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The Seventeenth Leshya-pada: The Third Uddeshaka [291] Gotama! How much *field* does a *Nila-leshya* (blue-leshya) hell-being know and see, compared to a *Krishna-leshya* (black-leshya) hell-being? [291] Gotama! He knows and sees a *bahutaraaga* (very large) *field*, he knows and sees a *durataraaga* (farther) *field*, he knows and sees a *vitimirataraga* (without delusion) *field*, he knows and sees a *visuddhataraaga* (perfectly pure) *field*. [Pr.] Bhagavan! Why is it said that a *Nila-leshya* hell-being knows and sees a *field* up to the *visuddhataraaga* level, compared to a *Krishna-leshya* hell-being? [U.] Gotama! Just as a man climbs a mountain from a very beautiful and pleasant land, and after climbing the mountain, he looks around in all directions and sub-directions, then that man knows and sees a *bahutaraaga* *field* compared to a man on the ground, up to the *visuddhataraaga* *field*. Therefore, Gotama! It is said that a *Nila-leshya* hell-being knows and sees a *field* up to the *visuddhataraaga* level, compared to a *Krishna-leshya* hell-being. [3] Gotama! How much *field* does a *Kaula-leshya* (white-leshya) hell-being know and see, compared to a *Nila-leshya* hell-being? [3] Gotama! He knows and sees a *bahutaraaga* *field*, up to the *visuddhataraaga* *field*. [Pr.] Bhagavan! Why is it said that a *Kaula-leshya* hell-being knows and sees a *field* up to the *visuddhataraaga* level? [U.] Gotama! Just as a man climbs a mountain from a very beautiful and pleasant land, and after climbing the mountain, he climbs a tree, and after climbing the tree, he raises his two feet and looks around in all directions and sub-directions, then that man knows and sees a *bahutaraaga* *field* compared to a man on the mountain and on the ground, up to the *vitimirataraga* (*visuddhataraaga*) *field*.