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Bhagavai 5:7:157-159
Does it, O Lord! burn there? Gautama! this is not possible. No weapon can operate on it. Can it, O Lord! pass through the middle of a dense cloud called Puskarasamvartaka? Yes, it can pass through. Does it become wet there? Gautama! this is not possible. No weapon can operate on it. Can it, O Lord! quickly cruise against the current of the great river Gangā? Yes, it can. Does it, O Lord! get destroyed there? Gautama! this is not possible. No weapon can operate on it. Can it, O Lord! extend itself in the whirlpool of water or a drop of water? Yes, it can. Does it, O Lord! get pressed there? Gautama! this is not possible. No weapon can operate on it. 5.158 evam jāva asamkhejjapaesio.
In the same way ..... up to a material cluster of innumerable number of
pradeśas (consisting of innumerable number of paramānus). 5.159 anamtapaesie nam bhamte! khamde aganikāyassa majjhammajjhenam
vīivaejjā? hamtā vīivaejjā. se nam bhamte! tattha jhiyāejjā? goyamā! atthegaie jhiyāejjā, atthegaie no jhiyāejjä. se nam bhamte! pukkhalasamvattagassa mahāmehassa majjhammajjhenam vīivaejjā? hamtā vīvaejjā. se nam bhamte! tattha ulle siya? goyamā! atthegaie ulle siyā, atthegaie no ulle siyā. se nam bhamte! gamgāe mahānadie padisoyam havvamāgacchejjā? hamtā havvamāgacchejjā. se nam bhamte! tattha viņihāyamāvajjejjä? goyamā! atthegaie viņihāyamāvajjejjā, atthegaie no viņihāyamāvajjejjā. se nam bhamte! udagāvattam vā udagabimdum vā ogāhejjā? hamtā ogāhejjā. se nam bhamte! tattha pariyāvajjejjā? goyamā! atthegaie pariyāvajjejjā, atthegaie no pariyāvajjejjā. Can a material cluster of infinite number of pradeśas (consisting of infinite number of paramānus), O Lord! pass through the middle of a fire-body? Yes, it can pass. Does it, O Lord! burn there? Gautama! some of them burn, some of them do not burn.
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