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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उः ५
[on the life of the earth-bodies] प्रश्न १९१-असंखिज्जेसु णं भंते ! पुढविकाइयावाससयसहस्सेसु एगमेगंसि पुढविकाइयावासंसि पुढविक्काइयाणं केवइया ठितिट्ठाणा पन्नत्ता?
उत्तर १९१-गोयमा! असंखेज्जा ठितिट्ठाणा पन्नत्ता तं जहा जहन्निया ठिई जाव...तप्पाउग्गुकोसिया ठिई।
प्रश्न १९२-असंखेज्जेसु णं भंते ! पुढविक्काइयावाससयसहस्सेसु एगमेगंसि पुढविकाइयावासंसि जण्णियाए ठितिए वट्टमाणा पुढविक्काइया कि कोहोवउत्ता मागोवउत्ता मायोवउत्ता लोभोवउत्ता?
उत्तर १९२-गोयमा! कोहोवउत्ता वि माणोवउत्ता वि मायोवउत्ता वि लोभोवउत्ता वि। एवं पुढ विक्काइयाणं सव्वेसु वि ठाणेसु अभंगयं। नवरं तेउलेस्साए असीतिभंगा एवं आउक्काइया वि। तेउक्काइया वाउक्काइयाणं सव्वेसु वि ठाणेसु अभंगयं। वणस्सइकाइया जहा पुढविक्काइया।
Q. 191. Bhante! What sort of life has been ascribed to each one of the occupants of the countless hundreds of thousands of the earth cells ?
A. 191. Gautama! This has been stated to take innumerable forms. They are minimum span,...till (maximum span) fitting in with each.
o. 192. Bhante ! Is each occupant of the countless hundreds of thousands of the earth cells, with the minimum span of life, in possession of anger, of pride, of deceit and of
greed ?
A. 192. Gautama ! They are in possession of anger, of pride, of deceit and of greed. But the aforesaid combinations do not apply in all cases of the earth-bodies. Exceptions : redtinge ones take 80 forms; the same of the water-bodies. Firebodies and air-bodies take no form in all cases. Flora-bodies are similar to the earth-bodies127.
