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Bhagavai 7:3:76-80
- 555:7.76 neraiyāņam bhamte! jā vedanā sa nijjarā? jā nijjarā sā vedaņā? goyamā! ņo inatthe samatthe. Is the experiencing of karma by the infernals, O Lord! the same as the falling away of their karma? Is the falling away of karma (of the infernals) the same as the experiencing of karma by them?
Gautama! this is not possible. 7.77 se kenatthenam bhamte! evam vuccai-neraiyānam jā vedanā na sä nijjarä?
jā nijjarā na să vedaņā? goyamā! neraiyānam kammam vedaņā, nokammam nijjarā. se tenatthenam goyamā! evam vuccai-neraiyāņam jā vedanā na sā nijjarā, jā nijjarā na sā vedanā. For what reason, O Lord! has it been said that in the case of infernals the experiencing of karma is not the same as the falling away of karma, the falling away of karma is not the same as the experiencing of karma? Gautama! that which is experienced by the infernals is karma, that which falls away is non-karma. It is for this reason, O Gautama! has it been said that in the case of the infernals, experiencing of karma is not the same as falling away of karma, what is the falling away of karma is not the same as
the experiencing of karma. 7.78 evam jāva vemāniyānam.
The same description holds good (for all dandakas--soul-groups) ..... up to
the Empyrean gods. 7.79 se nūnam bhamte! jam vedemsu tam nijjaremsu? jam nijjaremsu tam vedemsu?
ņo inatthe samatthe. Was the experiencing of karma in the past, indeed, O Lord! the same as the falling away of karma in the past? Was the falling away of karma in the past the same as the experiencing of karma?
This is not possible. 7.80 se kenatthenam bhamte! evam vuccai-jam vedemsu no tam njjaremsu? jam
nijjaremsu no tam vedemsu? goyamā! kammam vedemsu, nokammam nijjaremsu. se tenatthenam goyamā! jāva no tam vedemsu. For what reason, O Lord! has it been said that the experiencing of karma in the past, indeed, is not the same as the falling away of karma in the past, the falling away of karma in the past is not same as the experiencing of karma in the past? Gautama! that which was experienced in the past was karma, that which fell away in the past was non-karma. It is for this reason, O Gautama! it has
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