Viyahapannatti 9.33.463

9.33.463

tassa ṇaṃ māhaṇakuṃḍaggāmassa nagarassa paccatthime ṇaṃ ettha ṇaṃ khattiyakuṃḍaggāme nāmaṃ nayare hotthā–vaṇṇao| tattha ṇaṃ khattiyakuṃḍaggāme nayare jamālī nāmaṃ khattiyakumāre parivasai–aḍḍhe ditte jāva bahujaṇassa aparibhūte, uppiṃ pāsāyavaragae phuṭṭamāṇehiṃ muiṃgamatthaehiṃ battīsatibaddhehiṃ ṇāḍaehiṃ varataruṇīsaṃpauttehiṃ uvanaccijjamāṇe-uvanaccijjamāṇe, uvagijjamāṇe-uvagijjamāṇe, uva-lālijjamāṇe-uvalālijjamāṇe, pāusa-vāsāratta-sarada-hemaṃta-vasaṃta-gimha-pajjaṃte chappi uū jahāvibhaveṇaṃ māṇemāṇe, kālaṃ gāle-māṇe, iṭṭhe sadda-pharisa-rasa-rūva-gaṃdhe paṃcavihe māṇussae kāmabhoge paccaṇubbhavamāṇe viharai|
tae ṇaṃ khattiyakuṇḍaggāme nayare siṃghāḍaga-tika-caukka-caccara-caummuha-mahāpaha-pahesu mahayā jaṇasadde i vā jaṇa-vūhe i vā jaṇabole i vā jaṇakalakale i vā jaṇummī i vā jaṇukkaliyā i vā jaṇasaṇṇivāe i vā bahujano annamannassa evamāikkhai evaṃ bhāsai, evaṃ pannavei, evaṃ parūvei, evaṃ khalu devānuppiyā! samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre ādigare jāva savvaṇṇū savvadarisī māhaṇakuṃḍaggāmassa nagarassa bahiyā bahusālae ceie ahāpaḍirūvaṃ oggahaṃ ogiṇhittā saṃjameṇaṃ tavasā appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇeviharai|
taṃ mahapphalaṃ khalu devānuppiyā! tahārūvāṇaṃ arahaṃtāṇaṃ bhagavaṃtāṇaṃ nāmagoyassa vi savaṇayāe jahā ovavāie jāva egābhimuhe khattiyakuṇḍaggāmaṃ nayaraṃ majjhaṃ-majjheṇaṃ niggacchaṃti, niggacchittā jeṇeva māhaṇakuṃḍaggāme nayare jeṇeva bahusālae ceie, teṇeva uvāgacchaṃti evaṃ jahā ovavāie jāva tivihāe pajjuvāsaṇayāe pajjuvāsaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ tassa jamālissa khattiyakumārassa taṃ mahayājaṇasaddaṃ vā jāva jaṇasannivāyaṃ vā suṇamāṇassa vā pāsamāṇassa vā ayameyārūve ajjhatthie ciṃtie patthie manogae saṃkappe samuppajjitthā–kiṇṇaṃ ajja khattiyakuṃḍaggāme nayare iṃdamahe i vā, khaṃda mahe i vā, muguṃdamahe i vā, nāgamahe i vā, jakkhamahe i vā, bhūyamahe i vā, kūvamahe i vā, taḍāgamahe i vā, naīmahe i vā, dahamahe i vā, pavvayamahe i vā, rukkhamahe i vā, ceiyamahe i vā, thūbhamahe i vā, jaṇṇaṃ ete bahave uggā, bhogā, rāiṇṇā, ikkhāgā, ṇāyā, koravvā, khattiyā, khattiyaputtā, bhaḍā, bhaḍaputtā, johā pasatthāro mallaī lecchaī lecchaīputtā anne ya bahave rāīsara–talavara–māḍaṃ-biya–koḍuṃbiya–ibbha-seṭṭhi-senāvai-satthavāhappabhitayo ṇhāyā kayabalikammā jahā ovavāie jāva khattiyakuṃḍaggāme nayare majjhaṃ-majjheṇaṃ niggacchaṃti? – evaṃ saṃpehei, saṃpehettā kaṃcui-purisaṃ saddāvei, saddāvettā evaṃ vadāsī–kiṇṇaṃ devānuppiyā! ajja khattiyakuṃ-ḍaggāme nayare iṃdamahe i vā jāva niggacchaṃti?
tae ṇaṃ se kaṃcui-purise jamāliṇā khattiyakumāreṇaṃ evaṃ vutte samāṇe haṭṭhatuṭṭhe samaṇassa bhagavao mahāvīrassa āga-maṇagahiyaviṇicchae karayala pariggahiyaṃ dasanahaṃ sirasāvattaṃ matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu jamāliṃ khattiyakumāraṃ jaeṇaṃ vijaeṇaṃ baddhāvei, baddhāvettā evaṃ vayāsī–no khalu devānuppiyā! ajja khattiyakuṃḍaggāme nayare iṃdamahe i vā jāva niggacchaṃti| evaṃ khalu devānuppiyā! ajja samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre ādigare jāva savvaṇṇū savvadarisī māhaṇakuṃḍaggāmassa nayarassa bahiyā bahusālae ceie ahāpaḍirūvaṃ oggahaṃ ogiṇhittā saṃjameṇaṃ tavasā appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe viharai, tae ṇaṃ ete bahave uggā, bhogā jāva niggacchaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ se jamālī khattiyakumāre kaṃcuipurisassa aṃtiyaṃ eyamaṭṭhaṃ soccā nisamma haṭṭhatuṭṭhe koḍuṃbiyapurise saddāvei, saddāvettā evaṃ vayāsī–khippāmeva bho devānuppiyā! cāugghaṃṭaṃ āsaraha juttāmeva uvaṭṭhaveha, uvaṭṭhavettā mama eyamāṇattiyaṃ paccappiṇaha|
tae ṇaṃ te koḍuṃbiyapurisā jamāliṇā khattiyakumāreṇaṃ evaṃ vuttā samāṇā cāugghaṃṭaṃ āsarahaṃ juttāmeva uvaṭṭhaveṃti, uvaṭṭhavettā tamāṇattiyaṃ paccappiṇaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ se jamālī khattiyakumāre jeṇeva majjaṇaghare teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā ṇhāe kayabalikamme jāva caṃdaṇukkhittagāyasarīre savvālaṃkāravibhūsie majjaṇagharāo paḍinikkhamai, paḍinikkhamittā jeṇeva bāhiriyā uvaṭṭhāṇasālā, jeṇeva cāugghaṃṭe āsarahe teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā cāugghaṃṭaṃ āsarahaṃ duruhai, duruhittā sakoreṃṭamalladāmeṇaṃ chatteṇaṃ dharijjamāṇeṇaṃ, mahayābhaḍacaḍakarapahakaravaṃdaparikkhitte khattiyakuṃḍaggāmaṃ nagaraṃ majjhaṃmajjheṇaṃ niggacchai, niggacchittā jeṇeva māhaṇakuṃḍaggāme nayare, jeṇeva bahusālae ceie teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā turae nigiṇhei, nigiṇhettā rahaṃ ṭhavei, ṭhavettā rahāo paccoruhati, paccoru-hittā pupphataṃbolāuhamādiyaṃ pāhaṇāo ya visajjeti, visajjettā egasāḍiyaṃ uttarāsaṃgaṃ karei, karettā āyaṃte cokkhe paramasuibbhūe aṃjalimauliyahatthe jeṇeva samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ tikkhutto āyāhiṇa-pāyāhiṇaṃ karei, karettā vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā tivihāe pajjuvāsaṇāe pajjuvāsai|
tae ṇaṃ samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre jamālissa khattiyakumārassa, tīse ya mahatimahāliyāe isi parisāe muṇiparisāe jaiparisāe devaparisāe anegasayāe anegasayavaṃdāe anegasayavaṃdapariyālāe ohabale aibale mahabbale aparimiyabalavīriya-teya-māhappa-kaṃti-jutte sāraya-navatthaṇiya-mahuragaṃbhīra-koṃcaṇigghosa-duṃdubhissare ure vitthaḍāe kaṃṭhe vaṭṭiyāe sire samāiṇṇāe agaralāe amammaṇāe suvvattakkhara-saṇṇivāiyāe puṇṇarattāe savvabhāsāṇugāmiṇīe sarassaīe joyaṇa-nīhāriṇā sareṇaṃ addhamāgahāe bhāsāe bhāsai–dhammaṃ parikahei jāva parisā paḍigayā|
tae ṇaṃ se jamālī khattiyakumāre samaṇassa bhagavao mahāvīrassa aṃtie dhammaṃ soccā nisamma haṭṭha tuṭṭhacittamānaṃdie naṃdie pīimaṇe paramasomaṇassie harisavasavisappamāṇahiyae uṭṭhāe uṭṭhei, uṭṭhettā samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ tikkhutto āyāhiṇa-payāhiṇaṃ karei, karettā vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–saddahāmi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! niggaṃthaṃ pāvayaṇaṃ, pattiyāmi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! niggaṃthaṃ pāvayaṇaṃ, roemi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! niggaṃthaṃ pāvayaṇaṃ, abbhuṭṭhemi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! niggaṃthaṃ pāvayaṇaṃ, evameyaṃ bhaṃte! tahameyaṃ bhaṃte! avitaha-meyaṃ bhaṃte! asaṃdiddhameyaṃ bhaṃte! icchiyameyaṃ bhaṃte! paḍicchiyameyaṃ bhaṃte! icchiya-paḍicchiyameyaṃ bhaṃte! –se jaheyaṃ tubbhe vadaha, jaṃ navaraṃ–devānuppiyā! ammāpiyaro āpucchāmi, tae ṇaṃ ahaṃ devānuppiyāṇaṃ aṃtiyaṃ muṃḍe bhavittā agārāo anagāriyaṃ pavvayāmi|
ahāsuhaṃ devānuppiyā! mā paḍibaṃdhaṃ|

To the west of that city of Māhaṇakuṇḍaggāma, there was a city named Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma—[to be described as in] the standard description. In that city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma, there lived a kṣatriya prince named Jamāli—wealthy, illustrious, down to unassailable by many people. Staying high upon his splendid palace, while the heads of mṛdaṅga drums were being struck, surrounded by thirty-two kinds of dramatic performances presented by choice young maidens, being entertained with dances, being sung to, being pampered, enjoying the six seasons according to his wealth—the end of the early rains, the rainy season, autumn, winter, spring, and summer—passing his time, he lived experiencing the fivefold human pleasures of love, composed of desirable sounds, touches, tastes, sights, and smells.
Then, at the triangular junctions, crossroads, squares, courtyards, four-way intersections, and highways in the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma, amid a great sound of people, or a crowd of people, or a tumult of people, or a commotion of people, or a wave of people, or a surging of people, or an assembly of people, many people were telling, speaking, explaining, and expounding to one another thus: “Indeed, O beloved of the gods! Śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, the founder [of the order], down to omniscient and all-seeing, taking up a suitable accommodation outside the city of Māhaṇakuṇḍaggāma at the Bahusāla caitya, is dwelling there, cultivating himself through self-restraint and austerity.
Great indeed is the fruit, O beloved of the gods, even of hearing the name and lineage of such arhats and lords!” As [described] in the Aupapātika, down to facing in one direction, they departed through the middle of the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma, and having departed, went to where the city of Māhaṇakuṇḍaggāma was, where the Bahusāla caitya was; as [described] in the Aupapātika, down to they paid homage with threefold attendance.
Then, as he heard or saw that great sound of people, down to that assembly of people, this internal, pondered, desired, mental thought arose in that kṣatriya prince Jamāli: “Could there be today in the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma a festival of Indra, or a festival of Skanda, or a festival of Mukunda, or a festival of Nāga, or a festival of Yakṣa, or a festival of Bhūta, or a festival of a well, or a festival of a pond, or a festival of a river, or a festival of a lake, or a festival of a mountain, or a festival of a tree, or a festival of a caitya, or a festival of a stūpa, since so many Ugras, Bhogas, Rājanyas, Ikṣvākus, Jñātas, Kauravyas, kṣatriyas, sons of kṣatriyas, warriors, sons of warriors, fighters, commanders, Mallas, Licchavis, sons of Licchavis, and many other kings, local governors, heads of estates, heads of households, wealthy citizens, merchants, commanders-in-chief, caravan leaders, and others, bathed and having made offerings, as [described] in the Aupapātika, down to are departing through the middle of the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma?” Reflecting thus, he summoned an attendant chamberlain, and having summoned him, spoke thus: “Could there be today, O beloved of the gods, in the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma a festival of Indra, down to [why] are they departing?”
Then that attendant chamberlain, being addressed thus by the kṣatriya prince Jamāli, glad and pleased, having ascertained the arrival of śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, brought his palms together, joined his ten fingernails, raised them to his head like a garland, and greeted the kṣatriya prince Jamāli with cries of ‘Victory! Triumph!’, and having greeted him, spoke thus: “Indeed not, O beloved of the gods! Today in the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma there is no festival of Indra, down to nor [is that why] they are departing. Rather, O beloved of the gods, today śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, the founder [of the order], down to omniscient and all-seeing, taking up a suitable accommodation outside the city of Māhaṇakuṇḍaggāma at the Bahusāla caitya, is dwelling there, cultivating himself through self-restraint and austerity. Therefore, these many Ugras, Bhogas, down to are departing.”
Then that kṣatriya prince Jamāli, having heard and understood this matter from the attendant chamberlain, glad and pleased, summoned his household servants, and having summoned them, spoke thus: “Quickly, O beloved of the gods! Yoke and bring forth a horse-chariot fitted with four bells, and having brought it forth, report back this commission to me.”
Then those household servants, being addressed thus by the kṣatriya prince Jamāli, yoked and brought forth a horse-chariot fitted with four bells, and having brought it forth, reported back that commission.
Then that kṣatriya prince Jamāli went to where the bathhouse was, and having gone there, bathed, performed offerings, down to smeared his body with sandalwood paste, adorned with all ornaments, came out from the bathhouse; and having come out, went to where the outer reception hall was, where the horse-chariot fitted with four bells was; and having gone there, mounted the horse-chariot fitted with four bells. Having mounted it, while an umbrella adorned with garlands of koraṇṭaka flowers was being held [over him], surrounded by a large troop of soldiers, attendants, and footmen, he departed through the middle of the city of Khattiyakuṇḍaggāma; and having departed, went to where the city of Māhaṇakuṇḍaggāma was, where the Bahusāla caitya was. Having arrived, he checked the horses, brought the chariot to a halt, dismounted from the chariot, laid aside his flowers, betel, weapons, and shoes, arranged his upper garment over one shoulder, and having performed the ablution of his mouth, pure, exceedingly clean, with hands cupped in reverent salutation, went to where śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra was. Having approached, he circumambulated śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra three times from left to right, bowed and paid homage to him, and having bowed and paid homage, sat in attendance with the threefold attendance.
Then śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, to the kṣatriya prince Jamāli and to that immense assembly of ṛṣis, assembly of munis, assembly of ascetics, and assembly of gods, consisting of many hundreds, many hundreds of troops, and many hundreds of entourages, possessing innate power, extraordinary power, and supreme power, endowed with immeasurable strength, energy, luster, majesty, and splendor, with a drum-like voice sweet, deep, and trumpeting like a fresh autumn thundercloud, issuing broad from the chest, rounded in the throat, complete in the head, without faltering, without stammering, arranged with distinct syllables, full and pleasant, corresponding to all languages, with an Sarasvatī-like voice carrying for a yojana, spoke in the Ardhamāgadhī language—expounding the Dharma down to the assembly dispersed.
Then that kṣatriya prince Jamāli, having heard and grasped the Dharma before śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, with glad, pleased, delighted, and joyful mind, with affectionate heart, exceedingly cheerful, his heart expanding with the force of joy, rose from his seat; having risen, he circumambulated śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra three times from left to right, bowed and paid homage to him, and having bowed and paid homage, spoke thus: “I have faith, Venerable Sir, in the Nirgrantha teaching; I have trust, Venerable Sir, in the Nirgrantha teaching; I have love, Venerable Sir, for the Nirgrantha teaching; I am committed, Venerable Sir, to the Nirgrantha teaching. It is so, Venerable Sir! It is true, Venerable Sir! It is not false, Venerable Sir! It is without doubt, Venerable Sir! It is desired, Venerable Sir! It is accepted, Venerable Sir! It is desired and accepted, Venerable Sir! It is just as you say. Only, O beloved of the gods, I shall ask permission of my parents, and then, before you, O beloved of the gods, being tonsured, I will renounce the household life for homelessness.”
[The Lord said:] “Do as pleases you, O beloved of the gods; make no obstruction!”