Viyahapannatti 18.3.731

18.3.731

jīvāṇaṃ bhaṃte! pāve kamme je ya kaḍe, je ya kajjai, je ya kajjissai, atthi yāi tassa kei nāṇatte?
haṃtā atthi|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–jīvāṇaṃ pāve kamme je ya kaḍe, je ya kajjai, je ya kajjissai, atthi yāi tassa nāṇatte?
māgaṃdiyaputtā! se jahānāmae–kei purise dhaṇuṃ parāmusai, parāmusittā usuṃ parāmusai, parāmusittā ṭhāṇaṃ ṭhāi, ṭhāittā āyayaka-ṇṇāyataṃ usuṃ kareti, karettā uḍḍhaṃ vehāsaṃ uvvihai, se nūnaṃ māgaṃdiyaputtā! tassa usussa uḍḍhaṃ vehāsaṃ uvvīḍhassa samāṇassa eyati vi nāṇattaṃ, veyati vi nāṇattaṃ, calati vi nāṇattaṃ, phaṃdai vi nāṇattaṃ, ghaṭṭai vi nāṇattaṃ, khubbhai vi nāṇattaṃ, udīrai vi nāṇattaṃ taṃ taṃ bhāvaṃ pariṇamati vi nāṇattaṃ?
haṃtā bhagavaṃ! eyati vi nāṇattaṃ jāva taṃ taṃ bhāvaṃ pariṇamati vi nāṇattaṃ|
se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ māgaṃdiyaputtā! evaṃ vuccai–eyati vi nāṇattaṃ jāva taṃ taṃ bhāvaṃ pariṇamati vi nāṇattaṃ|
neraiyāṇaṃ bhaṃte! pāve kamme je ya kaḍe? evaṃ ceva| evaṃ jāva vemāṇiyāṇaṃ|

"Venerable Sir, is there any difference in the evil karma of living beings that has been done, that is being done, and that will be done?"
"Yes, there is."
"Venerable Sir, why is it said: 'Is there any difference in the evil karma of living beings that has been done, that is being done, and that will be done?'"
"Mākandikaputra, just as if a man grasps a bow, having grasped [it] grasps an arrow, having grasped [it] takes up a stance, having taken up a stance draws the arrow back to his ear, having drawn [it] shoots it up into the sky; is it not so, Mākandikaputra, that as that arrow is shot up into the sky, it moves differently, shakes differently, wavers differently, throbs differently, rubs differently, is agitated differently, accelerates differently, and transforms into various states differently?"
"Yes, Lord, it moves differently, up to transforms into various states differently."
"For that reason, Mākandikaputra, it is said: 'It moves differently, up to transforms into various states differently.'"
"Venerable Sir, [is there any difference] in the evil karma of inhabitants of hell that has been done?" It is just the same. And so on up to celestial beings in celestial abodes.