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5.68 chaumatthe nam, bhamte! manuse hasejja vä? ussuyäejja va?
hamta hasejja vā, ussuydejja vā.
Bhagavai 5:4:68-71
The Topic of Laughter by One with Veil of Ignorance and the Omniscient One
Does' a man with veil of ignorance, O Lord! indulge in laughter? Does he indulge in excitement?
Yes, he does indulge in laughter and excitement.
5.69 jaha nam, bhamte! chaumatthe manuse hasejja vā, ussuyäejja vä, taha nam kevalt vi hasejja va? ussuyäejja va?
goyama! no inatthe samatthe.
Does an omniscient one, O Lord! indulge in laughter, does he indulge in excitement just like the one with a veil of ignorance?
Gautama! this is not possible.
5.70 se keṇathenam bhamte! evam vuccai-jahā ṇam chaumatthe maṇuse hasejja vä, ussuyäejja vā, no nam taha kevali hasejja vā? ussuyäejja vä?
goyamā! jam nam jīvā carittamohanijjassa kammassa udaenam hasamti vā, ussuyayamti vā. se nam kevalissa natthi, se teṇattheṇam goyama! evam vuccaijaha nam chaumatthe manuse hasejja va, ussuydejja vā, no nam taha kevali hasejja vä, ussuyāejja vä
For what reason has it been said, O Lord! that an omniscient one does not indulge in laughter and excitement just like the one with a veil of ignorance? Gautama! because the souls indulge in laughter and excitement on account of the udaya (rise) of conduct-deluding karma and because the omniscient one is devoid of such karma. Gautama! for this reason it has been said that an omniscient one does not indulge in laughter and excitement just like the one with a veil of ignorance.
5.71 jive nam bhamte! hasamane vä, ussuyamāņe vä kai kummapagadio bamdhai? goyama! sattavihabamdhae va, aṇṭhavihabamdhae va. evam jāva vemänie. pohattaehim jivegimdiyavajjo tiyabhamgo.
O Lord! how many types of karma does a soul bind when indulging in laughter and excitement?
Gautama! he binds seven types of karma, or eight types of karma. In this way it is to be spoken of upto the Empyrean (vaimäņika) gods. In the sutras, in which the jiva is in plural number, there are three alternatives everywhere, excepting the sutras for the jivas in plural' and the one-sensed beings: (1) All of the souls (in the 19 dandakas) bind seven types of karma. (2) All souls, (except one) bind seven types of karma and a single jiva binds eight types of karma.
(3) Some souls bind seven types of karma and some souls bind eight types of
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