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Bhagavai 7:10:221-224 Then, the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra, on some occasion, went out from Rajagṛha city and the Guņaśilaka shrine; having so left, he undertood journey to the countryside.
Kälodäissa-kammādivisae pasina-padam
7.222 tenam kaleṇam teņam samaeṇam rayagihe namam nagare gunasilae ceie. tae nam samane bhagavam mahāvīre aṇnayā kayāi jāva samosaḍhe, parisā jāva padigaya.
The Topic of the Käloday's Query on the Subject of Karma and the Like
In that age, at that time, there was a city called Rajagṛha and shrine named Gunaśilaka. The Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra arrived there...... up to the multitude from the city congregated. Dhamma was spoken. The multitude departed.
7.223 tae nam se kälodät aṇagāre anṇayā kayāi jeṇeva samaṇe mahāvīre teṇeva uvagacchati, uvagacchittä samanam bhagavam mahāvīram bamdai namamsai, vamdittä namalsitta evam vayasi-atthi nam bhamte! jīvāṇam pāvā kammā pāvaphalavivāgasamjuttā kajjamti?
hamtā atthi
Then, on some occasion, the ascetic Kälodāyī arrived at the place where the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra was sojourning, having arrived there, he offered homage and obeisance to the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra; having offered homage and obeisance, he addressed the Lord thus-Are the evil karmas, O Lord, bound by the soul, made productive of the fruition of evil result by the soul? Yes, they are made so (O Kälodāyi).
7.224 kahannam bhamte! jīvāṇam pāvā kammā pāvaphalavivāgasaṇjuttā kajjamti? kälodar! se jahänämae kei purise manunnam thālīpāgasuddham aṭhārasavamjaṇākulam visasammissam bhoyaṇam bhumjejjā, tassa nam bhoyaṇassa āvāe bhaddae bhavai, tao pacchā pariṇamamāṇe-pariṇamamāṇe duruvattãe, duvannattäe, dugamdhattäe jäva dukkhattāe-no suhattãe bhujjo-bhujjo parinamati. evämeva kälodär! jīvāṇam pāṇäiväe jāva micchādamsaṇasalle, tassa ṇam aväe bhaddae bhavai, tao paccha vipariņamamāne-viparinamamāṇe duruvattãe duvannattãe dugamdhattäe jäva dukkhattäe-no suhattãe bhujjo-bhujjo parinamati. evam khalu kālodā! jīvāṇam pävä kammā pāvaphalavivägasamjuttā kajjamti.
How the evil karmas, O Lord, bound by the soul, are made productive with the fruition of evil result by the soul?
O Kalodāyi! suppose a man eats up agreeable food, well-cooked in a pot, enriched with eighteen varieties of dishes, but mixed with poison; that food seemed benificial at first appearance to taste, (while being eaten), but afterwards, in the course of its transformation, it turns insalubrious, bad in
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