Viyahapannatti 18.7.748

18.7.748

atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! devā je anaṃte kammaṃse jahanneṇaṃ ekkeṇa vā dohiṃ vā tīhiṃ vā, ukkoseṇaṃ paṃcahiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti?
haṃtā atthi|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! devā je anaṃte kammaṃse jahanneṇaṃ ekkeṇa vā dohiṃ vā tīhiṃ vā, ukkoseṇaṃ paṃcahiṃ vāsasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti?
haṃtā atthi|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! devā je anaṃte kammaṃse jahanneṇaṃ ekkeṇa vā dohiṃ vā tīhiṃ vā, ukkoseṇa paṃcahiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti?
haṃtā atthi|
kayare ṇaṃ bhaṃte! te devā je anaṃte kammaṃse jahanneṇaṃ ekkeṇa vā jāva paṃcahiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti? kayare ṇaṃ bhaṃte! te devā jāva paṃcahiṃ vāsasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti? kayare ṇaṃ bhaṃte! te devā jāva paṃcahiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti?
goyamā! vāṇamaṃtarā devā anaṃte kammaṃse egeṇaṃ vāsasaeṇaṃ khavayaṃti| asuriṃdavajjiyā bhavanavāsī devā anaṃte kammaṃse dohiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti| asurakumārā devā anaṃte kammaṃse tīhiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti| gaha-nakkhatta-tārārūvā joisiyā devā anaṃte kammaṃse cauhiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti| caṃdima-sūriyā-joisiṃdā jotisarāyāṇo anaṃte kammaṃse paṃcahiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti|
sohammīsānagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse egeṇaṃ vāsasahasseṇaṃ khavayaṃti| saṇaṃkumāra-māhiṃdagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse dohiṃ vāsasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti| evaṃ eeṇaṃ abhilāveṇaṃ baṃbhaloga-laṃtagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse tīhiṃ vāsasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti| mahāsukka-sahassāragā devā anaṃte kammaṃse cauhiṃ vāsasaha- ssehiṃ khavayaṃti| āṇaya-pāṇaya-āraṇa-accuyagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse paṃcahiṃ vāsasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti|
hiṭṭhimagevejjagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse egeṇaṃ vāsasayasahasseṇaṃ khavayaṃti| majjhimagevejjagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse dohiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti| uvarimagevejjagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse tihiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti| vijaya-vejayaṃta-jayaṃta-aparājiyagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse cauhiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti| savvaṭṭhasiddhagā devā anaṃte kammaṃse paṃcahiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti|
ee ṇaṃ goyamā! te devā je anaṃte kammaṃse jahanneṇaṃ ekkeṇa vā dohiṃ vā tīhiṃ vā, ukkoseṇaṃ paṃcahiṃ vāsasaehiṃ khavayaṃti| ee ṇaṃ goyamā! te devā jāva paṃcahiṃ vāsasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti| ee ṇaṃ goyamā! te devā jāva paṃcahiṃ vāsasayasahassehiṃ khavayaṃti|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

"Are there, Venerable Sir, devas who exhaust infinite karmic parts in a minimum of one, two, or three, [or] a maximum of five hundred years?"
"Yes, there are."
"Are there, Venerable Sir, devas who exhaust infinite karmic parts in a minimum of one, two, or three, [or] a maximum of five thousand years?"
"Yes, there are."
"Are there, Venerable Sir, devas who exhaust infinite karmic parts in a minimum of one, two, or three, [or] a maximum of five hundred thousand years?"
"Yes, there are."
"Which devas are they, Venerable Sir, who exhaust infinite karmic parts in a minimum of one [hundred] up to five hundred years? Which devas are they, Venerable Sir, who exhaust [infinite karmic parts] up to in five thousand years? Which devas are they, Venerable Sir, who exhaust [infinite karmic parts] up to in five hundred thousand years?"
"Gautama! The Vāṇamantara devas exhaust infinite karmic parts in one hundred years. The Bhavanavāsin devas, except for the Asurendras, exhaust infinite karmic parts in two hundred years. The Asurakumāra devas exhaust infinite karmic parts in three hundred years. The Jyotiṣka devas in the form of planets, lunar mansions, and stars exhaust infinite karmic parts in four hundred years. The moon and the sun, the Jyotiṣkendras, kings of the Jyotiṣkas, exhaust infinite karmic parts in five hundred years.
The devas residing in Saudharma and Īśāna exhaust infinite karmic parts in one thousand years. The devas residing in Sanatkumāra and Māhendra exhaust infinite karmic parts in two thousand years. Likewise, by this formulation: the devas residing in Brahmaloka and Lāntaka exhaust infinite karmic parts in three thousand years. The devas residing in Mahāśukra and Sahasrāra exhaust infinite karmic parts in four thousand years. The devas residing in Ānata, Prāṇata, Āraṇa, and Acyuta exhaust infinite karmic parts in five thousand years.
The devas residing in the lower Graiveyaka exhaust infinite karmic parts in one hundred thousand years. The devas residing in the middle Graiveyaka exhaust infinite karmic parts in two hundred thousand years. The devas residing in the upper Graiveyaka exhaust infinite karmic parts in three hundred thousand years. The devas residing in Vijaya, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and Aparājita exhaust infinite karmic parts in four hundred thousand years. The devas residing in Sarvārthasiddha exhaust infinite karmic parts in five hundred thousand years.
These, Gautama, are those devas who exhaust infinite karmic parts in a minimum of one, two, or three, [and] a maximum of five hundred years. These, Gautama, are those devas who exhaust [infinite karmic parts] up to in five thousand years. These, Gautama, are those devas who exhaust [infinite karmic parts] up to in five hundred thousand years."
"Truly so, Venerable Sir! Truly so, Venerable Sir!"