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Bhagavas 6:3:35-52
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1. Bha. Jo. 99.70-73. 2. Bha. Vr. 6.36-tatra satryāditrayamāyuḥ syādbadhnāti syānna badhnāti, bandhakāle badhnāni
abamdhakāle tu na badhnāti, āyusah sakrdevaikatra bhave bandhāt, nivsttastryādivedastu na badhnāti,
nivritibādarasamparāyādi gunasthanakeşvāyurbandhasya vyavacchinnatvāt. 3. Bha. 7.1-A soul can remain without nourishment in the transit for one or two samayas (time
-units).
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Vedagāvedagāņa jīvānam appābahuyatta-padam 6.52 eesinam bhamte! jīvānam itthīvedagānam, purisavedagānam, napumsaga
vedagānam, avedagāna ya kayare kayarehimto appā vā? bahuyā vā? tullā vā? visesāhiyā vā? goyama! savvatthovā jīvā purisavedagā, itthivedagā samkhejjagunā, avedagā anamtagunā, napumsagavedagā anamtaguņā. eesim savvesim padānam appa-bahugāim uccăreyavaim jāva savvathhovā jīvā acarimā, carimā anamtagunā. The Topic of Relative Numerical Strength of Souls, with Sexual Disposition and of Souls, free from It.
'Between the souls, with female, male and hermaphroditic dispositions, and also souls, free from sexual disposition, who are less, more, equal and slightly more in number? Gautama! the least are the souls, with male disposition, numerable times them are the souls, with female disposition, infinite times them are the souls, free from sexual disposition, infinite times them are the souls, with hermaphroditic disposition, The relative numerical strength of all the topics (the restrained etc.) is to be described ..... up to the least in number are the acaramas, infinite times are the carama.
Bhāsya
1. Sutra 52
On the basis of the presence and extinction of the sexual disposition, the souls are divided into four classes; [1] souls, with female disposition [2] souls, with male disposition [3] souls, with hermaphroditic disposition [4] souls, free from sexual disposition. The relative numerical strength of the topic in the present Sūtra (no. 52) and of the topics in Sūtras 36 to 51 are given in the following tables:
1. Sexual disposition Souls, with male disposition
Least 2. Souls, with female disposition
Numerable times
1.
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