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भगवती सूत्रम् सः ७ उ: ६
pain and sometimes a little pain in this world; and so also when it is in the process of being born. But after it is born, it has uniformly a great pain and scarcely any relief. All this holds, till the Stanitkumaras.
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प्रश्न ८४ - जीवे णं भंते ! जे भवि पुढविक्काइएसु उववज्जित्तए — पुच्छा ?
Q. 84. Bhante ! What about a soul fit to be born among the earth bodies ?
उत्तर ८४ – गोयमा ! इहगए सिय महावेयणे सिय अप्पवेयणे । एवं उववज्जमा वि । अहे णं उववण्णे भवइ तओ पच्छा वेमायाए वेयणं वेदेइ । एवं जाव... .. मणुस्सेसु वाणमंतर - जोइसिय-वेमाणिएसु जहा असुरकुमारेसु ।
A. 84. Gautama ! Such a soul has sometimes a great pain and sometimes a little pain in this world, and so also while it is in the process of being born; but after it is born thither, it has only pain of diverse sort. And this holds, till the human beings. Vānavyantaras, Jyotişkas and Vaimānikas are like the Asurakumāras.
प्रश्न ८५ - जीवा णं भंते ! किं आभोगणिव्वत्तियाउया अणाभोगणिव्वत्तियाज्या ?
Q. 85. Bhante ! Do living beings have a life-span as long as their experiences last or even thereafter?
उत्तर ८५ - गोयमा ! णो आभोगणिव्वत्तियाउया अणाभोगणिव्वत्तियाउया । एवं रइया वि एवं जाव... वेमाणिया ।
A. 85. Not only as long as their experiences last, but even thereafter. This holds from the infernal beings, till the Vaimānikas.
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[ karma, pinful and painfree ]
प्रश्न ८६ - अस्थि णं भंते! जीवाणं कक्कसवेयणिज्जा कम्मा कज्जंति ?
