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# Viyahapannatti 3.4.186

Viyāhapannatti 3.4.186

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [3.4.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.3.4.186)

pabhū ṇaṃ bhaṃte! balāhae egaṃ mahaṃ itthirūvaṃ vā jāva saṃdamāṇiyarūvaṃ vā pariṇāmettae?  
haṃtā pabhū|  
pabhū ṇaṃ bhaṃte! balāhae egaṃ mahaṃ itthirūvaṃ pariṇāmettā anegāiṃ joyaṇāiṃ gatittae|  
haṃtā pabhū|  
se bhaṃte! kiṃ āiḍḍhīe gacchai? pariḍḍhīe gacchai?  
goyamā! no āiḍḍhīe gacchai, pariḍḍhīe gacchai|  
se bhaṃte! kiṃ āyakammuṇā gacchai? parakammuṇā gacchai?  
goyamā! no āyakammuṇā gacchai, parakammuṇā gacchai|  
se bhaṃte! kiṃ āyappayogeṇaṃ gacchai? parappayogeṇaṃ gacchai?  
goyamā! no āyappayogeṇaṃ gacchai, parappayogeṇaṃ gacchai|  
se bhaṃte! kiṃ ūsiodayaṃ gacchai? patodayaṃ gacchai?  
goyamā! ūsiodayaṃ pi gacchai, patodayaṃ pi gacchai|  
se bhaṃte! kiṃ balāhae? itthī?  
goyamā! balāhae ṇaṃ se, no khalu sā itthī|  
evaṃ purise, āse, hatthī|  
pabhū ṇaṃ bhaṃte! balāhae egaṃ mahaṃ jāṇarūvaṃ pariṇāmettā anegāiṃ joyaṇāiṃ gamittae?  
jahā itthirūvaṃ tahā bhāṇiyavvaṃ|  
se bhaṃte! kiṃ egaocakkavālaṃ gacchai? duhaocakkavālaṃ gacchai?  
goyamā! egaocakkavālaṃ pi gacchai, duhaocakkavālaṃ pi gacchai|  
jugga-gilli-thilli-sīyā-saṃdamāṇiyā taheva|

> "Is a cloud (balāhaka), Venerable Sir, capable of transforming \[itself\] into a large form of a woman, or up to the form of a chariot (syandamānikā)?"  
> "Yes, it is capable."  
> "Is a cloud, Venerable Sir, capable of transforming \[itself\] into a large form of a woman and traveling many yojanas?"  
> "Yes, it is capable."  
> "Venerable Sir, does it go by its own supernatural power (ṛddhi), or by another's supernatural power?"  
> "Gautama, it does not go by its own supernatural power; it goes by another's supernatural power."  
> "Venerable Sir, does it go by its own karma, or by another's karma?"  
> "Gautama, it does not go by its own karma; it goes by another's karma."  
> "Venerable Sir, does it go by its own exertion (prayoga), or by another's exertion?"  
> "Gautama, it does not go by its own exertion; it goes by another's exertion."  
> "Venerable Sir, does it go like an uplifted banner, or like a fallen banner?"  
> "Gautama, it goes like an uplifted banner, and also like a fallen banner."  
> "Venerable Sir, is it a cloud or a woman?"  
> "Gautama, it is indeed a cloud; it is certainly not a woman."  
> "Likewise for a man, a horse, \[and\] an elephant."  
> "Is a cloud, Venerable Sir, capable of transforming \[itself\] into a large form of a vehicle (yāna) and traveling many yojanas?"  
> "It should be spoken just as for the form of a woman."  
> "Venerable Sir, does it go with wheels on one side, or with wheels on both sides?"  
> "Gautama, it goes with wheels on one side, and also with wheels on both sides."  
> "Likewise for a carriage (yugya), a palanquin (gilli), a litter (thilli), a sedan-chair (śibikā), and a chariot (syandamānikā)."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (3)

- [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.3.4.186) — Hindi
- [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.3.4.186) — Gujarati
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.3.4.186) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.285) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati
- [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p201) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit

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