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Bhagavai 6:5:75-80
-: 407 :the islands and oceans is said to be 100000 yojanas in diameter and 316227 yojanas and 3 kosas and 128 dhanușas and a little more than 137, angulas in perimeter. Now, a god of great fortunes ...... up to (3.4) great power, circumambulates 21 times the entire Island of Jambūdvīpa and returns back in as short time as is taken by three times snapping the thumb against the middle finger, pointing in a cursory way, to the Island of Jambūdvīpa. Now suppose the god with such a high and quick speed ...... up to celestial speed, goes on travelling and travelling ....... up to for one day, two days, three days maximally for six months and covers a vast distance. Among gods, with such speed some are capable of traversing the particular mass of darkness (which are numerable yojanas in diameter) and others are not able to traverse another mass of darkness (which is innumerable yojanas in diameter). Such
vast, indeed, O Gautama! the mass of darkness is said to be. 6.76 atthi nam bhamte! tamukkāe gehā i vā? gehāvanā i vā?
no tinatthe samatthe. Is there, O Lord! any houses or any shops in the mass of darkness?
No, that is not possible. 6.77 atthi ņam bhamte! tamukkāe gāmā i vā? jāva sannivesā i vā?
no tiņatthe samatthe. Is there, O Lord! any villages or rest-houses in the mass of darkness?
No, that is not possible. 6.78 atthi nam bhamte! tamukkāe orālā balāhayā samseyamti? sammucchamti?
vāsam vāsamti? hamtā atthi. Are there, O Lord! in the mass of darkness heavy clouds that get moistened, that get mingled together and that shower rain?
Yes, there are. 6.79 tam bhamte! kim devo pakareti? asuro pakareti? nāgo pakareti?
goyamā! devo vi pakareti, asuro vi pakareti, nāgo vi pakareti, O Lord! are they created by a god, an Asura or a Nāga? Gautama! they are created by a god, also by an Asura, also by a Näga. 6.80 atthi ņam bhamte! tamukkāe bādare thaniyasadde? bādare vijjuyāre?
hamtā atthi. Is there, O Lord! in the mass of darkness gross thunder of clouds? Gross lightning? Yes, there are (both).
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