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Bhagavai 7:10:228-231
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For what reason O Lord! has it been said that among the two, the person who ignites fire is with more karma, more urge, more influx of karma and more pain and the person who extinguishes fire is with less karma, less urge, less influx of karma and less pain? Kālodās! (among the two persons), one who ignites fire causes injury to the life of more number of earth-bodied beings, water-bodied beings, fire-bodied beings, air-bodied beings, vegetation-bodied beings and mobile beings. (Of the two persons), one who extinguishes fire causes injury to less number of earth-bodied beings, less number of water-bodied beings, more number of fire-bodied beings, less number of air-bodied beings, less number of vegetation-bodied beings and less number of mobile beings. For this reason, O Kālodāyī! it has been said that (of the two), the person who ignites fire is with more karma, more urge, more influx of karma and more pain and the person who extinguishes fire is with less karma, less urge, less influx of karma
and less pain. 7.229 atthi nam bhamte! accittā vi poggalā obhāsamti? ujjovemti? tavemti?
pabhāsemti? hamtā athi. Are there insentient material clusters, O Lord! that illuminate, enlighen, heat and brighten?
Yes, there are. 7.230 kayare nam bhamte! te accittā vi poggalā obhāsamti? ujjevemti? tavemti?
pabhāsemti? kālodāi! kuddhassa anagārassa teya-lessā nisatthā samānī dram gatā dūram nipatati, desam gatā desam nipatati, jahim-jahim ca ņam sā nipatati tahim-tahim ca nam te acittà vi poggalā obhāsamti, ujjovemti, tavemti, pabhāsemti. etenam kālodāi! te acittā vi poggalā obhāsamti, ujjovemti, tavemti, pabhāsemti. What kind of insentient material particles, O Lord! illuminate, enlighten, heat and brighten? Kālodāi! the tejo-leśyā (supernatural power quâ energy of fiery body) is emitted by an angry ascetic; it falls at a remote place after reaching a remote place or at a nearby place after reaching a nearby place. Wherever it falls, insentient particles of its matter illuminate, enlighten, heat and brighten the objects. In this way, O Kālodāi! the insentient material clusters also
illuminate, enlighten, heat and brighten the objects. 7.231 tae nam kälodāi anagāre samaņam bhagavam mahāvīram vamdai namamsai,
vamdittā namamsittā bahūhim cauttha-chatthatthama-dasama-duvālasehim, māsaddhamāsakhamanehim vicittehim tavokammehim appāņam bhāvenāne viharai.
Then, that Kālodāī ascetic offers homage and obeisance to Lord Mahāvīra;
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