Viyahapannatti 3.1.156

3.1.156

jai ṇaṃ bhaṃte! sakke deviṃde devarāyā emahiḍḍhīe jāva evatiyaṃ ca ṇaṃ pabhū vikuvvittae, evaṃ khalu devānuppiyāṇaṃ aṃtevāsi tīsae nāmaṃ anagāre pagaibhaddae pagaiuvasaṃte pagaipayaṇukohamāṇamāyālobhe miumaddavasaṃpanne allīṇe vinīe chaṭṭhaṃchaṭṭheṇaṃ anikkhitteṇaṃ tavokammeṇaṃ appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe bahupaḍi-puṇṇāiṃ aṭṭha saṃvaccharāiṃ sāmaṇṇapariyāgaṃ pāuṇittā, māsiyāe saṃlehaṇāe attāṇaṃ jjhūsettā, saṭṭhiṃ bhattāiṃ anasanāe chedettā āloiya-paḍikkaṃte samāhipatte kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā sohamme kappe sayaṃsi vimāṇaṃsi uvavāyasabhāe devasayaṇijjaṃsi devadūsaṃtarie aṃgulassa asaṃkhejjaibhāgamettīe ogāhaṇāe sakkassa deviṃdassa devaranno sāmāniyadevattāe uvavanne|
tae ṇaṃ tīsae deve ahuṇīvavaṇṇamette samāṇe paṃcavihāe pajjattīe pajjattibhāvaṃ gacchai, taṃ0 āhārapajjattīe, sarīrapajjattīe, iṃdiyapajjattīe, āṇāpāṇupajjattīe, bhāsāmana pajjattīe
tae ṇaṃ taṃ tīsayaṃ devaṃ paṃcavihāe pajjattīe pajjattibhāvaṃ gayaṃ samāṇaṃ sāmāniya parisova- vaṇṇayā devā karayalapariggahiyaṃ dasanahaṃ sirasāvattaṃ matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu jaeṇaṃ vijaeṇaṃ vaddhāviṃti vaddhāvittā evaṃ vayāsī–
aho ṇaṃ devānuppiehiṃ divvā deviḍḍhī divvā devajjuī divve devānubhāve laddhe patte abhisamannāgae| jārisiyā ṇaṃ devānuppiehiṃ divvā deviḍḍhī divvā devajjuī divve devānubhāve laddhe patte abhisamannāgae, tārisiyā ṇaṃ sakkeṇa vi deviṃdeṇa devaraṇṇā divvā deviḍḍhī jāva abhisamannāgae| jārisiyā ṇaṃ sakkeṇaṃ deviṃ-deṇaṃ devaraṇṇā divvā deviḍḍhī jāva abhisamannāgae| jārisiyā ṇaṃ devānuppiehiṃ divvā deviḍḍhī jāva abhisamannāgae|
se ṇaṃ bhaṃte! tīsae deve kemahiḍḍhīe jāva kevatiyaṃ ca ṇaṃ pabhū vikuvvittae? goyamā! mahiḍḍhīe jāva mahānubhāge| se ṇaṃ tattha sayassa vimānassa, cauṇhaṃ sāmāniyasāhassīṇaṃ, cauṇhaṃ aggamahisīṇaṃ saparivārāṇaṃ, tiṇhaṃ parisāṇaṃ, sattaṇhaṃ aniyāṇaṃ, sattaṇhaṃ aṇiyāhivaīṇaṃ, solasaṇhaṃ āyarakkha-devasāhassīṇaṃ, annesiṃ ca bahūṇaṃ vemāṇiyāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ, devīṇa ya jāva viharai|
emahiḍḍhīe jāva evatiyaṃ ca ṇaṃ pabhū vikuvvittae| se jahānāmae juvatī juvāṇe hattheṇaṃ hatthe geṇhejjā, jaheva sakkassa taheva jāva esa ṇaṃ goyamā! tīsayassa devassa ayameyārūve visae visayamette buie, no ceva ṇaṃ saṃpattīe vikuvviṃsu vā vikuvvati vā vikuvvissati vā
jai ṇaṃ bhaṃte! tīsae deve mahiḍḍhīe jāva evaiyaṃ ca ṇaṃ pabhū vikuvvittae, sakkassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! deviṃdassa devaranno avasesā sāmāṇiyā devā kemahiḍḍhīyā? taheva savvaṃ jāva esa ṇaṃ goyamā! sakkassa deviṃdassa devaranno egamegassa sāmāniyassa devassa imeyārūve visae visayamette buie, no ceva ṇaṃ saṃpattīe vikuvviṃsu vā vikuvvati vā vikuvvissati vā|
tāvattīsaya–logapālaggamahisī ṇaṃ jaheva camarassa, navaraṃ–do kevalakappe jaṃbuddīve dīve, annaṃ taṃ ceva|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti docce goyame jāva viharai|

"If, Venerable Sir, Śakra, the king of gods, the ruler of gods, possesses such great supernatural power up to and is able to transform this much—surely, [your] pupil named the homeless ascetic Tīṣyaka, Beloved of the Gods, was gentle by nature, tranquil by nature, with anger, pride, deceit, and greed naturally attenuated, endowed with mildness and softness, restrained, humble, cultivating himself through unbroken ascetic practices of continuous two-day fasts, having maintained the ascetic course for a full eight years, emaciating himself with a one-month saṃlekhanā, terminating sixty meals through fasting, having confessed and repented, having attained spiritual composure, dying at his appointed time, was reborn in Saudharma Kalpa in his own celestial abode, in the assembly hall of rebirth, on a divine couch, covered by a divine cloth, with a bodily stature measuring an innumerable fraction of an aṅgula, as a sāmānika god of Śakra, the king of gods, the ruler of gods.

Then, as soon as that god Tīṣyaka was newly reborn, he attained the state of completion through the fivefold completion, namely: completion of nourishment, completion of body, completion of sense organs, completion of respiration, and completion of speech and mind.

Then, when that god Tīṣyaka had attained the state of completion through the fivefold completion, the gods of the sāmānika assembly, joining their palms, clasping their ten nails together, raising them in a reverent gesture above their head and making an añjali upon their crown, congratulated him with shouts of victory and triumph. Having congratulated him, they spoke thus:

'O Beloved of the Gods! Divine godly splendour, divine godly brilliance, and divine godly power have been attained, reached, and acquired by you. Just as divine godly splendour, divine godly brilliance, and divine godly power have been attained, reached, and acquired by you, Beloved of the Gods, so too have divine godly splendour up to been acquired even by Śakra, the king of gods, the ruler of gods. Just as divine godly splendour up to has been acquired by Śakra, the king of gods, the ruler of gods, so too divine godly splendour up to has been acquired by you, Beloved of the Gods.'

How great, Venerable Sir, is the supernatural power of that god Tīṣyaka up to and how much is he able to transform?"

"Gautama, he is of great supernatural power up to great majesty. There he dwells, presiding over his own celestial abode, four thousand sāmānika gods, four chief queens along with their retinues, three assemblies, seven armies, seven commanders of the armies, sixteen thousand guardian gods, and many other Vaimānika gods and goddesses.

He possesses such great supernatural power up to and is able to transform this much: just as a young man might seize a young woman by the hand—just as with Śakra, exactly so up to. But this, Gautama, is stated only as the scope and full capacity of the god Tīṣyaka; never in actuality have they transformed, do they transform, or will they transform [to that full extent]."

"If, Venerable Sir, the god Tīṣyaka has such great supernatural power up to and is able to transform this much, Venerable Sir, how great is the supernatural power of the remaining sāmānika gods of Śakra, the king of gods, the ruler of gods?"

"Everything is exactly the same up to: Gautama, this is stated only as the scope and full capacity of each and every sāmānika god of Śakra, the king of gods, the ruler of gods; never in actuality have they transformed, do they transform, or will they transform [to that full extent].

Concerning the trāyastriṃśa gods, the Lokapālas, and the chief queens, it is to be understood just as with Camara, with the difference that: two entire Jambūdvīpa continents [can be encompassed], and all the rest is just the same."

"It is so, Venerable Sir! It is so, Venerable Sir!" So saying, the second Gautama [Agnibhūti] up to dwells.