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भगवतीसूत्र शः १ उः३
गाहा
कड चिया उवचिया उदीरिया वेदिया य निज्जिण्णा। आदितिए चउभेदा तियभेया पच्छिमा तिण्णि।
Q. 112. Bhante ! Have the faith-deluding karmas been acquired by the living beings72 ?
A. 112. Yes, (they have been) acquired.
Q. 113. Bhante ! Have they been acquired by part in part, by part in whole, by whole in part, or by whole in whole ?
A. 113. Gautama ! Not by part in part, nor by part in whole, nor by whole in part, but by whole in whole73.
Q. 114. Bhante ! Have the faith-deluding karmas been acquired by the infernal beings ?
A. 114. Yes, (they have been so) acquired, (not by part in part, etc., but) by whole in whole, and this by all the species ...till the Vaimānikas.
Q. 115. Bhante ! Will the living beings acquire faith-deluding karma ?
A. 115. Yes, they will.
Q. 116. Bhante ! Will they do so by part in part and so on (repeat four questions as before).
A. 116. They have done so as aforesaid, (i.e., by whole · in whole), and that for all the species...till the Vaimānikas, and
all of them...till the Vaimānikas do so and will do so. And, likewise- absorption, do absorb, did absorb, will absorb; assimilation, do assimilate, did assimilate, will assimilate ; bringing up, do bring up, did bring up, will bring up ; suffering, do suffer, did suffer, will suffer ; exhaustion, do exhaust, did exhaust, will exhaust?4.
