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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ८ उः १
unlimited and infinite number of objects. And they may go by two's, three's, till ten's, twelve's ; state as many combinations as may be possible in each case. Anticipate them here in exactly the manner in which they have been narrated later in Sataka 9 Uddesaka 32. This process is to continue, till state the outcome of an unlimited number of objects, an infinite number of objects, till an infinite number of objects are round in shape, till an infinite number of objects are rectangular in shape.
[relative position of the outcome ]
प्रश्न ६८-एएसिणं भंते ! पोग्गलाणं पओगपरिणयाणं मीसापरिणयाणं वीससापरिणयायं य कयरे कयरेहिंतो जाव...विसेसाहिया वा?
Q. 68. Bhante ! Of the three types, matter consciously transformed. matter as a mixture and matter spontaneously transformed, which ones are more, till especially more ?
उत्तर ६८-गोयमा ! सव्वत्थोवा पोग्गला पओगपरिणया मीसापरिणया अणंतगुणा वीससापरिणया अणंतगुणा ।
A: 68. Gautama ! Smallest in number is matter consciously transformed ; infinitely more than this is matter as a mixture ; and infinitely more than the latter is matter spontaneously transformed.
सेवं भंते !
सेवं भंते ! त्ति ।
Bhante ! So they are. You are right.
पढमो उद्देसो समत्तो। Chapter One ends.