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भगवती सूत्र शः ६ उ.८
Q. 129. Bhante ! What about the moon, etc. ?
A. 129. These are not there.
Q. 130.
Bhante ! Are there villages ?
A. 130.• It is not correct to say so.
Q. 131. Bhante ! Are there the beams of the moon ?
A. 131. Gautama ! It is not correct to say so. And the same account is to be repeated...till the heavens named Sanatkumāra and Māhendra, difference being that these are done by devas alone. To be specifically enquired are the coarse water-bodies, coarse fire-bodies and coarse flora-bodies. The rest as before.
गाहा :
तमुक्काए कप्पपणए अगणि पुढवी य अगणि पुढवीसु । आऊ तेऊ वणस्सई कप्पुवरिमकण्हराईसु ॥
Couplets :
In tamaskāya, ... till five heavens (To note are) fire-bodies and earth-bodies Fire-bodies alone in the worlds (hells)
Water-, fire- and flora-bodies in higher heavens, As also in krsnarāji.
_ [bondage of life-span]
प्रश्न १३२-कइविहे गं भंते! आउयबंधए पण्णते ?
उत्तर १३२-गोयमा ! छबिहे आउयवंधे पण्णते तं जहा-जाइणामणिहत्ताउए गइणामणिहत्ताउए ठिइणामणिहत्ताउए मोगाहणाणामणिहत्ताउए पएसणामणिहत्ताउए अणुभागणामाणहत्ताउए। दंडओ जाव...वेमाणियाणं ।
