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भगवती सूत्रः शः ६ उः ३
उत्तर २७ - गोयमा ! णेरइय-तिरिक्खजोणिय मगुस्स देवा गइरागई पडुच्च साइया सपज्जवसिया सिद्धा ( सिद्ध) ग पडुच्च साइया अपज्जवसिया भवसिद्धिया लद्धिं पडुच्च अणाइया सपज्जवसिया अभवसिद्धिया संसारं पडुच्च अणाइया अपज्जवसिया । से तेणट्ठेणं ।
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Q. 25. Bhante! Is cloth with a beginning and with an end, etc. ? (State four forms.)
A. 25. Gautama ! Cloth is with a beginning and with an end. The remaining three forms are not relevant.
Q. 26. (As you say,) cloth is with a beginning and with an-end, and not with a beginning and without an end, nor without a beginning and with an end, nor without a beginning and without an end. (In the same way,) are the living beings with a beginning and with an end, etc. ? (State four forms.)
A. 26. Gautama ! Some are with a beginning and with an end, etc. (State four forms.)
Q. 27. Why is it so?
A. 27. Gautama ! The infernals, the sub-humans, the humans and the celestials are, from the standpoint of their going in, and moving out, of these existences, with a beginning and with an end; as to the perfected beings, from the standpoint of their perfected existence, they are with a beginning and without an end 4; the would be liberated are, from the standpoint of their power (labdhi), without a beginning and with an end ; from the standpoint of the world, the nonwould-be-liberated are without a beginning and without an end.
[ karma and its span ]
प्रश्न २८ – कइ णं भंते ! कम्मप्पगडीओ पण्णत्ताओ ?
उत्तर २८ - गोयमा ! अट्ठ कम्मप्पगडीओ पण्णत्ताओ तं जहा - णाणावरणिज्जं दरिसणावरणिज्जं जाव... अंतराइयं ।
