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Bhagavai 3:2:90-93
vrddhāh. 3. Nāyā. 1.9.26. 4. Ibid., 1.2.35.
Text 3.91 atthi nam bhamte! tesim devānam ahālahusagāim rayaņāim?
hamtā atthi. Do those gods (of Sudharmā heaven) possess small gems, O Lord?
Yes, they do. 3.92 se kahamidāņi pakaremti?
tao se pacchā kāyam pavvahamti. How do the Empyrean gods react on such occasion? The Empyrean gods inflict pain (with weapons) on the bodies of Asurakumāra gods.
Bhāsya 1. Sutra 92
It is usually said that gods have only pleasures whereas infernals have only sufferings, but the truth of such statement is to be understood in relative context. The experience of feeling is of three kinds: pleasurable, painful, pleasurable 'n' painful. A question was asked: 'O Lord, do the infernals experience pleasurable feelings or painful feeling or pleasurable 'n' painful feeling?' The reply was given: 'they experience all the three kinds of feeling'.' It follows from this that gods also experience painful feeling. The gods of Sudharmā heaven strike with weapon the Asurakumāra gods who steal their gems, which cause heavily painful feeling that lasts (antarmuhūrtta) in the minimum and six months in maximum.2
1. Panna. 35.8-11. 2. Bha. Vs. 3.92—eşām ratnādātnāmasurāņām kāyam deham 'pravyathante' prahārairmathnānti
vaimānikā devāḥ, teşām ca pravyathitānām vedanā bhavati jaghanyenāntaramuhūrttamutkristatah sanmäsän yāvat.
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3.93 pabhū nam bhamte! asurakumārā devā tattha gayā ceva samānā tāhim
accharāhim saddhim divväim bhogabhogāim bhumjamānā viharittae? no inatthe samatthe. te nam tato padiniyattamti, tato padiniyattitā ihamāgacchamti. jai nam tāo accharāo ādhāyamti pariyānamti, pabhū nam te asurakumārā devā tāhim accharāhim saddhim divvāim bhogabhogāim bhumjamānā viharittae. aha nam tāo accharão no ādhamti, no pariyāṇamti, no nam pabhū te asurakumārā devā tāhim accharāhim saddhim divvāim bhogabhogāim bhumjamānā viharittae. evam khalu goyamā! asurakumärä devā sohammam kappam gayā ya gamissamti ya.
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