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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ७ उः १
अट्ठहिं मट्टिया लेवेहिं लिंपइ । लिंपित्ता उन्हे दलयइ भूइं भूइं सुक्कं समाणं अत्थाहमतारमपोरिसियंसि उदगंसि पक्खिवेज्जा | से णूणं गोयमा ! से तुंबे तेसिं अट्ठण्हं मट्टियालेवाणं गुरुयत्ताए भारियताए गुरुसंभारियत्ताए सलिलतलमइवइत्ता अहे धरणितलपइट्ठाणे भवइ ?
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हंता भवइ ।
- अहे णं से तुंबे तेसिं अट्ठण्हं मट्टियालेवाणं परिक्खएणं धरणितलमइवइत्ता उप्पिं सलिलतलपइट्ठाणे भवइ ?
हंता भवइ ।
एवं खलु गोयमा ! णिस्संगयाए णिरंगणयाए गइपरिणामेणं
अम्मर गई पण्णायइ ।
A. 12. Gautama! Suppose there's a dry gourd without a leak, without a crack. That gourd is wrapped carefully with kusa and darva grass. Then it is given a coat of clay and dried in the sun, and the process is repeated eight times. Then it is thrown in uncrossable, one-man deep water. Tell me, Gautama, does that gourd, because of the weight due to eight coats of clay, due to its heaviness, due to its weight and heaviness, reach the bottom of the water and touch the earth underneath?
-Yes, it does.
And then because of its remaining inside the water, as the eight coats of clay get diluted and separated, then, does the gourd leave the bottom and come to surface of the water again?
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- Yes, it does.
- Indeed, in the same manner, oh Gautama, a soul freed from the fetters of karma attains its own goal because of non-association, non-attachment and transmigration.
प्रश्न १३ – कहं णं भंते! बंधणछेयणयाए अकम्मस्स गई पण्णत्ता ?