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# Viyahapannatti 5.6.248

Viyāhapannatti 5.6.248

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [5.6.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.5.6.248)

annautthiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! evamātikkhaṃti jāva parūveṃti– se jahānāmae juvatiṃ juvāṇe hattheṇaṃ hatthe geṇhejjā, cakkassa vā nābhī aragāuttā siyā, evāmeva jāva cattāri paṃca joyaṇasayāiṃ bahusamāiṇṇe manuyaloe manussehiṃ|  
se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ?  
goyamā! jaṇṇaṃ te annautthiyā evamātikkhaṃti jāva bahusamāiṇṇe manuyaloe manussehiṃ| je te evamāhaṃsu, micchaṃ te evamāhaṃsu| ahaṃ puṇa goyamā! evamāikkhāmi jāva parūvemi– se jahānāmae juvatiṃ juvāṇe hattheṇaṃ hatthe geṇhejjā, cakkassa vā nābhī aragāuttā siyā, emāmeva jāva cattāri paṃca joyaṇasayāiṃ bahusamāiṇṇe nirayaloe neraiehiṃ|

> "Venerable Sir! Other teachers declare \[…\] up to propound thus: 'Just as a young man might hold a young woman hand in hand, or as the hub of a wheel might be fitted with spokes, in that very manner, up to four or five hundred yojanas, the human world is densely crowded with human beings.'  
> Venerable Sir, how is that so?"  
> "Gautama! What those other teachers declare \[…\] up to that the human world is densely crowded with human beings—those who said so, said falsely. But I, Gautama, declare \[…\] up to propound thus: Just as a young man might hold a young woman hand in hand, or as the hub of a wheel might be fitted with spokes, in that very manner, up to four or five hundred yojanas, the hell world is densely crowded with inhabitants of hell."  
> — 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-deepratnasagar2019.5.6.248) — Hindi
- [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.5.6.248) — Gujarati
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.5.6.248) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.373) — 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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