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Bhagavai 7:6:117-123
of pausadhopavāsa (fasting with undertaking day-long abstinence from sinful activity) or renunciation, eaters of meat, fish, eaters of kșudrāhāra (lit. base food, which means honey or the organisms dug out of the earth) and eaters of dead body, be born after death?
Gautama! they will mostly be re-born in hell or as subumans. 7.122 te nam bhamte! sihä, vagghā, vagā, diviyā, acchā, taracchā, parassarā nissīlā
taheva jāva kahim uvavajjihimti? goyamā! ussaņņam naraga-tirikkhajoạiesu uvavajjihimti. Where will, O Lord! the lions, tigers, wolfs, leopards, bear, hyena, wombat who are devoid of síla (great vows and small vows) will be born after death?
Gautama! they will mostly be born in hell or subhumans. 7.123 te nam bhamte! dhamkā, kamkā, vilakā, maddugā, sihi nissīlä taheva jāva
kahim uvavajjihimti? goyamā! ussannam nuraga-tirikkhajoniesu uvavajjihimti. Where will those creatures devoid of sīla (great vows and small vows) viz., jungle crow, bellied sea-eagle, golden oriole, snake bird or darter, peacock or cock will be born after death? Gautama! they will mostly be born in hell or as subhumans.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 117-123
In the Jambuddīvapannatti, the time-cycle has been explained in detail. The description in the present canon seems to have been quoted from there. This dialogue was interpolated at some stage of the synod that compiled the canon. The elaborate style of description here is not coherent with the dialogue-type descriptions in the Bhagavati Sütra.
The description of the environmental situation that will prevail in the aeon of extreme privation is as follows:
1. Devastating wind will blow. 2. The directions will be smoky and dark. 3. The moon will be colder. 4. The sun will be hotter. 5. The rains will drop water that will cause diseases and be undrinkable. 6. There will be torrential rains, accompanied by cyclonic winds, causing
destruction of villages, cities, animals and vegetations. 7. Excepting the Vaitādhya mountain, all other mountains and hills will be
destroyed. 8. Excepting the Ganges and Indus, all other rivers will transform into even
land. 9. The earth will be as hot as fire, dusty and unfit for habitation.
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