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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ७ उः २
A. 35. Gautama ! Smallest in number are beings who are mülaguna-renounced ; innumerably more than these are beings who are uttaraguna-renounced ; and infinitely more than the latter are beings without renunciation.
प्रश्न ३६-एएसि णं भंते ! पंचिंदियतिरिक्खजोणियाणं-पुच्छा?
Q. 36. Bhante ! Among the five-organ sub-human beings (with mulaguna-renunciation, till unrenounced), which ones are less, more, equal and especially more ?
उत्तर ३६-गोयमा ! सव्वत्थोवा जीवा पंचिंदियतिरिक्खजोणिया मूलगुणपच्चक्खाणी उत्तरगुणपच्चक्खाणी असंखेज्जगुणा अपच्चक्खाणी असंखेज्जगुणा।
A. 36. Gautama ! Smallest in number are the fiveorgan animals with mūlaguna-renunciation ; innumerably more than these are those with uttaraguna renunciation ; and innumerably more than the latter are those without renunciation.
प्रश्न ३७-एएसि णं भंते ! मणुस्साणं मुलगुणपच्चक्खाणीणं-पुच्छा ?
Q. 37. Bhante ! What about men with mülaguna-renunciation, etc., till especially more ?
उत्तर ३७-गोयमा! सव्वत्थोवा मणुस्सा मूलगुणपच्चक्खाणी उत्तरगुणपच्चक्खाणी संखेज्जगुणा अपच्चक्खाणी असंखेज्जगुणा।
A. 37. Gautama ! Men with mulaguna-renunciation are the smallest in number ; countable number of times more are men with uttar aguņa-renunciation ; and innumerably more than the latter are men without renunciation.
प्रश्न ३८-जीवा णं भंते ! किं सव्वमूलगुणपच्चक्खाणी देसमूलगुणपच्चक्खाणी अपच्चक्खाणी ?
Q. 38. Bhante ! Are the living beings renounced of the whole mülaguna, or of a part thereof, or are they without renunciation ?
