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Bhagavati Sutra Bk. 9 Ch. 31
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प्रश्न ६१-तस्स णं भंते ! पसिस्सा वि सिझंति जाव... अंतं करेंति ?
Q. 61. Bhante ! Is his disciple in the second generation perfected, till ends all misery?
उत्तर ६१ ---एवं चेब जाव...अंतं करेंति। A. 61. As aforesaid, till ends all misery. प्रश्न ६२–से णं भंते ! कि उड्ड होज्जा ?
Q. 62. Bhante ! Do people like this live in the upper regions ?
उत्तर ६२ -जहेव असोच्चाए जाव...तदेवक देसभाए होज्जा ।
A. 62. As aforesaid in the case of those without hearing, till a portion of the oceans.
प्रश्न ६३-से णं भंते ! एगसमए णं केवइया होज्जा?
Q. 63. Bhante ! How many of them may live in a unit of time (samaya)?
उत्तर ६३-- गोयमा ! जहण्णणं एक्को वा दो वा तिणि वा उक्कोसेणं अट्ठसयं। से तेण?णं गोयमा! एवं वुच्चइ-सोच्चा णं केवलिस्स वा जाव... केवलिउवासियाए वा जाव...अत्थेगइए केवलणाणं उप्पाडेज्जा अत्थेगइए केवलणाणं णो उप्पाडेज्जा ।
A. 63. Gautama ! Minimum one, two or three and maximum one hundred and eight. Hence I say, on hearing, till some may have and some others may not have the supreme knowledge.
-सेवं भंते ! सेवं भंते ! त्ति। --Bhante! So it is. You are right.
एगतीसइमो उद्देसो समत्तो। Chapter Thirty one ends.
