________________
33
Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 1 Ch. 2
उत्तर ६८ - गोयमा ! अत्थेगइयं वेएइ अत्थेगइयं नो वेएइ । जहा दुक्खेणं दो दंडगा तहा आउएणं वि दो दंडगा । एगत्तपुहत्तिया एगत्तेणं जाव... वेमाणिया पुहत्तेण वि तहेव ।
Q. 64. Bhante !. Does the living being experience the. fruits of self-created47 misery 48?
A. 64. Some of these he experiences and others he does
not.
Q. 65. Bhante! You say, 'Some of these he experiences and others he does not'. Why so?
A. 65. He experiences those that have come up, but does not experience those that are still dormant. So it is said that 'some of these he experiences and others he does not'. And in this manner, all the 24 categories...till the Vaimānikas49.
Q. 66. Bhante! Do the living beings experience the fruits of self-created misery50 ?
Some of these they experience and
A. 66. Gautama! others they do not.
Q. 67. Bhante! Why so?
A. 67. Gautama! They experience those that have come up but they do not experience those that are still dormant. Hence so, and this (for all the 24)...till the Vaimānikas.
Q. 68. Bhante! Does the living being experience self-created life-span51 ?
but
cases He experiences in some A. 68. Gautama ! does not experience in others. As in case of misery, so in case of life-span, in two numbers, singular (i.e., living being) as well as plural (i.e., living beings), and that (for all the 24) ...till the Vaimānikas.
3
