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Bhagavai 6:5:91-96
- 411 :breadth is stated to be numerable thousand yojanas and their perimeter is
stated to be, innumerable thousand yojanas. 6.92 kanharātīo nam bhamte! kemahāliyāo pannattão?
goyamā! ayam nam jambuddīve dīve jāva deve nam mahiddhie jāva mahānubhāve iņāmeva-iņāmeva iti kattu kevalakappam jambūdīvam dīvam tihim accharānivāehim tisattakkhutto anupariyatřittà nam havvamāgacchijjā, se nam deve tāe ukkitthāe turiyāe jāva divvāe devagaie vīīvayamāne-vīīvayamāne jāva ekāham vā, duyāham vā, tiyāham vā, ukkosenam addhamāsam vīīvaejjā, atthegaie kanharātīm vīīvaejjā, atthegaie kanharātim no vīvīaejjā, emahāliyão nam goyamā! kanharātīo pannattāo. How vast are the black streaks stated to be, O Lord! Gautama! this Island of Jambūdvīpa ...... up to a god of great fortune ...... up to 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, travelling and travelling ...... up to for one day, two days, three days maximally for half fortnight, covers a vast distance. Among gods, with such speed, some are capable of traversing the particular black streak (which are numerable yojanas in diameter), and others are not able to traverse another black streak (which are innumerable yojanas in diameter). Such
vast, indeed, O Gautama! the black streaks are said to be. 6.93 atthi ņam bhamte! kanharātīsu gehā i vā? gehāvaņā i vā?
no inatthe samatthe. Is there, O Lord! any house or any shop in the black streaks? No, that is not possible. 6.94 atthi nam bhamte! kanharātīsu gāmā i vā? jāva sannivesā i vā?
no inatthe samatthe. Is there, O Lord! any villages or rest-houses in the black streaks? No, that is not possible. 6.95 atthi nam bhamte! kanharätīsu orālā balāhayā samseyamti? sammucchamti?
vāsam vásamti? hamtā atthi. Are there, O Lord! in the black streaks heavy clouds that get moistened, that get mingled together and that shower rain?
Yes, there are. 6.96 tam bhamte! kim devo pakareti? asuro pakareti? nägo pakareti?
goyamā! devo pakareti, no asuro, no nāgo pakareti.
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