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# Viyahapannatti 5.4.230

Viyāhapannatti 5.4.230

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [5.4.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.4.230)

bhaṃteti! bhagavaṃ goyame samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdati namaṃsati jāva evaṃ vayāsī– devā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! saṃjayā tti vattavvaṃ siyā?  
goyamā! no tiṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe| abbhakkhāṇameyaṃ devāṇaṃ|  
devā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! asaṃjatā vi vattavvaṃ siyā?  
goyamā! no tiṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe| niṭṭhuravayaṇameyaṃ devāṇaṃ|  
devā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! no saṃjayāsaṃjayā ti vattavvaṃ siyā?  
goyamā! no tiṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe| asabbhūyameyaṃ devāṇaṃ|  
se kiṃ khāi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! devā tti vattavvaṃ siyā?  
goyamā! devā ṇaṃ nosaṃjayā ti vattavvaṃ siyā|

> ‘Venerable Sir!’—The Venerable Gautama paid homage and bowed down to the Śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, up to spoke thus:  
> ‘Venerable Sir! Should gods be called “restrained”?’  
> ‘Gautama! That meaning is not correct; this would be a false imputation against the gods.’  
> ‘Venerable Sir! Should they also be called “unrestrained”?’  
> ‘Gautama! That meaning is not correct; this would be a harsh statement regarding the gods.’  
> ‘Venerable Sir! Should they be called “partially restrained”?’  
> ‘Gautama! That meaning is not correct; this would be untrue regarding the gods.’  
> ‘Then what, Venerable Sir, should the gods be called?’  
> ‘Gautama! The gods should be called “non-restrained” \[no-saṃyata\].’  
> — 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-deepratnasagar2019.5.4.230) — Hindi
- [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.5.4.230) — Gujarati
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.5.4.230) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.358) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati
- [Bhagavaīcuṇṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!curni) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavatīlaghuvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!danasekhara) — Dānaśekhara Sūri, Sanskrit

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