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Bhagavati Sutra Bk. 3 Ch. 4
प्रश्न ८९-अणगारे णं भंते ! भावियप्पा रुक्खस्स किं फलं पासइ बीयं पासइ?
उत्तर ८९-चउभंगो।
Q. 85. Bhante! Does a monk with an advanced soul know and see a god, transformed with vaikriya-samudghāta, and going as a vehicle ?
A. 85. Gautama ! Somel see the god but not the vehicle : some see the vehicle but not the god ; some see both the god and the vehicle ; some see neither the god nor the vehicle..
Q. 86. Bhante! Does a monk with an advanced soul know and see a goddess, transformed with vaikriya-samudghāta, and going as a vehicle ?.
A. 86. Gautama! As aforesaid.
Q. 87. Bhante ! Does a monk with an advanced soul know and see a god with a goddess, transformed with va ikriyasamudghāta, and going as a vehicle ?
A. 87. Gautama ! Some see the god with the goddess, but not the vehicle ; like this (repeat) in four proper forms.
Q. 88. Bhante ! Does a monk with an advanced soul see the internal portion of a tree, or its external portion ?
A. 88. Four forms (to be stated). And like this, (for the following too :) Does he see the root, or the trunk ? Four forms. Does (he) see the root, or the branches ? Four forms. Like this, with the root, to be linked up the seed ; and with the trunk, too, to be so linked up, ...till the seed, ...till with the flower, to be linked up the seed20.
Q. 89. Bhante ! Does a monk with an advanced soul see the fruit of a tree or its seed ?
A. 89. Four forms.
