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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 6 Ch. 1
A. 10. Gautama! The Asurakumāras are stated to have: four instruments, which are, mind-instrument, word-instrument, body-instrument and karma-instrument. As these four instru-ments are auspicious, so the Asurakumāras have wholesome experience due to instruments, not due to non-instruments. And like this, ...till the Stanitakumāras.
Q. 11. And what about the earth-bodies?
A. 11. (In their case), difference is that their instruments. being both auspicious and inauspicious, earth-bodies experience diversely with instruments, ( but ) not with non-instruments. All beings with gross bodies (experience) diversely with auspicious and inauspicious (instruments). The gods (experience) like those who are with auspicious (instruments).
[pain from and exhaustion of karma]
प्रश्न १२ - जीवा णं भंते! किं महावेयणा महाणिज्जरा महावेयणा अप्पणिज्जरा अप्पवेयणा महाणिज्जरा अप्पवेयणा अप्पणिज्जरा ?
उत्तर १२ - गोयमा ! अत्येगइया जीवा महावेयणा महाणिज्जरा अत्येगइया जीवा महावेयणा अप्पणिज्जरा अत्येगइया जीवा अप्पवेयणा महाणिज्जरा अत्येगइया जीवा अप्पवेयणा अप्पणिज्जरा ।
प्रश्न १३ - से केण्ट्ठेणं ?
उत्तर १३ - गोयमा ! पडिमा पडिवण्णए अणगारे महावेयणे महाणिज्जरे छट्ठ- सत्तमा सु-पुढवीसु णेरइया महावेयणा अप्पणिज्जरा सेलेसिं पडिवण्णए अणगारे अप्पवेयणे महाणिज्जरे अणुत्तरोववाइया देवा अप्पवेयणा अप्पणिज्जरा ।
Q. 12. Bhante ! Are the living beings with great pain and great exhaustion, or with great pain and little exhaustion, or with little pain and great exhaustion, or with little pain and little exhaustion?
A. 12. Gautama! Some living beings are with great pain and great exhaustion, some are with great pain and little exhaustion, some others are with little pain and great
