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Bhagavai 3:2:118-119
puvvāmeva poggalam khivittā pabhū tameva anupariyattittā ņam genhittae? goyamā! poggale nam khitte samāne puvvāmeva sigghagai bhavittā tato pacchā mamdagati bhavati, deve nam mahiddhie jāva mahāņubhāge puvvim pi pacchā vi sīhe sīhagati ceva turie turiyagatī ceva. se tenatthenam jāva pabhū genhittae. O Lord! in what sense has it been said that the god, possessed of great fortune ...... up to great power, is capable of running after and catching the material body that he had ejected earlier? Gautama, a material body, when ejected, travels fast at the beginning and afterwards travels slow. But the god, possessed of great fortune ...... up to great power, travels fast and swift all along, beginning to end. It is in this
sense that the god is capable of catching the material body. 3.119 jai ņam bhamte! deve mahiddhie jāva pabhū tameva anupariyattittă nam
genhittae, kamhā nam bhamte! sakkenam deviņdenam devarannā camare asurimde asurarāyā no samcāie sähatthim genhittae? goyamā! asurakumārānam devānam ahe gaivisae sīhe-sīhe ceva turie-turie ceva, uddham gaivisae appe-appe ceva mamde-mamde ceva, vemāniyānam devānam uddham gaivisae sīhe-sīhe ceva turie-turie ceva, ahe gaivisae appe-appe ceva mamde-mamde ceva. jāvatiyam khettam sakke devimde devarāyā uddham uppayai ekkenam samaenam, tam vajje dohim, jam vajje dohim, tam camare tihim. savvatthove sakkassa devimdassa devaranno uddhaloyakamdae, aheloyakamdae samkhejjagune. jāvatiyam khettam camare asurimde asurarāyā aheovayai ekkenam samaenam, tam sakke dohim, jam sakke dohim tam vajje tīhim. savvatthove camarassa asurimdasa asuraranno aheloyakamdae, uddhaloya-kamdae samkhejjagune. evam khalu goyamā! sakkeņam deviņdenam devrannā camare asurimde asurarāyā no samcāie sāhatthim genhittae. O Lord!' if the god, possessed of great fortune ...... up to great power, is capable of running and catching the material body ejected earlier by him, then why Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, could not catch by his own hands Camara, the chief and the king of Asuras? Gautama, the act of motion of the Asurakumāra gods in the lower region (downward) is fast and swift, but in the upper region (upward) it is slow and sluggish. The act of motion of the Empyrean gods in the upper region (upward) is fast and swift, but in the lower region (downward) it is slow and sluggish. The distance travelled by Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, in one samaya in the upper region, is travelled by the Vajra in two samayas. The distance travelled by the Vajra in two samayas is travelled by Camara in three samayas. The samaya of the upward flight of Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, is the least, while that of his downward flight is numerable times more.
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