Viyahapannatti 6.8.316

6.8.316

lavaṇe ṇaṃ bhaṃte! samudde kiṃ ussiodae? patthaḍodae? khubhiyajale? akkhubhiyajale?
goyamā! lavaṇe ṇaṃ samudde ussiodae, no patthaḍodae, khubhiyajale, no akhubhiyajale|
jahā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! lavaṇasamudde ussiodae, no patthaḍodae; khubhiyajale, no akhubhiyajale; tahā ṇaṃ bāhiragā samuddā kiṃ ussiodagā? patthaḍodagā? khubhiyajalā? akhubhiyajalā?
goyamā! bāhiragā samuddā no ussiodagā, patthaḍodagā; no khubhiyajalā, akhubhiyajalā puṇṇā puṇṇappamāṇā volaṭṭamāṇā vosaṭṭamāṇā samabharaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti|
atthi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! lavaṇasamudde bahave orālā balāhayā saṃseyaṃti? saṃmucchaṃti? vāsaṃ vāsaṃti?
haṃtā atthi|
jahā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! lavaṇasamudde bahave orālā balāhayā saṃseyaṃti, saṃmucchaṃti, vāsaṃ vāsaṃti, tahā ṇaṃ bāhiragesu vi samuddesu bahave orālā balāhayā saṃseyaṃti? saṃmucchaṃti? vāsaṃ vāsaṃti?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–bāhiragā ṇaṃ samuddā puṇṇā jāva samabharaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti?
goyamā! bāhiragesu ṇaṃ samuddesu bahave udagajoṇiyā jīvā ya poggalā ya udagattāe vakkamaṃti, viukkamaṃti, cayaṃti, uvacayaṃti|
se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai– bāhirayā ṇaṃ samuddā puṇṇā puṇṇa-ppamāṇā volaṭṭamāṇā vosaṭṭamāṇā samabharaghaḍattāe ciṭṭhaṃti, saṃṭhāṇao egavihivihāṇā, vitthārao anegavihivihāṇā, duguṇā, duguṇappamāṇā jāva assiṃ tiriyaloe asaṃkhejjā dīva-samuddā sayaṃbhū-ramaṇapajjavasāṇā pannattā samaṇāuso|
dīva-samuddā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kevatiyā nāmadhejjehiṃ pannattā|
goyamā! jāvatiyā loe subhā nāmā, subhā rūvā, subhā gaṃdhā, subhā rasā, subhā phāsā, evatiyā ṇaṃ dīva-samuddā nāmadhejjehiṃ pannattā| evaṃ neyavvā subhā nāmā, uddhāro, pariṇāmo, savvajīvāṇaṃ uppāo
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

"Venerable Sir! Is the Lavaṇa Ocean elevated in water? Level in water? Agitated in water? Unagitated in water?"
"Gautama! The Lavaṇa Ocean is elevated in water, not level in water; agitated in water, not unagitated in water."
"Venerable Sir! Just as the Lavaṇa Ocean is elevated in water, not level in water, [and] agitated in water, not unagitated in water, are the outer oceans likewise elevated in water? Level in water? Agitated in water? Unagitated in water?"
"Gautama! The outer oceans are not elevated in water, [but] level in water; not agitated in water, [but] unagitated in water, full to their full measure, overflowing and surging, standing like completely filled jars."
"Venerable Sir! Do many large clouds generate, form, [and] rain down rain in the Lavaṇa Ocean?"
"Yes, they do."
"Venerable Sir! Just as many large clouds generate, form, [and] rain down rain in the Lavaṇa Ocean, do many large clouds likewise generate, form, [and] rain down rain in the outer oceans as well?"
"That meaning is not valid."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said thus: 'The outer oceans stand full […] like completely filled jars'?"
"Gautama! In the outer oceans, many water-origin jīvas and pudgalas enter into the state of water, pass out of it, fall away, and accumulate.
For that reason, Gautama, it is said thus: 'The outer oceans stand full to their full measure, overflowing and surging, like completely filled jars; uniform in shape, manifold in extent, double and double in measure, up to: in this transverse world, innumerable islands and oceans ending with Svayambhūramaṇa have been declared, long-lived Śramaṇa.'"
"Venerable Sir! By how many names have the islands and oceans been declared?"
"Gautama! As many auspicious names, auspicious colors, auspicious scents, auspicious flavors, [and] auspicious touches as there are in the world, by so many names have the islands and oceans been declared. Thus are to be understood the auspicious names, the extraction, the transformation, [and] the origination of all jīvas."
"That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!"