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Q. 30. Bhante ! Does a female bind karma enshrouding knowledge ? Does a male bind ? Does an impotent bind ? Does a non-female non-male non-impotente bind ?
A. 30. Gautama! A female binds, so does a male and so does an impotent. A non-female non-male nonimpotent sometimes binds and sometimes does not bind. This is relevant of the seven types of karma, karma binding life-span excepted.
Q. 31. Bhante! Does a female bind karma determining life-span ? Does a male bind ? Does an impotent bind ? And so on.
A. 31. Gautama! A female sometimes binds and sometimes does not. Like this, all the three. A non-female non-male non-impotent does not (bind karna determining life-span).
Q. 32. Bhante ! Does the restrained bind karma enshroudding knowledge ? Does the unrestrained bind ? Does the restrained-unrestrained bird ? Or, does the non-restrained non-unrestrained non-restrained-unrestrained bird ?
A. 32. Gautama ! The restrained sometimes binds and cometimes does not bind. The unrestrained binds. The restrainedunrestrained also binds. The non-restrained non-unrestrained non-restrained-uprestrained does not bind. Like this is to be known of the seven types, karma binding life-span excepted. As to karma binding life-span, the first three sometimes bind and sometimes do not bind, and the last one does not bind.
प्रश्न ३३-णाणावरणिज्जं पं भंते ! कम्मं किं सम्मदिट्ठी बंधइ मिच्छदिटूठी बंधा सम्मामिच्छदिट्ठी बंधइ ?
उत्तर ३३-गोयमा! सम्मदिट्ठी सिय बंधइ सिय णो बंधइ। मिच्छदिट्ठी बंधइ सम्मामिच्छदिट्ठी बंधइ। एवं आउयवज्जाओ सत्त वि आउए हेटूठिल्ला दो भयणाए सम्मामिच्छदिट्ठी ण बंधइ।
