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this bondage, many souls may not acquire this ; or, one soul may acquire this bondage and another may not acquire this ; or one soul may acquire this bondage and many may not acquire this ; or many souls may acquire this bondage and one soul may not acquire this ; or many souls may acquire this bondage and many souls may not acquire this eight forms in all.
प्रश्न ८- णं भंते! जीवा णाणावरणिज्जस्स कम्मस्स किं वेयगा अवेयगा?
Q. 8. Bhante! Do these souls in an Utpala experience karma obstructing knowledge, or do they not experience it ?
उत्तर ८-गोयमा! णो अवेयगा वेयए वा वेयगा वा। एवं जाव... अंतराइयस्स।
A. 8. Gautama ! They do experience it and do not go without experience. When there is a single soul, the experience comes to one ; when there are many souls, it comes to many. Like this, tilt karma causing obstruction.
प्रश्न ९ ते णं भंते ! जीवा किं सायावेयगा असायावेयगा ? .
Q. 9. Bhante ! Is this experience wholesome in nature or unwholesome ?
उत्तर ९-गोयमा ! सायावेयए वा असायावेयए वा अट्ठ भंगा।
A. 9. Gautama ! For one soul, it may be wholesome ; for another soul, it may be unwholesome, the same eight forms as stated before.
प्रश्न १०-ते णं भंते ! णाणावरणिज्जस्स कम्मस्स किं उदई अणुदई ?
Q. 10. Bhante ! Does karma enshrouding knowledge in the case of the souls in an Utpala come up, or does it not come up ?
