Viyahapannatti 23.1.830

23.1.830

rāyagihe jāva evaṃ vayāsī–aha bhaṃte! āluya-mūlaga-siṃgabera-haliddā-ruru-kaṃḍariya-jāru-chīrabirāli-kiṭṭhi-kuṃdu-kaṇhākaḍabhu-madhu-puyalai-mahusiṃgi-niruhā-sappasugaṃdhā-chiṇṇaruha-bīyaruhāṇaṃ–eesi ṇaṃ je jīvā mūlattāe vakkamaṃti? evaṃ ettha vi mūlādīyā dasa uddesagā kāyavvā vaṃsavaggasarisā, navaraṃ–parimāṇaṃ jahanneṇaṃ ekko vā do vā tinni vā, ukkoseṇaṃ saṃkhejjā vā asaṃkhejjā vā anaṃtā vā uvavajjaṃti|
avahāro–goyamā! te ṇaṃ anaṃtā samaye-samaye avahīramāṇā-avahīramāṇā anaṃtāhiṃ osappiṇīhiṃ ussappiṇīhiṃ evatikāleṇaṃ avahīraṃti, no ceva ṇaṃ avahiyā siyā| ṭhitī jahanneṇa vi ukkoseṇa vi aṃtomuhuttaṃ, sesaṃ taṃ ceva

In Rājagṛha, up to: he spoke thus: "Now, Venerable Sir, those souls who pass into existence as the roots of āluka, mūlaka, śṛṅgavera, haridrā, ruru, kaṇḍarika, jāru, kṣīravirālī, kiṭṭhi, kundu, kṛṣṇakaḍambhu, madhu, payalaī, madhuśṛṅgī, niruhā, sarpasugandhā, chinnaruhā, and bījaruhā?" In this manner here too, ten uddeśakas beginning with root are to be stated similar to the bamboo group, with this difference: regarding quantity, minimally one, two, or three, [and] maximally a countable number, an innumerable number, or infinitely many take rebirth.
Depletion: "Gautama! If those infinite [souls] were depleted time-point by time-point, they would be depleted over a span of infinitely many avasarpiṇīs and utsarpinīs; yet they would not be [fully] depleted." Lifespan duration is minimally as well as maximally an antarmuhūrta; the rest is just that.