Jambuddivapannatti 2.34
Jambuddīvapannatti 2.34
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2.34
tīse ṇaṃ bhaṃte! samāe bharahe vāse manuyāṇaṃ kerisae āgārabhāvapaḍoyāre pannatte? goyamā! teṇaṃ manuyā supaiṭṭhiyakummacārucalaṇā jāva lakkhaṇa-vaṃjaṇa-guṇovaveyā sujāya-suvibhatta-saṃgayaṃgā pāsādīyā darisaṇijjā abhirūvā paḍirūvā|
tīse ṇaṃ bhaṃte! samāe bharahe vāse maṇuīṇaṃ kerisae āgārabhāvapaḍoyāre pannatte? goyamā! tāo ṇaṃ maṇuīo sujāyasavvaṃgasuṃdarīo pahāṇamahilāguṇehiṃ juttāo aikaṃta-visappamāṇamauya-sukumāla-kummasaṃṭhiya-visiṭṭhacalaṇāo ujju-mauya pīvara-susāhayaṃgulīo abbhunnaya-raiya-taliṇa-taṃba sui niddhanakkhā romarahiya-vaṭṭa-laṭṭasaṃṭhiya-ajahaṇṇa-pasatthalakkhaṇa-akkoppa-jaṃghajuyalā sunimmiya-sugūḍhasujāṇū maṃsalasubaddhasaṃdhīo kayalīkhaṃbhāirekasaṃṭhiya-nivvaṇa-sukumāla-mauya-maṃsalaavirala-samasaṃhiyasujāyavaṭṭapīvaraniraṃtarorū aṭṭhāvayavīcipaṭṭhasaṃṭhiya pasattha vicchiṇṇa pihula soṇī vayaṇāyāmappamāṇa-duguṇiya-visāla-maṃsala-subaddhajahaṇavaradhāriṇīo vajjavirāiya-pasattha lakkhaṇanirodarā tivaliyavaliya taṇuṇamiyamajjhiyāo ujjuya-sama-sahiya-jaccataṇu-kasiṇa-niddha-ādejja-laḍaha-sujāya-suvibhatta-kaṃta-sobhaṃta-ruila-ramaṇijjaromarāī gaṃgāvatta-payāhiṇāvatta -taraṃgabhaṃgura-ravikiraṇa-taruṇabohiya ākosāyaṃtapauma-gaṃbhīraviyaḍaṇābhā anubbhaḍa-pasattha-pīṇa kucchī saṇṇayapāsā saṃgayapāsā sujāyapāsā miyamāiyapīṇaraiyapāsā akaraṃḍuya-kanagaruyagaṇimmala sujāya ṇiruvahayagāyalaṭṭhī kaṃcanakalasappamāṇa sama sahita laṭṭha cūcuyaāmelaga jamalajuyala vaṭṭiya abbhunnayapīṇaraiyapīvarapayoharāo bhujaṃgaanupuvvataṇuya-gopucchavaṭṭasama-saṃhiya namiya...
... ādejja laliyabāhā taṃbanahā maṃsalaggahatthā pīvarakomalabaraṃgulīyā niddhapāṇilehā ravi sasi saṃkha cakka sotthiya vibhattasuviraiyapāṇilehā pīṇuṇṇayakakkha vakkha vatthippaesā paḍipuṇṇa-galakavolā cauraṃgulasuppamāṇa-kaṃbubarasarisagovā maṃsala saṃṭhiya pasatthahaṇugā dāḍimapupphappagāsa pīvarapalaṃba kuṃciyavarādharā suṃdaruttaroṭṭhā dahidagarayacaṃdakuṃdavāsaṃti-mauladhavala-acchiddavimaladasanā rattuppalapatta- mauyasukumālatālujīhā kaṇavīramaulaakuḍi-laabbhuggaya-ujjutuṃganāsā sāradanava kamalakumuya-kuvalayavimaladalaṇiyara-sarisalakkhaṇapasattha-ajimhakaṃta-nayanā pattala-cavalāyaṃta-taṃbaloyaṇāo āṇāmiyacāvaruila kiṇhabbharāi-saṃgaya-sujāya-bhumagā allīṇa-pamāṇajuttasavaṇā susavaṇā pīṇa maṭṭha gaṃḍalehā cauraṃsa pasattha samaniḍālā komuīrayaṇiyara vimalapaḍipuṇṇasomavayaṇā chattuṇṇayauttimaṃgā akavila susiṇiddha sugaṃdhadīhasirayā...
...chatta jjhaya jūya thūbha dāmiṇi kamaṃḍalu kalasa vāvi sotthiya paḍāga java maccha kumma rahavara magarajjhaya aṃka thāla aṃkusa aṭṭhāvaya supaiṭṭhaga mayūra siriyābhiseya toraṇa meiṇi udahi varabhavana giri varaāyaṃsa salīlagaya usabha sīha cāmara uttamapasatthabattīsalakkhaṇadharīo haṃsasarisagaīo koilamahuragirasussarāo kaṃtā savvassa aṇumayāo vavagayavalipaliya vaṃga duvvaṇṇa vāhi dohagga sogamukkā uccatteṇa ya ṇarāṇa thovūṇamussiāo sabhāvasiṃgāracāruvesā saṃgayagaya hasiya bhaṇiya ciṭṭhiya vilāsa saṃlāva niuṇajuttovayārakusalā suṃdarathaṇa jahaṇa vayaṇa kara calaṇa nayana lāvaṇṇa rūva jovvaṇa vilāsakaliyā naṃdanavanavivaracāriṇīuvva accharāo bharahavāsamāṇusaccharāo accheraga-pecchaṇijjāo pāsāīyāo darisaṇijjāo abhirūvāo paḍirūvāo|
te ṇaṃ manuyā ohassarā haṃsassarā koṃcassarā naṃdissarā naṃdighosā sīhassarā sīhaghosā sūsarā sūsaranigghosā chāyāujjoviyaṃgamaṃgā vajjarisahanārāyasaṃghayaṇā samacauraṃsasaṃṭhāṇasaṃṭhiyā chavinirā- taṃkā anulomavāuvegā kaṃkaggahaṇī kavoyapariṇāmā sauṇiposa piṭṭhaṃtarorupariṇayā chaddhaṇusahassa- mūsiyā| tesi ṇaṃ manuyāṇaṃ be chappannā piṭṭhikaraṃḍakasayā pannattā samaṇāuso! paumuppalagaṃdha- sarisa-nīsāsasurabhivayaṇā| te ṇaṃ manuyā pagaiuvasaṃtā pagaipayaṇukohamānamāyālobhā miumaddava-saṃpannā allīṇā bhaddagā vinīyā appicchā asannihisaṃcayā viḍimaṃtaraparivasanā jahicchiyakāmakāmiṇo|
“In that era, venerable sir, in the Bharata realm, what was the bodily form and condition of men declared to be?”
“O Gautama, those men had well-planted, tortoise-like handsome feet up to endowed with marks, secondary characteristics, and virtues, well-formed, well-proportioned, well-knit limbs, pleasing, handsome, lovely, and beautiful.
In that era, venerable sir, in the Bharata realm, what was the bodily form and condition of women declared to be?”
“O Gautama, those women were beautiful in all their well-formed limbs, endowed with the foremost qualities of women; with exquisite feet that were exceedingly soft, delicate, and shaped like a tortoise, well-proportioned; with straight, soft, plump, well-aligned toes; with elevated, well-shaped, thin, coppery, clean, glossy nails; with hairless, round, shapely, unblemished, auspiciously marked, irreproachable pairs of shanks; with well-fashioned, well-hidden, shapely knees; with fleshy, well-knit joints; with thighs that were shaped better than banana trunks, scar-free, tender, soft, fleshy, close-set, even, symmetrical, well-formed, round, plump, and uninterrupted; with broad, expansive, fleshy hips shaped like an aṣṭāpada board or wave-crests; with excellent pudenda that were double the measure of their faces in length, broad, fleshy, and well-knit; with flat abdomens adorned with diamond-like, auspicious marks; with slender waists curved with three folds and slightly bowed; with straight, even, close-set, naturally fine, black, glossy, agreeable, lovely, well-formed, well-divided, charming, shining, delightful, and attractive lines of bodily hair; with deep, wide navels shaped like the clockwise eddy of the Gaṅgā, wavy, and resembling a blooming lotus opened by the rays of the morning sun; with smooth, auspicious, plump bellies; with gently tapered flanks, harmonious flanks, well-formed flanks, moderately plump and lovely flanks; with unbent, golden-ornament-like, spotless, well-formed, unblemished stick-like bodies; with breasts that were like golden water-pitchers in measure, even, firm, graceful, with lovely nipples, forming a twin pair, round, elevated, plump, well-shaped, and full; with arms that were tapered like a serpent, round like a cow's tail, even, symmetrical, bowed, agreeable, and graceful; with coppery nails, fleshy forehands, plump, tender, excellent fingers; with glossy palm-lines, palm-lines clearly and well-inscribed with the sun, moon, conch, discus, and svastika; with plump, elevated armpits, chests, and pelvic regions; with full throats and cheeks; with necks resembling excellent conches, four aṅgulas in measure; with fleshy, well-situated, auspicious chins; with plump, dangling, curved excellent lower lips bright as pomegranate flowers, and handsome upper lips; with white, unspaced, spotless teeth like curd, water-drops, the moon, kunda flowers, or jasmine buds; with palates and tongues as soft and tender as red lotus petals; with straight, high noses that were elevated, uncrooked, and shaped like oleander buds; with auspicious, uncrooked, charming eyes endowed with marks resembling clusters of spotless petals of autumn fresh water-lilies, night-blooming white lotuses, and blue lotuses; with wide, flickering, coppery eyes; with well-formed eyebrows curved like lovely bows, matching a row of black clouds; with well-shaped ears, proportionate and close to the head; with plump, smooth temples; with square, auspicious, symmetrical foreheads; with clear, full, gentle faces like the full moon on a night of autumnal moonlight; with heads elevated like parasols; with hair that was not tawny, very glossy, fragrant, and long;
bearing thirty-two foremost auspicious marks, namely: parasol, banner, sacrificial post, wreath, water-pot, pitcher, pond, svastika, pennant, barley, fish, tortoise, excellent chariot, makara banner, sign, plate, elephant goad, aṣṭāpada, well-founded pedestal, peacock, Śrī's consecration, arch, earth, ocean, excellent mansion, mountain, excellent mirror, water-dwelling elephant, bull, lion, and cāmara whisk; having a gait like a swan; possessing sweet voices with the melodious cry of a cuckoo; lovely, universally pleasing; free from wrinkles, grey hair, deformities, bad complexion, disease, misfortune, and grief; slightly shorter in height than the men; naturally adorned with charming attire; skilled and adept in harmonious gait, laughter, speech, movement, playfulness, conversation, and polite conduct; endowed with charm, beauty, youth, and grace of handsome breasts, hips, faces, hands, feet, and eyes; like apsarases wandering in the glades of the Nandana grove, human apsarases of the Bharata realm, wondrous to behold, pleasing, handsome, lovely, and beautiful.
Those men had voices like torrents, voices like swans, voices like krauñca birds, joyful voices, joyful shouts, voices like lions, lion roars, melodious voices, melodious calls; with limbs illuminated by radiant skin; having the vajra-ṛṣabha-nārāca adamantine osseous structure; endowed with a symmetrical configuration; free from illness of the skin; with internal winds moving normally; with digesting organs like a kite's; with digestion like a pigeon's; well-developed thighs, hips, and backs like those of a bird; and six dhanuses in height. To those men two hundred and fifty-six ribs were declared, O long-lived Śramaṇa! Their breath-perfumed mouths were fragrant like the lotus and the water-lily. Those men were naturally tranquil, naturally slender in anger, pride, deceit, and greed, endowed with gentle modesty, well-mannered, benign, modest, of few desires, storing no provisions, dwelling in tree hollows, enjoying whatever pleasures they wished for.”
Translations (3)
- Jambuddīvapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019) — Hindi
- Jambuddīvapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020) — Gujarati
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (2)
- Jambuddīvapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati
- Prameyaratnamañjūṣā — Śānticandra 1593, Sanskrit