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Navamo Uddeso
Section-9
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Asamvuda-anagārassa viuvvaņā-padam 7.167 asamvude nam bhamte! anagāre bāhirae poggale apariyāittā pabhū
egavannam egarūvam viuvvittae? no inatthe samatthe. The Topic of the Exercise of Protean Power by Non-self-inhibited Ascetic Is' a non-self-inhibited ascetic, O Lord! capable of creating a material body of a particular colour and form, by exercising his protean power, without appropriating the external material clusters? Gautama! that is not possible. 7.168 asamvude nam bhamte! anagāre bāhirae poggale pariyāittā pabhū egavannam
egarūvam viuvvittae? hamtā pabhū. Is a non-self-inhibited ascetic, O Lord! capable of creating a material body of a particular colour and form, by exercising his protean power, appropriating the external material clusters?
Yes, he is capable. 7.169 se nam bhamte! kim ihagae poggale pariyāittā vikuvvai? tatthagae poggale
pariyāittā vikuvvai? annatthagae poggale pariyāittā vikuvvai? goyamā! ihagae poggale pariyāittā vikuvvai, no tatthagae poggale pariyāittā vikuvvai, no annatthagae poggale pariyäittä vikuvvai. evam 2. egavannam anegarūvam 3. anegavaņņam egarūvam 4. anegavannam caubhamgo. Does he, O Lord! create the material body of a particular colour and form, by exercising his protean power, appropriating the external material clusters, available in this world (human world)? Or does he create the material body of a particular colour and form, by exercising his protean power, appropriating the external material clusters, available in the other place, that is, the place where he would go after creating the protean form? Or does he create the material body of a particular colour and form, by exercising his protean power, appropriating the external material clusters, available in any other place other than this or that? Gautama! he exercises his protean power, appropriating the material clusters, available in this world (human world); he does not exercise his protean power, appropriating the material clusters, available in the other place, that is, the
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