Visuddhimagga VII-37

136. Apica tayo lokā saṅkhāraloko sattaloko okāsalokoti.

又有三世间：行世间，有情世间，空间世间。

Ñ(VII,37): Moreover, there are three worlds: the world of formations, the world of beings, and the world of location.

Tattha eko loko sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikāti (paṭi. ma. 1.112) āgataṭṭhāne saṅkhāraloko veditabbo.

此中[A.V,50,55.]说的「一世间：即一切有情依食而住」的地方，[PTS 205] 当知为「行世间」。

Ñ: Herein, in the passage 'One world: all beings subsist by nutriment' (Ps.i,122), [205] the world of formations is to be understood.

Sassato lokoti vā asassato lokoti vāti (dī. ni. 1.421) āgataṭṭhāne sattaloko.

说到[M.I,427.]「世间常住或非常住」的地方为「有情世间」。

Ñ: In the passage ' "The world is eternal" or "The world is not eternal" ' (M.i,426) it is the world of beings.

Yāvatā candimasūriyā pariharanti, disā bhanti virocamānā;

Tāva sahassadhā loko, ettha te vattatī vasoti. (ma. ni. 1.503) –

「日月的运行，

光明所照的地方，

这样一千倍的世间，

是你的威力所及」[M.I,328；A.I,227.]。

Ñ: In the passage:

'As far as moon and sun do circulate

Shining and lighting up the [four] directions,

Over a thousand times as great a world

Your power holds unquestionable sway' (M. i,328)—

Āgataṭṭhāne okāsaloko.

在这里是说的「空间世间」。

Ñ: it is the world of location.

Tampi bhagavā sabbathā avedi.

那样的三世间，世尊完全了解。

Ñ: The Blessed One has known that in all ways too.