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[185 Fifteenth Indriya-pada: Second Uddesaka] 1036. "Bhagavan! How many past Dravya-indriyas does each of the Vijay, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and Aparajita Devas have?" "Gautama! Infinite." "Bhagavan! How many bound Dravya-indriyas does each of the four have?" "Gautama! Eight." "Bhagavan! How many rewarded (Dravya-indriyas) does each of them have?" "Gautama! (They are) eight, sixteen, twenty-four, or innumerable." / {1036 Q. Bhagavan! How many past Dravya-indriyas does each of the Vijay, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and Aparajita Devas have? [1036 A.] Gautama! Infinite. [Q.] Bhagavan! How many bound Dravya-indriyas does each of the four have? [A.] Gautama! Eight. [Q.] Bhagavan! (How many) rewarded (Dravya-indriyas) does each of them have? [A.] Gautama! (They are) eight, sixteen, twenty-four, or innumerable. 1037. The past Dravya-indriyas of the Sarvarthasiddha Deva are infinite, the bound are eight, and the rewarded are also eight. / 61037] 1038. [1] "Bhagavan! How many past Dravya-indriyas do the many Narakas have?" "Gautama! Infinite." "Bhagavan! How many bound Dravya-indriyas do they have?" "Gautama! Innumerable." "Bhagavan! How many rewarded Dravya-indriyas do they have?" "Gautama! Infinite." [1038-1 Q.] Bhagavan! How many past Dravya-indriyas do the many Narakas have? [1038-1 A.] Gautama! Infinite. [Q.] How many bound Dravya-indriyas do they have? [A.] Gautama! Innumerable. [Q.] How many rewarded Dravya-indriyas do they have? [A.] Gautama! Infinite. [2] Similarly, (from Asura-kumara onwards) up to the many Greveyaka Devas, (you should understand) the past, bound, and rewarded Dravya-indriyas. / The special point is that the bound Dravya-indriyas of humans are sometimes innumerable and sometimes countable.