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Leaving Dar apura, the Lord arrived at V ijyagr ma, after passing through Videha. SomilaBrahmin, a Vaidika scholar reached with his students to see the Lord and while standing, inquired him about different types of journey (vih ra) like y pan ya, avy b dha and pr suka. When he could not succeed in making the Lord answer-less to these questions, he asked some strange questions relating to the edible and inedible. After getting answers to even those questions, in order to test further Mah v ra's knowledge of facts, he asked some theoretical questions. Getting appropriate responses from the Lord, Somila was very impressed and he faithfully accepted the householder's vows from the Lord and ending his life in meditation went to heaven. The Lord completed his c turm sa V ijyagr ma.
19th Year as Keval
After completing the rainy season, wandering through S keta, S vatth , etc in Kau ala country, the Lord arrived at P mc la and stayed at Sahasr mravana of Kampilapura. A Brahmin named Ambada used to stay there. He was a renouncer and had 700 disciples with him. When he saw Mah v ra's life of penance, and heard his sermons inspiring disenchantment, he became a follower of Jainism along with his disciples and in the mode of a mendicant, practised the set of restraints ordained for a householder. One day, during his begging tour, Gautama heard that the ascetic Ambada accepts food from 700 households at the same time. He shared his inquisitiveness with the Lord, who said -“Ambada is a respectable and humble renouncer. He has attained v ryalabdhi, vaikriyalabdhi and avadhij na because of long fasts and focused meditation. Hence, in 700 body forms he acquires simultaneously, is seen going to seven hundred homes at the same time. This Ambada has knowledge of soul and non-soul; a follower of rama atradition, he will not accept mendicancy."
Talking about Ambada's wandering practice the Lord said he sacrificed basic violence, untruth and does not take anything that has not been given and is a celibate and contented. While wandering, barring water that passes by on the way, he does not take water from river, well or pond by jumping into them. He does not ride on vehicles and walks on foot. He does not see arousing performances, nor does he indulge in gossip. He neither touches green vegetables, nor tears them. As for
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