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Q. 141. Bhante! Is a monk with an advanced soul capable, without the help of external matter, to create a vast village form, a vast town form or the form of a cluster of towns ?
A. 141. No, he cannot. And like this the second statement, with this difference : with the help of external matter, he is capable to transform.
Q. 142. Bhante ! The said monk with an advanced soul -how many village forms is he capable to transform ?
A. 142. Gautama ! Keeping in view the example of a lass and a lad, or the spokes fitted into the axle of a wheel, (all) as aforesaid,...till such power has never been used, is never used, nor will it ever be used ; and like this....till a cluster of towns.
[ Camara's body-guard gods ] प्रश्न १४३-चमरस्स णं भंते ! असुरिंदस्स असुररण्णो कइ आयरक्खदेवसाहस्सीओ पण्णत्ताओ ?
उत्तर १४३-गोयमा! चत्तारि चउट्ठीओ आयरक्खदेवसाहस्सीओ पण्णत्तागो। तं णं आयरक्खा वण्णओ जहा रायप्पसेणइज्जे एवं सम्वेसिं इंदाणं जस्स जतिआ आयरक्खा ते भाणियव्वा ।
Q. 143. Bhante ! How many thousand are the bodyguard gods (Ātmarakşaka-deva) of Camara, the Indra of the Asuras, their king ?
A. 143. Gautama ! The number of body-guard gods is stated to be 64,000. The description of the body-guard gods needs be given, and the number of body-guard gods of different Indras needs be stated24.
# Hà ! Ha! fel
Bhante! So they are. Glory be to the Lord ! So saying, Bhagavān Gautama paid his homage and obeisance to the Lord, and having done so, he withdrew to his seat.
छट्ठो उदेसो सम्मत्तो । Chapter Six ends
