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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 1 Ch. 1
Q. 3. Bhante ! How long is stated to be the life-span of infernal beings22 ?
A. 3. Gautama ! The minimum life-span of infernal beings is stated to be 10,000 years and the maximum 33 sāgaropamas23 ?
Q. 4. Bhante ! What is the duration of the breathing activity, inhaling and exhaling, breathing in and breathing out24, of the infernal beings ?
A. 4. Gautama ! The (answer is the) same as contained in the (seventh) chapter on 'Respiration' in the Pannavanā Sutra25.
Q. 5. Bhante ! Are the infernal beings desirous of intake ?
A. 5. It may be mentioned to be the same as stated in the (twenty-eighth) chapter on 'Intake' in the Pannavana Sutra28.
Couplet : Deserving of notice are :
Life-span,respiration, intake, What comprises the intake, If it's taken by all soul-spaces, Portions or whole taken by them, And the manner they transform Matter so taken in27.
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प्रश्न ६-गोरइयाणं भंते ! पुवाहारिया पोग्गला परिणया? आहारिया आहारिज्जमाणा पोग्गला परिणया ? अणाहारिया आहारिज्जस्समाणा पोग्गला परिणया? अणाहारिया अगाहारिज्जस्समाणा पोग्गला परिणया?
उतर ६-गोयमा ! णेरइयाणं पुवाहारिया पोग्गला परिणया। आहारिया आहारिज्जमाणा पोग्गला परिणया परिणमंति य। अणाहारिया आहारिज्जस्समाणा पोग्गला णो परिणया परिणमिस्संति। अणाहारिया अणाहारिज्जस्समाणा पोग्गला णो परिणया णो परिणमिस्संति।
