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 11 - More on the movement of Indras
Q. 61. Bhante! Of the movement up, down and oblique of Śakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, which one is less, which one is more, which ones are equal, and which one is especially more?
A. 61. Of Śakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, downward movement is the smallest in one time-unit; a limited number of times more is his oblique movement; and a (further) limited number of times more is his upward movement. (In other words, he has maximum speed in up direction.)
Q. 62. Bhante! Of the movement up, down and oblique of Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, which one is less, which one is more, which ones are equal, and which one is especially more?
A. 62. Of Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, upward movement is the smallest in one time-unit; a limited number of times more is his oblique movement; and a (further) limited number of limes mere is his downward movement. (In other words, he has maximum speed in down direction.)
That of the thunderbolt, similar to that of Śakra, difference being, state ‘especially more’.
Q. 63. Bhante! Of the time taken by Śakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, for moving up and moving down, which one is less, which one is more, which ones are equal, which one is especially more?
A. 63. Of Śakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, shortest is the time to move up; to move down, it is a limited number of times more.
That of Camara, similar to that of Śakra, difference being, shortest when moving down, (but) a limited number of times more when moving up.
A. 64. Gautama! (It is) the shortest when moving up,, especially more when moving down.
Q. 65. Bhante! Of the movement up and the movement down of the thunderbolt, of the Lord of the thunderbolt (Śakra), and of Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king, which time is less, which one is more, which ones are equal, which one is especially more?
A. 65. Gautama! The time of Sakra’s moving up and that of Camara’s moving down, being the shortest, are comparable; the time of Sakra’s moving down and that of the thunderbolt’s moving up, being several times more, are comparable; the time of Camara’s moving up and that of the thunderbolt’s moving down, being especially more, are comparable.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
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