Part 9 - Īśānendra worships the Lord

Once upon a time, after this, Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra departed from the caitya named Nandana in the city of Mokā and was wandering in the country. In that period, at that time, there was a city named Rājagṛha. Description. The Lord arrived,...till people worshipped him.

In that period, at that time, Īśāna, the Indra of the Devas, their king, with a trident in his hand, with an ox as his vehicle, master of the northern half of the sphere, master of 28,00,000 vimāna-abodes, with clothes on his body as transparent as the sky, with a crown decorated with wreaths on his head, with his face decorated with wonderful and dangling ear-rings made from fresh gold,...till shining and brightening all the ten directions—(such Īśānendra lived) in (the palace) named Īśānāvataṃśaka in Īśāna-kalpa—(as per the Rāyapaseniya Sūtta)...till divine fortune of the Deva,...till went away in the direction from which he emerged.

Bhante! So saying Bhagavān Gautama paid his homage and obeisance to Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, and having paid his homage and obeisance, he made the following submission:

Q. 15. Bhante! Īśāna, the Indra of the Devas, their king, is in possession of a great fortune. Bhante! Where did this great fortune of Īśāna, the Indra of the Devas, their king, go? Where did it enter?

A. 15. Gautama! (It) went into the body, entered into the body.

Q. 16. Bhante! Why do you say—went into the body, entered into the body?

A. 16. Gautama! This happened as follows. Suppose there is a summit-shaped chamber, smeared on both sides, secret, with secret entrance, without air, without inlet for air. Such is the summit-shaped chamber,...till the summitshaped chamber is to be cited as an illustration. (Just as in such a chamber, particles of dust, etc., enter, inspite of its being completely shut, in the same manner, the great fortune entered into the body.)

Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):

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