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Bhagavai 3:5:212-218
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goyama! äiddhie gacchai, no pariddhie gacchai. Does the self-cultivated ascetic, O Lord! traverse by the supernormal power of its own or of somebody else? O Gautama! it traverses by virtue of its own supernormal power, not that of
anybody else. 3.213 se bhamte! kim āyakammună gacchai? parakammunā gacchai?
goyamā! āyakamunnā gacchai, no parakammunā gacchai. Does the self-cultivated ascetic, 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. 3.214 se bhamte! kim āyappayogenam gacchai? parakammunā gacchai? goyamā! āyappayogenam gacchai, no parakammunā gacchai. Does the self-cultivated ascetic, O Lord! traverse by self-impetus or by impetus of others?
O Gautama! it traverses by virtue of self-impetus, not that of others. 3.215 se bhamte! kim üsiodayam gacchai? patodayam gacchai?
goyamā! ūsiodayam pi gacchai, patodayam pi gacchai. Does the self-cultivated ascetic, O Lord! traverse in the shape of high-flying flag or low-flying flag?
O Gautama! it traverses as both—high-flying and low-flying flag. 3.216 se nam bhamte! kim anagāre? äse?
goyamā! anagāre nam se, no khalu se āse. Is it O Lord! ascetic? or a horse?
O Gautama! it is ascetic, not a horse. 3.217 evam jāva parāsararūvam vā.
The same description follows with reference from elephant to octopad. 3.218 se bhamte! kim māyī vikuvvai? amāyī vikuvvai?
goyamā! māyī vikuvvai, no amäyī vikuvvai. Does he, O Lord! exercise his protean power' (for formation of forms) as one instigated by deceit or one free from deceit? O Gautama! it is deceitful (one instigated by deceit) that exercises his protean power, and not un-deceitful (one who his free from deceit).
Bhāsya
1. Exercises the protean power
In Sūtra 218, the authorised reading has been accepted as 'vikuvvai'. The
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