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Bhagaval 7:3:68-73
some respect, can be with less karma, an infernal, possessed of blue lesya, in some respect can be with more karma.
7.69 siya bhamte! nilalese neraie appakammatarãe? käulese neraie maha-kammatarde?
hamtā siya.
Can' O Lord! an infernal, possessed of blue lesya (psychic colour), probably be with less karma? Can an infernal, possessed of grey lesya (psychic colour), probably be with more karma?
Yes, in some respect it can be.
7.70 se keṇattheṇam bhamte! evam vuccai-nilalese neraie appakammatarde? käulese neraie mahākammatarãe?
goyama! thitim paducca se teṇattheṇam goyama! jäva mahäkammatarãe?
For what reason has it been said O Lord! that an infernal, possessed of blue lesya (psychic colour), can be with less karma, an infernal, possessed of grey lesya (psychic colour), is with more karma?
O Gautama! it has been so said with reference to duration. Gautama! for this reason it has been said that an infernal, possessed of blue lesya (psychic colour), in some respect, can be with less karma, an infernal, possessed of grey lesya (psychic colour), in some respect can be with more karma.
7.71 evam asurakumāre vi, navaram-teulesä abbhahiyä. evam jāva vemāniya. jassa jai lessão tassa tattiya bhāṇiyavvão. joisiyassa na bhaṇņai jāva
In the same way, the Asurakumara is to be described, excepting that fiery lesya is also to be spoken of (for in Asurakumära, the first four lesyās are available. Similarly...... up to the Empyrean gods, (with difference that) the lesyas that are available there are to be described. In the Luminous gods, there is only one fiery lefyd, so it is not to be described in this context, up to
7.72 siya bhamte! pamhalesse vemäṇie appakammatarãe? sukkalesse vemāņie mahākammatarãe?
hamta siya.
Can' O Lord! an Empyrean, possessed of yellow leśya (psychic colour), probably be with less karma? Can an Empyrean, possessed of white lesya (psychic colour) probably be with more karma?
Yes, in some respect it can be.
7.73 se keṇattheṇam?
goyama! thitim paducca se tenattheṇam goyama! jāva mahākammatarãe.
For what reason has it been said O Lord!?
O Gautama! it has been so said with reference to duration. Gautama! for
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