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Bhagavai 5:8:225-229
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Text Jīvānam sovacaya-sāvacayādi-padam 5.225 jīvā ņam bhamte! kim sovacayā? sāvacayā? sovacaya-sāvacayā? niruvacayaniravacayā? goyamā! jīvā no sovacayā, no sāvacayā, no sovacaya-sävacayā, niruvacayaniravacayā.
egimdiyā tatiyapade, sesā jīvā cauhim vi padehim bhāniyavvā. The Topic of Accumulation and Diminution of the Souls
Do' the souls, O Lord! undergo accumulation, diminution, accumulation and diminution, non-accumulation and non-diminution? Gautama! the souls do not undergo accumulation, do not undergo diminution, do not undergo accumulation and diminution, but they undergo nonaccumulation and non-diminution, (i.e., they are without accumulation and diminution). The one-sensed beings belong to the third category of description viz., sovacayā-sävacayā (accumulation and diminution). All the other categories
of the souls belong to all the four categories of description. 5.226 siddhā nam bluumte! pucchā.
goyamä! siddhä sovacayā, no sāvacayā, no sovacaya-sävacayä, niruvacayaniravacayā. Query about the liberated souls, O Lord! Gautama! the liberated souls undergo accumulation, do not undergo diminution, do not undergo accumulation and diminution, they undergo non-accumulation and non-diminution.
5.227 jīvä nam bhamte! kevatiyam kālam niruvacaya-niravacayä?
goyamā! savvaddham. For how long are the souls, O Lord! without accumulation and without diminution? Gautama! for all times. 5.228 neraiyā nam bhamte! kevatiyam kālam sovacayā?
goyamā! jahannenam ekkam samayam, ukkosenam āvaliyāe asamkhejjaibhāgam. For how long do the infernals, O Lord! undergo accumulation? Gautama! for one samaya (indivisible time-unit) in the minimum and the
innumerableth part of āvalikā in the maximum. 5.229 kevatiyam kālam sāvacayā?
evam ceva. For how long do they undergo diminution?
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