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भगवती सूत्रः शः ६ उः १०.
[ on intake ] प्रश्न १५८-जेरइया णं भंते ! जे पोग्गले अत्तमायाए आहारेति ते किं आयसरीरखेत्तोगाढे पोग्गले अत्तमायाए आहारेंति अणंतरखेत्तोगाढे पोग्गले अत्तमायाए आहारैति परंपरखेत्तोगाढे पोग्गले अत्तमायाए आहारेंति ?
__उत्तर १५८-गोयमा ! आयसरीरखेत्तोगाढे पोग्गले अत्तमायाए आहारेंति णो अणंतरखेत्तोगाढे पोग्गले अत्तमायाए आहारेंति णो परंपरखेत्तोगाढे । जहा रइया तहा जाव...वेमाणियाणं दंडओ।
Q. 158. Bhante ! The infernal beings take matter by their own self. Do they take matter by their own self from regions which are attached to their own body ? Do they take matter by their own self from regions which are apart from (not attached to) their own body ? Or do they take matter by their own self from regions which are further and further apart ?
A. 158. Gautama ! They take matter by their own self from regions which are attached to their own body; they do not take matter by their own self from regions which are apart from their own body, nor do they take matter by their own self from regions which are further and further apart.
[on the omniscient ]
प्रश्न १५९-केवली णं भंते ! आयाणेहिं जाणइ पासइ ? उत्तर १५९-गोयमा ! णो इणढे समझें। प्रश्न १६०-से केण?णं ?
उत्तर १६०-गोयमा ! केवली णं पुरत्थिमेणं मियं पि जाणइ अमियं पि जाणइ जाव...णिन्वुडे दंसणे केवलिस्स । से तेणठेणं।
Q. 159. Bhante ! Do the omniscient know and see with the help of organs of senses ?
A. 159. No, Gautama, they do not.