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1 (757a) * A monk who has developed his spiritual faculties (aņagāra bhāviy'appa) is able to penetrate (ogāhejjā, erroneously uggāhejjā) into the edge of a sword or a knife (asi-dhārā, khuradh.) without being cut; a weapon indeed has no effect on him [scil. on his transformation body, cf. XIV 51 note) (no khalu tattha sattham kamai). Likewise he cannot be burnt in fire or become wet in water, ref. to V 72.
2 (757a) An atom (paramânupoggala) and an aggregate of two up to į units (paesa) can be filled (phuda) by a wind-body but the process is not reversible; only certain aggregates of oo units can fill a wind-body (vāu-yāe ananta-paesienam khandhenam siya phude siya no phude). [Simile:] A bladder (vatthi) can be filled by a wind-body but the wind-body is not filled by the bladder.
phuda (: vyāpta, madhye kşipta, Abhay.) 'penetrated' or rather, thinking of the notion 'contact' (phuda = puţtha 'touched'), 'filled'.-vatthi = vasti: drti, Abhay.
3 (757b) Underneath each region of the nether world and the upper world substances (davva) possessing the five colours, the two smells, the five tastes and the eight tactile properties interpenetrate each other (anna-m-anna-baddhāim anna-m-anna -putthāim jāva (cf. I 66, XI 94. 103] anna-m-anna-ghadattāe cițțhanti. * * Mv. continues his peregrination.
4 (758a) In the sanctuary Dūipalāsaya near Vāņiyagāma the brahman Somila approaches My, with one hundred pupils (khandiya). He puts three questions (a,b,c) which he hopes Mv. will not be able to answer (nippattha-pasiņa-vāgaraṇam karessāmīi kattu).
a Somila's first question: does Mv. assent to [1] jattā, [2] javanijja, [3] avvābāha and [4] phāsuya-vihāra (jattā te bhante ... phāsuya-vihāram)? Mv.'s answer: [1] He assents to jattā in the sense of effort (Skt yatnā) viz in asceticism (tava), limitation (niyama), self-discipline (samjama), study (sajjhāya), meditation (jhāna), the Avaśyakas etc. [2] He assents to javanijja in the sense of subjection (Skt yāpaniya: vasyatva, Abhay.) of the senses by keeping them wholly under control (jam me so’indiya... phās'indiyāim niruvahayāim vase vattanti se ttam indiya-java
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