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Bhagavai 7:2:54-57 -restrained, samyatāsamyata-self-restrained-cum-non-self-restrained? Gautama! the souls are self-restrained, also non-self-restrained, also selfrestrained-cum-non-self-restrained. Similarly, it is to be spoken of about all the dandakas (soul-groups) up to the Empyrean gods, as described in the Pannavaņā. The relative numerical strength of all these three categories is
similarly to be spoken of as in the first soul-group (Sūtras 40-42). 7.55 jīvā ņam bhamte! kim paccakkhāṇī? apaccakkhāni? paccakkhāṇāpacca
kkhāni? goyamä! jīvā paccakkhāni vi, apaccakkhāni vi, paccakkhänāpaccakkhāni vi. Are the souls, O Lord! the pratyākhyānīs-renouncers as undertakers of vows or the apratyākhyānis non-renouncers or the pratyākhyānāpratyakhyānī—renouncers-cum-non-renouncers? Gautama! The souls are renouncers, also non-renouncers, also renouncers
cum-non-renouncers 7.56 evam manussāna vi. pamcimdiyatirikkhajoniyā ūdillavirahiya. sesā savve
apaccakkhānī jāva vemāniyā. The same description holds good in the case of the humans. The five-sensed subhumans are to be spoken of similarly, excluding the first category (viz., renouncers). The remaining all dandakas (soul-groups) up to the Empyrean
gods are only non-renouncers. 7.57 eesi nam bhamte! jīvā nam paccakkhānīņam apaccakkhänīnam paccakkhāņā
-paccakkhānīna ya kayare kayarehimto appä vā? bahuyä vä? tullä vä? visesähiyā vā? goyamā! savvatthovā jīvā paccakkhānī, paccakkhāṇāpaccakkhāni asamkhejjagunā, apaccakkhānī anamtaguņā. pamcimdiyatirikkhajoniyā savvatthovā paccakkhāṇāpaccakkhānī, apaccakkhāṇī asamkhejjagunā. maņussā savvatthovā paccakkhāņi, paccakkhānäpaccakkhāņi samkhejjagunā, apaçcakkhānī asamkhejjagunā. Among these souls, O Lord! viz., the pratyākhyānīs-renouncers, apratyākhyāni—non-renouncers, pratyākhyānāpratyākhyānis-renouncers-cum-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 renouncers, innumerable times of them are the renouncers-cum-non-renouncers, infinite times of them are the non-renouncers. Among the five-sensed subhumans, the least in number are the renouncers-cum-non-renouncers, innumerable times of them are the non-renouncers. Among the humans, the least in number are the renouncers, innumerable times of them are the renouncers-cum-non-renouncers, and innumerable
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