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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उ: २
A. 72. Gautama ! The infernal beings are of two types. They are those that are born earlier and those that are born later. Those born earlier have (been left with) fewer karma bondages, and those born later have heavy karma bondages. Hence so Gautama....
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Q. 73. Bhante ! Do all infernal beings take the same colour (on their body) ?
A. 73. Gautama ! This is not necessarily so.
Q. 74. Why so... ?
A. 74. Gautama ! Those born earlier have purer colour, and those born later take an impure colour. Hence so...54.
Q. 75. Bhante ! Do all infernal beings take the same tinge ?
A. 75. Gautama ! This is not necessarily so.
Q. 76. Bhante ! Why so, (they take not) all the same tinge ?
A. 76. Gautama ! The infernal beings are of two types. They are those that are born earlier and those that are born later. Those born earlier have a purer tinge, and those born later take an impure tinge. Hence so....
[ on the standard of pain of infernal beings ]
प्रश्न ७७ - नेरइया णं भंते ! सव्वे समवेयणा ?
उत्तर ७७ - गोयमा ! जो इणट्ठे समट्ठे ।
प्रश्न ७८ से केणट्ठेणं ?
उत्तर ७८ - गोयमा ! नेरइया दुविहा पन्नत्ता तं जहा सण्णिभूया य असण्णिभूया य । तत्थ णं जे ते सन्निभूया ते णं महावेयणा । तत्थ णं जे ते असण्णभूया ते णं अप्पवेयणतरागा । से तेणट्ठेणं गोयमा... ।
