ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [76]
Gātha 75
The creator-minister (Brahmā or karmas) has put the human-region in the middle, the evil-minded ‘asura’ (bhavanavāsī and vyantara devas) and the infernal beings below it, and the celestial beings (vaimānika devas) above it. Transversely, he placed the human-region in the center of innumerable continents and oceans. Further, he secured the entire universe-space with three sheaths, called ghanodadhivātavalaya, ghanavātavalaya, and tanuvātavalaya. All these are surrounded by the infinite non-universe-space (alokākāśa). In spite of such security, neither the creator-minister nor the king-of-kings (cakravartī) are able to secure the human beings. In this world, death is inviolable.
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