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भगवती सूत्रम् शः ११ उः १
Q. 39. Bhante! Immediately after death, where does the soul in an Utpala go, where is it reborn ? Is it reborn in the hells, or in the sub-human world of animals, or in the world of men, or in the heavens ?
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उत्तर ३९ - एवं जहा वक्कंतीए भाणियव्वं ।
A. 39. Gautama ! On this, refer to Prajñāpond Sutra Chapter Six.
उव्वट्टणाए वणस्सइकाइयाणं तहा
प्रश्न ४०- अह भंते ! सव्वे पाणा सव्वे भूया सव्वे जीवा सव्वे सत्ता उप्पलमूलत्ताए उप्पलकंदत्ताए उप्पलणालत्ताए उप्पलपत्तत्ताए उप्पलकेसरत्ताए उप्पलकण्णियत्ताए उप्पलथिभुगत्ताए उववण्णपुव्वा ?
Q. 40. Bhante ! For the root, trunk, stalk, leaf, pollen, karṇikā and thibhuga (the point where the leaf sprouts) of an Utpala, are all the prānas, bhūtas, jivas, sattvas ( for their meaning, refer to vol. 1) born for the first time ?
उत्तर ४०
- हंता गोयमा ! असई अदुवा अनंतखुत्तो !
A. 40. Gautama ! They have been born many times, may be an infinite number of times in these very forms (i.e., as root, trunk, etc.)
- सेवं भंते ! सेवं भंते ! त्ति
-Bhante!
So they are. You are right.
पढमो उद्देस समत्तो ।
Chapter One ends.
[Here conclude the thirty-three gateways for an Utpala]
