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Ratrimdivånyuşltavan bhagaven dvyasītim viprāļayé sa caramo Jingrāt punātu, 1.
May the last Jing Tirthařkara Bhagavān, who lived for eighty-two davs, (at the house of a Brāhmaṇa,) as if for the purpose of inquiring about an auspicious moment for entering the house of the renowned family of King Siddhartha, bless us !
[ Besides, in this connection, the question is Why is it said that śramaņa Bhagavín Mahasira did not know while he was being removed, although (1) he had three varieties of knowledge, (2) the act of removal lasted for numerous moments aud (3) Sramaņa Bhagavăa Mabăvira possessed an immense amount of much superior knowledge than the god doiug the act of removal ?
The answer to this querry is that this sentence shows the dexterity of the act. Hariņégaméși the messenger of Ś.ukra, performed the act of removal of the foetus in such a masterly way, that although śramaņa Bhagavān Mabāvira knew that he was being removed, he was, so to say, unmindful of it as there was a complete absence of any pain.
Some one may, as well, say, “ You removed a thorn from my foot in such a way that I did not even know it.
Besides, when there is an overwhelming predominence of the enjoyment of pleasures, such an occurrence is met with in the sacred books also. For instance.
तर्हि देवा वंतरिआ वरतरुणीगीअवाइअरवेणं । निच्चं मुहिअपमुइआ गयं पि कालं न याणंति ॥ Tarbi dévā Vantariš vara taruņi gis vāia raveņam; Niccam suhiapamuiă gayam pi kālam no yāṇanti.
Therefore, Vyantara gods, rejoiced by the melodious sound cf dancing and music of excellent young damsels, do not certainly know the time that has gone by.
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