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Bhagavai 5:4:85-86
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cimtie patthie maņogue samkappe samuppajjitthā-evam khalu do devā mahiddhiyā jāva mahānubhägā samanassa bhagavao mahävirassa amtiyam pāubbhūyā, tam no khalu ahum te deve jānāmi kayarāo kuppão vā saggāo vā vimūnão vā kassa vā atthassa atthāe iham havvamāgayā? tam gacchūmi nam samanam bhagavam mahävīram vamdāmi namamsāmi jāva pajjuvāsāmi, imāim ca nam eyūrūvāim vāguraņāim pucchissāmi tti kattu evam sampehei, sampehettā utthāe utthei, utthetā jeneva samane bhagavam mahāvīre teneva uvāgacchai jāva pajjuvāsai. In that age, at that time, there was the ascetic named Indrabhūti, of Gautama lineage. He was seniormost disciple of the ascetic Lord Mahāvīra. He was seven standard cubits in height and possessed of a symmetrical quadrangularly built configuration, and (the first type of bone-structure, viz.,) vajra-rşabha-nārāca samhanana, i.e., his bone-joints were fastened together by a bony ring pierced by a bony nail. His complexion was yellowish white resembling a slender streak of gold left on touchstone and lotus-pollens. He was practising austerity that was rigorous, shining, blazing, intensive, awful, unrelenting and of inimitable quality, and sublime; he was observing unfaltering celibacy; he was endowed with yogic power of levitation, massive fiery power condensed in his body, complete knowledge of the Fourteen Books of the Early Lore; he was possessed of first four types of knowledge, and the potency of the knowledge of the combination of the letters. He was seated neither too near nor too far from the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra, with his knees erect and head bent. He was engrossed in meditation cell, sublimating the self by means of self-restraint and austerity. At that time, there arose, in his state of interval between two meditation sessions, the following resolve that was internal, recollective, wishful and mental—'Thus, indeed, two gods, possessed of great fortune ...... great power (5.83), have appeared before the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra; I do not indeed know those gods, from which kalpas or heavens or vimānas, or for what purpose, indeed, have they come here. So I should go to the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra, offer him obeisance and homage ...... up to worship him. I should ask him these questions in such form.' Thinking thus, he ponders thus; having so pondered, he gets up in the posture of rising and, having risen, he repairs to the
place of Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra ...... up to worships him. (as in 1.10). 5.86 goyamādi! samane bhagavam mahāvīre bhagavam goyamam evam vayāsi--se
nūnam tava goyamā! jhāṇamtariyāe vattamānassa imeyārūve ajjhatthie jāva jeneva mumam amtie teneva havvamāgae, se nūnam goyamā! atthe samatthe? hamtā atthi. tam gucchāhi nam goyamā! ee ceva devā imāim eyārūvāim vāgaranāim vāgarehimti. Addressing Lord Gautama, 'O Gautama!', the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra told
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