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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उ: १
stated likewise. (To be precise, the forms are ) : increased / decreased, increasing/decreasing, will increase / decrease, the effects ; altered, aitering, will alter ; piled, piling, will pile ; cemented, cementing, will cement. For all these, kārmic matter, the distinction between fine and coarse needs be stated.
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Couplet : Separation, assimilation, absorption,
Fructification, suffering, exhaustion,
Increase/decrease (of effect),
Alteration, piling, cementing,
Last four in all tenses, past, present and future31.
[ on the timing of intake 1
प्रश्न ११ - णेरइया णं भंते ! जे पोग्गले तेयाकम्मत्ताए गेव्हंति तें कि तीयकालसमए गेहंति ? पडुप्पण्णकालसमए गेंहति ? अणागयकालसमए हंति ?
उत्तर ११ - गोयमा !
गेहति ।
णो तीयकालसमए गेव्हंति । पडुप्पण्णकालसमए
णो अणागयकालसमए गेव्हंति ।
प्रश्न १२ - णेरइया णं भंते ! जे पोग्गले तेयाकम्मत्ताए गहिए उदीरेंति ते किं तीयकालसमयगहिंए पोग्गले उदीरेंति ? पडुप्पण्णकालसमय घेप्पमाणे योगले उदीरेंति ? गहण समयपुरक्खडे पोग्गले उदीरेंति ?
उत्तर १२ - गोयमा ! अईयकालसमयगहिए पोग्गले उदीरेंति णो पडुप्पण्णकालसमय वेपमाणे पोग्गले उदीरेति णो गहणसमयपुरक्खडे पोगले उदीरेंति । एवं वेदेंति णिज्जरेंति ।
Q. 11. Bhante ! As to the intake of matter in the form of calory and kārmaṇ by the infernal beings, did they do so in the past time-period? Do they do so in the present time-period? Or, will they do so in the future time-period?
A. 11.
Gautama! They did not take them in the past timeperiod, nor will they take them in the future time period ; they do so in the present time-period.
