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Bhagavai 3:2:95-99
4. (a) Bha. Jo. 1.56.37-42.
(b) Praśnottara Tattvabodha, 10th Camara Adhikara.
Text
3.96 savve vi nam bhamte! asurakumärd devä uddham uppayamti jāva sohammo kappo?
goyama! no inatthe samatthe. mahiddhiya nam asurakumārā deva uddham uppayanti jāva sohammo kappo.
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O Lord, can all the Asurakumāra gods travel to the upper region (in the upper universe) up to the Sudharma heaven? Gautama, it is not possible. It is only the Asurakumara gods, who are possessed of great fortune that can travel..... up to the Sudharma heaven.
Camarassa uḍdhamuppaya-padam
3.97 esa vi ya nam bhamte! camare asurimde asuraraya uḍdham uppaiyapuvve java sohammo kappo?
hamta goyama! esa vi ya nam camare asurimde asurarāyā uddham uppaiyapuvve jāva sohammo kappo.
The Topic of Camara's Travel to the Upper Region
O Lord, has Camara, the chief and the king of Asurakumāra gods, ever travelled to the upper region...... up to the Sudharma heaven?
Yes, Gautama, Camara, the chief and the king of Asurakumara gods, has travelled to the upper region...... up to the Sudharmā heaven.
3.98 aho nam bhamte! camare asurimde asuraraya mahiḍdhle mahajjuīe jāva mahāṇubhāge, camarassa nam bhamte! så divvä deviddhi divvä devajjutti divve devāṇubhāge kahim gate? kahim anupavitthe? kuḍāgārasālādiṭṭhamto bhāniyavvo.
O Lord, Camara, the chief and the king of Asurakumāra (Bha. 3.4) gods, is possessed of great fortune, great splendour and... up to (Bha. 3.4) great power. O Lord, where has that divine celestial fortune, that divine celestial splendour, that divine celestial power departed to and merged into? Here the example of the kuṭāgāraśālā is to be described (see Bhāṣya on Bha. 3.29).
Camarassa puvvabhave püraṇagāhāvai-padam
3.99 camare nam bhamte! asurimdeṇam asuraraṇṇā sa divvä deviddhi divvä devajjuti divve devāṇubhāge kiņņā laddhe? patte? abhisamanṇāgae?
The Topic of Purana, the Householder, in Previous Birth of Camara
O Lord, how had the Camara, the chief and the king of Asurakumāra gods, obtained that divine celestial fortune, that divine celestial splendour and
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