Tripiṭaka Arūpadhammavavatthānavagga
Analysis of Formless Dhammas Chapter
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‘aṭṭhikāni dīghāni yojanasatikānipī’ti, rukkhopi tāva natthi yojanasatiko, kuto pana aṭṭhikāni dīghāni yojanasatikāni bhavissantī”ti?
‘There are long bones extending one hundred yojanas.’ Since there is no tree extending that far, how then could there be long bones extending one hundred yojanas?”
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, sutaṁ te ‘mahāsamudde pañcayojanasatikāpi macchā atthī’”ti?
“What do you think, your majesty, have you heard that in the great ocean there are fish extending for five hundred yojanas?”
“Nanu, mahārāja, pañcayojanasatikassa macchassa aṭṭhikāni dīghāni bhavissanti yojanasatikānipī”ti?
“Is it not, your majesty, that the long bones of such a fish would extend for a hundred yojanas?”