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exhaustion, and still others are with little pain and little exhaustion.
Q. 13. Why are they so ?
A. 13. Gautama! A monk who has courted a pratimā is one with great pain and great exhaustion ; infernal beings of the sixth and the seventh hells are with great pain and little exhaustion ; a monk fixed rock-like is with little pain and great exhaustion ; and gods in the anuttara (top most) vimänas are with little pain and little exhaustion.
TIET :
महावेयणे य वत्थे कद्दम-खंजणकए य अहिगरणी तणहत्थे य कवल्ले करण-महावेयणा जीवा।
Couplet
Great Pain, Cloth soaked in mud And in.wheel dirt, Anvil, A handful of Hay, an Iron-ball, Instruments, Beings with great Pain.
hava! ! fai
Bhante! So they are. Glory be to the Lord. So saying, Bhagavān Gautama paid his homage and obeisance to Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira and having paid his homage and obeisance, he withdrew to his seat.
पढपो उद्देसो सम्मत्तो | Chapter One ends