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Bhagavai 3:2:104
-:71:kamme bale vīrie purisakkāraparakkame tavatä me seyam kallam pāuppabhāyāe rayanie jāva utthiyammi süre sahassarassimmi dinayare teyasä jalamte bebhelassa sannivesassa ditthābhatthe ya pāsamdatthe ya gihatthe ya puvvasamgatie ya pariyāya-samgatie ya āpucchittā bebhelassa sannivesassa majjhammajjhenam niggacchittā, pāduga-kumdiya-mādīyam uvagaranam cauppudayam dārumayam ca padiggahagam egamte edittā bebhelassa sannivesassa dāhinapuratthime disībhäge addhaniyattaniya-mamdalam ālihittā samlehanā-jhūsanā-jhūsiyassa bhattapānapadiyāikkhiyassa pāovagayassa kālam anavakamkhamānassa viharittae tti kattu evam sampehei, sampehetta kallam pāuppabhāyāe rayaņie jāva utthiyammi süre sahassarassimmi dinayare teyasā jalamte bebhele sannivese ditthābhatthe ya pasamdatthe ya gihatthe ya puvvasamgatie ya pariyāyasamgatie ya äpucchai, āpucchittă bebhelassa sannivesassa majjhammajjhenam niggacchai, niggacchittā pāduga-kumdiyamādīyam uvagaranam cauppudayam dūrumayam ca padiggahugam egamte edei, edittā bebhelassa sannivesassa dāhinapuratthime disībhāge addhaniyattaniya-mamdalam ālihittä samlehanā-jhüsaņā-jhūsie bhattapāna-padiyāikkhie pāovagamanam nivanne. The Topic of Pūrana's Fast-unto-death
Then, once, around the midnight, while Pūraņa who was practising unenlightened austerity was pondering over the transitory nature of things, there arose in him such internal, recollective, wishful and mental resolve, "My body has turned dry, rough (Bha. 3.35) ...... up to strewn over with veins, on account of my practising austerity that is lofty, long-drawn, approved (by the scripture), respected, salutary, unhindered, fortunate, auspicious, resplendent, progressive, magnanimous, excellent, unperplexed and vastly impressive; and till I have enthusiasm, karma (action), strength, energy, self-exertion and self-efficiency, it will be beneficial for me to ask tomorrow in the twilight of the morning, on the rise of the thousand-rayed sun, shining brightly, those persons whom I had met in Bebhela Sanniveśa, those heretical ascetics and householders with whom I had talked, people with whom I was acquainted before initiating myself into ascetic life and also with whom, I made acquaintance during my ascetic life; after asking them, I should pass through the middle of Bebhela Sanniveśa, and putting aside my religious outfit of wooden footwear, kamandalu and quadripartite wooden bowl in a lonely place, I should mark out a spot half of the length of my body in the south-western corner of Bebhela Sanniveśa and absorb myself in the practice of scraping penance, giving up food and drink to fast unto death without any hankering for death.” He reflects thus. Having reflected thus, next day in the twilight of the morning, on the rise of the thousandrayed sun, shining brightly, he sought consent of those persons whom he had met in Bebhela Sanniveśa, those heretical ascetics and householders with whom he had talked, people with whom he was acquainted before
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