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सोऽप्येवमागतः शीघ्र, प्रभुणाऽभाषितस्तथा।
संदेहं तस्य चित्तस्थं व्यक्तीकृत्यावदद्विभुः ॥ ४ ॥ 4. So payévamāgatah shighram, prabhuņā-bhāsıtastatha;
Saṁdéham tasya cittastham vyaktikrityā-vadadvibhuh.
4. He accordingly came there swiftly, and was addressed in the same manner, by śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra. The Omnipresent Lord, having made the doubt remaining in his mind clearly manifest, said .
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Hé Gautaināgaibhuté ! kah samdéhastava Karmanah ? Katham vă Véda-tattvārtham vibhāvayası na sphulam ?
5. O Gautama Agnibhūti! What? liave you doubt with Karmas ? Why do you not clearly trace out the real sense of the verses of the Vedas ?
śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira then explained in detail, the theory of Karmas promulgated by the Tirthankaras and he accepted 47877 Diksā, Initiation into the Order of Monks-along with his five hundred pupils.
Ganadhara Agnibhūti died during the life-time of śramapa Bhagayān Mahāvira at the age of seventy-four.
GANADHARA VĀYUBHŪTI
Vāyubhūti aftufa of Gautama Gotra, the third Ganadhara af śramapa Bhagayān Mahāvīra, was the youngest brother of Gagadhara Bhagavān Indrabhūti Gautaina. He was born at
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