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(s. pabhā chāyā... lessā). Mv. answers that they all are bright (subha) scil. mere brightness.
5 (656b) Pious monks (je ime ajjattāe samaņā nigganthā viharanti) excel (vivayanti) the gods in well-being (teya-lessā). The longer their ascetical career (pariyāya of one up to twelve months) the higher the gods they surpass ([1] Vāṇamantaras up to [12] Anuttarôvavāiyas). After this cycle the monk becomes sukkabhijāya (see comm.) and attains to liberation. * *
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teya-lessa according to Abhay. here means sukhäsikä; cf. also Introduction § 3. viivayai = vyativrajati, Abhay. sukkâbhijaya: parama-sukla, Abhay.; cf. Lehre p. 127, n. 2 = Doctrine p. 196, n. 2.-In the last sentence 'the monk' of course means 'certain monks' (śramana-viseṣa, Abhay.) viz such as ajjattae viharanti.
10. KEVALI.
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(657a) The omniscient being [who still dwells on earth] (kevali: bhavastha-kevalin, Abhay.) and the liberated being (siddha) equally discern (jāṇai păsai) the imperfect monk (chaumattha), the āhohiya, the para-m-ahohiya and the liberated being (siddha). The Kevalin, however, speaks and acts, whereas the Siddha does not because he has no will (he is anuṭṭhāna etc., cf. I 36). Again both discern [the universe, viz] the parts of the world (Rayaṇappabhā etc.), the [separate] atoms (paramânupoggala) and the aggregates (khandha) of two up to ∞o units. **
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