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भगवती सूत्रः शः ६ उः ६ ____A. 107. Gautama ! It goes till the end of the sphere, and attains the end of the sphere.
Q. 108. Bhante ! On arriving there, does it take food ? Does it transform it (the Food) ? Does it take a body ?
A. 108. Gautama ! On arriving there, some of these take food, transform it and take a body ; but some others, on arriving there, return, come back (to this earth), and depart again by a second māraṇāntika samudghäta. And having departed thus, they are born as earth-bodies in one of the uncountable ( number of ) lakh abodes of the earthbodies on an immeasurable fraction of a finger, or on a measurable fraction of a finger, on a hair-tip, or on two to nine hair tips, and like this, on a likṣā, a yukā or a yava size (all fractional portions) of a finger, ... till a crore (10 million) yojanas, kodākodi yojanas, or till the end of the sphere minus one prade sa of it, whereafter, these souls take food, transform it and take a body. What has been stated about the eastern side of Mount Meru will apply also to the south, to the west and to the north, up and down. What has been stated about the earth-bodies will apply to all one-organ beings-- six items are to be stated for each.
प्रश्न १०९-जीवे णं भंते ! मारणंतिय-समुग्धाएणं समोहणइ। समोहणित्ता जे भविए असंखेज्जेसु बेइंदियावास-सयसहस्सेसु अण्णयरंसि बेइंदियावासंसि बेइंदियत्ताए उववज्जित्तए से णं भंते ! तत्थगए चेव ?
उत्तर १०९-जहा रइया एवं जाव...अणुत्तरोववाइया।
प्रश्न ११०-जीवे णं भंते ! मारणंतिय-समुग्धाएणं समोहए । समोहणित्ता जे भविए पंचसु अणुत्तरेसु महइमहालएसु महाबिमाणेसु अण्णयरंसि अणुत्तरविमाणंसि अणुत्तरोववाइय-देवत्ताए से णं भंते ! तत्थगए चेव ?
उत्तर ११०-तं चेव जाव...आहारेज्ज वा परिणामेज्ज वा सरीरं वा बंधेज्ज वा।
