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भगवती सूत्रम् शः ११ उ: ९
thougħt like that he descended from the exposure ground, put on his bark-cloth and returned to his thatch. Then he picked up his equipments and having done so he came to the hermitage of the tāpasa monks at Hastināpur, and then having deposited his equipments in the hermitage, he appeared in the city of Hastināpur and spoke to men on highways, in the parks and squares in part as follows : "Oh beloved of the gods! I have come to acquire super-human knowledge and faith so that I know for certain that this universe consists of seven isles and seven oceans only.” On hearing these words of the royal-sage, men talked among themselves as follows, “Oh beloved of the gods ! The royal-sage Siva says like this, etc., till how do we accept his contention ?"
तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं सामी समोसढे । परिसा जाव पडिगया। तेणं कालेणं तेणं समएणं समणस्स भगवओ महावीरस्स जे? अंतेवासी जहा बिइयसए णियठुद्दे सए जाव...अडमाणे बहुजणसदं णिसामेइ बहुजणो अण्णमण्णस्स एवं आइक्खइ एवं जाव...परूवेइ---एवं खलु देवाणुप्पिया ! सिवे रायरिसी एवं आइक्खइ जाव...परूवेइ अत्थि णं देवाणुप्पिया! तं चेव जाव वोच्छिण्णा दीवा य समुद्दा य । से कहमेयं मण्णे एवं ?
. In that period, at that time, Bhagavan Mahavira arrived there. People went out, till having heard him, they went back. In that period, at that time, Indrabhūti Gautama, the seniormost disciple of Bhagavān Mahāvīra, while going on a begging mission, as per the description in Book Two, heard people talking among themselves. They said to one another, “Oh beloved of the gods! The monarch-sage Siva claims that he is in possession of super-human (occult) powers till in the universe, there are only seven isles and seven oceans, and nothing more beyond these. How do we accept this thesis "
तएणं भगवं गोयमे बहुजणस्स अंतियं एयमट्ठसोच्चा णिसम्म जाव...सङ्घ जहा णियंठुद्देसए जाव...
Having heard these discussions, Gautama had some doubt, ..
