Viyahapannatti 6.8.313

6.8.313

kati ṇaṃ bhaṃte! puḍhavīo pannattāo?
goyamā! aṭṭha puḍhavīo pannattāo, taṃ jahā–rayaṇappabhā jāva īsīpabbhārā|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappabhāe puḍhavīe gehā i vā? gehāvaṇā i vā?
goyamā! no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappabhāe ahe gāmā i vā? jāva sannivesā i vā?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappabhāe puḍhavīe ahe orālā balāhayā saṃseyaṃti? saṃmucchaṃti? vāsaṃ vāsaṃti?
haṃtā atthi| tinni vi pakareṃti–devo vi pakareti, asuro vi pakareti, nāgo vi pakareti|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappabhāe puḍhavīe bādare thaṇiyasadde?
haṃtā atthi| tinni vi pakareṃti|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappabhāe puḍhavīe ahe bādare aganikāe?
goyamā! no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe, nannattha viggahagatisamāvannaeṇaṃ|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappabhāe puḍhavīe ahe caṃdima sūriya gahagaṇa nakkhatta tārārūvā?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! imīse rayaṇappāe puḍhavīe ahe caṃdābhā ti vā? sūrābhā ti vā?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
evaṃ doccāe puḍhavīe bhāṇiyavvaṃ, evaṃ taccāe vi bhāṇiyavvaṃ, navaraṃ–devo vi pakareti, asuro vi pakareti, no nāgo pakareti| cautthīe vi evaṃ, navaraṃ–devo ekko pakareti, no asuro, no nāgo| evaṃ heṭṭhillāsu savvāsu devo pakareti|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! sohammīsāṇāṇaṃ kappāṇaṃ ahe gehā i vā? gehāvaṇā i vā?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! orālā balāhayā?
haṃtā atthi|
devo pakareti, asuro vi pakareti, no nāo|
evaṃ thaṇiyasadde vi|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! bādare puḍhavīkāe? bādare aganikāe?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe, nannattha viggahagatisamāvannaeṇaṃ|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! caṃdima-sūriya-gahagaṇa-nakkhatta-tārārūvā?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! gāmā i vā? jāva sannivesā i vā?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! caṃdābhā ti vā? sūrābhā ti vā?
goyamā! no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
evaṃ saṇaṃkumāra-māhiṃdesu, navaraṃ– devo ego pakareti| evaṃ baṃbhaloe vi| evaṃ baṃbhalogassa uvariṃ savvehiṃ devo pakareti| pucchiyavvo ya bādare āukāe, bādare aganikāe, bādare vaṇassaikāe| annaṃ taṃ ceva|

“Venerable Sir, how many earths have been declared?”
“Gautama, eight earths have been declared, namely: Ratnaprabhā up to Īṣatprāgbhārā.
“Venerable Sir, are there houses or shops in this Ratnaprabhā earth?”
“Gautama, that matter is not so.”
“Venerable Sir, are there below this Ratnaprabhā villages or up to settlements?”
“That matter is not so.”
“Venerable Sir, below this Ratnaprabhā earth, do dense clouds sweat, coalesce, [and] pour rain?”
“Yes, indeed. All three cause it: gods cause it, asuras cause it, [and] nāgas cause it.”
“Venerable Sir, is there in this Ratnaprabhā earth gross thunder-sound?”
“Yes, indeed. All three cause it.”
“Venerable Sir, is there below this Ratnaprabhā earth gross fire-bodied souls?”
“Gautama, that matter is not so, except for those undergoing intermediary transit.”
“Venerable Sir, are there below this Ratnaprabhā earth the bodies of the moon, sun, planets, constellations, and stars?”
“That matter is not so.”
“Venerable Sir, is there below this Ratnaprabhā earth moonlight or sunlight?”
“That matter is not so.”
“In this way it should be said of the second earth, and so also of the third earth, with this difference: gods cause it, asuras cause it, but nāgas do not cause it. For the fourth also it is the same, with this difference: only gods cause it, not asuras, not nāgas. Thus, in all the lower ones, gods cause it.
“Venerable Sir, below the Saudharma and Īśāna heavens, are there houses or shops?”
“That matter is not so.”
“Venerable Sir, are there dense clouds?”
“Yes, indeed.
Gods cause it, asuras also cause it, but not nāgas.
Likewise also for thunder-sound.
“Venerable Sir, are there gross earth-bodied souls? Gross fire-bodied souls?”
“That matter is not so, except for those undergoing intermediary transit.”
“Venerable Sir, are there the bodies of the moon, sun, planets, constellations, and stars?”
“That matter is not so.”
“Venerable Sir, are there villages or up to settlements?”
“That matter is not so.”
“Venerable Sir, is there moonlight or sunlight?”
“Gautama, that matter is not so.”
“The same applies to Sanatkumāra and Māhendra, with this difference: only gods cause it. The same also in Brahmaloka. In this way, above Brahmaloka in all of them gods cause it. And one should question concerning gross water-bodied souls, gross fire-bodied souls, [and] gross plant-bodied souls. The rest is just the same.”