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166. [The Vaṇavyantara Devas] rule, govern, own, possess, are superior, are powerful, and are commanders, and they cause others to do the same. They also maintain and cause others to maintain their own fiery wives, their own councils, their own armies, their own army commanders, their own self-protecting Devas, and many other Vaṇavyantara Devas and Devis. While doing so, they enjoy divine pleasures with great festivity, dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments like the vīṇā, the tal, the tāla (kāṁsa), the truṭit, the ghanamṛdaṅga, etc., and they are surrounded by the great sound produced by these instruments. / 186. [1] "Where, Venerable Sir, are the places of the Pishaca Devas, both those who are worthy and those who are unworthy, described?" "Where, Venerable Sir, do the Pishaca Devas reside?" "Gautama! It is said that on this earth of radiant gems, which is a thousand yojanas thick and made of gems, there are countless Pishaca Devas residing in a million subterranean cities, one hundred yojanas above the gem-like core, one hundred yojanas below it, and eight hundred yojanas in between." "These subterranean cities are round on the outside, and all the descriptions are the same as those given for ordinary buildings in Sutra 177, up to the point where it says 'prototype'." "These are the places of the Pishaca Devas, both those who are worthy and those who are unworthy, described." "They are in the countless parts of the three worlds." "There, many Pishaca Devas reside, who are 'great in merit', and all the descriptions are the same as those given for ordinary Vaṇavyantara Devas in Sutra 188, up to the point where it says 'they wander'." [189-1] "Venerable Sir, where are the places of the Pishaca Devas, both those who are sufficient and those who are insufficient, described?" "Venerable Sir, where do the Pishaca Devas reside?" [189-1] "Gautama! It is said that on this earth of radiant gems, which is a thousand yojanas thick and made of gems, there are countless Pishaca Devas residing in a million subterranean cities, one hundred yojanas above the gem-like core, one hundred yojanas below it, and eight hundred yojanas in between." "These subterranean cities are round on the outside, and all the descriptions are the same as those given for ordinary buildings in Sutra 177, up to the point where it says 'prototype'." "These are the places of the Pishaca Devas, both those who are sufficient and those who are insufficient, described." "They are in the countless parts of the three worlds." "There, many Pishaca Devas reside, who are 'great in merit', and all the descriptions are the same as those given for ordinary Vaṇavyantara Devas in Sutra 188, up to the point where it says 'they wander'." [2] "In these same subterranean cities, the two Pishaca kings, Kāla and Mahākāla, reside, and they are 'great in merit, great in radiance', and all the descriptions are the same as those given in Sutra 188, up to the point where it says 'they wander'." [189-2] "In these same subterranean cities, the two Pishaca kings, Kāla and Mahākāla, reside, and they are 'great in merit, great in radiance', and all the descriptions are the same as those given in Sutra 188, up to the point where it says 'they wander'." 190. [1] "Where, Venerable Sir, are the places of the Pishaca Devas, both those who are worthy and those who are unworthy, described?" "Where, Venerable Sir, do the Pishaca Devas reside?"