Viyahapannatti 3.1.160

3.1.160

At that time, in that period, there was a city named Rājagṛha—the description [as in the Aupapātika Sūtra] up to the assembly attends upon him.
At that time, in that period, Īśāna, the Indra of gods, king of gods, in the Īśāna heaven, in the Īśānāvataṃsaka celestial abode, just as related in the Rājapraśnīya Sūtra, having displayed his divine celestial splendour, divine celestial brilliance, divine celestial majesty, [and] the divine thirty-two-fold theatrical performance, up to returned to the very same direction from which he had appeared.
Venerable Sir! Lord Gautama paid homage and made obeisance to the ascetic Lord Mahāvīra. Having paid homage and made obeisance, he spoke thus: "Oh, Venerable Sir! Īśāna, the Indra of gods, king of gods, has great splendour up to great majesty. Venerable Sir, where did that divine celestial splendour, divine celestial brilliance, [and] divine celestial majesty of Īśāna go? Where did it enter?"
"Gautama, it went into his body; it entered his body."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'It went into his body; it entered his body'?"
"Gautama! It is just like a gabled hall that might be plastered on both sides, secure, with secure doors, sheltered from the wind, [and] deep within the shelter from the wind. In the vicinity of that gabled hall, a large crowd of people sees a great cloudburst, or a rainstorm, or a great gale approaching; having seen it, they enter within that gabled hall and stay there. For that reason, Gautama, it is said: 'It went into his body; it entered his body.'"
"Venerable Sir, by what means was that divine celestial splendour, divine celestial brilliance, [and] divine celestial majesty acquired, attained, [and] fully achieved by Īśāna, the Indra of gods, king of gods? Who was he in his previous existence? What was his name? What was his clan? In which village, town, up to settlement [did he live]? What did he give? What did he consume? What did he do? What did he practice? Or from which suitable śramaṇa or brāhmaṇa, having heard and grasped even a single noble, religious, good word, did Īśāna, the Indra of gods, king of gods, acquire, attain, [and] fully achieve that divine celestial splendour, divine celestial brilliance, [and] divine celestial majesty?"
"Thus indeed, Gautama! At that time, in that period, here in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the realm of Bhārata, there was a city named Tāmraliptī—the description [is to be supplied].
There in the city of Tāmraliptī, there was a householder named Tāmalī, a son of the Mauryas—rich, prosperous, up to not disregarded by many people.
Then, once upon a time, during the late hours of the night, while keeping watch over his household affairs, such an inward, thoughtful, earnest wish and intention arose in that householder Tāmalī, son of the Mauryas:
'There is indeed for me a particular fruition of auspicious results from good deeds, well-performed, well-exerted, auspicious, and beneficial, performed in previous times, by which I increase in silver, I increase in gold, I increase in wealth, I increase in grain, I increase in sons, I increase in cattle, and I exceedingly increase in vast riches of money, gold, jewels, gems, pearls, conches, crystals, coral, red gems, and essential property. Why, then, should I not dwell looking exclusively toward the exhaustion of those deeds well-performed, well-exerted, auspicious, and beneficial, performed in previous times?
Therefore, so long as I increase in silver up to exceedingly increase, and so long as my friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants respect me, understand me, honour me, esteem me, and attend upon me with reverence as a blessing, an auspicious presence, a deity, and a shrine, so long is it better for me, tomorrow when the night has brightened into dawn up to when the sun, the day-maker of a thousand rays, has risen blazing with heat, to fashion a wooden alms-bowl myself, have abundant food, drink, delicacies, and savouries prepared, invite my friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants, honour and esteem those friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants with abundant food, drink, delicacies, and savouries, and with garments, perfumes, garlands, and ornaments; to install my eldest son over the household in the presence of those very friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants; and, having taken leave of those friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants and of my eldest son, to take up the wooden alms-bowl myself, be tonsured, and enter into the prāṇāmā initiation.
And having renounced, I shall undertake such a vow: "It is proper for me for the rest of my life to dwell enduring penance through uninterrupted sixth-meal fasts, repeatedly raising my arms upward facing the sun, exposing myself to the sun's heat on the sun-exposure ground; and at the breaking of the sixth-meal fast, having descended from the sun-exposure ground, taking up the wooden alms-bowl myself, wandering for the collection of alms through high, low, and middle families of the city of Tāmraliptī, receiving pure boiled rice, washing it twenty-one times with water, only then to take food."' Having reflected thus, tomorrow when the night had brightened into dawn up to when the sun, the day-maker of a thousand rays, had risen blazing with heat, he fashioned a wooden alms-bowl himself, had abundant food, drink, delicacies, and savouries prepared; after that, bathed, having performed offerings, with protective, auspicious, and expiatory rites completed, clad in excellent, auspicious garments fit for entering gatherings, his body adorned with a few highly precious ornaments, at mealtime, in the dining pavilion, seated on an excellent, comfortable seat, he dwelt relishing, tasting, sharing, and enjoying that abundant food, drink, delicacies, and savouries together with those friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants.
Having eaten his meal and rinsed his mouth, cleansed and become exceedingly pure, he honoured and esteemed those friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants with abundant food, drink, delicacies, and savouries, and with garments, perfumes, garlands, and ornaments. In the presence of those very friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants, he installed his eldest son over the household; having done so, he took leave of those friends, kinsmen, relations, relatives, connections, and attendants and of his eldest son, was tonsured, and renounced in the prāṇāmā initiation. And having renounced, he undertook such a vow: 'It is proper for me for the rest of my life through sixth-meal fasts up to to take food.' Having undertaken such a vow, he dwelt for the rest of his life enduring uninterrupted penance of sixth-meal fasts, repeatedly raising his arms upward facing the sun, exposing himself to the heat on the sun-exposure ground.
And at the breaking of the sixth-meal fast, he descended from the sun-exposure ground, took up the wooden alms-bowl himself, wandered for the collection of alms through high, low, and middle families in the city of Tāmraliptī, received pure boiled rice, washed it twenty-one times with water, and only then took food."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it called the prāṇāmā initiation?"
"Gautama! One who has renounced in the prāṇāmā initiation, whatever he sees wherever—whether Indra, or Skanda, or Rudra, or Śiva, or Vaiśramaṇa, or the noble Koṭṭakriyā, or a king, or a lord, or a talavara, or a mādambika, or a head of household, or an ibhya, or a seṭṭhi, or an army chief, or a caravan leader, or a crow, or a dog, or a degraded being—seeing high, he makes a high bow; seeing low, he makes a low bow; however he sees, he makes a bow to it in that manner. For that reason, Gautama, it is called the prāṇāmā initiation."
Then that Tāmalī, son of the Mauryas, by that arduous, extensive, earnest, and strictly observed ignorant asceticism, became dry, emaciated, fleshless, skin-and-bone, frail, thin, and covered with veins.
Then, once upon a time, during the late hours of the night, while keeping watch over the impermanence [of life], such an inward, thoughtful, earnest wish and intention arose in that ignorant ascetic Tāmalī:
'Indeed, by this arduous, extensive, earnest, strictly observed, auspicious, benign, blessed, prosperous, radiant, elevated, noble, excellent, and majestic practice of penance, I have become dry, emaciated, up to covered with veins. Therefore, so long as there is in me energy, exertion, strength, vigour, and manly endurance, so long is it better for me, tomorrow when the night has brightened into dawn up to when the sun, the day-maker of a thousand rays, has risen blazing with heat, to take leave of those seen and met, heretics, householders, old acquaintances, and later acquaintances in the city of Tāmraliptī, depart right through the middle of the city of Tāmraliptī, discard the wooden alms-bowl and equipment such as wooden shoes and water-pitcher in a secluded spot, trace an abstention circle in the north-eastern direction of the city of Tāmraliptī, and dwell emaciated by the emaciation of saṃlekhanā, having renounced food and drink, having undertaken fasting unto death, not awaiting the hour of death.' Having reflected thus, tomorrow when the night brightened into dawn up to when the sun, the day-maker of a thousand rays, rose blazing with heat, he took leave of those seen and met, heretics, householders, old acquaintances, and later acquaintances in the city of Tāmraliptī, departed right through the middle of the city of Tāmraliptī, discarded the equipment such as wooden shoes and water-pitcher and the wooden alms-bowl in a secluded spot, traced an abstention circle in the north-eastern direction of the city of Tāmraliptī, and, emaciated by the emaciation of saṃlekhanā, having renounced food and drink, lay down in fasting unto death.