[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [俱舍論頌疏論本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823) › 9.12 # 俱舍論頌疏論本 9.12 俱舍論頌疏論本 9.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.9.12) 食香者，第六所食門，中有以香為食，由食香故，名健達縛。若少福者唯食惡香，若多福者妙香為食。非久住者，第七住時門，婆娑師說：「此住少時，一切中有樂求生故，速往受生，必不久住。」更有餘師說極多七七日。尊者世友說極至七日。法救大德說時無定限，生緣未合，中有恒存，故輪王中有要至人壽八萬歲時方頓與果，以世尊說業力不思議故。 > Regarding "feeding on fragrance", this is the sixth topic, on what is eaten. The intermediate existence takes fragrance as food; because it feeds on fragrance, it is called a gandharva. If one has little merit, one feeds only on foul fragrances; if one has great merit, one takes exquisite fragrances as food. Regarding "not remaining long", this is the seventh topic, on duration of stay. The masters of the Vibhāṣā say: "This remains for a brief time; because all intermediate existences delight in seeking rebirth, they swiftly proceed to take rebirth and definitely do not remain long." Still other masters say it lasts at most forty-nine days. The Venerable Vasumitra says it lasts at most seven days. The Elder Dharmatrāta says the time has no fixed limit; as long as the conditions for rebirth have not coalesced, the intermediate existence perpetually persists; thus the intermediate existence of a wheel-turning king must wait until the human lifespan reaches eighty thousand years before suddenly yielding its fruit, because the World-Honoured One taught that the power of karma is inconceivable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.9.11) - [Next: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.9.13) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823~en-mt.9.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.9.12) · Pramāṇa