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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उ: ७
Q. 249. Bhante ! is the soul lodged in the womb capable of taking morsel-food by the mouth?
A. 249. Gautama! This is not correct.
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Q. 250. Why is it not correct ?
A. 250. Gautama ! The soul lodged in the womb has intake by its whole frame, transforms it by its whole frame, inhales by its whole frame, exhales by its whole frame, has intake very often, transformation very often, inhales very often, exhales very often, has intake at times, transforms it at times, inhales at times, exhales at times. And then there is a tissue sprouting from the mother which derives the elixir from the mother and supplies it to the child, and this is linked with the mother's vital organ, and this also touches the child. With this tissue, the child derives intake and transforms it. There is another tissue which issues forth from the child's vital organ and touches the mother. This helps the child in the absorption and assimilation of the intake. For this, Gautama,...till the soul lodged in the womb is not capable of taking morsel-food by the mouth.
[on limbs, etc., of the embryc] माइअंगा पन्नत्ता ?
प्रश्न २५१ – कइ णं भंते !
उत्तर २५१ - गोयमा ! मत्थुलुंगे ।
तओ माइयंगा पन्नत्ता ।
उत्तर २५२ - गोयमा ! मिजा केस - मंस-रोम - नहे ।
प्रश्न २५२ – कइ णं भंते !
पिइयंगा पन्नत्ता ?
तओ पिइयंगा पन्नत्ता । तं जहा अट्ठि अट्ठि
तं जहा मंसे सोणिए
प्रश्न २५३ - अम्मापिइए णं भंते!
सरीरए केवइयं कालं संचिट्ठइ ?
उत्तर २५३ - गोयमा ! जावइयं से कालं भवधारणिज्जे सरीरए अव्वावन्ने भवइ एवतियं कालं संचिट्ठइ । अहे णं समए समए वोयसिज्जमाणे वोयसिज्जमाणे चरमकालसमयंसि वोच्छिन्ने भवइ ।
