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81. Atthi égam dhuvam thāņam, logaggami durâruham; Jattha natthi jarā-maccu vähiņo véyaņā tahā.
81. There is a permanent place in the universe which is hard to climb up, where there is no old age, no death. no disease, and no pain.
ठाणे अ इइ के बुते, केसी गोयममब्बवी ।
एवं केसिं बुवंतं तु गोयमो इणमन्त्रवी ॥ ८२ ॥
82. Thāné a i i ké vutté, Kési Goyamamabbavi ; Evam Késim buvantam tu Goyamo iņamabbavi.
82. Sramaņa Kési Kumāra asked Gaṇadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama, "Which place did you say?" When Kési Kumāra asked him in this way, Gautama Gaṇadhara replied thus:
निव्वाणं ति अवाई ति, सिद्धी लोगग्गमेव य । खेमं सिवं अणाबाई जं चरंति महेसिणो ॥ ८३ ॥
83. Nivvāņam ti abāhanti Siddhi logaggaméva ya; Khémam sivam aṇābāham, jam caranti mahésiņo.
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83. The place which is named faaforera Nirvāņa Sthanathe place of Final EmancipationA-bādha Sthāna the place free from hindrance of every kind, fafa Siddhi Sthāna. The place of complete attainment of Eternal Happinessand Media Lokāgra-Sthāna.-The place is also called Lokāgra Sthāna, because, it is located at the top of the Universe and it is the abode of the Souls who have acquired Final Emancipation, is a Kṣéma, affording peace and security, Fara Śiva-conferring prosperity, and a Anābādha,-free from suffering. To which great sages repair (for the attainment of Final Emancipation ).
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