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भगवती सूत्र शः ६ उः ३
(of seven types of karma), karma giving life-span excepted. As to karma giving life-span, a diminutive being and a coarse being sometimes bind and sometimes do not bind. A nondiminutive non-coarse being sometimes binds and sometimes does not bind. :
Q. 46. Does one in ultimate body bind karma enshrouding knowledge ? Does one who is not in the ultimate body bind ?
A. 46. Gautama ! Sometimes they bind and sometimes they do not bind--all the eight.
प्रश्न ४७-एएसि णं भंते ! जीवाणं इत्थीवेयगाणं पुरिसवेयगाणं णपुसगवेयगाणं अवेयगाणं य कयरे हिंतो अप्पा वा ४ ?
उत्तर ४७-गोयमा ! सव्वत्थोवा जीवा पुरिसवेयगा इत्थिवेयगा संखेज्जगुणा अवेयगा अणंतगुणा णपु सगवेयगा अणंतगुणा ।
एएसिं सव्वेसिं पयाणं अप्प-बहुगाइं उच्चारेयव्वाइं जाव...सव्वत्थोवा जीवा अचरिमा अणंतगुणा ।
Q. 47. Bhante ! Of those experiencing femalehood, of those experiencing malehood, of those experiencing impotenthood, and of those experiencing none of these, which ones are more, (which ones are less, which ones are at par, and which ones are especially more) ?
A. 47. Gautama ! Smallest are those experiencing malehood. Countable number of times more are those experiencing femalehood. Infinite times more are those who experience nothing. And infinite, times still more than these are those who experience impotenthood.
Of all the aforesaid terms, it is necessary to state whether they are more or less, (and so on)...till smallest in number are the Siddhas and the not-to-be-perfected beings (acarama, i.e., abhavya). Infinite times more than these are the wouldbe-perfected beings (carama, i. e., bhavya)".
