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Bhagavai 7:2:54-60
2. Five-sensed Subhumans
Self-restained-cum-non-self-restained Non-self-restained
Minimum Innumerable times more
3. Humans
Self-restained Self-restained-cum-non-self-restained Non-self-restained
Minimum Numerable times more Innumerable times more
The relative numerical strength of the trio of pratyākhyānī (renouncers) etc. is to be spoken of exactly like that of the trio of the samyata etc. (as shown in the above table)
1. Bha. 7.31, 2.68.
Text Sāsaya-asāsaya-padam 7.58 jīvā ņam bhamte! kim sāsayä? asaāsayā?
goyamā! jīvā siya sāsayā, siya asāsayā. The Topic of the Eternal and the Non-eternal
Are the souls, O Lord! eternal or non-eternal? Gautama! the souls are eternal in some respect and non-eternal in some
respect. 7.59 se keņatthenam bhamte! evam vuccai-jīvā siya sāsayā? siya asāsayā?
goyamā! davvatthayāe sāsayā, bhāvatthayāe asāsayā. se tenatthenam goyamā! evam vuccai-jīvā siya sāsayā, siya asāsayā. For what reason, O Lord! has it been said that the souls are eternal in some respect and non-eternal in some respect? Gautama! the souls quâ substance (noumenal entities) are eternal; the soul quâ states (phenomenal modes) are non-eternal. It is for this reason, O Gautama! that it has been said that the souls are eternal in some respect and
non-eternal in some respect. 7.60 neraiyā nam bhamte! kim sāsayā? asāsayā?
evam jahā jīvā tahā neraiyā vi. evam jāva vemāniyā siya sāsayā, siya asāsayā. Are the infernals, O Lord! eternal or non-eternal? The same description holds good in the case of infernals as the souls. Similarly, all the dandakas (soul-groups) ...... up to the Empyrean gods are eternal in some respect, and non-eternal in some respect.
Bhāsya
1. Sūtras 58-60
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