Uttarajjhayana 34

34.1

lesajjhayaṇaṃ pavakkhāmi ānupuvviṃ jahakkamaṃ |
chaṇhaṃ pi kammalesāṇaṃ anubhāve suṇeha me ||

I shall expound the lecture on the leśyās in regular order, as is proper; / listen to me on the natures of all six karmic leśyās:

I shall deliver in due order the Lecture on Lêsyâ; hear the nature of the six Lêsyâs (produced by) Karman.

34.2

nāmāiṃ vaṇṇarasagaṃdha-phāsapariṇāmalakkhaṇe |
ṭhāṇaṃ ṭhiiṃ gaiṃ cāuṃ lesāṇaṃ tu suṇeha me ||

Names, color, taste, smell, touch, modifications, characteristics, / place, duration, destiny, and end of the leśyās—listen to me!

34.3

kiṇhā nīlā ya kāū ya teū pamhā taheva ya |
sukkalessā ya chaṭṭhā u nāmāiṃ tu jahakkamaṃ ||

Black, blue, and grey; / fiery, lotus, likewise, / and white leśyā is the sixth: [these are] their names in due order.

They are named in the following order: black, blue, grey, red, yellow, and white.

34.4

jīmūyaniddhasaṃkāsā gavalariṭṭhagasannibhā |
khaṃjaṇaṃjaṇanayaṇanibhā kiṇhalesā u vaṇṇao ||

Resembling a raincloud, glistening, like a buffalo horn and an ariṣṭaka gem, / resembling collyrium or the eye of a wagtail is black leśyā in color.

The black Lêsyâ has the colour of a rain-cloud, a buffalo's horn, (the fruit of) Rishtaka, or the eye of the wagtail.

34.5

nīlāsogasaṃkāsā cāsapicchasamappabhā |
veruliyaniddhasaṃkāsā nīlalesā u vaṇṇao ||

Resembling a blue Aśoka, possessing the splendor of a blue jay’s feather, / resembling a glistening beryl is blue leśyā in color.

34.6

ayasīpupphasaṃkāsā koilacchadasannibhā |
pārevayagīvanibhā kāulesā u vaṇṇao ||

Resembling a flax flower, like the wing of a cuckoo, / resembling the neck of a pigeon is grey leśyā in color.

34.7

hiṃguluyadhāusaṃkāsā taruṇāiccasannibhā |
suyatuṃḍapaīvanibhā teulesā u vaṇṇao ||

Resembling the mineral vermilion, like the morning sun, / resembling the beak of a parrot or a flame is fiery leśyā in color.

34.8

hariyālabheyasaṃkāsā haliddābheyasaṃnibhā |
saṇāsaṇakusumanibhā pamhalesā u vaṇṇao ||

Resembling a variety of yellow orpiment, like a variety of turmeric, / resembling the flower of sunn-hemp or flax is lotus leśyā in color.

34.9

saṃkhaṃkakuṃdasaṃkāsā khīrapūrasamappabhā |
rayayahārasaṃkāsā sukkalesā u vaṇṇao ||

Resembling a conch shell, an anka gem, or a kunda flower, possessing the radiance of a stream of milk, / resembling a silver garland is white leśyā in color.

34.10

jaha kaḍuyatuṃbagaraso niṃbaraso kaḍuyarohiṇiraso vā |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo raso u kiṇhāe nāyavvo ||

As the juice of a bitter gourd, the juice of neem, or the juice of bitter rohī, / yet infinitely more intense than this must the taste of the black [leśyā] be known.

The taste of the black Lêsyâ is infinitely more bitter than that of Tumbaka, (the fruit of the) Nimb-tree, or of Rôhinî.

34.11

jaha tigaḍuyassa ya raso tikkho jaha hatthipippalīe vā |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo raso u nīlāe nāyavvo ||

As the taste of the three spices, or pungent as long pepper, / yet infinitely more intense than this must the taste of the blue [leśyā] be known.

34.12

jaha taruṇaaṃbagaraso tuvarakaviṭṭhassa vāvi jārisao |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo raso u kāūe nāyavvo ||

As is the taste of an unripe mango, or of an astringent wood-apple, / yet infinitely more intense than this must the taste of the grey [leśyā] be known.

34.13

jahapariṇayaṃbagaraso pakkakaviṭṭhassa vāvi jārisao |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo raso u teūe nāyavvo ||

As is the taste of a ripe mango, or of a mature wood-apple, / yet infinitely more intense than this must the taste of the fiery [leśyā] be known.

34.14

varavāruṇīe va raso vivihāṇa va āsavāṇa jārisao |
mahumeragassa va raso etto pamhāe paraeṇaṃ ||

As is the taste of excellent wine, or of various liquors, / or like the taste of honey-wine, superior to this is the lotus [leśyā].

34.15

khajjūramuddiyaraso khīraraso khaṃḍasakkararaso vā |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo raso u sukkāe nāyavvo ||

As the taste of dates and grapes, the taste of milk, or the taste of sugar candy, / yet infinitely more intense than this must the taste of the white [leśyā] be known.

34.16

jaha gomaḍassa gaṃdho suṇagamaḍassa va jahā ahimaḍassa |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo lesāṇaṃ appasatthāṇaṃ ||

As the smell of a dead cow, of a dead dog, or of a dead snake, / yet infinitely more intense than this is [the smell] of the unpraiseworthy leśyās.

34.17

jaha surahikusumagaṃdho gaṃdhavāsāṇa pissamāṇāṇaṃ |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo pasatthalesāṇa tiṇhaṃ pi ||

As the fragrance of sweet-smelling flowers, or of perfume powders being crushed, / yet infinitely more intense than this is [the smell] of all three praiseworthy leśyās.

34.18

jaha karagayassa phāso gojibbhāe va sāgapattāṇaṃ |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo lesāṇaṃ appasatthāṇaṃ ||

As the touch of a saw, or of a cow's tongue, or of teak leaves, / yet infinitely more intense than this is [the touch] of the unpraiseworthy leśyās.

34.19

jaha būrassa va phāso navaṇīyassa va sirīsakusumāṇaṃ |
etto vi anaṃtaguṇo pasatthalesāṇaṃ tiṇhaṃ pi ||

As the touch of cotton, of butter, or of śirīṣa flowers, / yet infinitely more intense than this is [the touch] of all three praiseworthy leśyās.

34.20

tiviho va navaviho vā sattāvīsaivihekkasīo vā |
dusao teyālo vā lesāṇaṃ hoi pariṇāmo ||

Threefold, ninefold, / twenty-seven-fold, eighty-one-fold, / or two hundred and forty-three-fold is the modification of the leśyās.

The degrees of the Lêsyâs are three, or nine, or twenty-seven, or eighty-one, or two hundred and forty-three.

34.21

paṃcāsavappavatto tīhiṃ agutto chasuṃ avirao ya |
tivvāraṃbhapariṇao khuddo sāhasio naro ||

Operating in the five influxes, unguarded in the three [guptis], unrestrained in the six [classes of beings], / inclined toward violent activity, mean, reckless—a person

A man who acts on the impulse of the five Âsravas, does not possess the three Guptis, has not ceased to injure the six (kinds of living beings), commits cruel acts, is wicked and violent, is afraid of no consequences, is mischievous and does not subdue his senses--a man of such habits develops the black Lêsyâ.

34.22

niddhaṃdhasapariṇāmo nissaṃso ajiiṃdio |
eyajogasamāutto kiṇhalesaṃ tu pariṇame ||

with a state of mind lacking clarity, pitiless, with unsubdued senses: / joined with such an application, one transforms into the black leśyā.

34.23

issāamarisaatavo avijjamāyā ahīriyā ya |
geddhī paose ya saḍhe pamatte rasalolue sāya gavesae ya ||

Envious, intolerant, lacking asceticism, unlearned, deceitful, shameless, / greedy, hateful, crooked, negligent, craving delicacies, seeking pleasure,

34.24

āraṃbhāo avirao khuddo sāhassio naro |
eyajogasamāutto nīlalesaṃ tu pariṇame ||

unrestrained from violent activity, mean, reckless—a person / joined with such an application transforms into the blue leśyā.

34.25

vaṃke vaṃkasamāyāre niyaḍille aṇujjue |
paliuṃcaga ovahie micchadiṭṭhī aṇārie ||

Crooked, crooked in conduct, deceitful, dishonest, / cheating, deceptive, holding false views, ignoble,

34.26

upphālagaduṭṭhavāī ya teṇe yāvi ya maccharī |
eyajogasamāutto kāulesaṃ tu pariṇame ||

boastful, speaking evil, a thief, and also envious: / joined with such an application, one transforms into the grey leśyā.

34.27

nīyāvittī acavale amāī akuūhale |
viṇīyavinae daṃte jogavaṃ uvahāṇavaṃ ||

Humble in conduct, not fickle, free from deceit, devoid of curiosity, / disciplined in discipline, restrained, attentive, devoted to religious performance,

34.28

piyadhamme daḍhadhamme vajjabhīrū hiesae |
eyajogasamāutto teulesaṃ tu pariṇame ||

loving Dharma, steadfast in Dharma, dreading blame, seeking the good: / joined with such an application, one transforms into the fiery leśyā.

34.29

payaṇukkohamāṇe ya māyālobhe ya payaṇue |
pasaṃtacitte daṃtappā jogavaṃ uvahāṇavaṃ ||

Having attenuated anger and pride, having attenuated deceit and greed, / calm in mind, self-restrained, attentive, devoted to religious performance,

34.30

tahā payaṇuvāī ya uvasaṃte jiiṃdie |
eyajogasamāutto pamhalesaṃ tu pariṇame ||

likewise gentle in speech, tranquil, with conquered senses: / joined with such an application, one transforms into the lotus leśyā.

34.31

aṭṭaruddāṇi vajjittā dhammasukkāṇi jjhāyae |
pasaṃtacitte daṃtappā samie gutte ya guttihiṃ ||

Avoiding sorrowful and cruel [thoughts], one meditates on righteous and pure [reflections]; / calm in mind, self-restrained, circumspect, and guarded by the guptis,

34.32

sarāge vīyarāge vā uvasaṃte jiiṃdie |
eyajogasamāutto sukkalesaṃ tu pariṇame ||

whether with attachment or free from attachment, tranquil, with conquered senses: / joined with such an application, one transforms into the white leśyā.

34.33

asaṃkhijjāṇosappiṇīṇa ussappiṇīṇa je samayā |
saṃkhāīyā logā lesāṇa huṃti ṭhāṇāiṃ ||

As many moments as there are in innumerable descending and ascending cycles, / [and as many as] countlessly many worlds, are the states of the leśyās.

There are as many varieties of Lêsyâs as there are Samayas in the innumerable Avasarpinîs and Utsarpinîs, and as there are countless worlds.

34.34

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā tettīsaṃ sāgarā muhuttahiyā |
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī nāyavvā kiṇhalesāe ||

Half a muhūrta is the minimum; thirty-three ocean-measured [years] plus a muhūrta / is the maximum duration that must be known for the black leśyā.

The longest duration of the yellow Lêsyâ plus one Samaya is equal to the shortest of the white Lêsyâ; the longest, however, is thirty-three muhûrtas longer.

34.35

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā dasa udahī paliyamasaṃkhabhāgamabbhahiyā |
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī nāyavvā nīlalesāe ||

Half a muhūrta is the minimum; ten ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama / is the maximum duration that must be known for the blue leśyā.

34.36

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā tiṇṇudahī paliyamasaṃkhabhāgamabbhahiyā |
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī nāyavvā kāulesāe ||

Half a muhūrta is the minimum; three ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama / is the maximum duration that must be known for the grey leśyā.

34.37

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā doudahī paliyamasaṃkhabhāgamabbhahiyā |
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī nāyavvā teulesāe ||

Half a muhūrta is the minimum; two ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama / is the maximum duration that must be known for the fiery leśyā.

34.38

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā dasa hoṃti sāgarā muhuttahiyā |
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī nāyavvā pamhalesāe ||

Half a muhūrta is the minimum; ten ocean-measured [years] plus a muhūrta / is the maximum duration that must be known for the lotus leśyā.

34.39

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā tettīsaṃ sāgarā muhuttahiyā |
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī nāyavvā sukkalesāe ||

Half a muhūrta is the minimum; thirty-three ocean-measured [years] plus a muhūrta / is the maximum duration that must be known for the white leśyā.

34.40

esā khalu lesāṇaṃ oheṇa ṭhiī u vaṇṇiyā hoi |
causu vi gaīsu etto lesāṇa ṭhiiṃ tu vocchāmi ||

This indeed is described as the duration of the leśyās in general; / henceforth, I shall state the duration of the leśyās in the four destinies.

34.41

dasa vāsasahassāiṃ kāūe ṭhiī jahanniyā hoi |
tiṇṇudahī paliovama asaṃkhabhāgaṃ ca ukkosā ||

Ten thousand years is the minimum duration for the grey [leśyā], / and three ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama is the maximum.

34.42

tiṇṇudahī paliyamasaṃkhabhāgā jahanneṇa nīlaṭhiī |
dasa udahī paliovama asaṃkhabhāgaṃ ca ukkosā ||

Three ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama is the minimum duration for the blue [leśyā]; / ten ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama is the maximum.

34.43

dasa udahī paliyamasaṃkhabhāgaṃ jahanniyā hoi |
tettīsasāgarāiṃ ukkosā hoi kiṇhāe ||

Ten ocean-measured [years] plus an innumerable fraction of a palyopama is the minimum; / thirty-three ocean-measured [years] is the maximum for the black [leśyā].

34.44

esā neraiyāṇaṃ lesāṇa ṭhiī u vaṇṇiyā hoi |
teṇa paraṃ vocchāmi tiriyamanussāṇa devāṇaṃ ||

This is described as the duration of the leśyās of hell-beings. / After this, I shall speak of [the leśyās] of animals, humans, and gods.

34.45

aṃtomuhuttamaddhaṃ lesāṇa ṭhiī jahiṃ jahiṃ jā u |
tiriyāṇa narāṇaṃ vā vajjittā kevalaṃ lesaṃ ||

The duration of the leśyās wherever they occur is an antarmuhūrta, / for animals and humans, excluding the pure white leśyā.

34.46

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā ukkosā hoi puvvakoḍī u |
navahi varisehi ūṇā nāyavvā sukkalesāe ||

The minimum [duration] is half a muhūrta, while the maximum is one crore pūrvas / less nine years, known for the white leśyā.

34.47

esā tiriyanarāṇaṃ lesāṇa ṭhiī u vaṇṇiyā hoi |
teṇa paraṃ vocchāmi lesāṇa ṭhii u devāṇaṃ ||

This is described as the duration of the leśyās of animals and humans. / After this, I shall speak of the duration of the leśyās of gods.

34.48

dasa vāsasahassāiṃ kiṇhāe ṭhiī jahanniyā hoi |
paliyamasaṃkhijjaimo ukkosā hoi kiṇhāe ||

Ten thousand years is the minimum duration for the black [leśyā]; / an innumerable part of a palyopama is the maximum for the black [leśyā].

34.49

jā kiṇhāe ṭhiī khalu ukkosā sā u samayamabbhahiyā |
jahanneṇaṃ nīlāe paliyamasaṃkhaṃ tu ukkosā ||

What is the maximum duration for the black [leśyā], increased by one samaya, / is the minimum for the blue; an innumerable part of a palyopama is the maximum.

34.50

jā nīlāe ṭhiī khalu ukkosā sā u samayamabbhahiyā |
jahanneṇaṃ kāūe paliyamasaṃkhaṃ ca ukkosā ||

What is the maximum duration for the blue [leśyā], increased by one samaya, / is the minimum for the grey; an innumerable part of a palyopama is the maximum.

34.51

teṇa paraṃ vocchāmi teulesā jahā suragaṇāṇaṃ |
bhavaṇavaivāṇamaṃtara-joisavemāṇiyāṇaṃ ca ||

After this, I shall explain the fiery leśyā as it belongs to the host of gods: / the Bhavanapatis, Vāṇavyantaras, Jyotiṣkas, and Vaimānikas.

34.52

paliovamaṃ jahannā ukkosā sāgarā u duṇhahiyā |
paliyamasaṃkhejjeṇaṃ hoī bhāgeṇa teūe ||

One palyopama is the minimum; the maximum is two sāgaropamas / increased by an innumerable part of a palyopama for the fiery [leśyā].

34.53

dasa vāsasahassāiṃ teūe ṭhiī jahanniyā hoī |
duṇṇudahī paliovamaṃ asaṃkhabhāgaṃ ca ukkosā ||

Ten thousand years is the minimum duration for the fiery [leśyā]; / two sāgaropamas and an innumerable part of a palyopama is the maximum.

34.54

jā teūe ṭhiī khalu ukkosā sā u samayamabbhahiyā |
jahanneṇaṃ pamhāe dasau muhuttahiyāiṃ ca ukkosā ||

What is the maximum duration for the fiery [leśyā], increased by one samaya, / is the minimum for the lotus [leśyā]; ten [sāgaropamas] increased by muhūrtas is the maximum.

34.55

jā pamhāe ṭhiī khalu ukkosā sā u samayamabbhahiyā |
jahanneṇaṃ sukkāe tettīsamuhuttamabbhahiyā ||

What is the maximum duration for the lotus [leśyā], increased by one samaya, / is the minimum for the white [leśyā]; thirty-three [sāgaropamas] increased by muhūrtas [is the maximum].

34.56

kiṇhā nīlā kāū tinni vi eyāo ahammalesāo |
eyāhi tihi vi jīvo duggaiṃ uvavajjaī bahuso ||

Black, blue, and grey: all three are unrighteous leśyās. / Through these three, a soul repeatedly is reborn in an evil destiny.

The black, blue, and grey Lêsyâs are the lowest Lêsyâs; through them the soul is brought into miserable courses of life.

34.57

teū pamhā sukkā tinni vi eyāo dhammalesāo |
eyāhi tihi vi jīvo suggaiṃ uvavajjaī bahuso ||

Fiery, lotus, and white: all three are righteous leśyās. / Through these three, a soul repeatedly is reborn in a good destiny.

34.58

lesāhiṃ savvāhiṃ paḍhame samayammi pariṇayāhiṃ tu |
na vi kassavi uvavāo pare bhave atthi jīvassa ||

When any of the leśyās has transformed in the first samaya, / no soul ever attains rebirth in the next existence.

In the first moment of these Lêsyâs when they are joined (with the soul), the latter is not born into a new existence.

34.59

lesāhiṃ savvāhiṃ carame samayammi pariṇayāhiṃ tu |
na vi kassavi uvavāo pare bhave atthi jīvassa ||

When any of the leśyās has transformed in the final samaya, / no soul ever attains rebirth in the next existence.

34.60

aṃtamuhuttammi gae aṃtamuhuttammi sesae ceva |
lesāhiṃ pariṇayāhiṃ jīvā gacchaṃti paraloyaṃ ||

When an antarmuhūrta has passed and an antarmuhūrta remains, / souls depart for the next world with the transformed leśyās.

34.61

tamhā eyāṇa lesāṇaṃ aṇubhāge viyāṇiyā |
appasatthāo vajjittā pasatthāo ahiṭṭhejjāsi || –tti bemi ||

Therefore, having understood the fruition of these leśyās, / avoiding the unpraiseworthy ones, one should abide in the praiseworthy ones. — Thus I say.