[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The Śvetāmbara canon (Siddhānta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta) › [The twelve Aṅgas ("limbs")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga) › [Viyahapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5) › 17.2.700 # Viyahapannatti 17.2.700 Viyāhapannatti 17.2.700 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [17.2.700](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.17.2.700) annautthiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! evamāikkhaṃti jāva parūveṃti–evaṃ khalu samaṇā paṃḍiyā, samaṇovāsayā bālapaṃḍiyā, jassa ṇaṃ egapāṇāe vi daṃḍe anikkhitte se ṇaṃ egaṃtabāle tti vattavvaṃ siyā| se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ? goyamā! jaṇṇaṃ te annautthiyā evamāikkhaṃti jāva egaṃtabāle tti vattavvaṃ siyā, je te evamāhaṃsu micchaṃ te evamāhaṃsu| ahaṃ puṇa goyamā! evamāikkhāmi jāva parūvemi–evaṃ khalu samaṇā paṃḍiyā, samaṇovāsagā bālapaṃḍiyā, jassa ṇaṃ egapāṇāe vi daṃḍe nikkhitte se ṇaṃ no egaṃtabāle tti vattavvaṃ siyā| jīvā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ bālā? paṃḍiyā? bālapaṃḍiyā? goyamā! bālā vi, paṃḍiyā vi, bālapaṃḍiyā vi| neraiyāṇaṃ–pucchā| goyamā! neraiyā bālā, no paṃḍiyā, no bālapaṃḍiyā| evaṃ jāva cauriṃdiyā| paṃciṃdiyatirikkhajoṇiyāṇaṃ–pucchā| goyamā! paṃciṃdiyatirikkhajoṇiyā bālā, no paṃḍiyā, bālapaṃḍiyā vi| manussā jahā jīvā| vāṇamaṃtara-joisiya-vemāṇiyā jahā neraiyā| > “Venerable Sir, the followers of other doctrines declare up to propound thus: ‘Truly, the śramaṇas are wise (paṇḍita), the lay disciples of śramaṇas are partly foolish and partly wise (bālapaṇḍita), and one who has not laid aside violence even towards a single living being should be called utterly foolish (ekāntabāla).’ > How is this so, Venerable Sir?” > “Gautama, as to what those followers of other doctrines declare up to: ‘he should be called utterly foolish,’ those who have spoken thus have spoken falsely. But I, Gautama, declare up to propound thus: ‘Truly, the śramaṇas are wise, the lay disciples of śramaṇas are partly foolish and partly wise, and one who has laid aside violence towards even a single living being should not be called utterly foolish.’ > “Venerable Sir, are jīvas foolish? Wise? Partly foolish and partly wise?” > “Gautama, they are foolish, also wise, and also partly foolish and partly wise.” > “Regarding inhabitants of hell—\[the same\] question.” > “Gautama, inhabitants of hell are foolish, not wise, not partly foolish and partly wise. In this way up to four-sensed beings.” > “Regarding five-sensed beings of the animal realm—\[the same\] question.” > “Gautama, five-sensed beings of the animal realm are foolish, not wise, and also partly foolish and partly wise. Humans are just like jīvas. Vyantara, Jyotiṣka, and Vaimānika \[gods\] are like inhabitants of hell.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.2.699](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.17.2.699) - [Next: 17.2.701](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.17.2.701) - [Up: 17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.17.2) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.17.2.700) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.17.2.700) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.17.2.700) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.1056) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v6.p231) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.17.2.700](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.17.2.700) · Pramāṇa