Jambuddivapannatti 2.49

2.49

tīse ṇaṃ samāe ekkavīsāe vāsasahassehiṃ kāle viikkaṃte anaṃtehiṃ vaṇṇapajjavehiṃ, anaṃtehiṃ gaṃdhapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ rasapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ phāsapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ saṃghayaṇapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ saṃṭhāṇapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ uccattapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ āupajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ garuyalahuyapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ agaruyalahuyapajjavehiṃ anaṃtehiṃ uṭṭhāṇa-kamma-bala-vīriya-purisakkāra-parakkamapajjavehiṃ anaṃtaguṇaparihāṇīe parihāyamāṇe-parihāyamāṇe, ettha ṇaṃ dūsamadūsamaṇāmaṃ samā kāle paḍivajjissai samaṇāuso! |
tīse ṇaṃ bhaṃte! samāe uttamakaṭṭhapattāe bharahassa vāsassa kerisae āgārabhāvapaḍoyāre bhavissai? goyamā! kāle bhavissaī hāhābhūe bhaṃbhābhūe kolāhalabhūe samānubhāveṇa ya ṇaṃ kharapharusa-dhūlimailā duvvisahā vāulā bhayaṃkarā ya vāyā saṃvaṭṭagā ya vāhiṃti| iha abhikkhaṃ dhūmāhiṃti ya disā samaṃtā raussalā reṇukalusa tamapaḍala nirāloyā| samayalukkhayāe ya ṇaṃ ahiyaṃ caṃdā sīyaṃ mocchihiṃti, ahiyaṃ sūriyā tavissaṃti|
aduttaraṃ ca ṇaṃ goyamā! abhikkhaṇaṃ arasamehā virasamehā khāramehā khattamehā aggimehā vijjumehā visamehā asanimehā ajavaṇijjodagā bāhirogavedaṇodīraṇa-pariṇāmasalilā amaṇunna-pāṇiyagā caṃḍānilapahata tikkha dhārā nivātapauraṃ vāsaṃ vāsihiṃti, jeṇaṃ bharahe vāse gāmāgara nagara kheḍa kabbaḍa maḍaṃba doṇamuha paṭṭaṇāsamagayaṃ janavayaṃ, cauppayagavelae, khahayare pakkhisaṃghe gāmāraṇṇappa-yāraṇirae tase ya pāne bahuppayāre rukkha guccha gumma laya valli pavālaṃkuramādīe taṇavaṇassaikāie osahīo ya viddhaṃsehiṃti, pavvaya giri ḍoṃgarutthalabhaṭṭhimādīe ya veyaḍḍhagirivajje virāvehiṃti, salila bila visama-gaḍḍa-ninnunnayāṇi ya gaṃgāsiṃdhuvajjāiṃ samīkarehiṃti|
tīse ṇaṃ bhaṃte! samāe bharahassa vāsassa bhūmīe kerisae āgārabhāvapaḍoyāre bhavissai? goyamā! bhūmī bhavissai iṃgālabhūyā mummūrabhūyā chāriyabhūyā tattakavelluyabhūyā tattasamajoibhūyā dhūlibahulā reṇubahulā paṃkabahulā paṇayabahulā calaṇibahulā bahūṇaṃ dharaṇigoyarāṇaṃ sattāṇaṃ dunnikammā yāvi bhavissaī|
tīse ṇaṃ bhaṃte! samāe bharahe vāse manuyāṇaṃ kerisae āgārabhāvapaḍoyāre bhavissai? goyamā! manuyā bhavissaṃti durūvā duvaṇṇā duggaṃdhā durasā duphāsā aniṭṭhā akaṃtā appiyā asubhā amaṇunnā amaṇāmā hīnassarā dīnassarā aniṭṭhassarā akaṃtassarā apiyassarā amaṇunnassarā amaṇāmassarā anādejjavayaṇapaccāyātā nillajjā kūḍa kavaḍa kalaha vaha baṃdha veranirayā majjāyātikka- mappahāṇā akajjaṇiccujjayā gurunioga vinayarahiyā ya vikalarūvā parūḍhanaha kesa maṃsu romā kālā khara pharusa sāmavaṇṇā phuṭṭasirā kavilapaliyakesā bahuṇhāruṇisaṃpiṇaddha duddaṃsaṇijjarūvā saṃkuḍiyavalītaraṃga pariveḍhiaṃgamaṃgā jarāpariṇayavva theraga narā pavirala parisaḍiya daṃtaseḍhī ubbhaḍa-ghaḍāmuhā visamanayanavaṃkaṇāsā vaṃka valīvigaya bhesaṇamuhā daddu kiṭibha sibbha phuḍiyapharusacchavī cittalaṃgamaṃgā kacchūkhasarābhibhūyā kharatikkhaṇakkha kaṃḍūiya vikkhayataṇū ṭolākiti visama-saṃdhibaṃdhaṇa ukkuḍuyaṭṭhiyavibhatta dubbala kusaṃghayaṇa kuppamāṇakusaṃṭhiyā kurūvā kuṭṭhāṇāsana kusejja kubhoiṇo asuiṇo anegavāhiparipīliaṃgamaṃgā khalaṃta vibbhalagaī nirucchāhā sattaparivajjitā vigayaceṭṭhā naṭṭhateyā abhikkhaṇaṃ sīuṇha kharapharusavāyavijjhaḍiya maliṇapaṃsuraoguṃḍiaṃgamaṃgā bahukohamānamāyālobhā bahumohā asubhadukkhabhāgī osannaṃ dhammasaṇṇa sammattaparibhaṭṭhā ukkoseṇaṃ rayaṇippamāṇamettā solasa vīsaivāsa paramāuso bahuputtaṇattupariyāla paṇayabahulā gaṃgāsiṃdhūo mahānaīo veyaḍḍhaṃ ca pavvayaṃ nīsāe bāvattariṃ nigoyā bīyaṃ bīyamettā bilavāsiṇo manuyā bhavissaṃti|
te ṇaṃ bhaṃte! manuyā kimāhārissaṃti? goyamā! teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ gaṃgāsiṃdhūo mahānaīo rahapahamittavittharāo akkhasoyappamāṇamettaṃ jalaṃ vojjhihiṃti, sevi ya ṇaṃ jale bahumaccha-kacchabhāiṇṇe, no ceva ṇaṃ āubahule bhavissai|
tae ṇaṃ te manuyā suruggamaṇamuhuttaṃsi ya sūratthamaṇamuhuttaṃsi ya bilehiṃto niddhāissaṃti, niddhāittā macchakacchabhe thalāiṃ gāhehiṃti, gāhettā sīyātavatattehiṃ macchakacchabhehiṃ ikkavīsaṃ vāsasahassāiṃ bittiṃ kappemāṇā viharissaṃti|
te ṇaṃ bhaṃte! manuyā nissīlā nivvayā nigguṇā nimmerā nippaccakkhāṇaposahovavāsā osannaṃ maṃsāhārā macchāhārā khoddāhārā kuṇimāhārā kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā kahiṃ gacchihiṃti? kahiṃ uvavajjihiṃti? goyamā! osannaṃ naragatirikkhajoṇiesu uvavajjihiṃti|
te ṇaṃ bhaṃte! sīhā vagghā vagā dīviyā acchā taracchā parassarā siyāla virāla sunagā kolasunagā sasagā cittalagā cillalagā osannaṃ maṃsāhārā macchāhārā khoddāhārā kuṇimāhārā kāla-māse kālaṃ kiccā kahiṃ gacchihiṃti? kahiṃ uvavajjihiṃti?
goyamā! osannaṃ naragatirikkhajoṇiesu uvavajjihiṃti|
te ṇaṃ bhaṃte! ḍhaṃkā kaṃkā pilagā maddugā sihī osannaṃ maṃsāhārā macchāhārā khoddāhārā kuṇimāhārā kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā kahiṃ gacchihiṃti? kahiṃ uvavajjihiṃti? goyamā! osannaṃ naragatirikkhajoṇiesu uvavajjihiṃti|

When a period of twenty-one thousand years has elapsed in that age, with infinite modes of colour, infinite modes of smell, infinite modes of taste, infinite modes of touch, infinite modes of osseous structure, infinite modes of configuration, infinite modes of height, infinite modes of lifespan, infinite modes of heaviness and lightness, infinite modes of neither-heaviness-nor-lightness, and infinite modes of exertion, action, strength, energy, masculine vigour, and prowess diminishing and diminishing by infinite-fold decrease, at that point, O long-lived śramaṇas, the age called Dūṣamadūṣamā ("extremely sorrowful") will commence in time.

"Venerable sir! When that age reaches its highest extremity, what sort of appearance and manifestation will there be in the Bharaha realm?"

"Gautama! The time will become full of cries of woe, full of lamentation, and full of uproar. And by the nature of that time, winds will blow that are rough, harsh, soiled with dust, insupportable, tempestuous, terrifying, and cyclonic. Here the quarters will constantly smoke all around, flying with dust, fouled with grit, and obscured without light by masses of darkness. And due to the roughness of that time, the moon will release excessively cold air, and the sun will blaze excessively hot.

"Furthermore, Gautama! Constantly there will rain tasteless clouds, ill-tasting clouds, alkaline clouds, caustic clouds, fire clouds, lightning clouds, poison clouds, and thunderbolt clouds—raining non-drinkable water, water bringing on the arousal of diseases, ailments, and pain, and unwholesome water, with sharp showers beaten by fierce gales, accompanied by devastating downpours. By these, in the Bharaha realm, the inhabited country gathered in villages, mines, towns, market towns, bad towns, isolated settlements, coastal emporiums, port cities, and hermitages; the quadrupeds, cattle, and sheep; the sky-faring flocks of birds; the diverse mobile beings dwelling in village and forest realms; the plant-bodied beings such as trees, shrubs, bushes, creeping plants, vines, tendrils, and sprouts; and the medicinal plants will be destroyed. The mountains, hills, knolls, high grounds, elevated rocks, and so on—except for Mount Vaitāḍhya—will be leveled. And the bodies of water, chasms, rugged pits, and high and low grounds—except for the Gaṅgā and Sindhu rivers—will be made flat.

"Venerable sir! In that age, what sort of appearance and manifestation will there be for the ground of the Bharaha realm?"

"Gautama! The ground will become like live coals, like smoldering ashes, like cinders, like a heated iron pan, and like intensely blazing fire; full of dust, full of grit, full of mud, full of slime, and full of quagmires; and it will be difficult to tread upon for the many beings dwelling on the earth.

"Venerable sir! In that age, what sort of appearance and manifestation will there be for human beings in the Bharaha realm?"

"Gautama! Human beings will have bad forms, bad colours, bad smells, bad tastes, and bad touches; they will be undesirable, unpleasing, unlikable, inauspicious, disagreeable, and displeasing. They will have faint voices, plaintive voices, undesirable voices, unpleasing voices, unlikable voices, disagreeable voices, and displeasing voices; their words will carry no authority, and they will be shameless. They will be devoted to deceit, fraud, quarrel, slaughter, bondage, and enmity; they will excel in transgressing limits, will constantly be intent on wrongful deeds, will be devoid of modesty and obedience to teachers, and will have deformed bodies. Their nails, hair, beards, and body hair will be overgrown; they will be black, of a rough, harsh, dark-brown complexion, with cracked scalps, tawny and grey hair, bound with many sinews, and dreadful in appearance; their limbs will be enveloped in waves of contracted wrinkles; like old men ripened by old age, they will have sparse and fallen-out rows of teeth, wide pitcher-like mouths, uneven eyes and crooked noses, and frightful faces distorted by crooked wrinkles; their skin will be cracked, rough, and afflicted with ringworm, eczema, and white spots; their limbs will be spotted, overcome with scabies and itchy rashes, their bodies scarred by scratching with rough, sharp fingernails; with camel-like gait, disjointed limb-joints, bent and uneven bones, weak, with wretched bone structure, ill-proportioned, badly shaped, deformed, having wretched dwelling-places, seats, beds, and food; impure, their limbs afflicted with manifold diseases, with faltering and unsteady gait, dispirited, devoid of strength, motionless, their radiance gone, their limbs constantly blasted by cold, heat, and rough, harsh winds, and smeared with filthy dust; with much anger, pride, deceit, and greed, with great delusion, sharing in inauspicious sorrow; mostly fallen away from religious notions and right belief; at the maximum, having the height of a ratni; with a maximum lifespan of sixteen to twenty years; highly attached to their families of numerous sons and grandsons; there will be seventy-two pit-dwellers, like seeds, living in pits in dependence on the great rivers Gaṅgā and Sindhu, and on Mount Vaitāḍhya.

"Venerable sir! What will those human beings eat?"

"Gautama! At that period, at that time, the great rivers Gaṅgā and Sindhu will have a breadth equal only to a chariot path and will carry water only to the measure of an axle-hole's flow. And that water will be teeming with many fish and tortoises, but it will not abound in water-bodied souls.

"Then those humans will rush out from their pits at the muhūrta of sunrise and at the muhūrta of sunset; having rushed out, they will drag fish and tortoises onto dry ground; having dragged them out, they will live for twenty-one thousand years sustaining their livelihood on those fish and tortoises scorched by the cold and heat.

"Venerable sir! Those humans who are devoid of good conduct, devoid of vows, devoid of virtues, devoid of restraints, devoid of renunciations and pauṣadha fasts, and who mostly eat meat, fish, small creatures, and carrion—when they die at the end of their lifespan, where will they go? Where will they be reborn?"

"Gautama! They will mostly be reborn in hells and animal wombs.

"Venerable sir! Those lions, tigers, wolves, leopards, bears, hyenas, wild dogs, jackals, cats, dogs, wild boar dogs, hares, spotted deer, and leopards, who mostly eat meat, fish, small creatures, and carrion—when they die at the end of their lifespan, where will they go? Where will they be reborn?"

"Gautama! They will mostly be reborn in hells and animal wombs.

"Venerable sir! Those crows, herons, owlets, cormorants, and peacocks, who mostly eat meat, fish, small creatures, and carrion—when they die at the end of their lifespan, where will they go? Where will they be reborn?"

"Gautama! They will mostly be reborn in hells and animal wombs."