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sake of fun, they utter whatever they like. If they have any sufferance then how do they start laughing immediately after weeping?
It is true that the Mantras (incantations) have unlimited (and unimaginable) power. Some true Mantra possesses such instrumental cause and effect relationship that due to it the Vyantara is not able to move from a place and also becomes somewhat miserable. If some powerful Mantra checks him then he remains stationary or remains stuck up of his own accord; so all this is the power of Mantra but burning, etc. is not possible. The knower of Mantras (incantator) says that he has burnt the Vyantara but the Vyantara appears again because it is not possible to burn the Vaikriyaka (transformable) body.
The range of clairvoyance knowledge found in some of the Vyantaras (peripatetic Devas) is of knowing the things of less area and time and in some ones it is more. There, if they have desire to reply and have knowledge of the question asked then they reply to our question related with unknown objects. If they possess less knowledge then they reply after asking from other Vyantara possessing more knowledge. It should be known that if they possess less knowledge and have no desire to reply then they do not reply to our question. After taking birth the Vyantaras possessing less (clairvoyance) knowledge can know about the events of their previous life for some period only, then afterwards only the remembrance of those events remains. Therefore, if the desire arises then they indulge in various activities and tell about the previous life; but when someone asks something different then, their clairvoyance knowledge being limited, how can then they tell without knowing? The question that they cannot reply and have no desire to reply they do not reply either due to pride or sportive instinct or sometimes tell lies.
The devas (celestial beings) possess such power that they can change or turn their own as well as other Jivas body and material things according to their deseire; therefore, they transform themselves into different shapes and sizes, etc. and indulge in various peculiar activities. They create diseases, etc. in other Jiva's body.
It should be remembered that they can turn or transform their own body and other material things to the extent of their power. Therefore, they do not possess the power of doing all kind of acts.
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