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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ८ उः २
with a life-span unlimited and uncountable in years, born without mating, and without full attainments.
प्रश्न ७६-जइ मणुस्सकम्मआसीविसे किं समुच्छिममणुस्सकम्मआसीविसे गब्भवक्कंतियमणुस्सकम्मआसीविसे ?
Q. 76. Bhante ! If it be the human type, then, is he born without mating or from the mother's womb ?
- उत्तर ७६-गोयमा! णो समुच्छिममणुस्सकम्मआसीविसे गब्भवक्कंतियमणुस्सकम्मआसीविसे । एवं जहा वेउव्वियसरीरं जाव...पज्जत्तसंखेज्जवासाउयकम्मभूमगगब्भवक्कंतियमणुस्स कम्मआसीविसे णो अपज्जत्ता जाव...कम्मआसीविसे ।
A. 76. Gautama ! Not without mating, but from the mother's womb, as stated in the Prajñāpaņā Sutra, ibid, till there are poisonous beings of the human type in the zone of spiritual activity (karmabhūmi) who are born from the mother's womb with full attainments with a life-span limited and countable in years, but never with a life-span unlimited and uncoutable in years and without full attainments.
प्रश्न ७७-जइ देवकम्मआसीविसे किं भवणवासिदेवकम्मआसीविसे जाव... वेमाणियदेवकम्मआसीविसे ?
Q. 77. Bhante ! If there are poisonous beings by karma among the gods, are they to be found among the occupants of the bhavanas, till among the Vaimānikas ?
उत्तर ७७-गोयमा ! भवणवासिदेवकम्मआसीविसे वाणमंतरजोइसियवेमाणियदेवकम्मआसीविसे वि ।
A. 77. Gautama ! They are to be found among the Bhavanavāsīs, the Vyantaras, the Jyotişkas and the Vaimānikas.
प्रश्न ७८-जइ भवणवासिदेवकम्मआसोविसे कि असुरकुमारभवणवासिदेवकम्मआसीविसे जाव...थणियकुमार जाव...कम्मआसीविसे ?