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Bhagaval 7:9:205-209
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vaṇamamtarehim devehim divve surabhigandhodagavāse vutthe, dasaddhavanne kusume nivätie, divve ya giyagamdhavvanināde kae ya vi hottha
Then, having known that Varuna, the maternal grandson of Naga, has passed away, the nearby forest gods rained celestial fragrant scented water, and showered flowers of five colours, and played divine music and songs with varieties of instruments.
7.206 tae nam tassa varunassa naganattuyassa tam divvam deviddhim divvam devajjutim divvam devāṇubhāgam suņina ya päsina ya bahujano annamaṛṇassa evamaikkhai jāva parüvei-evam khalu deväṇuppiyä! bahave manussa annayaresu uccävaesu samgamesu abhimuha ceva pahaya samaņā kalamāse kalam kicca anṇayaresu devaloesu devattãe uvavattaro bhavanti.
Then, having heard and seen the divine fortune, the divine efflugence and the divine power of Varuna, the maternal grandson of Näga, people spoke to one another...... up to propounded to one another "Thus, indeed, O beloved of gods! many people killed in any battlefields, major or minor, facing in front (fearlessly), dying there, are born in any of the heaven as celestial beings."
7.207 varune nam bhamte! naganattue kalamäse kalam kiccā kahim gae? kahim uvavanne? goyama! sohamme kappe, aruṇābhe vimäṇe devattãe uvavanne. tattha nam atthegatiyaṇam devāṇam cattäri paliovamäim thiti pannatta. tattha nam varunassa vi devassa cattari paliovamaim thiti pannatta
Here, Gautama asked Lord Mahavira, O Lord! where has Varuna, the maternal grandson of Näga, O Lord! gone after death and taken birth? Gautama! he has taken birth as a god in the Arunabha Vimana of the Saudharma Heaven. There, the life-span of some god is propounded to be four palyopamas (pit-measured periods). There, the life-span of the god Varuna is also four pit-measured periods.
7.208 se nam bhamte! varune deve tão devalogão dukkhaenam, bhavakkhae-nam, thiikkhaenam anamtaram cayam cainta kahim gacchihiti? kahim uvajjihiti? goyama! mahāvidehe väse sijjihiti bujjihiti muccihiti pariņivvähiti savvadukkhāṇam amtam karehit!.
After the end of the life-span, end of that celestial life and end of the celestial duration, and departure from there, where O Lord! the god Varuna will go and take birth?
Gautama! he will be liberated, quieted, freed and emancipated and will put an end to all suffering, (taking birth) in the continent of Mahāvideha. 7.209 varunassa nam bhamte! naganattuyassa piyabalavayamsae kalamäse kalam kicca kahim gae? kahim uvavanne?
goyama! sukule paccayate.
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