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Bhagavai 5:4:76-77
Text Gabbhasāharana-padam 5.76 se nūņam bhainte! hari-negamesi sakkadūe itthígabbham saharamāne kim
gabbhão gabbham sāharai? gabbhão jonim sāharai? joņio gabbham sāharai? jonio jonim sāharai? goyamā! no gabbhāo gabbham sāharai, no gabbhão jonim sāharai, no jonio jonim säharai, parāmusiya-parāmusiya avvābāhenam avvābāham joņio gabbham
sāharai. The Topic of Transferance of the Embryo
Does' Hari-negamesī, the Messenger of Sakra, O Lord! while transferring the embryo from the body of a woman, transfers the embryo from the womb to the womb, or womb to vagina, or from vagina to womb, or vagina to vagina? Gautama! he does not transfer (the embryo) from womb to womb, nor from womb to vagina, nor from vagina to vagina, but he takes out the embryo from the vagina and places it in the womb of another woman by safely
manipulating its transfer manually, without causing any pain to the embryo. 5.77 pabhū nam bhamte! hari-negamesī sakkadüe itthīgabbham nahasiramsi vā,
romakūvamsi vā sāharittae vā? niharittae vä? hamtā pabhū, no ceva nam tassa gabbhasa kimci ābūhum vă vibāham vā uppāejjā, chavicchedam puna karejjā, esuhumam ca ņam sāharejja vā, nīharejja vā. Is Hari-negamesī, the Messenger of Sakra, O Lord! capable of taking out embryo (from the womb of the mother) and placing it in the womb of another woman) with the tip of his nail or with the pore of his hair respectively? Yes, he is so capable; and while doing it, he neither causes the embryo any kind of pain, slight or severe, nor dose he pierce the skin. Taking out the embryo from one womb and placing it into another womb is performed with such great expertise.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 76-77
In the present dialogue, there is description of the transference of the embryo. In the Antagadadasāo, we get an allusion to Hari-negamesí also. There Sulasā made an idol of Harī-negamesī and worshipped it. Hari-negamesī carried the newborn dead sons of Sulasā by his palms and deposited them near Devakī and carried away the just born alive sons of Devaks to Sulasā. From this, we get the information about the involvement of the god Hari-negamesī in the act of transferring the embryos or bodies of children. In the Ayūracūlā, there is mention of the transfer of the embryo of Mahāvīra, but there is no mention of Hari-negamesī there.? In the Pajjosanākuppo, there is description of the transfer of Mahāvīra's embryo, where god Hari-negamesī
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