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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 3 Ch. 1
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एवं खलु अहं इमेणं ओरालेणं विपुलेणं जाव...उदग्गेणं उदत्तेणं उत्तमेणं महाणुभागेणं तवोकम्मेणं सुक्के भुक्खे जाव...धमणिसंतए जाए तं अत्थि जा मे उट्ठाणे कम्मे बले वीरिए पुरिसक्कारपरक्कमे तावता मे सेयं कल्लं जाव...जलते तामलित्तीए णगरीए दिट्ठाभट्ठे य पासंडत्थे य गिहत्थे य पुव्वसंगतिए य पच्छासंगतिए य परियायसंगतिए य आपुच्छित्ता तामलित्तीए णगरीए मज्झमझेणं णिगच्छित्ता पाउगं कुंडियामाइयं उवगरणं दारुमयं च पडिग्गहं एगते एडित्ता तामलित्तीणयरीए उत्तर पुरत्थिमे दिसिभाए णियत्तणियं मंडलं आलिहित्ता संलेहणाझूसणाझूसिअस्स भत्त-पाण-पडियाइक्खिअस्स पाओवगयस्स कालं अणवकंखमाणस्स विहरित्तए ।
त्ति कटु एवं संपेहेइ संपेहेत्ता कल्लं जाव...जलते जाव...आपुच्छइ आपुच्छिता तामलितीए एगते जाव...एडेइ जाव...भत्तपाणपडियाइखिए पाओवगमगं णिवण्णे।
After this, the said Tamali, born of the Maurya parents, became so very lean, dry,...till weak because of the performance of that noble, vast, permitted and committed heretical penance that his sinews became clearly visible. One night, during the second half of it, as this heretical monk Tāmali was keeping a vigil named anitya-jāgarana (vigil on the transitoriness of the worldly life), a thought...till came up in his mind as follows :
Because of the practice of this penance, noble, vast, ...till difficult, great, good, and giving a valuable outcome, I have become lean and dry, ...till my body has become so weak that the sinews are externally visible. So long as I have in me (left some) endeavour, activities, strength, energy and capacity to exert, it is good for me that to-morrow, at day-break, when the sun is burning hot, I go into the city of Tāmralipti, and there, taking the permission of acquaintances, heretics, householders, friends, old as well as new, and all fellow monks of the order, I move through the heart of the city and deposit my sandals, pots and other belongings in a lonely spot. Thereafter, in the north-eastern direction outside the city of Tāmralipti, I clean a limited space (of the length of one's own person), and there I embrace my last fast named pädapopagamana for the benefit
