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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 3 Ch. 1
this power is a quality, a mere quality, though none has ever given effect to it, none gives effect to it, and none will ever give effect to it. And as for the Trayas-trimsaka gods, Lokapālas, principal consorts (of Sakrendra), they are all similar to those of Camara, difference being that they can fill up space twice as big as the isle of Jambu-dvipa, the rest being as before (as with Camara).
सेवं भंते! सेवं भंते! त्ति । दोच्चे गोयमे जाव...
... विहरइ ।
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Bhante! So they are. Glory be to the Lord! So saying, second Gautama paid his homage and obeisance,...till withdrew to his seat.
[Iśänendra of Iśāna-kalpa and others ]
...एवं
भंते! त्ति भगवं तच्चे गोयमे वाउभूई अणगोर समणं भगवं जाव...! वयासी :
Third Gautama, monk Vayubhūti, paid homage and obeisance to Śramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvīra, ...till made the following
submission:
प्रश्न १३ - जइ णं भंते! सक्के देविदे देवराया एवं महिड्ढीए जाव ... एवइयं च णं पभू विउवित्तए ईसाणे णं भंते ! देविंदे देवराया के महिड्
ढीए ?
उत्तर १३ - एवं तहेव णवरं साहिए दो केवलकप्पे जंबुदीवे दीवे अवसेसं
तव ।
Q. 13. Bhante! If Sakra, the Indra of the Devas, their king, has such a great fortune, ...till such a great power to transform, then, Bhante, how great is the fortune of Isana, the Indra of the Devas at Iśāna-kalpa, their king?
A. 13. As aforesaid (about Sakra), difference being that he can fill up space slightly bigger than twice the whole of the isle of Jambu-dvipa. The rest as before".
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