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(Universe) were collected together, it cannot be shown to be of the size of a nit (egg of a louse). Gautama! I will explain to you by an example, how the collected mass of the happiness or of misery of the living beings of the entire Universe cannot be of the size of a nit. Suppose a powerful and affluent god goes through the Jambū Dvipa of the size of One hundred-thousand yojanas in length and breadth twenty-one times during the space of a wink of the eye with a pot full of some scented substance in his hand and suppose he carefully sprinkles the scented substance over the entire area, then, will the particles of the scented powder touch the area of Jambu Dvipa or not?
Indrabhūti Cautama:-Bhagavan ! Yes Bhagavan ! The minute particles of the scented substance will spread over the Jambo Dvipa and will touch its entire area.
Bhagavāna:- Gautama ! Now, if any one were desirous of collecting the minute particles of the scented substance, will he be able to collect them to the size of a nit (an egg of a :louse) and show them ?
Indrabhati Gautama:-No, Bhagavan ! He will not be able to collect and to show the minute particles of the scented substance.
Bhagavāna:-In the same manner, no one is able to collect and show the entire mass of happiness or misery of all the liv. ing beings of the Universe, even to the size of a nit (egg of a louse). कोलडिगमायमवि निप्फावमायमवि कलममायमवि मासमायमवि मुग्गमाय. मवि जूयामायमवि लिक्खामायमवि अभिनिवटेता उवदंसित्तए, से कहमेयं मंते ! एवं ? गोयमा ! जन्नं ते अन्नउत्थिया एत्रमाइक्खंति जाव मिच्छं ते एवमासु। अहं पुण गोयमा ! एवमाइक्खामि जाव परूवेमि सव्वलोएवि य ण सव्वजीवाण' णो चकिया कोई सुह वा त चेव जाव उवदंसित्तए । से केणटेण ? गोयमा ! अयन्न जंबूद्दीचे २.
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