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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARANAM : 85
Devovi pudhavikāe, uvavajjiukāmu tam vicintei / Jam Jiņavarāu anno, vāgarium je samattho ko || 43 ||
Devo'pi prthivikāye,
utpattukāmah tat vicintayati / Yat Jinavarăt anyaḥ,
vyakartum samarthaḥ kaḥ (khalu) || 43 ||
The knowledge of subhuman birth,
worries even the heavenly gods Who can describe that torment,
except the omniscient Lords || 35 ||
43. Even the gods in heavens constantly worry about the possibility of their getting reborn in subhuman species such as the earth bodies, etc. and think about it even while enjoying the heavenly pleasures. If, any heavenly god comes to know by virtue of his clairvoyant perception (Avadhijñāna) that after exhausting the heavenly lifespan he is going to be reborn as an earth-bodied creature, he becomes worried and despondent. This worry and despondence, too, is so intense that its realistic description is possible only by the omniscient Lords and by
none else.
