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Bhagavati Sutra Bk.9 Ch. 32
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Gångeya-Bhante! Are the infernal beings born with a gap or without a gap? Are Asurakumāras born with a gap or without a gap, till are the Vaimānikas born with a gap or without a gap? Do the infernal beings die with a gap or without a gap, till do the Vyantaras die with a gap or without a gap ? Do the Jyotiskas descend with a gap or without a gap, till do the Vaimānikas descend with a gap or without a gap ?
.. महवीर-गंगेया ! संतरं पि णेरइया उववज्जति णिरंतरं पि णरइया उववज्जति जाव...संतरं पि थपियकुमारा उववज्जति णिरंतरं पि थणियकुमारा उववज्जति । णो संतरं पुढविक्काइया उववज्जति णिरंतरं पुढविक्काइया उववज्जति एवं जाव...वणस्सइकाइया। सेसा जहा णेरइया जाव...संतरं पि वेमाणिया उववज्जति णिरंतरं पि वेमाणिया उववज्जति । संतरं पि रइया उव्वट्ट ति णिरंतरं पि णेरइया उव्वट्टति एवं जाव... थणियकुमारा। णो संतरं पुढविक्काइया उव्वट्टति णिरंतरं पुढविक्काइया उव्वट्ट ति एवं जाव...वणस्सइकाइया। सेसा जहा णेरइया णवरं जोइसियवेमाणिया चयंति अभिलावो जाव...संतरं पि वेमाणिया चयंति णिरंतरं पि वेमाणिया चयंति ।
Mahävira-Gängeya ! The infernal beings may be born with a gap or without a gap till Stanitkumāras may be born with a gap or without a gap. Earth bodies are born, not with a gap, but without a gap, till plants. The rest, till the Vaimānikas, are like the infernal beings who may be born with a gap or without a gap. The infernal beings may die with a gap or without a gap, and repeat this till Stanitkumāras. Earth bodies die, not with a gap, but without, and repeat this till plants. The rest are like the infernal beings, except the Jyotişkas and Vaimānikas who descend (not die), with a gap as well as without.
रइया
गांगेय-सओ भंते ! णेरइया उववज्जति असओ भंते ! उववज्जति ?
Gängeya-Bhante ! Are the existing infernal beings born ? Are the non-existing infernal beings born ?
