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By the waters of these rains, human beings and lower animals of towns and villages of Bhärata-varsa, birds flying in the skies, trasa (moving), and sthāvara beings of villages and of forests, and all varieties of vegetation, will be destroyed. All the hills and mountains except Mount Vaitādhya will be reduced to small particles by the strokes of repeated lightnings. All the rivers, streams, lakes etc except the Ganga and the Sindhu will be inundated and their beds will be raised up or driven low.
Indrabhuti Gautama:- Bhagavan ! What will be the condition of the soil of Bharata-varsa ,
Bhagavana:-(Jautama ! The soil of Bharata-varsa will resemble fire of live coals, or the fire of cow dung cake or the fire of a heated iron-pan, or a blazing fire. It will be filled with very fine sand resembling the sand of the deserts of Mārwär
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नगरखेडकब्बमडंबदोणमुहपट्टणासमागयं जणवयं चउप्पयगवेळगए खहयरे य पक्खिसंघे गामारनपयारनिरए तसे य पाणे बहुप्पगारे रुक्खगुच्छगुम्मलयवल्लितणपव्वगहरितोसहिपवालंकुरमादीए य वणवणस्सइकाइए विद्धंसेहिति पबयगिरिडोंगरउच्छलमटिमादीए वेयगिरिवज्जे विरावेहिति सलिलबिल दुग्गविसमं निण्णुनयाइ च गंगासिंधुवाई समीकरेहिति ॥ वीसे णं मंते ! समाए भारहवासस्स भूमीए केरिसए आगारभावपडोयारे भवस्सिति ? गोयमा ! भूमी भविस्सति इंगालब्भूया मुम्मुरभूया छारियभूया तत्तकवेल्लय भूया तत्तसमजोतिभूया धूलिबहुला रेणुबहुला पंकबहुला पणगबहुला चलणि बहुला बहूणं धरणिगोयराणं सत्ताणं दोनिक्कमा य भविस्सति ।।(सूत्र.२८७)।
॥श्री भगवती सूत्रे-शतके ७ उद्देशः ७
पृ. ३०४-३०५ ॥
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