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O beloved as gods ! The fact is like this. We six are uterine brothers, sons of Nāga Gathāpati and his wife Sulasā, inhabitant of city Bhaddilapura. We all six brothers are just alike regarding age, colour, body-formation etc., and looked like-(resembled) Nalakūbara. We all six brothers heard sermon of Arihanta Aristanemi, took it to heart and being frightened from the cycle of births and deaths-the world, we accepted consecration and are practising sagehood. The day we all six brothers accepted consecration, we bowed down and worshipped Arihanta Aristanemi and expressed our utter wish in these words-"O Bhagawan ! by your permission we wish to wander with you observing two days' fast penance (and third day to take food) (BeleBele tapasyā) till life, thus purifying our souls.” Then Bhagawāna permitting us saidą“O beloved as gods ! Do as you feel happy; but do not delay. O beloved as gods (Deváki) ! obtaining the permission of Arihanta Aristanemi, we began to wander practising belebele austerity Thus, today is the day of breaking fast of six meals, of all six brothers. During the first prahara (three hours) of day we studied scriptures and in second prahara meditated and in the third prahara taking the permission of Arihanta Aristanemi, we made three groups of two monks each and wandering for seeking food and water in high-low-middle class houses of the city approached to your palace. O beloved as gods ! It is not a fact that we are the monks who came to you in two former groups, but it is true that we are others. Those monks said such to Devaki and returned back in the direction they had come.
97: तए णं तीसे देवईए देवीए अयमेयारूवे अज्झथिए जाव समुप्पण्णे !
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