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O Lord! are they created by god, asura or naga? Gautama! they are created by the gods, not by asuras, not by nagas.
Bhagavat 6:5:96-102
6.97 atthi nam bhamte! kanharätisu bädare thaṇiyasadde? bädare vijjuyäre? hamta atthi
Is there, O Lord! in the black streaks gross thunder of clouds, gross lightning?
Yes; there is.
6.98 tam bhamte! kim devo pakareti? asuro pakareti? nago pakareti? goyama! devo pakareti, no asuro, no nago pakareti.
Is it done, O Lord! by a god, an asura, a näga?
Gautama! they are created by a god, not by an asura, not by a naga.
6.99 atthi nam bhamte! kanharätisu bädare äukãe? bädare aganikãe? bädare vaṇapphaikãe?
no tinatthe samatthe, nannattha viggahagatisamāvannaeṇam.
Is there, O Lord! in the black streaks gross water-bodied (beings), gross fire-bodied (beings), gross vegetation-bodied (beings)?
No, that is not possible, excepting the souls that are in-transit.
6.100 atthi nam bhamte! kanharātīsu camdima-suriya-gahagaṇa-nakkhattatārārūvā?
no tinatthe samatthe.
Are there, O Lord! in the black streaks moons, suns, planets, constellations and stars?
No, that is not possible.
6.101 atthi nam bhamte! kanharätisu camdäbhā ti va? surabha ti vä?
no tinatthe samathe.
Is there, O Lord! in the black streaks the lustre of the moon? The lustre of the sun?
No, that is not possible.
6.102 kanharatto nam bhamte! kerisiyão vanneṇam pannattão?
goyamā! kalão kälobhäsão gambhirão lomaharisajaṇaḥão bhimão uttāsaṇão paramakinhão vanneņam pannattão, deve vi ņam atthegatie je nam tappadhamayae päsittä nam khubhāejjä, aheṇam abhisamāgacchejjā tao paccha siham-siham turiyam-turiyam khippämeva vītīvaejjā.
What has been, O Lord! stated to be the colour of black streaks? Gautama! they are said to be black, with black apearance, grave, causing horripilation, terrifying, and pitch dark in colour. At their first sight, even a god gets agitated and if it enters them, he, at once, would come out very
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