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Bhagaval 3:2:122-126
the upper-region, he travels some what more than the latter. 3.123 sakkassa nam bhamte! devimdassa devaranno ovayaṇakilassa ya, uppayaṇakalassa ya kayare kayarehimto appe va? bahue va? tulle va? visesāhie vā? goyama! savvatthove sakkassa devimdassa devaranno uppayaṇakāle, ovayaṇakäle samkhejjagune.
O Lord, what is the comparatively numerical strength of the speed-little, more or similar or somewhat more-of Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, while travelling downward and while travelling upward? Gautama, the time taken by Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, for travelling upward is the least, while, whereas the time taken for downward movement is numerable times more than that.
3.124 camarassa vi jahā sakkassa, navaram savvatthove ovayaṇakale, uppayaṇakale samkhejjagune.
The motion of Camara is to be described just like that of Sakra, the difference being only that his downward movement takes the least time, whereas his upward movement takes time that is numerable times more than the latter.
3.125 vajjassa pucchā.
goyama! savvatthove uppayaṇakāle, ovayaṇakāle visesāhie.
The query about the Vajra.
Gautama, the upward movement of the Vajra takes the least time, whereas the downward movement somewhat more than the latter.
3.126 eyassa nam bhamte! vajjassa, vajjähivaissa, camarassa ya asurimdassa asuraranno ovayaṇakalassa ya, uppayaṇakālassa ya kayare kayarehimto appe vā? bahue va? tulle vä? visesähie vä?
goyama! sakkassa ya uppayanakäle, camarassa ya ovayaṇakale-ee nam donni vi tulla savvatthova, sakkassa ya ovayaṇakäle, vajjassa ya uppayaṇakāle-esa nam donha vi tulle samkhejjagune, camarassa ya uppayaṇakäle, vajjassa ya ovayaṇakāle-esa nam donha vi tulle visesăhie.
O Lord, what is the comparatively numerical strength-little, more similar or somewhat more-of time taken by the Vajra, Sakra, the possessor of the Vajra and Camara, the chief and the king of Asuras, to travel downwards and upwards?
Gautama, the time of the upward movement of the Sakra and the time of downward movement of Camara are similar (equal) and the least. The downward movement of Sakra and the upward movement of the Vajra are both equal, numerable times more than the latter. The upward movement of the Camara and the downward movement of the Vajra are both equal, but little more than the latter.
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