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Bhagavai 6:8:141-146
-: 451 :Yes, there is.
(Is it done, O Lord! by a god, an asura, or a nāga?) All the three do it. 6.142 atthi nam bhamte! imise rayanappabhāe pudhavie ahe bădare aganikäe?
goyamā! no inatthe samatthe, nannattha viggahagatisamāvannaenam. Is there, O Lord! gross fire-bodied (beings) underneath the gem-hued land? Gautama! that is not possible, excepting the souls that are in-transit. 6.143 atthi nam bhamte! imise rayanappabhāe pudhavie ahe camdima-sūriya
gahagana-nakkhatta-tārārūvā? ņo inatthe samatthe. Are there, O Lord! moons, suns, planets, constellations and stars underneath the gem-hued land?
That is not possible. 6.144 atthi ņam bhamte! imise rayanappabhāe pudhavie ahe camdabhā ti vā?
sūrabhā ti vā? no inatthe samatthhe. evam doccae pudhavie bhāņiyavvam, evam taccāe vi bhāniyavvam, navaram-devo vi pakareti, asuro vi pakareti, no nāgo pakareti. cautthie vi evam navaram-devo ekko pakareti, no asuro, no nāgo. evam hetthillāsu savvāsu devo pakareti. Is there, O Lord! the lustre of the moon, or the lustre of the sun, underneath the gem-hued land? That is not possible. In the same way, it should be spoken about the second infernal land. Also the same in the third infernal land, excepting that only the deva and asura do (see 6.140), the nāgas do not. Also the same in the fourth infernal land, excepting that only deva does, the asura and the nāga do not (see 6.140). In
the same way about all the lower infernal lands; the deva alone does (6.140). 6.145 atthi ņam bhamte! sohammīsānānam kappānam ahe gehā i vā? gehāvanā i
vā? no inatthe samatthe. Is there, O Lord! any houses or any shops in the Saudharma and iśāna Kalpa?
No, that is not possible. 6.146 atthi nam bhamte! orālā balāhayā?
hamtā atthi. devo pakareti, asuro vi pakareti, no não. evam thaniyasadde vi. Are there, O Lord! heavy clouds? Yes, there are. It is done by deva, also by asura not by nāga.
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