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time unit, plus two time units, and so on...till countless time units so added,...till the maximum span, the best that fits in with each110.
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Q. 170. Bhante! Are the infernal beings with the minimum span of life residing in each one of these 30,00,000 cells in the Ratnaprabha hell in possession of anger, of pride, of deceit, of greed?
A. 170. Gautama! All of them are in possession of anger, or, many with anger and one with pride, or, many with anger and many with pride, or, many with anger and one with deceit, or, many with anger and many with deceit, or, many with anger and one with greed, or, many with anger and many with greed, or, many with anger, one with pride and one with deceit, or, many with anger, one with pride and many with deceit, or, many with anger, many with pride and one with deceit, or, many with anger, many with pride, and many with deceit. In this manner, are to be stated the forms by four's comprising of anger, pride and greed, and by four's comprising of anger, deceit and greed. Thus 12 forms. Then (starting with) pride in combination with deceit, greed in combination with anger, then leaving aside anger, and thus 27 forms in all111.
Q. 171. Bhante! Are the infernal beings, with span of life at the minimum plus one time unit more, residing in each one of the 30,00,000 cells of the Ratanappabha hell, in possession of anger, of pride, of deceit, of greed112 ?
A. 171. Gautama! Sometimes one is in possession of anger, sometimes one is in possession of pride, sometimes one is in possession of deceit, sometimes one is in possession of greed. Sometimes many are in possession of anger, sometimes many are in possession of pride, sometimes many are in possession of deceit, sometimes many are in possession of greed. Or, one with anger, one with pride; or, one with anger, many with pride; and like this, 80 forms in all, and so on...till life-span with a countable number of time units in excess, life-span with a countless number of time units in excess, and maximum lifespan, that fits in with each, in 27 forms.
