Viyahapannatti 25.4.881

25.4.881

"How many yugmas, Venerable Sir, have been expounded?"
"Gautama! Four yugmas have been expounded, namely: kṛtayugma up to kalyoja."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'Four yugmas have been expounded, namely: kṛtayugma up to kalyoja'?"
"Just as in the eighteenth śataka, the fourth uddeśaka, exactly so up to: 'For that reason, Gautama, it is said thus.'"
"For the inhabitants of hell, Venerable Sir, how many yugmas have been expounded?"
"Gautama! Four yugmas have been expounded, namely: kṛtayugma up to kalyoja."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'For the inhabitants of hell four yugmas have been expounded, namely: kṛtayugma...'?"
"The explanation is the same. Likewise up to wind-bodied souls."
"Venerable Sir, regarding plant-bodied souls—" [the query].
"Gautama! Plant-bodied souls are sometimes kṛtayugma, sometimes tryoja, sometimes dvāparayugma, sometimes kalyoja."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'Plant-bodied souls up to sometimes kalyoja'?"
"Gautama! With reference to rebirth. For that reason, it is the same. Two-sensed beings are like the inhabitants of hell. Likewise up to the vaimānikas. Liberated souls are like plant-bodied souls."
"Of how many kinds, Venerable Sir, have all substances been expounded?"
"Gautama! All substances have been expounded as sixfold, namely: the substance of the principle of motion, the substance of the principle of rest up to the temporal unit of time."
"Venerable Sir, is the substance of the principle of motion, in terms of substance, kṛtayugma up to kalyoja?"
"Gautama! It is not kṛtayugma, not tryoja, not dvāparayugma; it is kalyoja. Likewise also the substance of the principle of rest; likewise also the substance of space."
"Venerable Sir, the substance of the soul—" [the query].
"Gautama! It is kṛtayugma; not tryoja, not dvāparayugma, not kalyoja."
"Venerable Sir, the substance of matter—" [the query].
"Gautama! It is sometimes kṛtayugma up to sometimes kalyoja. The temporal unit of time is like the substance of the soul."
"Venerable Sir, is the substance of the principle of motion, in terms of space-points, kṛtayugma—" [the query]?
"Gautama! It is kṛtayugma; not tryoja, not dvāparayugma, not kalyoja. Likewise up to the temporal unit of time."
"Among these, Venerable Sir, the substance of the principle of motion, the substance of the principle of rest up to temporal units of time, in terms of substance—?"
"Their comparative numerical proportion is completely just as in the 'Many Statements'."
"Venerable Sir, is the substance of the principle of motion occupied [in space] or unoccupied?"
"Gautama! It is occupied, not unoccupied."
"If it is occupied, is it occupied by numerable space-points, occupied by innumerable space-points, or occupied by infinite space-points?"
"Gautama! It is not occupied by numerable space-points; it is occupied by innumerable space-points; it is not occupied by infinite space-points."
"If it is occupied by innumerable space-points, is it occupied by a kṛtayugma of space-points—" [the query]?
"Gautama! It is occupied by a kṛtayugma of space-points, not occupied by a tryoja of space-points, not occupied by a dvāparayugma of space-points, not occupied by a kalyoja of space-points. Likewise also the substance of the principle of rest; likewise also the substance of space. The substance of the soul, the substance of matter, and the temporal unit of time are just the same."
"Venerable Sir, is this Ratnaprabhā earth occupied or unoccupied?"
"Just as the substance of the principle of motion. Likewise up to the seventh lower earth. In Saudharma it is just the same. Likewise up to the Īṣatprāgbhārā earth."