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नवमी उद् देसो
CHAPTER NINE
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं जाव...एवं वयासी :
In that period, at that time,...till submitted as follows :
[meaning of Rajagrha ] प्रश्न १६४-किं इयं भंते ! णयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ किं पुढवी जयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ आउ णयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ जाव...वणस्सई जहा-एयणद्देसए पंचिंदियतिरिक्खजोणियाणं वत्तव्वया तहा भाणियव्वा जाव...सचित्ताऽचित्त-मीसियाई दव्वाइं णयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ ?
उत्तर १६४-गोयमा ! पुढवी वि णयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ जाव... सचित्ताऽचित्त-मीसियाई दव्वाइं णयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ ।
प्रश्न १६५-से केण→णं ?
उत्तर १६५-गोयमा ! पुढवी जीवा इय अजीवा इय जयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ जाव...सचित्ताऽचित्त-मीसियाई दव्वाइं जीवा इ य अजीवा इ य णयरं रायगिहं ति पवुच्चइ। से तेणद्वेणं तं चेव ।
Q. 164. Bhante ! How is this city of Rājagțha to be called ? Is the earth to be called the city of Rājagsha, is it water,...till flora ? Or, as has been stated in Chapter (Seven) on 'Throbbing (of Molecules)' in the context of 'possession' by the five-organ animals, is it to be stated like that ...till live, non-live or mixed objects-I mean, the city of RājagȚha ?
A. 164. ...till live, Rajagrha.
Gautama ! The earth is the city of Rajastha, non-live and mixed objects are the city of