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78. सक्कस्स णं देविंदस्स देवरण्णो वेसमणे महाराया अट्ठसत्तरीए सुवण्णकुमारदीवकुमारावाससतसहस्साणं आहेवच्चं पोरेवच्चं भट्टित्तं सामित्तं महारायत्तं आणाईसरसेणावच्चं कारेमाणे पालेमाणे विहरति। थेरेणं अकंपिते अट्ठत्तरि वासाइं सव्वाउयं पालयित्ता सिद्धे जाव सव्वदुक्खप्पहीणे। उत्तरायणनियट्टे णं सूरिए पढमातो मंडलातो एगूणचत्तालीसइमे मंडले 'अट्ठत्तरिं एगसद्विभाए दिवसखेत्तस्स निवुड्वेत्ता रयणिखेत्तस्स अभिनिवुड्डत्ता णं चारं चरति, एवं दक्षिणायणनियट्टे वि।
___ The great king Vaisramana, fourth Lokapāla of Sakra, the lord of gods, wanders reigning, controlling, supporting, ruling and commanding, the seventy eight lac place of abodes of Suparņakumāra and Dvīpakumāra gods. The elder monk, Akampita, after the termination of the full longevity of seventy-eight years, became liberated, enlightened up to annihilated the entire miseriesB. The sun moves, on its northward return journey, on its diurnal circle, from the first to the thirty ninth orbits, decreasing and increasing the day space and night space [respectively] by 61/78 (muhurta). Similarly, [to be described about its) southward return journey, too.
1. अद्वत्तरीए जे०॥ 2. सामित्तं भट्टित्तं मु०॥ 3. जाव प्पहीणे जे० ला १ विना॥ 4. 'तरि खं जे०। “अद्वत्तरि ति अष्टसप्ततिम्"-अटी०॥ 5. निव्वु० खं जे० ला १। “निवुड्डत्त (निव्वुड्ढेत्त-जे०) त्ति निवर्ध्य (निर्व_-जे०) हापयित्वेत्यर्थः। तथा रयणिखेत्तस्स त्ति रजन्या एव अभिनिवुड्डत्त (अभिनिव्वुड्हेत्त-खं० जे०) त्ति अभिनिवर्ध्य (अभिनिर्वर्थ्य-जे०) वयित्वेत्यर्थः"-अटी०॥ 6. अभिनिब्बु खं जे०। अभिनिव' ला १॥
Notes A. Lord of gods (Sakra) has four lokapālas: Soma, Yama, Varuna and Vaiśramaņa. Vaiśramaņa is the lokapāla of north direction. He rules over the gods, goddesses, demon (vyantara) gods and goddesses of the class of Suparņakumāra and Dvīpakumāra mansion gods (bhavanavāsī). In the south direction Suparņakumāra gods have thirty eight lac dwellings and Dvīpakumāra have forty lac dwellings. The number of dwellings, in aggregate is seventy
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