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Bhagavai 5:6:134-137
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Anņautthiya-padam 5.136 annautthiyū nam bhamte! evamātikkhamti jāva parūvemti--se jahānāmae
juvamti juvāne hatthe nam hatthe genhejjā, cakkassa vā nābhī argăuttā siyā, evāmeva jāva cattāri pamca joyanasayāim bahusamāinne manuyaloe
manussehim. The Topic of the Heretics
'Heretics, O Lord! say thus ...... up to propound thus—just like the hand of a maiden is tightly clasped by the hand of a youth or like the hub of a wheel (of a cart) is connected with spokes from all sides, in the same way ...... up to a part of human world measuring four-to-five hundred yojanas is densely
filled up by human beings (there being no gap between them). 5.137 se kahameyam bhamte! evam?
goyamā! jannam te annautthiyā evamātikkhamti jāva bahusamāinne manuyaloe manussehim. je te evamāhamsu, miccham te evamāhamsu. aham puna goyamā! evamāikkhāmi jāva parūvemi-se jahānāmae juvatim juvāne hatthenam hatthe genhejjā, .cakkassa vā nābhi aragāuttă siyā, evāmeva jāva catāri pamca joyanasayāim bahusamāinne nirayaloe neraiehim. Is it so, O Lord? Gautama! the heretics who say thus ...... up to human world is densely filled by human beings, make a false statement. I, however, O Gautama! say thus ..... propound thus—just like the hand of a maiden is tightly clasped by the hand of a youth or like the hub of a wheel (of a cart) is connected with spokes from all sides, in the same way .... a part of the infernal world measuring four-to-five hundred yojanas is densely filled up by the infernal beings (there being no gap between them).
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 136-137
In the present dialogue, the perverse nature of deluded clairvoyant (the heretics) is illustrated. The person with deluded clairvoyance is in utter confusion mistaking the infernal world as the human world and the infernals as the humans. This is their perverse clairvoyance. See Bha. 3/222-239.
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