[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The Śvetāmbara canon (Siddhānta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta) › [The twelve Aṅgas ("limbs")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga) › [Viyahapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5) › 6.8.313 # Viyahapannatti 6.8.313 Viyāhapannatti 6.8.313 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [6.8.313](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.8.313) 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.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7.312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.312) - [Next: 6.8.314](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.8.314) - [Up: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.8) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.6.8.313) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.6.8.313) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.6.8.313) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.449) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p299) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.8.313](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.8.313) · Pramāṇa