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Bhagavai 3:4:173-180 joyanāim gamittae? hamtā pabhū. Can the cloud, O Lord! taking the shape of a voluminous woman, traverse multitude of yojanas?
“Yes, it can." 3.174 se bhamte! kim āiddhie gacchai? pariddhie gacchai?
goyamā! no āiddhie gacchai, pariddhie gacchai. Does it traverse by virtue super-natural power of its own or of any other object? O Gautama! it does not traverse by virtue of the super-normal power of its
own, but that of some other object. 3.175 se bhamte! kim āyakammunā gacchai? parakammunā gacchai?
goyamā! no āyakammunā gacchai, parakammunā gacchai. Does it traverse by virtue of its super-natural effort of its own or of any other efforts? Gautama! it does not traverse by virtue of the super-natural efforts of its
own, but that of some other object. 3.176 se bhamte! kim āyappayogenam gacchai? parappayogenam gacchai?
goyamā! no āyappayogenam gacchai, parappayogenam gacchai. Does it, O Lord! traverse by self-impetus or by the impetus of others?
Gautama! It does not traverse by virtue of self-impetus, but that of others. 3.177 se bhamte! kimūsiodayam gacchai? patodayam gacchai?
goyamā! ūsiodayam pi gacchai, patodayam pi gacchai. Does it, O Lord! traverse in the shape of high-flying flag or low-flying flag? Gautama! It traverses as both-high-flying and low-flying flag. 3.178 se bhamte! kim balāhae? itthi?
goyamā! balāhae nam se, no khalu sā itthi.
It is simply a cloud (material object), not indeed a woman. 3.179 evam purise, āse, hatthi.
Similarly, it is neither man, nor horse, nor elephant. 3.180 pabhi nam bhamte! balähae egam maham jänarūvam pariņāmettā anegäim
joyanāim gamittae? jahā itthirūvam tahā bhāniyavvam. Can the cloud, O Lord! traverse multitude of yojanas, taking the shape of a vehicle? The same description is to be given as in the case of woman (sūtra 1.173).
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