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A. 242. Gautama ! It is acquired neither by an infernal, nor by an animals, male or female, nor by a god, male or female. Relative to the past, it is acquired by men, male as well as female ; and relative to the present, it is acquired by a man, or a woman, or men, or women, or a man as well as a woman, or a man as well as women, or men as well as a woman, or men as well as women.
प्रश्न २४३-तं भंते ! किं इत्थी बंधइ पुरिसो बंधइ णपुंसगो बंधइ इथिओ बंधति पुरिसा बंधंति णसगा बंधंति णोइत्थी णोपुरिसो गोणपुंसगो बंधइ ?
__Q. 243. Bhante ! Is the bondage due to the iriyāpathiki activity acquired by a woman, or by a man, or by an eunuch, or by women, or by men, or by eunuchs, or by no-woman no-man no-eunuch ?
उत्तर २४३-गोयमा ! णोइत्थी बंधइ णोपुरिसो बंधइ जाव...णोणपुंसगो वंधइ। पुव्वपडिवण्णए पडुच्च अवगयवेदा वा बंधंति पडिवज्जमाणए पडुच्च अवगयवेदो वा बंधइ अवगयवेदा वा बंधति ।
A. 243. Gautama ! Not by a woman, nor by a man, till not by an Eunuch. Relative to the past, it is acquired by living beings who have outlived the use of their sex ; relative to the present, it is acquired by a living being/beings who have outlived the use of their sex.
प्रश्न २४४-जइ भंते ! अवगयवेदो वा बंधइ अवगयवेदा वा बंधंति तं भंते ! कि इत्थीपच्छाकडो बंधइ पुरिसपच्छाकडो बंधइ णऍसगपच्छाकडो बंधइ इत्थिपच्छाकडा बंधंति पुरिसपच्छाकडा बंधंति णपुंसगपच्छाकडा बंधति उदाहु इत्थीपच्छाकडो य पुरिसपच्छाकडो य बंधइ इत्थीपच्छाकडो य पुरिसपच्छाकडा य बंधंति उदाहु इत्थीपच्छाकडो य णपुंसगपच्छाकडो य बंधइ उदाहु पुरिसपच्छाकडो य णपुंसगपच्छाकडो य बंधउदाह इत्थीपच्छाकडो य पुरिसपच्छाकडो य णपुंसगपच्छाकडो य बंधइ। एवं एए छव्वीसं भंगा जाव... उदाहु इत्यीपच्छाकडा य पुरिसपच्छाकडा य गपुंसगपच्छाकडा य बंधंति ?
Q. 244.
Bhante !
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living being/beings who have
