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CLAIRVOYANT PERCEPTION OF VAIMĀNIKA GODS 233. O' Beauteous one! I shall, now, describe the subject of the limits of clairvoyant perception of various types of gods serially and in the prescribed order.
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I have, thus, briefly described the schedule of eating and respiration of the gods. O' Beauteous one! soon I shall describe their finer details.
Downwards, the gods of the Śakra (Saudharma) and Īsāna heavens see upto the first (hellish ground). Those of the Sanatkumāra and Mahendra heavens see up to the second, the Brahma and Lantaka gods see upto the third and those of the Sukra and Sahasrara heavens see up to the fourth hellish ground.
The gods of the Āṇata and Parāṇata heavens can see up to the fifth hellish ground and, similarly, those of the Araṇa and Acyuta heavens are also able to see upto the fifth hellish ground.
The gods of the lower and middle (triads of) the Graiveyaka heavens are able to see upto the sixth hellish ground, those of the upper (triad of) the Graiveyaka heavens can see upto the seventh hellish ground. The gods of the five Anuttaravimānas can see the entire universe downwards.
In the middle universe, the limit of clairvoyant perception of the gods of life-spans upto a half Sagaropama years is that of numerable Yojanas. The minimum limit of the clairvoyant perception of the gods with life-spans upto twenty-five Sāgaropama years is also numerable Yojanas.
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