Viyahapannatti 20.8.794

20.8.794

eesu ṇaṃ bhaṃte! paṃcasu bharahesu, paṃcasu eravaesu atthi osappiṇīti vā ussappiṇīti vā?
haṃtā atthi| eesu ṇaṃ paṃcasu mahāvidehesu nevatthi osappiṇī, nevatthi ussappiṇī, avaṭṭhie ṇaṃ tattha kāle pannatte samaṇāuso
eesu ṇaṃ bhaṃte! paṃcasu mahāvidehesu arahaṃtā bhagavaṃto paṃcamahavvaiyaṃ sapaḍikkamaṇaṃ dhammaṃ pannavayaṃti?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
eesu ṇaṃ paṃcasu bharahesu, paṃcasu eravaesu, purima-pacchimagā duve arahaṃtā bhagavaṃto paṃcamahavvaiyaṃ sapaḍikkamaṇaṃ dhammaṃ paṇṇavayaṃti, avasesā ṇaṃ arahaṃtā bhagavaṃto cāujjāmaṃ dhammaṃ pannavayaṃti| eesu ṇaṃ paṃcasu mahāvidehesu arahaṃtā bhagavaṃto cāujjāmaṃ dhammaṃ pannavayaṃti|
jaṃbuddīve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! dīve bhārahe vāse imīse osappiṇīe kati titthagarā pannattā?
goyamā! cauvīsaṃ titthagarā pannattā, taṃ0 usabha-ajiya-saṃbhava-abhinaṃdaṇa-sumati-suppabha-supāsa-sasi-pupphadaṃta- sīyala-sejjaṃsa-vāsupujja- vimala-anaṃta-dhamma- saṃti-kuṃthu-ara- malli-munisuvvaya-nami- nemi-pāsa-vaddhamāṇā|

"In these five Bharatas and five Airāvatas, Venerable Sir, is there a descending cycle or an ascending cycle?"
"Yes, there is. In these five Mahāvidehas, however, there is neither a descending cycle nor an ascending cycle; stable time is taught there, O long-lived śramaṇa."
"In these five Mahāvidehas, Venerable Sir, do the Arhat Bhagavāns teach the Dharma consisting of five great vows with pratikramaṇa?"
"That is not meaning-supported.
In these five Bharatas and five Airāvatas, the first and last two Arhat Bhagavāns teach the Dharma consisting of five great vows with pratikramaṇa, whereas the remaining Arhat Bhagavāns teach the fourfold Dharma. In these five Mahāvidehas, the Arhat Bhagavāns teach the fourfold Dharma."
"In this descending cycle in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bharata, Venerable Sir, how many tīrthaṅkaras are taught?"
"Gautama, twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras are taught, namely: Ṛṣabha, Ajita, Sambhava, Abhinandana, Sumati, Suprabha, Supārśva, Śaśin, Puṣpadanta, Śītala, Śreyāṃsa, Vāsupūjya, Vimala, Ananta, Dharma, Śānti, Kunthu, Ara, Malli, Munisuvrata, Nami, Nemi, Pārśva, and Vardhamāna."