Book Title: Rai Paseniya Suttam Part 01
Author(s): Hiralal B Gandhi
Publisher: Hiralal B Gandhi

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________________ Translation. 103 tured, got up; having got up, bowed to and saluted him; and having done so he spoke thus "Oh revered Sir! am I-the Suriyābha god a Bhavya Jiva (a being for whom liberation is possible) or an Abhavya Jiva (a being for whom liberation is not possible). Am I, a being possessing right faith or heretic? Am I one whose journey in worldly transmigration is limited or one for whom infinite transmigration is destined? Am I a being easy to be enlightened or difficult to be elevated by knowledge? Am I aiming at salvation or indifferent to it? Is salvation attainable in the next incarnation or the adverse of it"? Blessed ascetic Lord Mahavir spoke thus "Oh Suriyābha, you are a being for whom salvation is possible and not of opposite type [upto] a being whose next incarnation is last one, but not the reverse of it." (22) Then that Sūriyābha god being addressed thus by blessed ascetic Lord Mahavir, was delighted, pleased, jolly minded, jubiliant at heart; (he) bowed to and saluted blessed ascetic Lord Mahavir; having done so, (he) spoke thus Oh revered Sir, you comprehend everything and perceive all things, you know

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