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Bhagavai 3:2:99-102 that divine celestial power? How had he achieved them? How had he attained
them? 3.100 evam khalu goyamā! tenam kālenam tenam samaenam iheva jambudīve dīve
bhārahe vāse vimjhagiripāyamüle bebhele nämam sunnivese hotthā-vannao. Gautama, in that period, at that time, at the foothill of Vindhyaparvata' in Jambū Island of Bhāratavarşa, there was a sanniveśa, named Bebhela.?
Bhāsya 1. Vindhyaparvata
Vindhyaparvata is a mountain situated at the boundary of the present state of Madhya Pradesha. 2. Bhebhela Sanniveśa
This place needs investigations for its identity.
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3.101 tattha nam bebhele sannivese pürane nāmam gāhāvai parivasai-uddhe ditte
jāva bahujanassa aparibhūe yā vi hotthā. In that sanniveśa, named Bebhela, there lived a householder, named Pūrana.
He was affluent, brilliant and unvanquished by any people. Pūraṇassa dāņāmā pavvajjā-padam 3.102 tue nam tassa püranassa gāhāvaissa annayā kayāi puvvarattāvarattakāla
samayamsi kuțumbajāgariyam jāgarumānassa imeyārūve ajjhatthie cimtie patthie manogae samkappe samuppajjhitthā—atthi tā me purā porānānam sucinnānam suparakkamtānam subhānam kallānānam kadānam kammānam kallānaphalavittivisese, jeņāham hirunnenam vaddhāmi suvannenam vaddhāmi, dhanenam vaddhāmi, dhannenam vaddhāmi, puttehim vaddhāmi, pasūhiin vaddhāmi, vipuladhana-kanaga-rayana-mani-mottiya-samkhu-silapavāla-rattarayana-samtasārasāvuejjenam atīva-atīva abhivaddhāmi, tam kimn nam aham purā porāṇānam succinnānam jāva kaļānam kammānam egamtaso khayam uvehamāne viharāmi? tam jāvatāva aham hirannenam vaddhāmi jāva ativa-atīva abhivaddhāmi, jāvam ca me mitta-nāti-niyaga-sayana-sambamdhi-pariyano ādhāti pariyāņāi sakkārei sammānei kallāņam mamgalam devayam viņaenam ceiyain pajjuvāsai, tāvatā me seyam kallam pauppabhāyāe rayanie jāva utthiyammi süre sahassarassimmi dinayare teyasā jalamte sayameva cauppudayam dārumayam padiggahagam karettā viulam asana-pāna-khāima-sāimam uvakkhadāvettä, mitta-näi-niyaga-sayana-sambamdhi-pariyanam āmamttettā, tam mitta-nāi-niyaga-sayana-sambamdhi-pariyaņam viulenam asaņa-pāna-khāima-säimenam vattha-gamdha-mallālamkarena ya sakkārettă sammānettā, tasseva mitta-nāi-niyaga
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