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Bhagavai 6:6:122-125
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going to take birth as an infernal being in one of the infernal abodes among three lakh infernal abodes in the Ratnaprabhā infernal land, O Lord! on reaching there, appropriate the nourishment, transform it and start building his (new) body? Gautama! some one among them appropriates nourishment, transforms it and starts building his body. There is again some (soul) who returns from there; having returned here, he re-enters the present body; having come here, he undertakes the māraṇāntika samudghāta second time. Having expanded again his soul units, he is born as infernal being in one of the infernal abodes among the thirty lakh infernal abodes in this Ratnaprabhā land. Thereafter, he appropriates nourishment, transforms it and starts
building his body. In the same way ..... up to the seventh land at the bottom. 6.123 jīve nam bhamte! māranamtiyasamugghāenam samohae, samohanittā je
bhavie causatthie asurakumārāvāsasayasahassesu annayaramsi asurakumāravāsamsi asurakumārattāe uvavajjittae, jahā neraiyā tahā bhāniyavvā jāva thaniyakumārā. A soul, O Lord! undertakes the māraṇāntika samudghāta, i.e., expansion (projection) of his soul-units due to impending death (one antarmuhurtta before his death). Having expanded his soul-units, such soul is born as an Asurakumāra (god) in one of the abodes of the Asurakumāras among the sixty four lakh abodes of Asurakumāras. He is to be described like the infernal
being (6.122) ...... up to Stanitakumāras (gods). 6.124 jive nam bhamte! māranamtiyasamugghāenam, samohae, samohanittā je
bhavie asamkhejjesu pudhavikāiyāvāsasayasahasesu annayaramsi pudhavikāiyāvāsamsi pudhavikāiyattāe uvavajjittae, se nam bhamte! mamdarassa pavvayassa puratthime nam kevaiyam gacchejjā? kevaiyam pāuṇejjā? goyamā! loyamtam gacchejjā, loyamtam pāunejjā. A soul, O Lord! undertakes the māraṇāntika samudghāta, i.e., expansion (projection) of his soul-units due to impending death (one antarmuhurtta before his death). Having expanded his soul-units, such soul is born as earthbodied beings in one of the abodes of the earth-bodied beings among the innumerable lakh abodes of earth-bodied beings. How far to the east of the Mountain Meru does it go? How far does he get ( the place to stay)? Gautama! he goes up to the end of the cosmos, he gets (the place to stay) up
to the end of the cosmos. 6.125 se nam bhamte! tatthagae ceva āhārejja vā? pariņāmejjā vā? sarīram vā
bamdhejjā? goyamā! atthegatie tatthagae ceva āhārejja vā, parināmejja vā, sarīram vā bamdhejjā; atthegatie tao padiniyattai, padiniyattittā ihamāgacchai, doccampi māranamtiyasamugghāenam samohannai, samohanittă mamdarassa pavvayassa
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