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पंचमी उद्देसो Chapter Five
[ on birds ]
• एवं वयासी :
made the following submission : प्रश्न ७६ - खहयरपंचिंदिय-तिरिक्ख - जोणियाणं भंते ! कइविहे जोणीसंगहे पणते ?
Q. 79. Bhante ! How are the five-organ aerial beings (birds) born?
उत्तर ७६--गोयमा ! तिविहे जोणीसंगहे पण्णते तं जहा -- अंडया पोयया समुच्छिमा । एवं जहा जीवाभिगमे जाव... णो चेव णं ते विमाणे वीईव - एज्जा एमहालया णं गोयमा ! ते विमाणा पण्णत्ता ।
Gāthā :
A. 79. Gautama ! They are born in three ways, viz., from eggs (andaja), with a foetus (potaja) and without mating. For details refer to Jivabhigama Sutra, till 'so expansive are the vimānas stated to be that they cannot be crossed through'.
गाहा जोणी संग्रह - लेसा दिट्ठी णाण य जोग-उवओगे । उववाय-ट्ठिइ- समुग्धाय चवण - जाइ - कुल-विहीओ ॥
Mode of birth, tinges, outlook, Activities, knowledge, yoga, upayoga, Genesis, span of life, samudghāta,* Descent from heaven, caste and line.
सेवं भंते
सेवं भंते ! त्ति ।
— Bhante : Right you are. It is truly so.
पंचमो उद्देसो सम्मत्तो । Chapter Five ends.
