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Bhagavai 6:5:70-118
kāiyattāe aukāiyattāe, teukāiyattāe, vāukāiyattāe, vanapphaikāiyattāe, devattāe, devittāe uvavannapuvvā? hamtā goyamā! asaim aduvā anamtakkhutto, no ceva nam devittāe. Were all living beings, all living substances, all souls and all animate beings born in the past as earth-bodied, water-bodied, fire-bodied, air-bodied, vegetation-bodied beings, as gods and goddesses in the terminal vimānas? Yes, Gautama! they were born more than once or infinite times, but not as
goddess. 6.117 logamtiyadevānam bhamte! kevaiyam kālam thitī pannattā?
goyamā! attha sāgarovamāim thiti pannattā. What is the duration of life-span, O Lord! of the terminal gods?
Gautama! their duration of life-span is 8 ocean-measured-periods. 6.118 logamtiyavimānehimto nam bhamte! kevatiyam abāhāe logamte pannatte?
goyamā! asamkhejjāim joyanasahassāim abāhāe logamte pannatte. How far, O Lord! the terminus of the cosmos is said to be from the terminal vimāna? Gautama! the terminus of the cosmos is said to be innumerable thousand yojanas (from the terminal vimānas).
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 70-118 Comparison between Mass of Darkness & Black Streaks
There are some similarities as well as some dissimilarities in the mass of darkness and black-streaks. 1. Similarity in Colour, etc.
The colour of both is black, of dark hue, deep, terrifying, fearful, causing terror and pitch dark (Sūtra 85).
The implication is that both of them are constituted of the material clusters that do not allow a single ray of light to pass through them. The scientific explanation of this is that the density of those material clusters is so great that even the subtlemost photons cannot emerge from them. In this sense, they are comparable with the 'black hole' discovered in modern science. 2. Similarity in respect of the Width
The width of the mass of darkness is of two kinds-numerable thousand yojanas and innumerable yojanas, whereas that of the black streaks is only numerable yojanas. 3. Similarity in respect of the Perimeter
In both, it is innumerable thousand yojanas. 4. Similarity in respect of the Length
The black streaks are innumerable thousand yojanas in length. The length of
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