Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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of scholars as I have defeated great scholars. There is none who can par my knowledge and greatness, and is capable of competing and facing me in any kind of scholarly debate.
लाटा दूरगताः प्रवादिनिवहा
मौनं श्रिता मालवाः मूकत्वं मगधागता गतमदा
गर्जन्तिनो गूर्जराः । काश्मीराः प्रणताः पलायनपरा
laifiicit quat: विश्वेचापि स नास्तियो हि कुरूते
वादं मया साम्प्रतम् ॥
The scholars of Latadesha fled away fearing defeat.
Malwa sscholars imposed dumbness on speech, the debators of Gujrat gave up their wits; the scholars of Kashmir bowed their heads in shame and the Telang scholars fled from the place on hearing my name. What more to say? There is none who can dare to face me leave along trying to compete with me.
When such is the pathetic condition of all the so called great scholars, then how come there exists such an omniscient! To me, He only seems to be a magician of some kind and has attracted the gods by His magical powers".
As Indrabhuti was deeply immersed in self-pride and selfpraise, he saw the devas returning after paying their obeisance and he enquired from them about the personality of the kevali they visited. He said that it was astonishing, that being gods they could not distinguish between reality and falsehood. He begged them to tell him something about the omniscient they visited. It was then that the gods said: