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Bhagavati Sutra Bk. 7 Ch. 1
A. 9. Gautama ! Verily does he renounce the means to life (food), renounces something difficult to renounce. does something difficult to perform, renounces a rare object and attains right faith. Thereafter he is perfected, till ends all misery.
[ goal of a karma-free soul]
प्रश्न १०-अस्थि णं भंते ! अकम्मस्स गई पण्णायइ ?
Q. 10. Bhante : Does a soul freed from the fetters of karma attain its goal ?
उत्तर १०-हंता अस्थि । A. 10. Yes, it does. प्रश्न ११-कहं णं भंते ! अकम्मस्स गई पण्णायई ? Q. 11. Bhante ! How does it attain its goal ?
उत्तर ११-गोयमा ! णिस्संगयाए णिरंगणयाए गइपरिणामेणं बंधणछेयणयाए णिरिंधणयाए पुव्वप्पओगेणं अकम्मस्स गई पण्णायइ ।
A. 11. (It attains its goal) because of non-association, because of non-attachment, because of transmigration, because of cutting asunder the bondage, because of the absence of ignition, because of prior exertion-a soul is thus freed from the fetters of karma.
प्रश्न १२-कहं णं भंते ! णिस्संगयाए णिरंगणयाए गईपरिणामेणं अकम्मस्स गई पण्णायइ ?
Q. 12. Bhante ! How does a soul freed from the fetters of karma attain its goal because of non-association, non-attachment and transmigration ?
उत्तर १२-से जहाणामए केइ पुरिसे सुक्कं तुंबं णिच्छिडु णिरुवहयं आणुपुब्बीए परिकम्मेमाणे परिकम्मेमाणे दब्भेहि य कुसेहि य वेढेइ । वेढेत्ता
