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Bhagavati Satra Bk. 11 Ch. 10
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with such a superhuman speed, one dashes from one end of the universe, in the four directions, east, west, north and south, and in the four sub-directions, north-east, south-east, north-west and south west, one up and on: down, and just then a gåthåpati has a son born to him with a life span of one thousand years, and after this the parents of the boy pass away, the boy himself completes his life-span and passes away, his bones and marrows are dilapidated, even seven generations pass after him and his name and lineage have totally faded out, even after walking for such a long time and that too at a superhuman speed, they cannot reach the end of the space.
प्रश्न ७४-तं चेव जाव...तेसि णं देवाणं किं गए बहुए अगए बहुए ?
Q.74. Bhantel Is the part of the space already traversed bigger, or is the untraversed part bigger ?
उत्तर ७४–गोयमा ! णो गए बहुए आगए बहुए गयाउ से अगए अणंतगुणे अगयाउ से गए अणंतभागे अलोए णं गोयमा ! एमहालए पण्णत्ते।
A. 74. Gautama ! The traversed part is lesser and the untraversed part is bigger, the latter being infinitely larger than the former, or the former infinitely smaller than the latter. Gautama | The space has been stated to be so vast.
[ Space-points of the Soul placed on a Space-point
of the Sky : Example of a Dancer ]
प्रश्न ७५–लोगस्स णं भंते ! एगंमि आगासपएसे जे एगिदियपएसा जाव... पंचिंदियपएसा अणिदियपएसा अण्णमण्णवद्धा अण्णमण्णपुट्ठा जाव...अण्णमण्णसमभरघडत्ताए चिट्ठति ? अत्थि णं भंते ! अण्णमण्णस्स किंचि आबाहं वा वाबाहं वा उप्पायंति छविच्छेदं वा करेंति ?
