Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth

SR No.: 006599
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya, Mahendramuni, Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 740
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 20 MB

Page 43

Bhagaval 3:1:14-16
samkhejje dīva-samudde bhāniyavve.
Then, the Ascetic Agnibhuti, the second (chief disciple) of Gautama lineage, offered homage and obeisance to the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra. Having offered homage and obeisance, he addressed him thus: If, O Lord, Bali, the chief and the king of Vairocana, is possessed of such great fortune...... up to the mastership of creating such protean bodies, then, O Lord, how great fortune ...... up to the mastership of creating such protean bodies, is possessed of by Dharana, the chief and the king of the Nägakumaras?
O Gautama, Dharana, the chief and the king of the Nāgakumāras, is possessed of great fortune...... up to great power. He is the possessor of forty hundred thousand mansions, six thousand co-chief gods, thirty-three ministers, four custodians, six chief queens with retinue, three assemblies, seven armies, seven army chiefs, twenty-four thousand sentinels and many other gods and goddesses (over whom he has sovereignty). He is capable of creating such number of protean bodies, just like the clasping of hand of a maiden by a youth etc., up to that can fill up entire Island of Jambudvipa ...... up to numberable islands and oceans in the horizontal direction with numerous Nagakumāras... up to creating the protean bodies.
As regards the number of co-chiefs, ministers, custodians and chief queens, they are just like that of Camara, excepting that numerable islands and oceans are to be mentioned here.
3.15 evam java thaniyakumārā, vāṇamaṇtarā, joīsiyā vi, navaram--dāhinille savve aggibhui pucchai, uttarille savve väyubhūi pucchai.
Similar descriptions hold good for gods...... up to Stanitakumāra, Forest gods and Luminous gods. There is however exception in that Agnibhuti makes query about all the southern gods, while Väyubhūti makes query about all the northern ones.
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Bhasya
1. Sutra 15
In the present Sütra the description is abridged one. About the number of mansions and co-chiefs, a detailed account is available in the Pannavanā.
1. Panna. 2.40-48.
Text
3.16 bhamteti! bhagavam docce goyame aggibhui anagäre samanam bhagavam mahāvīram vamdai namamsai, vamdittä namamsittä evam vayast-jai nam bhamte! joisimde joisarāyā emahiḍdhie java evatiyam ca ņam pabhū vikkuvvittae, sake nam bhamte! devinde devaraya kemahiḍdhie? jāva kevatiyam ca nam pabha vikuvvittae?