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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ८ उः ९
Q. 371. Bhante ! Is the bondage due to the formation of a kārman body enshrouding knowledge a bondage of a part, or of the whole ?
उत्तर ३७१-गोयमा ! देसबंधे णो सव्वबंधे । एवं जाव...अंतराइय ।
A. 371. Gautama ! Bondage of a part, not of the whole, and like this, till karma causing obstruction.
प्रश्न ३७२-णाणावरणिज्जकम्मासरीरप्पओगबंधे णं भंते ! कालोकेवच्चिरं होइ ?
.. Q.372. Bhante ! How long does the bondage due to the formation of a kārman body obstructing knowledge last ?
उत्तर ३७२-गोयमा ! दुविहे पण्णत्ते तं जहा-अणाईए एवं जहा तेय. गस्स संचिठ्ठणा तहेव एवं जाव...अंतराइयस्स ।
A. 372. Gautama ! It has two varieties, viz., one without a beginning (and without an end, and the other with a beginning and with an end), repeat what has been stated about a fiery body, and this holds, till bondage due to the formation of a kärman body causing obstruction.
प्रश्न ३७३-णाणावरणिज्जकम्मासरीरप्पओगबंधतरं णं भंते ! कालओ केवच्चिरं होइ ?
Q. 373. Bhante ! How long is the time gap between one bondage and another due to the formation of a körman body enshrouding knowledge ?
तहेव एव जाव..अतीयास जणायस
उत्तर ३७३-गोयमा ! अणाईयस्स एवं जहा तेयगसरीरस्स अंतरं तहेव एवं जाव...अंतराइयस्स !
A. 373.
Gautama !
Without a beginning (et setra), as