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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA impetuous, swift, proud, rapid, triumphant, and divine course of the gods, crossing obliquely numerous continents and oceans, they directed their steps towards Jambūdvipa, toward Bharatayarşa, toward the city of Amalakalpa, toward the sanctuary of Amraśālavana, where the Revered Sage Mahāvira was (seated). Having reached there, they went thrice round Mahāvīra, saluted and towed down to him and said :—"O Revered Sir, we are the gods in the service of God Sūryābba; we bow down to, salute and pay our homage to you and wait upon you. the auspicious, blessed and divine sanctuary.
| Page 43 ] (Sūtra 9): The Revered Sage Mahāvīra addressed the gods thus:-"Oye Gods! It is an ancient practice, a custom and duty that should be performed, page 44 ] which is in vogue, and which has received (common) consert, viz. that the (four types of) gods, i.e. the Bhavana patis, Vānamantaras, Jyotiskas, and the Vaimānikas, salute & bow down to the Revered Sages, then anrounce their own names and identities. So it is, therefore, an ancient practice..upto..a ( aniversally) acknowledged (custom).
(Sutra 10): Then these servant gods, being thus addressed by the Revered Sage Malāvira, were delighted at heart, bowed down to & saluted the Lord Mahāvira, then went to the north-eastern direction, transformed themselves by a magical mutation & spread themselves out over numerous yojanas like a rod; as follows:- of jewels..upto..ristas, they cast away the gross atoms; again for the second time theyunderwent the magic physical transformation & then produced, by their magic power the wind, removing grass etc. (Samyarta wind,) just as,
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