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And, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great Mahālaya, in this world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being eaten, being cut, being pierced, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. Therefore, Devānupriyā! Thus is the Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra called the Great Dharma-speaker.
Come now, Devānupriyā! Is there a Great Protector here? Who, Devānupriyā! is the Great Protector? The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra is the Great Protector. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world. By what means?
Thus, Devānupriyā! The Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, in this great ocean of the world, saves many beings who are perishing, being destroyed, being mutilated, being disfigured, being led astray, being entangled in the net of passions, overwhelmed by the power of wrong beliefs, covered by the eight karmic obscurations, from the eighty-four hundred thousand hells and the forty-four hundred thousand births in the world