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Roha:-Bhagavan ! Is the egg first and the hen next, or is the hen first and the egg next ?
Bhagavana:-Rohal From where is the egg produced ? Roha:-From the hen. Bhagavāna:-And, whence is the hen produced ? Roha:-From the egg.
Bhagavana:-Roha! In this way, the egg and the hen can be said to be the first and they can be said to be the next. Both the egg and the hen are eternal. There is no gradation of one being the first and the other the next.
Roha:-Bhagavan i Is Lokânta first and A-lokanta next Or is A-lokanta first and Lokanta next.
Bhagavåna:-Lokānta, as well as, A-lokānta can be said to be first, and they can be said to be next. There is no gradation of one being the first and the other the next.
Roha:-Bhagayan! Is Loka first and the Saptama Avakāsāntara (space between the bottom of the Seventh Hell and Aloka) first or the space between the bottom of the Seventh Hell and A-loka and the Loka the next ?
एवं अलोयंतेण वि संजोएयव्वा सव्वे । पुचि मंते ! सत्तमे उवासंतरे पच्म सत्तमे तणुवाए.? एवं सत्तमं उवासंतरं सम्वेहिं समं संजोएयव्वं जाव सचदाए । पुचि मंते ! सत्तमे तणुवाए पच्छा सत्तमे घणवाए, एयंपि तहेक नेयव्वं जाव सम्बद्धा एवं उचरिलं एकेकं सयोयंतणें जो जो हिडिल्लो तं तं छइंतेणं नेयव्वं जाव अतीय अणामयद्धा पच्छा सव्वदा जाव अणाणुपुल्ची एसा रोहा! सेवं भंते ! सेवं भंते ति ? जाब विहरह (स् ५३) भंते कि मगर्व गोयमे समणं जाव एवं वयासी-कविविका पं भंते ? लोयहिती पण त्ता ? गोयमा! अट्टविहा कोयहिती पण्णत्ता, जहा-आगासपइटिए कार ? वायपइटिए उदही २ उदहीपइद्विया पुढवा ३ पुढविपइडिया तसा थावरा पाणा ४ अजीपा भीवपइष्टिया प जीवा कम्मपइडिया ६ अजीवा जीवसंगहिया ७
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