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Bhagavai 6:8:146-150 In the same way, it should be spoken about gross thunder of clouds.
6.147 atthi nam bhamte! bădare pudhavīkāe? bädare aganikāe?
no inatthe samathe, nannattha viggahagatisamāvannaenam. Is there, O Lord! gross earth-bodied? gross fire-bodied (beings)?
No, that is not possible, excepting the souls that are in-transit. 6.148 atthi nam bhamte! camdima-sūriya-gahagana-nakkhatta-tārārūvā?
no inatthe samatthe. Are there, O Lord! moons, suns, planets, constellations and stars?
No, that is not possible. 6 149 atthi nam bhamte! gāmā i vā? jāva sannivesă i vā? no inatthe samatthe. Is there, O Lord! any villages or ...... up to any rest-houses? No, that is not possible. 6 150 atthi nam bhamte! camdābhā ti vi? sūrabhā ti vā?
goyamā! ņo inatthe samatthe. evam sanamkumāra-māhimdesu, navaram-devo ego pakareti. evam bambhaloe vi. evam bambhalogassa uvarim, savvehim devo pakareti. pucchiyavvo ya bādare āukāe, bādare agaạikāe, bādare vanassaikāe. annam tam ceva. Is there, O Lord! the lustre of the moon or the lustre of the sun? Gautama! no, that is not possible. In the same way, it should be spoken about Sanatkumāra and Mahendra Kalpas, excepting that only the deva does. Similarly, in the Brahmaloka. In the same way, in all the upper heavens deva does. Query is to be made about the gross water-bodied (beings), the gross fire-bodied (beings), the gross vegetation-bodied (beings). All these are prohibited. The rest is to be described as before.
Samgahanī gāhā
tamukāe kappapanae, agani pudhavi ya aga ni pudhavīsu | āü teū vanassai,
kappuvarimakanharāīsu ll Summary Verse
In the mass of darkness and the first five heavens (namely, Saudharma, iśāna, Sanatkumāra, Māhendra and Brahma); the Sütras concerning gross fire-bodied (beings) and gross earth-bodied (beings) are to be understood; in
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