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तईओ उद्देसो
Chapter Three
[Life in a Palasa ] प्रश्न ४२-पलासे णं भंते ! एगपत्तए कि एगजीवे अणेगजीवे ?
Q. 42. Bhante ! Does a Palasa with a single petal have one soul or many souls ?
उत्तर ४२-एवं उप्पलुद्देसगवत्तव्वया अपरिसेसा भाणियव्वा। णवरं सरीरोगाहणा जहण्णणं अंगुलस्स असंखेज्जइभागं उक्कोसेणं गाउयपुहुत्ता देवा एएसु चेव ण उववज्जति ।
A. 42. Gautama ! Repeat the whole account of the chapter on Utpala, except in size where the minimum is a smallest fraction of a finger and the maximum two to nine gaus, and a god is never reborn as a Palasa.
प्रश्न ४३-लेस्सासु ते णं भंते ! जीवा किं. कण्हलेस्से णीललेस्से काउलेस्से?
Q. 43. Bhante ! Does the soul in a Palaśa have a black, blue or grey tinge ?
उत्तर ४३-गोयमा ! कण्हलेस्से वा णीललेस्से वा काउलेस्से वा छव्वीसं भंगा। सेसं तं चेव।
A. 43. Gautama! It may have a black, blue or an ash tinge. State twenty-six forms as given above.
-सेवं भंते ! सेवं भंते ! त्ति -Bhante! So it is. You are right.
तइओ उद्देसो समत्तो। Chapter Three ends.
