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Bhagavai 7:2:48-51
7.48 vāṇamamtara-joisa-vemāniyä jahā neraiyā.
The Forest gods, Luminuous gods and the Empyrean gods are to be described
like the infernals. 7.49 eesi nam bhamte! jīvānam savvamūlagunapaccakkhāṇīnam, desamüla
gunapaccakkhānīnam apaccakkhānīna ya kayare kayarehimto appā vā? bahuyā vā? tullā vā? visesähiyā vā? goyamā! savvatthovā jīvā savvamülagunapaccakkhāņi, desamülagunapaccakkhānī asamkhejjagunā, apaccakkhānī anamtaguņā. Among these souls, O Lord! viz., sarvamūlaguņapratyākhyānīs—the complete renouncers as undertakers of the fundamental virtues, deśamülaguņapratyākhyānīs--the partial renouncers as undertakers of fundamental virtues, and apratyākhyānīs-non-renouncers; who are mutually the least in number, the more in number, equal in number or slightly more in number? Gautama! The least among them in number are the souls who are the sarvamülaguņapratyäkhyānīs-the complete renouncers as undertakers of the fundamental virtues, a numerable times of them are those who are deśamūlaguņapratyākhyānīs--the partial renouncers as undertakers of fundamental virtues, infinite times of them are the apratyākhyānis--non
-renouncers. 7.50 eesi nam bhamte! pamcimdiyatirikkhajoniyānam puccha.
goyamā! savvatthovā pamcimdiyatirikkhajoņiyā desamūlagunapaccakkhāṇī, apaccakkhānī asamkhejjaguna. Among them, O Lord! the same) query concerning the five-sensed subhuman beings. Gautama! the least among the five-sensed subhumans are the deśamülaguņapratyākhyānīs-the partial renouncers as undertakers of fundamental virtues, innumerable times of them are the souls that are apratya
khyānis-non-renouncers. 7.51 eesi nam bhamte! manussānam savvamūlagunapaccakkhānīnam pucchā.
goyamā! savvatthovā manussā savvamūlagunapaccakkhāni, desamülagunapaccakkhānī samkhejjagunā, apaccakkhānī asamkhejjagunā. Among the human beings, O Lord! the (same) query concerning the sarvamülaguņapratyākhyānis--the complete renouncers as undertakers of the fundamental virtues? Gautama! the least in number among the humans are sarvamūlagunapratyākhyānis—the complete renouncers as undertakers of the fundamental virtues, numerable times of them are the deśamülaguņapratyākhyānis- the partial renouncers as undertakers of fundamental virtues, innumerable times of them are apratyākhyānīs-non-renouncers.
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