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skirts of the Subhūmibhaga park, we went to the pure spot of ground ... upto .... returned back in haste. O Revered siri the inonk Dharmaruci has, forsooth, breathed his last ! Here is his religious equipment." Then the Venerable Dharmaghoşa meditated on the past, called the Nirgrantha monks and nuns (together), and spoke the following unto them: “Thus, Revered Ones! my disciple, the inonk named Dharmaruci, who was very gentle by nature, ... upto ... well disciplined (or trained), and who was observing the mothly fasts without a break, ... upto ... entered the house of the Brāhmaṇī Nāgas'rī. Then the Brāhmaṇi Någas’rī, .... upto ... empties. Then the monk Dharmaruci, thinking that it was quite sufficient for him, ... upto ... stayed on without longing for the hour of death. The monk Dharmaruci, having led the life of an ascetic for many years [P.17], having confessed and expiated (all his sins), having attained deep concentration of mind, and having breathed his last at the hour of death, will be reborn as a god in the Sarvārthasiddha Mahāvimāna, situated above the Saudharma. There, the minimum duration of life of some of the gods, is thirty-three Sāgaropamas. The god Dharmaruci, (falling down from that heavenly region, ... upto ... would achieve salvation in the Mahāvideha Varşa. [17.11.3] So fie upon chat Brāhmaṇī Nagas'rī, unfortunate, sinful .... upto ... (undesirable) like the Nimba fruit, who has prematurely put an end to the life of the illustrious monk Dharmaruchi on the day of the breaking of his monthly fast by (offering him) that pumpkin ...upto ... fried in (ghee)". Then those Nirgrantha Ascetics, having listened to this from the Venerable Dharmaghoşa, repeated (or passed on) the same to the people (they 'met) in the streets and squares of the city of Campā :- "Fie upon that Nāgas'rī, O B., ... upto ... (bitter like) the Nimba-fruit, who deprived that monk of his life." Then those Brahmins, on hearing this report) from many persons in the city of Campā, were furious with rage, and burning with anger, and going to the Brāhmaṇī Nāgas'rī said to her thus:- "Oh gou Nāgas'ri! You who long for what nobody craves after !
You who possess evil and bad characteristics ! O you bereft Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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