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Bhagaval 3:5:198-205
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O Gautama! (here the reply is mutatis mutandis 3.196, replacing the 'woman' by 'man possessed of sword and shield in his hand'.
3.199 se jahänämae kei purise egaopadagam käum gacchejjā, evāmeva aṇagare vi bhāviappa egaopaḍāgāhatthakiccagaenam appänenam uḍdham vehāsam uppaejjā?
hamta uppaejjā.
Like a person who goes carrying a flag flying unilaterally, does a selfcultivated ascetic fly in the sky, equipped with a flag flying unilaterally, applying his occult power?
"Yes, he does fly."
3.200 aṇagāre nam bhamte! bhāviappä kevaiyaim pabhā egaopaḍāgāhatthakiccagaydim rüväim vikuvvittae?
evam ceva java vikuvvimssu va, vikuvvati vä, vikuvvissati vä.
How many protean creations of magical forms, O Lord! can a self-cultivated ascetic make of a man carrying a flag flying unilaterally?
O Gautama! (here the reply mutatis mutandis 3.196 replacing 'woman' by *man carrying a flag flying unilaterally').
3.201 evam duhaopaḍāgam pi.
Similarly, 'man carrying a flag flying bilaterally'.
3.202 se jahänämae kei purise egaojannovaitam kaum gacchejjā, evāmeva anagäre vi bhāviappă egaojaṇnovaitakiccagaenam appāṇenam uḍdham vehāsam uppaejjā?
hamta uppaejja.
Like a person who goes wearing sacred thread on one shoulder unilaterally, does a self-cultivated ascetic, fly in the sky, equipped with wearing sacred thread on one shoulder unilaterally, applying his occult power?
"Yes, he does fly."
3.203 aṇagare nam bhamte! bhāviappā kevaiyāim pabhū egaojaṇnovaitakiccagayaim rāvāim vikuvvittae?
tam ceva java vikuvvimssu vä, vikuvvati vä, vikuvissati va
How many protean creations of magical forms, O Lord! can a self-cultivated ascetic make of a man wearing sacred thread on one shoulder unilaterally? Here the reply mutatis mutandis 3.196 replacing 'woman' by 'man wearing sacred thread on one shoulder unilaterally'.
3.204 evam duhaojannovaiyam pi.
Similarly, 'man wearing sacred thread on both shoulders'.
3.205 se jahānāmae kei purise egaopalhatthiyam kaum citthejjā, evämeva anagare
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