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Bhagavati Sutra Bk.5 Ch.9
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प्रश्न १७०-असुरकुमाराणं भंते ! कि उज्जोए अंधयारे ? उतर १७०-गोयमा ! असुरकुमाराणं उज्जोए णो अंधयारे । प्रश्न १७१-से केणठेणं ?
उत्तर १७१-गोयमा ! असुरकुमाराणं सुभा पोग्गला सुभे पोग्गलपरिणामे। से तेणठेणं जाव...एवं दुच्चइ जाव...थणियाणं ।
पुढवाक्काइया जाव...तेइंदिया जहा रइया।
Q. 168.
Bhante ! Are the infernal beings bright or dark ?
___A. 168. Gautama ! The infernal beings are not bright; they are dark.
Q. 169.
Why are they so ?
A. 169. Gautama ! The infernal beings are with inauspicious matter; they transform into inauspicious matter. Hence it is so.
Q. 170. Bhante ! Are the Asurakumāras bright or dark ?
A. 170. Gautama ! The Asurakumāras are bright, not dark.
Q. 171.
Why are they so ?
A. 171. Gautama ! The Asurakumāras are made of auspicious matter ; they transform into auspicious matter. It is for this so, ... till the Stanitakumāras.
___ The earth-bodies, ... till the three-organ similar to the infernal beings.
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प्रश्न १७२-चउरिदियाणं भंते ! किं उज्जोए अंधयारे ? उत्तर १७२-गोयमा! उज्जोए वि अंधयारे वि।
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