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Bhagavai 7:3:62-64
7. A. Cũ. 15.8.
8. Pajjo. Sū. 166.
9. Süra. 10.63-74.
Text
7.63 jai nam bhamte! gimhāsu vaṇassaikāiyā savvappāhāragā bhavamti, kamhā nam bhamte! gimhāsu bahave vaṇassaikaiyā pattiyā, pupphiya, phaliyā, hariyagisrijjamāṇā, sirīe atīva-atīva uvasobhemāṇā-uvasobhemāṇā citthamti? goyamā! gimhāsu nam bahave usinajoniyā jīvā ya, poggalā ya vaṇassaikāiyattāe vakkamamti, viukkamamti, cayamti, uvavajjamti. evam khalu goyama! gimhäsu bahave vaṇassaikäiyä pattiyä, pupphiyä, phaliyä, hariyagisrijjamāṇā, sirie ativaativa uvasobhemäṇā-uvasobhemāṇā ciṭṭhamti.
If, O Lord! in the summer season, the vegetation-bodied beings appropriate the least quantity of nourishment, then O Lord! why, in the summer season, do so many vegetation-bodied beings become overspread with leaves and flowers, become laden with fruits, appear beautiful on account of the verdure and stand exceedingly charming and shining on account of the splendour of the forest?
~: 547 :
Gautama! in the summer season, many souls belonging to the category of uşṇayonika (i.e., those jivas whose place of birth (yoni) consists of the hot matter) and those pudgalas which are always hot, are transmigrated in the form of the vegetable-bodied beings and get destroyed, depart (from their previous life) and take birth in the form of the vegetable-bodied beings. Gautama! in this way, in the summer season, so many vegetable-bodied beings become overspread with leaves and flowers, become laden with fruits, appear beautiful on account of the verdure and stand exceedingly charming and shining on account of the splendour of the forest.
Bhasya
1. Sutra 63
Vegetation grows in many varieties. Some plants are uṣṇayonika-they take birth in the place which are made of hot matter. They can grow and flourish even in the tropical or hot region in the absence of supply of water; so it is not unnatural for uṣṇayonika vegetation to grow and flourish in spite of the availability of the least quantity of water.
Semantic
rerijjamāṇa-shining. The root 'reja' means 'to shine'.
1. Apte. reja-to shine.
Text
7.64 se nuņam bhamte! mūlā mālajīvaphuḍā kamdā kamdajīvaphuḍā, khamdha
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