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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 5 Ch. 4
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Bhagavān Gautama paid homage and obeisance to śramaņa Bhagavān Mahavira,...till made submission as follows :
[ gods are non-restrained ] प्रश्न ६०-देवा णं भंते ! संजया ति वत्तव्वं सिया ?
उत्तर ६०-गोयमा ! णो इणठे समठे। अब्भक्खाणमेयं । प्रश्न ६१-देवा णं भंते ! असंजया ति वत्तवं सिया ? उत्तर ६१-गोयमा ! णो इण→ समठे णिठ्ठरवयणमेयं । प्रश्न ६२-देवा णं भंते ! संजयाऽसंजया ति वत्तव्वं सिया ? उत्तर ६२-योयमा ! णो इणटठे समटठे ! असन्भूयमेयं देवाणं । प्रश्न ६३-से किं खाइ णं भंते ! देवा इति वत्तव्वं सिया ? उत्तर ६३-गोयमा ! देवा णं णो संजया इ वत्तव्वं सिया ।
Q. 60. Bhante ! Should we say . that gods restrained ?
are
A. 60. Gautama ! This is not correct. To say so is incorrect.
Q. 61. Bhante ! Should restrained ?
we
say that gods
are un
A. 61. Gautama ! This is not correct. To say so is rude.
Q. 62. Bhante ! Should restrained-unrestrained ?
we then say that they
are
For, this is
A. 62. Gautama ! This is also not correct. very unlikely.
Q. 63. Bhante ! Then what is to be said about gods ?