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—251) THE STATE OF INNATE CHANGE (PĀRIŅĀMIA) 77
248. Then what is the state of innate change ? The state of innate change is stated to be twofold, viz.
(1) the state of innate change with beginning; and
(2) the state of innate change without beginning. 249. Then what is the state of innate change with beginning ? The state of innate change with beginning is stated to be manifold, as (given in the following verse):
Old spirituous liquor, old molasses, old ghee, and old rice, clouds and cloud-trees, evening, and imaginary towns in the sky i/24//
(And these are additional examples) : the fire falling from heaven, conflagration of directions, roaring of thunder, lightning, thunderstorm, mixture of light of sunset and moon-rise on the first three days of the bright half of a month, fiery ghosts, mist, frost, rising of dust, the lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, halo round the moon, halo round the sun, double moon, double sun, rainbow, parts of rainbow, bright and fierce laugh of a monkey, lines appearing under the solar disc after sunrise and before sunset, the countries (of Bharata, etc.), mountains (such as Himavat, etc.), villages, towns, houses, mountains, underground regions, abodes of Bhavanapati, the hells which are Rayanappabha, Sakkarappabhā, Valuyappabha, Pankappabha, Dhumappabhā, Tama, Tamatama, (the abodes of gods which are) Sohamma, isāna...up to... Anao, Panaa, Arana, Accua, Gevejja, Anuttarovavăiya, isipabbhārā, material monad, (consisting of one single material atom), duad (body composed of two space-points),... up to...a body composed of infinite space-points.
This is the state of innate change with beginning.
250. Then what is the state of innate change without beginning ? The state of innate change without beginning is as follows) :
2 Dhammatthikāa, adhammatthikaa, ägăsatt hikāa, jivatthikäa, poggalatthika a, addhasamaa, the inhabited world (loa), beyond world (aloa), (soul fit to attain) complete salvation from worldly existence, and unfit to attain salvation from worldly existence.
This is the state of innate change without beginning. This is the state of innate change.
251. Then what is the mixture (of them) ?4 The mixture (of them) is (as follows) : The name 'mixture' is given to all such states as
1. Vide supra, sūtra No. 233. 2. Vide supra, sūtra No. 218. 3. Vide supra, sūtra No. 218, for the meanings of loāgāsa and aloāgāsa, 4. Vide supra, sūtra No. 233
