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A. 30. Gautama! Every moment and incessantly is the desire for intake generated.
Q.31. Bhante! What bodies ?
comprises the intake of the earth
A.31. Gautama ! From the standpoint of substance, as with the infernal beings, ...till fron six directions in case of no obstruction, but in case of obstruction, sometimes from three directions, sometimes from four and sometimes from five. From the standpoint of colour: dark, blue, yellow, red, termaric and white; from that of odour : of good odour and bad ; from that of taste : pungent, etc., all the five ; from that of touch, rough, etc., all the eight. The rest as stated before, with some difference.
Q.32. What portion they take in and what portion they touch ?
A. 32. Gautama i Countless portions they take in and infinite portions they touch.
Q.33. In what form does matter taken in by the earthbodies transform again and again ?
A. 33. Gautama! It transforms again and again into organs of touch, but not always. The rest as with the infernal beings ...till exhaust not karma which is still dormant36 and (this of all one-organ beings) ...till flora-bodies, with this exception that their respective life-span should be stated in each case37. Respiration is indeterminate.
[ on the two-organ beings ]
३४-बेइंदियाणं ठिई भाणियव्वा उस्सासो वेमायाए । प्रश्न ३५-इंदियाणं आहारे पुच्छा ?
उत्तर ३५--अणाभोग णिव्वत्तिए तहेव तत्थ णं जे से आभोगणिव्वत्तिए
