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Bhagavai 6:5:81-86 6.81 tam bhamte! kim devo pakareti? asuro pakareti? nāgo pakareti?
tinni vi pakaremti. Are they created, O Lord! by a god, an Asura, or a Nāga?
All the three create it. 6.82 atthi nam bhamte! tamukkāe bādare pudhavikāe? bādare aganikāe?
no tinatthhe samatthe, nannattha viggahagatisamāvannaenam. Is there, O Lord! in the mass of darkness gross earth-bodied (beings), gross fire-bodied beings?
That is not possible, excepting the souls that are in-transit. 6.83 atthi nam bhamte! tamukkāe camdima-sūriya-gahagana-nakkhatta-tārā-rūvā?
no tiņashhe samatthe, paliyassao puņa atthi. Are there, O Lord! in the mass of darkness moons, suns, planets, constellations and stars?
That is not possible, though there are such bodies in the vicinity. 6.84 atthi nam bhamte! tamukkāe camdābhā ti vā? sūrābhā ti vā?
no tinatthhe samatthe, kādūsaniyā puna sā. Is there, O Lord! in the mass of darkness the lustre of the moon? The lustre of the sun? No, this is not possible, but the lustre of the sun and the moon which are in
vicinity becomes dim when it reaches there. 6.85 tamukkāe nam bhamte! kerisae vannaenam pannatte?
goyamā! käle kālobhāse gambhire lomaharisajanane bhime uttasanae paramakinhe vannenam pannatte. deve vi nam atthegatie je nam tappadhamayāe päsittā ņam khubhāejjā, ahenam abhisamāgacchejjā tao pacchā sīham-sīham turiyam-turiyam khippāmeva vītīvaejjā. What has been, O Lord! stated to be the colour of the mass of the darkness? Gautama! it is said to be black, with black appearance, grave, causing horripilation, fearful, terrifying, and pitch dark in colour. At its first sight, even a god gets agitated and by chance, if he enters it, he at once would come
out very quickly and very rapidly (at a speed faster than that of mind). 6.86 tamukāyassa nam bhamte! kati nāmadhejjā pannatta?
goyamā! terasa nămadhejjā pannattā, tam jahā tame i vā, tamukkāe i vā, amdhakāre i vā, mahamdhakāre i vā, logamdhakāre i vā, logatamise i vā, devamdhakāre i vā, devatamise i vā, devaranne i vā, devavūhe i vā, devaphalihe i vā, devapadikkhobhe i vā, arunodae i vā, samudde. What are stated to be the designations of the mass of darkness, O Lord? Gautama! there are stated to be thirteen designations which are tama, tamaskāya, andhakāra, mahāndhakāra, lokāndhakāra, lokatamisra, devāndha
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