Viyahapannatti 5.5.242

5.5.242

annautthiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! evamāikkhaṃti jāva parūveṃti–savve pāṇā savve bhūyā savve jīvā savve sattā evaṃ bhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti|
se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ?
goyamā! jaṇṇaṃ te annautthiyā evamāikkhaṃti jāva savve sattā evaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti| je te evamāhaṃsu, micchaṃ te evamāhaṃsu| ahaṃ puṇa goyamā! evamāikkhāmi jāva parūvemi–atthegaiyā pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā evaṃbhūyaṃ vedeṇaṃ vedeṃti, atthegaiyā pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā anevaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–atthegaiyā pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā evaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti, atthegaiyā pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā anevaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti?
goyamā! je ṇaṃ pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā jahā kaḍā kammā tahā vedanaṃ vedeṃti, te ṇaṃ pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā evaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti|
je ṇaṃ pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā jahā kaḍā kammā no tahā vedanaṃ vedeṃti, te ṇaṃ pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā anevaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–atthegaiyā pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā evaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti, atthegaiyā pāṇā bhūyā jīvā sattā anevaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti|
neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ evaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti? anevaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti?
goyamā! neraiyā ṇaṃ evaṃbhūyaṃ pi vedanaṃ vedeṃti, anevaṃbhūyaṃ pi vedanaṃ vedeṃti|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–neraiyā ṇaṃ evaṃbhūyaṃ pi vedanaṃ vedeṃti, anevaṃbhūyaṃ pi vedanaṃ vedeṃti?
goyamā! je ṇaṃ neraiyā jahā kaḍā kammā tahā vedanaṃ vedeṃti, te ṇaṃ neraiyā evaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃti|
je ṇaṃ neraiyā jahā kaḍā kammā no tahā vedanaṃ vedeṃti, teṇaṃ neraiyā anevaṃbhūyaṃ vedanaṃ vedeṃsi| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ|
evaṃ jāva vemāṇiyā| saṃsāramaṃḍalaṃ neyavvaṃ|

“Venerable Sir, the adherents of other doctrines declare up to proclaim: ‘All beings, all entities, all souls, all creatures experience pain exactly as it was caused.’
How is this, Venerable Sir? Is it so?”
“Gautama, that which those adherents of other doctrines declare up to ‘all creatures experience pain exactly as it was caused’—what they have said thus, they have spoken falsely. But I, Gautama, declare up to proclaim thus: ‘Some beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain exactly as it was caused, [and] some beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain not exactly as it was caused.’
“For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: ‘Some beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain exactly as it was caused, [and] some beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain not exactly as it was caused’?”
“Gautama, those beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures who experience pain just as karmas were committed, those beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain exactly as it was caused.
Those beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures who do not experience pain just as karmas were committed, those beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain not exactly as it was caused. For that reason, Gautama, it is said: ‘Some beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain exactly as it was caused, [and] some beings, entities, souls, [and] creatures experience pain not exactly as it was caused.’
“Do inhabitants of hell, Venerable Sir, experience pain exactly as it was caused, [or] do they experience pain not exactly as it was caused?”
“Gautama, inhabitants of hell experience pain both exactly as it was caused and not exactly as it was caused.”
“For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: ‘Inhabitants of hell experience pain both exactly as it was caused and not exactly as it was caused’?”
“Gautama, those inhabitants of hell who experience pain just as karmas were committed, those inhabitants of hell experience pain exactly as it was caused.
Those inhabitants of hell who do not experience pain just as karmas were committed, those inhabitants of hell experience pain not exactly as it was caused. For that reason [it is said so].
In this manner up to the celestial beings; the cycle of rebirth is to be understood.”