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Bhagavati Sātra Bk. 2 Ch. 1
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perfected souls are in possession of innumerable space-units and hold innumerable space-units, but still with limit ; as to time, the perfected souls are with a genesis but without limit ; and as to bhava, the perfected souls are in possession of limitless knowledge, limitless vision,...till in possession of limitless non-heaviness, limitless non-lightness, still without limit. So you see, the perfected souls are, as to substance, with limit ; as to place, with limit ; (but) as to time, without limit, and so without limit as to bhāva.
जे विस ते खंदया! इमेयारूवे अझथिए चितिए जाव...समुप्पज्जित्था -केण वा मरणेणं मरमाणे जीवे वड्ढति वा हायति वा तस्य वि य णं अयमठे-एवं खलु खंदया ! मए दुविहे मरणे पन्नत्ते। तं जहा-वालमरणे य पंडियमरणे य ! से किं तं बालमरणे ? बालमरणे दुवालसविहे पन्नते । तं जहा-बलयमरणे वसट्टमरणे अन्तोसल्लमरणे तब्भवमरणे गिरिपडणे तरुपडणे जलप्पवेसे जलणप्पवेसे बिसभक्खणे सत्थोवाडणे वेहाणसे गिद्धपठे। इच्चेतेणं खंदया ! दुवालसविहेणं बालमरणेणं मरमाणे जीवे अणंतेहिं नेरइयभवग्गहणेहि अप्पाणं संजोएइ तिरिय-मणुय-देव-अणाइयं च णं अणवदग्गं दीहमद्धे चाउरतं संसारकंतारं अणुपरियट्टइ सेत्तं मरमाणे वड्ढइ सेत्तं वालमरण ।
And then, Skandaka, you have in mind,...till by what death does a being enlongen or shorten his stay. On this I ordain : Death has two types, viz., death of the fool and death of the prudent. And what about the death of the fool ? Well, it may occur by 12 causes, which are : due to starvation and thirst, due to too much submission to the dictates of the organs of senses, due to inner thorn, death called tadbhava (condemning one to rebirth in same species of existence as man or as animal), death due to a fall from a mountain, or from a tree, due to drowning in water, due to entering into fire, due to taking poison, due to hurt by some deadly weapon, due to hanging and due to piercing by some wild animals. Death due to any one of these causes enlongens stay in the infernal existence, as it does in animal, human and celestial existences. He (i. e., anyone 'dying due io anyone of these causes) continues to glide back and forth in the wilderness,
