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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ७ उः १
[ on the touch of pain
प्रश्न १६ – दुक्खी णं भंते ! दुक्खेणं फुडे अदुकुखी दुक्खणं फुडे ?
Q. 16. Bhante ! Is a miserable soul touched by pain ? Is a non-miserable soul touched by pain?
उत्तर १६ – गोयमा ! दुक्खी दुक्खणं फुडे णो अदुक्खी दुक्खेणं फुडे ।
A. 16. Gautama ! A miserable soul is touched by pain, not a non-miserable soul.
प्रश्न १७ – दुक्खी णं भंते! णेरइए दुक्खेणं फुडे अदुक्खी णेरइए दुक्खेणं फुड ?
Q. 17. Bhante Is a miserable infernal being touched by pain? Is a non-miserable infernal being touched by pain ?
उत्तर १७ - गोयमा ! रइए दुक्खणं फुडे । एवं णेयव्वा - दुक्खी दुक्खणं फुडे । उदीरेइ । दुक्खी दुक्खं वेएइ
।
दुक्खी रइए दुक्खेणं फुडे णो अदुक्खी दंडओ जाव वेमाणियाणं । एवं पंच दंडगा दुक्खी दुक्खं परियाय । दुक्खी दुक्ख दुक्खी दुक्खं णिज्जरेइ ।
A. 17. Gautama ! A miserable infernal being is touched by pain, not a non-miserable infernal being. And this holds of all the species, till the Vaimānikas. The following five assertions become relevant in this
context :
A miserable soul is touched by pain. A miserable soul acquires pain. A miserable soul fructifies pain. A miserable soul experiences pain.
A miserable soul exhausts pain.
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प्रश्न १८ – अणगारस्स णं भंते ! अणाउत्तं गच्छमाणस्स वा चिट्ठ
