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THE TRUTH
१८. चिट्ठ कूरेहि कम्मेहि, चिळं परिचिट्ठति । __अचिठें कूरेहि कम्मेहि, णो चिट्ठ परिचिट्ठति । 18. Citthań kūrehim kammehin, cittha ṁ par icițțhati.
Acittha in kürehiṁ kammehiñ, no cittha pavicitt hati.
18.
One who preoccupies himself with intensely cruel acts will be reborn in genera where intense pains are inflicted. One who does not preoccupy himself with intensely cruel acts will not be reborn in intensely painful genera.
PE. Ti azifa argar fæ opport?
mot avifa argar fagt? 19. Ege vayninti aduvā vi nani?
Nani vayrñti aduvā vi ege?
19.
Is this (doctrine) averred by other philosophers1 or by the Ar hats? Is this (doctrine) averred by the Arhats or by the other philosophers too?
The question whether the consequences of crielty propounded in the preceding aphorism (no. 18) is a unanimous doctrine or not is mooted in the presert aphorism. The conjunction aduvă (at havä) makes the present sentence an interrogative one - Whether this doctrine is propounded only by the Arhats or others also ? This query assumes two forms: The first form of the query is:
In propounding this doctrine, do the Arhats follow
other philosophers ? The second form of the query is: Whether other philosophers imitate the Arhats? The answer to this query is given in the succeeding aphorism.
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