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पढमो उद्देसो Chapter One
[Life in Utpala] तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं रायगिहे जाव...पज्जुवासमाणे एवं वयासी
In that period, at that time, in the city of Rājagsha, till made the following submission :
प्रश्न १–उप्पले णं भंते ! एगपत्तए कि एगजीवे अणेगजीवे ?
Q. 1. Bhante ! Has an Utpala, a lotus with a single petal, one soul or many souls ?
उत्तर १-गोयमा ! एगजीवे णो अणेगजीवे । तेण परं जे अण्णे जीवा उववज्जति तेणं णो एगजीवे अणेगजीवे ।
A. 1. Gautama ! When with a single petal an Utpala has a single soul, not many ; when later it acquires more souls (with the blossoming of more petals), it has not one soul, but many.
प्रश्न २–ते णं भंते ! जीवा कोहितो उववज्जति ? किं णेरइएहितो उववजंति, तिरि० मणु० देवेहितो उववज्जति ?
Q. 2. Bhante ! Wherefrom does this soul come to be born in an Utpala,-from an infernal, a subhuman, a human or from a divine being ?
उत्तर २-गोयमा ! णो णेरइएहितो उववज्जति, तिरिक्खजोणिएहितो वि उववज्जति मणुस्सेहितो० देवेहितो वि उववज्जति । एवं उववाओ भाणियव्वो जहा वक्कंतीए वणस्सइकाइयाणं जाव...ईसाणेति ।
