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GOMMATASARA.
of the enjoyment region (bhoga-bhúmi) (are all of Uterine birth; and developable human souls also are always of uterine birth.
उबबाद गब्भजेसु च लद्धि अपज्जत्तगा ए यिमे । रसम्मुच्छिम जीवा लद्धि अपज्जत्तगा चैव ॥ ६२॥ उपपादग मैजेषु च लब्ध्यपर्याप्तिका न नियमेन | नरसम्मूच्छिमजीवा लब्ध्यपर्याप्तकाश्चैव ॥ ६२ ॥
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92. Absolutely non-developable souls, by rule, never have instantaneous rise or uterine birth, while human souls of spontaneous generation are only absolutely nondevelopable.
Commentary.
Human souls of spontaneous generation are born in the armpits, womb and breasts of females in Árya Khanda, excepting those of the prime queen of a Chakravartin. They are also born in dirty places where urine, night-soil and such like things are laid. They are not visible to the human eye. There life is the shortest. They are born and they die 18 times in one pulse-beat, which is 3772nd part of a muhúrta i. e. 48 minutes.
इरया खलु संढा गर तिरिये तिरिए होंति सम्मुच्छा । संढा सुरभोगमा पुरिसिच्छी वेदगा चैव ॥ ६३॥ नैरिकाः खलु षंढा नरतिरश्चस्त्रयो भवति सम्मूर्च्छाः । पंढाः सुरभोगभूमाः पुरुषस्त्रीवेदकाश्चैव ॥ ६३ ॥
93. Hellish souls are invariably bi-sexual or hermaphrodite, and sub-human souls are (of all) the three (sexes, e. g. masculine, feminine and common); (human and subhuman) souls of spontaneous generation are of common sex; the celestial souls and the inhabitants of enjoyment region, (Bhoga-bhúmi) are either of masculine or of feminine sex.
Commentary.
Sexes are of two kinds :
(1) Sex organ and (2) sex-inclination. Sex organs are due to the operation of Angopánga, limbs and minor limbs sub-class of the
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