, touching the ends of the universe at both ends, and cutting cuts it, considers it cut, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great black thread, or blue thread, or red thread, or yellow thread, or white thread, and untangling untangles it, considers it untangled, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great heap of iron, or heap of copper, or heap of tin, or heap of lead, and climbing climbs it, considers oneself climbed, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in the second birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great heap of silver, or heap of gold, or heap of jewels, or heap of diamonds, and climbing climbs it, considers oneself climbed, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great heap of grass, or heap of wood, or heap of leaves, or heap of bark, or heap of chaff, or heap of husk, or heap of cow dung, or heap of dust, and scattering scatters it, considers it scattered, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great clump of reeds, or clump of vīraṇa grass, or clump of bamboo roots, or clump of creeper roots, and uprooting uproots it, considers it uprooted, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great jar of milk, or jar of curd, or jar of ghee, or jar of honey, and lifting lifts it, considers it lifted, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great unbaked jar of liquor, or unbaked jar of sour gruel, or jar of oil, or jar of fat, and breaking breaks it, considers it broken, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in the second birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great lotus pond in bloom, and plunging plunges into it, considers oneself plunged, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great ocean filled with thousands of rolling waves, and crossing crosses it, considers oneself crossed, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great mansion made entirely of jewels, and entering enters it, considers oneself entered, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.
If a woman or a man, at the conclusion of a dream, sees a great celestial abode made entirely of jewels, and climbing climbs it, considers oneself climbed, and wakes up that very moment, [such a person] attains perfection in that very birth, up to makes an end to all suffering.

"Now, Venerable Sir, when packets of koṣṭha up to packets of ketakī are being opened downwind, or broken open, or scattered, or dispersed, or transferred from one place to another, does the koṣṭha blow up to does the ketakī blow?"
"Gautama! Neither does the koṣṭha blow, up to nor does the ketakī blow; rather, pudgalas that are perceptible to the sense of smell blow."
"That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!"