Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Part 12 - On celestial positions
Q. 108. Bhante! When assigned to higher spheres, where are the following reborn: the unrestrained would-be celestial beings; the restrained pure, (i.e., one without any lapse, or one who has healed up lapse, if any); the restrained impure (who cares not to heal up the lapse); the restrained-unrestrained pure; the restrained-unrestrained impure; living beings without mind; 迟腻辫补蝉补蝉, 办腻苍诲补谤辫颈办补蝉, 肠补谤补办补-辫补谤颈产谤腻箩补办补蝉, 办颈濒产颈峁办补蝉, tiryakas, 腻箩墨惫颈办补蝉, 腻产丑颈测辞驳颈办补蝉; and any other wearing the external marks of a monk70?
A. 108. Gautama! The unrestrained would-be celestial beings are, at the lowest, born among the Bhavanav膩sis, and, at the highest, in the Graiveyaka-惫颈尘腻苍补蝉: the restrained pure are, at the lowest, born in the Saudharma-kalpa, and, at the highest, in the Sarb膩rthasiddha-惫颈尘腻苍补; the restrained impure are, at the lowest, born among the Bhavanav膩sis, and, at the highest, in the Saudharma-kalpa; the restrained-unrestrained pure are, at the lowest, born in the Saudharma-kalpa, and, at the highest, in the Acyuta-kalpa; the restrained-unrestrained impure are, at the lowest, born among the Bhavanav膩sis, and, at the highest, among the 闯测辞迟颈峁补蝉; living beings without mind are, at the lowest, born among the Bhavanav膩sis, and, at the highest, among the Va峁嘺vyantaras; the rest are, at the lowest, born among the Bhavanav膩sis, and, at the highest, as follows: the 迟腻辫补蝉补蝉 among the 闯测辞迟颈峁补蝉, the 办腻苍诲补谤辫颈办补蝉 in the Saudharma-kalpa, the 肠补谤补办补-辫补谤颈产谤腻箩补办补蝉 in the Brahmaloka, the 办颈濒产颈峁办补蝉 in the 尝腻苍迟补办补-办补濒辫补, the tiryakas in the 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补-办补濒辫补, the 腻箩墨惫颈办补蝉 and the 腻产丑颈测辞驳颈办补蝉 in the Acyuta-kalpa, and the rest in the upper 惫颈尘腻苍补蝉71.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva S奴ri):
70. Though not so indicated, it may be possible to draw a line at the end of the first four categories who are in the Jaina path and who perform some form and certain amount of restraint; but the remaining ones are heretics and practise no restraint,
71. For the convenience of the readers, the arrangement of lower and upper spheres is indicated below:
Upper Sphere (top-to-bottom): Siddha艣墨l膩, 5 Anuttaras, 9 Graibeyakas, Acyuta, 膧谤补峁嘺, 笔谤腻峁嘺迟补, 膧苍补迟补, 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补, 艢补迟腻谤补, 惭补丑腻艣耻办谤补, 艢耻办谤补, 碍腻辫颈峁ａ弓丑补, 尝腻苍迟补办补, Brahmottara, Brahmaloka, 惭腻丑别苍诲谤补, 厂腻苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补, 础颈艣腻苍补, Saudharma, 闯测辞迟颈峁补蝉.
[Central Sphere]
Lower Sphere: 搁补迟苍补辫谤补产丑腻, 艢补谤办补谤腻辫谤补产丑腻, 痴腻濒耻办腻辫谤补产丑腻, 笔补峁卥补辫谤补产丑腻, 顿丑奴尘补辫谤补产丑腻, 罢补尘补岣谤补产丑腻, 惭补丑腻迟补尘补岣谤补产丑腻.