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Blagavai 3:4:164-170
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palanquin, elephant-saddle, mule-cart, covered palanquin or special palanquin of the length of man? O Gautama! this is not possible. The air-bodied being creates a shape of a
voluminous flag by exercising its protean power. 3.165 pabhū ņam bhamte! vāukāe egam maham padāgāsam thiyam rūvam viuvvittā
anegāim joyaņāim gamittae? hamtā pabhū. Can the air-bodied being, O Lord! by creating a protean body of the shape of a voluminous flag, traverse a multitude of yojanas?
Yes, it can. 3.166 se bhamte! kim āiddhie gacchai? pariddhie gacchai?
goyamā! āiddhie gacchai, no pariddhie gacchai. Does the air-bodied being, O Lord! traverse by the supernormal power of its own or of somebody else? O Gautam, it traverses by virtue of its own supernormal power, not that of
anybody else. 3.167 se bhamte! kim āyakammunā gacchai? parakammunā gacchai?
goyamā! āyakammunā gacchai, no parakammunā gacchai. Does the air-bodied being, O Lord! traverse by self-effort or by the effort of others?
O Gautama! it traverses by virtue of self-effort, not that of others. 3.168 se bhamte! kim āyappayogena gacchai? parappayogena gacchai?
goyamā! āyappayogena gacchai, no parappayogeņa gacchai. Does the air-bodied being, O Lord! traverse by self-impetus, or by the impetus of others?
O Gautama! it traverses by virtue of self-impetus, not that of others. 3.169 se bhamte! kim üsiodayam gacchai? patodayam gacchai?
goyamā! ūsiodayam pi gacchai, patodayam pi gacchai. Does the air-bodied being, O Lord! traverse in the shape of high-flying flag or low-flying flag?
O Gautama! it traverses as both-high-flying flag and low flying flag, 3.170 se bhamte! kim egaopadāgain gacchai? duhaopadāgam gacchai.
goyamā! egaopadāgam gacchai, no duhaopadāgam gacchai Does the air-bodied being, O Lord! traverse in the shape of flag flying uni. laterally or bi-laterally? O Gautama! it traverses in the shape of a flag flying uni-laterally and not bilaterally,
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