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पंचमो उद्देसो
Chapter Five
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं रायगिहे णामं णयरे । गुणसिलए चेइए जाव... परिसा पडिगया । तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं समणस्स भगवओ महावीरस्स बहवे अंतेवासी थेरा भगवंतो जाइसंपण्णा कुलसंपण्णा जहा अट्टमे सए सत्तमुद्देस जाव.. .. विहरति । तएणं ते थेरा भगवंतो जायसड्ढा जायसंसया जहा गोयमसामी जाव... पज्जुवासमाणा एवं वयासी
In that period, at that time, there was a city named Rajagṛha. Outside the city, there was a Caitya named Gunasilaka, till people went back. In that period, at that time, Bhagavan Mahāvīra had in his group many senior monks born in high clans and high lines as described in Chapter Seven in Book Eight. These monks had some questions to ask, and being inquisitive, they paid their homage and obeisance, in the manner Indrabhūti Gautama did, till submitted as follows :
थेरा भगवंतो - चमरस्स णं भंते ! असुरिंदस्स असुरकुमाररण्णो कइ अगमहिसीओ पण्णत्ताओ ?
Monks-Bhante! How many are th principal consorts of Camarendra, the Indra of the Asuras, their king ?
भगवान महावीर — अज्जो ! काली राय रयणी विज्जु मेहा 1 परिवारो पण्णत्तो ।
पंच अग्गमहिसीओ पण्णत्ताओ तं जहातत्थ णं एगमेगाए देवीए अट्ठट्ठ देवी सहस्स
Mahavira-Aryas! He has five named as Kāli, Rājī, Rajani, Vidyut and Meghã, each one in turn has a family as large as eight thousand.
थे. भ.―पभू णं भंते ! परिवारं विव्वित्तए ?
ताओ एगमेगा देवी अण्णा इं अट्ठट्ठ देवीसहस्सा इं
