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वत्तीसइमो उद्द सो
Chapter Thirtytwo
[ an interview with Gāngeya ]
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं वाणियग्गामे णामं णयरे होत्था । वण्णओ । दुइपलासिए चेइए । सामी समोसढे । परिसा णिग्गया । धम्मो कहिओ । परिसा पडिगया ।
In that period, at that time, there was a city named Vanijyagrāma. Description. There was a caitya named Dyutipalaga. Bhagavan Mahāvīra arrived there. People went out. Spoke on the Law (dharma). People went back home.
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं पासावच्चिज्जे गंगेए णामं अणगारे जेणेव समणे भगवं महावीरे तेणेव उवागच्छइ । तेणेव उवागच्छित्ता समणस्स भगवओ महावीरस्स अदूरसामंते ठिच्चा समणं भगवं महावीरं एवं वयासी ।
In that, period, at that time, there was a monk named Gangeya, a follower of Pārsva, who arrived where Bhagavan Mahāvira was camped. Having arrived, he took a seat, neither very near, nor very far and made the following submission :
गांगेय - संतरं भंते ! णेरइया उववज्जंति णिरंतरं णेरइया उववज्जंति ?
Gängeya-Bhante ! Are the infernal beings born with, or without, a time-gap ?
संतरं पिणेरइया उववज्जंति णिरंतरं पि शेरइया
महावीर - गंगेया !
उववज्जति ।
Mahāvīra-Gängeya! They are born with a time-gap, as well as without.
