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Bhagavai 5:4:103-106 For what reason it has been said, O Lord! that the gods of the hightest heaven, from their abodes, are capable of entering into dialogue and discussion with the omniscient, residing here? Gautama! whatever import or reason or question or cause or exposition is asked by the gods in the highest heavens, from their abodes, is answered by the omniscient residing here. For this reason it has been said, O Gautama! that the gods in the highest heavens from their abodes are capable of entering
into the dialogue and discussion with the omniscient, residing here. 5.105 ja nnam bhamte! ihagae kevali attham vā heum vā pasiņam vā kāranam vā
vāgaranam vā vāgarei, tannam anuttarovavõiyā devā tatthagayā ceva samānā jāņamti-pāsamti? hamtā jāņamti-pāsamti. Do the gods in the highest heavens, from their abodes know and see the import or reason or question or cause or exposition made by the omniscient, residing here?
Yes, they know and see. 5.106 se kenarthenam bhamte! evam vuccai-jannam ihagae kevali atham vā heum
vā pasinam vā kāranam vā vāgaranam vā vāgarei, tannam anuttarovaväiyā devā tatthagayā ceva sumānā jāņumti-päsamti? goyamā! tesim nam devānam anamtāo manodavvavagganão laddhāo pattāo abhisamannāgayão bhavamti. se tenatthenam goyamā! evam vuccai-jannam ihagae kevali attham vā heum vā pasinam vā kārunam vā vāgaranam vă vägarei, tannam anuttarovavāiyā devā tatthagayā ceva samāṇā jānamti-pāsamti. For what reason has it been said, O lord! that whatever import or reason or question or cause or exposition is made by the omniscient, residing here, can be known and seen by the gods of the highest heavens, from their abodes? Gautama! those gods have the capacity of acquiring, obtaining and getting possession of infinite number of material clusters fit for formation of mind (mental thoughts etc.). For this reason has it been said, O Gautama! that whatever import or reason or question or cause or exposition is made by the omniscient, residing here, is known and seen by the gods of the hightest heaven, residing in their abodes.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 103-106
In the present dialogue, the doctrine of psychical communication has been propounded. When any question arises in the minds of the gods of the highest heavens they, sitted in their abodes, enter into psychic dialogue and discussion with the Omniscient Lord residing in the human world. The Omniscient Lord answers their question at the mental level. The gods know the answer through the modes of
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