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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उ: १
Q. 36. Bhante! Of matter taken by the two-organ beings,do they eat it all, or, do they eat not all?
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A. 36. Gautama! Matter taken in by the two-organ beings may be eaten in either of the two ways, which are poreeating and morsel-eating. Matter accepted for pore-eating is eaten in its entirety without remnant, but of that accepted for morsel-eating, innumerable particles are absorbed and many times more than that are lost without taste and without touch.
Q.37. Bhante! Of matter not tasted, not touched, which are less and which are more, or are they equal, or in some varying quantity ?
A. 37. Gautama! Matter particles not tasted are few, those not touched are infinite-times more.
Q. 38. Bhante! In what form does matter taken in by the two-organ beings transform again and again?
A. 38. Gautama! It transforms again and again into the organs of taste and touch.
Q. 39. Bhante! Matter taken by the two-organ beings in the past, did it transform ?
A. 39. As stated before, ...till exhaust not karma which is still dormant.
[ on the three- and four-organ beings ]
४० - इंदिय चउरिदियाणं णाणत्तं ठिइए जाव... अगाई च णं भागसहस्साइ अणाघाइज्जमाणाइं अणासाइज्जमाणाइं अफासा इज्जमाणाइं विद्धंसं आगच्छंति ।
प्रश्न ४१ - एएसि णं भंते ! पोग्गलाणं अणाघाइज्जमाणाणं अणासाइज्जमाणाणं अफासाइज्जमाणाणं पुच्छा ?
