________________
-112]
NOT-ARRANGED SERIAL AS SUBSTANCE-POTENTIAL
31
109 [2]. Do, according to (the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, the non-serial substances touch the numerablth part of the world,...(up to)...touch all (parts of) the world? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, they (any of them) do not touch the numerablth part, do touch the innumerablth part, do not touch many numerablth parts, do not touch many innumerablth parts, and do not touch all (parts of) the world. In respect of many substances, they necessarily touch all (parts of) the world.
109 [3]. Similarly, the spoken of.
unspeakable
substances are to be
110 [1].
(Regarding duration, it is asked): how long according to (the standpoints of) negama and vavahara, do the serial substances endure in time? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, they (any of them) endure for one instant (samaya) in the minimum and for innumerable (instants of) time in the maximum. In respect of many substances, they necessarily endure for all the time.
110 [2]. Similarly, the two (viz. the non-serial substances and the unspeakable substances are also to be spoken of).
111 [1]. (Regarding the interval of time, it is asked): how long, according to (the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, is the interval of the serial substances in time ? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, it is one instant in the minimum and infinite time in the maximum. In respect of many substances. there is no
interval.
111 [2]. How long, according to (the standpoints of) negama and vavahara, is the interval of the non-serial substances in time ? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, it is one instant in the minimum and innumerable (instants of) time in the maximum. In respect of many substances, there is no interval.
111 [3]. How long, according to (the standpoints of) nagama and vavahāra, is the interval of the unspeakable substances in time? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, it is one instant in the minimum and infinite time in the maximum. In respect of many substances, there is no interval.
112 [1]. (Regarding the spatial part occupied, it is asked): In how many parts, according to (the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, of the remaining substances (that is, the non-serial and the unspeakable) can the serial substances exist? Can they exist in the numerablth part,