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Bhagavai 3:2:84-87
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Bhāsya
1. Sutra 84
All the Asurakumāra gods do not aggravate the sufferings of the infernals. It is only those Asurakumāras who are full of anger that inflict sufferings on the beings of the first three infernal lands. These gods belong to the exceedingly impious class of gods. In the present Sūtra, only a general statement has been made about inflicting pain on the enemies of the past birth, by travelling down to the first three hells. The Asurakumāra gods travel there also in order to tranquillize the suffering of old friends. That the sequence of enmity or friendship extends even beyond the present birth follows from the dialogue in the present section. Acārya Bhikṣu has explained this doctrine thus---friendship follows friendship, enmity follows enmity.2 The soul has to experience the fruits of his own karma: other people can only be an instrument to aggravating or tranquillizing the effects of karma. In the present Sūtra, the importance of instrumentality has been propounded.
1. Ti. P. 2.34.346. 2. Anukampā. 11.45.
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3.85 atthi nam bhamte! asurakumārānam devānam tiriyam gativisae pannatte?
hamtā atthi. O Lord, has the motion of the Asurakumāra gods been propounded in the lateral directions in the middle universe)?
Yes, it has been. 3.86 kevatiyannam bhamte! asurakumārānam devānam tiriyam gativisue pannatte?
goyamā! jäva asamkhejjā diva-samuddā, namdisaravaram puna dīvam gayā ya gamissamti ya.. O Lord,' how far can the Asurakumāra gods travel in the lateral directions? O Gautama, their motion in the lateral directions is limited to innumerable number of Islands and oceans. They had travelled (in the past) and will travel (in future)..... up to the Nandīśvara Island.
3.87 kimpattiyannam bhamte! asurakumārā devā namdissaravaram dīvam gayā ya gamissamti ya? goyamā! je ime arahamtā bhagavamto, eesi nam jammanamahesu vā, nikkhamanamahesu vā, nānuppāyamahimāsu vā, parinivvānamahimāsu vā—evam khalu asurakumārā devā namdissaravaram dīvam gayā ya gamissamti ya. What is the reason, O Lord, that the Asurakumāra gods had travelled and will travel ..... up to the Nandīśvara Island? O Gautama, the Asurakumāra gods had travelled and will travel to the Nandiśvara Island on four occasions: on the festival of the birth, renunciation
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