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प्रकाशयति गुप्तं चेत् सन्देहं मे मनःस्थितम् ।
तदा जानामि सर्वज्ञं अन्यथा तु न किञ्चन ॥२५॥ 25. Prakāśayati guptam cét sandeham mé mapah-sthitam
Tada jānāmi Sarvajnam, anyathā tu na kincana, 25.
25. If he announces my secret doubt existing in my mind then, I can know him to be a Sarvajña Otherwise, never at all; by no ireans.
चिन्तयन्तमिति पोचे प्रभुः को जीवसंशयः ।
विभावयसि नो वेद-पदार्थ श्रृणु तान्यथ ॥ २६ ॥ 26. Cintayantamiti procé prabhuḥ ko jîva-samsayaḥ
Vibhävayasi no Véda-padártham śruņu tânyatha. 26.
26. To him, who was meditating in this way, the Venerable Lord said:-- What? Have you a doubt about siia Jiva (Atma-Soul)? And why do you not trace out the ineanings of the sentences of the Vedas. Now, listen to them, 26.
समुद्रो मध्यमानः किं गङ्गापूरोऽथवा किमु । alfapafa: ff at Tithuafaatat ll Ruell
27.
Samudro mathyamānah kim Gangapūro'thavā kiru Adibrahma-dhvanih kim và Vira-vedadhvani-r-babhau 27.
27. The sound of the verse of the Vedas being explained by Šramana Bhagavān Mahāvira, became, as if the ocean was being churned, or as if it were the sound of ihe floods over the Ganges or as if it was the First Sound of the Brahman,
3. Gaşadhara-vāda Śramaga Bhagavān Mahāvira while opening the disscusion
O Indrabhati Gantama! you have a doubt, in your mind, about the existence of sita Jiva or TFAI Ātma-Soul whether there is
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