Viyahapannatti 1.7.81

1.7.81

jīve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ viggahagaisamāvaṇṇae? aviggahagaisamāvaṇṇae?
goyamā! siya viggahagaisamāvaṇṇae, siya aviggahagaisamāvaṇṇae|
evaṃ jāva vemāṇie|
jīvā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ viggahagaisamāvaṇṇayā? aviggahagaisamāvaṇṇayā?
goyamā! viggahagaisamāvannagā vi, aviggahagaisamāvannagā vi|
neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kiṃ viggahagaisamāvannagā? aviggahagaisamāvannagā?
goyamā! savve vi tāva hojja aviggahagaisamāvannagā| ahavā aviggahagaisamāvannagā, viggahagai-samāvannage ya| ahavā aviggahagaisamāvannagā ya, viggahagaisamāvannagā ya| evaṃ jīva–egiṃdiya-vajjo tiyabhaṃgo|

"Venerable Sir! Has a jīva entered upon bent motion? Or has it entered upon straight motion?"
"Gautama! It may have entered upon bent motion; it may have entered upon straight motion.
In this way up to a celestial being.
Venerable Sir! Have jīvas entered upon bent motion? Or have they entered upon straight motion?"
"Gautama! Some have entered upon bent motion, and some have entered upon straight motion."
"Venerable Sir! Have inhabitants of hell entered upon bent motion? Or have they entered upon straight motion?"
"Gautama! All of them might have entered upon straight motion; or many have entered upon straight motion, and one has entered upon bent motion; or many have entered upon straight motion, and many have entered upon bent motion. In this way, omitting [the generic category of] jīva and one-sensed beings, there is a threefold alternative [throughout]."