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Bhagavati Sūtra Bka 11 Ch. 1
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A. 2. Gautama ! It does not come from the infernal region, but it comes from the sub-human, human or divine state. Refer on this the relevant chapter in the Prajñapanā Sutra, till divine beings from upto the heaven named Isāna may come down in Utpala.
प्रश्न ३–ते णं भंते ! जीवा एगसमए णं केवइआ उववज्जति ?
Q. 3. Bhante ! How many souls may be born in an Utpala during a single time unit ?
उत्तर ३-गोयमा ! जहण्णेणं एक्को वा दो वा तिण्णि वा उक्कोसेणं संखेज्जा वा असंखेज्जा वा उववज्जति।
A. 3. Gautama ! Their number may be one, two or three in the minimum and many or innumerable in the maximum.
प्रश्न ४ ते णं भंते ! जीवा समए समए अवहेीरमाणा अवहीरमाणा केवइकालेणं अवहीरंति ?
Q. 4. Bhante ! If innumerable, suppose one soul is taken out during a time unit, then how much time it will take to Temove all the souls from it ?
उत्तर ४-गोयमा ! ते णं असंखेज्जा समए समए अवहीरमागा अवहीरमाणा असंखे जाहिं उस्सप्पिणिओस्सप्पिणिहिं अवहीरंति णो चेव णं अवहिया सिया ।
A. 4. Gautama ! In doing so, innumerable up and down phases of the time cycle may elapse, and yet the process may not be complete. But no one has ever done it and no one can ever do it.
जीवाणं केमहालिआ सरीरोगहिणा
प्रश्न ५-तेसि णं भंते ! "पण्णत्ता?
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