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Bhagavai 3:1:18-21
no ceva nam sampattie vikuvvimsu vä vikuvvati vā vikuvissati vä. tavattisayalogapalaggamahisiņam jaheva camarassa, navaram do kevalakappe jambuddive dive, annam tam ceva.
If, O Lord, Tisyaka god is possessed of such great fortune... up to the mastership in creating the protean bodies, then, how great fortune is possessed of by the remaining co-chiefs of Sakra, the chief and the king of gods-all these descriptions are as before up to O Gautama, the description of the protean power of each co-chief of Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, has been propounded merely as a topic, though, no god did actually exercise such protean power in the past, nor does he exercise such power in the present, nor will he do so in the future. The descriptions of the ministers, the custodians and the chief queens are just like that of Camara, the exception being that each of the ministers, custodians and chief queens can pervade by his (or her) protean images an area that is equal to that of two Island of Jambudvipas. The rest of the description is the same.
3.19 sevam bhamte! sevam bhamte! tti docce goyame jāva viharai.
"That is exactly so, O Lord!; that is exactly so, O Lord!" Thus saying, the second (chief disciple) of Gautama lineage, offering obeisance and homage to the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra...... up to leads the life of an ascetic sanctifying his self with the practice of self-restraint and austerity.
3.20 bhamteti! bhagavam tacce goyame väyubhūi aṇagare samaṇam bhagavam mahāvīram vamdai namamsai, vandittä namamsitta evam vadāst-jai nam bhamte! sakke devimde devaraya mahiḍdhle jäva evaiyam ca nam pabhu vikuvvittae, isane nam bhamte! devimde devaraya kemahiḍdhie? evam taheva, navaram. sahie do kevalakappe jambuddive dive, avasesam taheva.
The Lord Vayubhūti, the ascetic and the third (chief disciple) of Gautama lineage, uttered: 'O Lord' and offered homage and obeisance to the Ascetic Lord Mahavira. Having offered homage and obeisance, he addressed him thus: "If, O Lord, Sakra, the chief and the king of gods (of the first heaven) is possessed of such great fortune...... up to mastership in creating the protean bodies, then, O Lord, possessed of how great fortune is Iśana, the chief and the king of gods (of the second heaven)? Same description as above, excepting that there is difference in description of the area pervaded by his protean bodies which, in this case, is slightly bigger than the area of two complete Jambu islands. The rest of the description is as before.
3.21 jai nam bhamte! isane devimde devaraya emahiddhie java evatiyam ca nam pabhu vikuvvittae, evam khalu deväṇuppiyanam amteväsi kurudattaputte namam aṇagare pagatibhaddae java vinie atthamamathameṇam anikkhitteņam, pāraṇae ayambilapariggahienam tavokammeṇam uddham bähão pagijjhiya-pagijjhiya surabhimahe ayavaṇabhamie ayavemane bahupadipunne chammase
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