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तइओ उद्देसो CHAPTER THREE
[ on the worlds ]
प्रश्न २१-कइ णं भंते ! पुढवीओ पण्णत्ताओ?
उत्तर २१-जीवाभिगमे नेरइयाणं जो बितिओ उद्देसो सो णेयव्वो पुढवी ओगाहित्ता निरया संठाणमेव माहुल्लं जाव... प्रश्न २२-किं सव्वे पाणा उववन्नपुव्वा ? उत्तर २२-हंता गोयमा ! असई अदुवा अणंतक्खुत्तो। पुढवी उद्देसो ।
Q. 21. Bhante ! How many have been stated to be the worlds19 ?
A. 21. Gautama ! Refer on this chapter two on 'Infernal Beings' in the Jivābhigama Sutra-(to be noted are) all about the worlds,...till their structure and dimensions.
Q. 22. Bhante ! Have all the beings been born there before ?
A. 22. Well, Gautama ! Many times or innumerable timeso. Chapter on 'Worlds' (in.the Jivābhigama Sutra).
तइओ उद्देसो सम्मत्तो। Chapter three ends
