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44 AŅUOGADDĀRĀIM
[SUTTAS 154 part,...up to...or touch all (parts of) the world ? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, they touch a numerablth part, touch an innumerablth part, touch many numerablth parts, or touch many innumerablth parts, or touch the (whole) world less by one part. In respect of many substances, they necessarily touch all (parts of) the world.
153 [2] The non-serial substances and the unspeakable substances are to be spoken of just as in the case of place (sūtra 152 [1]), only substituting 'touch' (for 'exist in').
154. (About the duration, it is asked) : How long, according to (the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, do the serial substances endure in time ? (The reply is that) in respect of one substance, they endure for one instant in the minimum and for innumerable instants of time in the maximum. In respect of many substances, they necessarily endure for oll the time.
Similarly, the other two also (are to be spoken of).
155. (About interval of time, it is asked): How long, according to the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, is the interval of the serial substances in time? Of all the three (viz, serial, non-serial and unspeakable substances) in respect of one substance, it is for one instant in the minimum and for innumerable (instants of) time in the maximum. In respect of many substances, there is no interval.
156. (About spatial parts, it is asked): In how many parts, according to the standpoints of) negama and vavahära, of the remaining substances, can the serial substances exist ? All the three (are to be spoken of) as in the case of the serial as substance-potential (in sutra No. 112 [1]--[3]).
157. (About the mode or state of substance, it is asked): In what state, according to the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra can the serial substances exist ? (The reply is that) the three (viz. the serial, non-serial and the unspeakable substances) necessarily exist in the state of innate change with beginning.
158 [1]. (About the comparison of the aspect of being less or more in number, it is asked): Which of these, O Lord, viz. the serial substances, the non-serial substances, and the unspeakable substancesare, according to the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, between themselves, (comparatively) less, more, equal and extra-plus (vises ahiya), in respect of substance, space-point, and substance-cum-space-point ? According to the standpoints of) negama and vavahāra, O Goyama, the
