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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ७ उः १
A. 2. Gautama! A soul has the smallest intake of food during the first unit of countable time of rebirth and also during the final unit in this world. This holds good of all the species till the Vaimānikas.
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[ the shape of the universe ]
प्रश्न ३ – किं संठिए णं भंते !
लोए पण्णत्ते ?
Q. 3. Bhante ! What is the shape of the universe (loka) stated to be ?
जाव...
उत्तर ३ – गोयमा ! सुपइट्ठगसंठिए लोए पष्णते । हेट्ठा विच्छिणे ... उप्पिं उड्ढमुइंगागारसंठिए । तंसि य णं सासयंसि लोगंसि हेट्ठा विच्छिण्णंसि जाव... उप्पिं उड्ढं मुइंगागारसंठियंसि उप्पण्णणाणदंसणधरे अरहा जिणे केवली जीवे वि जाणइ पासइ अजीवे वि जाणइ पासइ तओ पच्छा सिज्झइ जाव... अंतं करेइ ।
A. 3. Gautama ! The shape of the universe (loka) is like that of a wine cup, wide at the base, till, at the surface, like the shape of a mrdanga (a musical instrument) turned upside down. In this universe, wide at the base, till like the shape of a mrdanga at the top, the Arihantas, the Jinas, the Kevalis know and see the souls (living beings) and non-soul, (matter, space, time, motion and rest ), and are perfected, till end all misery.
[activities, iriyāpathikī and sāmparāiki ]
प्रश्न ४ – समणोवासयस्स णं भंते! सामाइयकडस्स समणोवासए अच्छमाणस्स तस्स णं भंते ! किं इरियावहिया किरिया कज्जइ संपराइया किरिया कज्जइ ?
Q. 4. Bhante! Does a follower of the śramana path, seated for performing a sāmāyika in the monks' lodge, indulge in activity with due care and with knowledge and faith, called iriyapathiki, or activity without care and without knowledge and faith, called sāmparūikī ?
