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by his five commanders-in-chief, and with that huge banner of Indra which was circular, weel-shaped and made of diamonds...upto..which was one yojana high, being carried before him, surrounded also by the four-thousand Sāmānika Gods...upto...sixteen-thousand body-guard-gods as well as by many other Vaimānika gods and goddesses who dwelt in the Suryabha Vimana, started with all pomp and glory...upto...the sound (of the musical instruments), through the heart of the Saudharma Kalpa, displaying his divine and heavenly splendour, prosperity, lustre, and prowess; and (carefully) watching (around him), he went toward the northern exit of the Saudharma Kalpa; and then descending with the speed (lit, division) of a hundred thousand yojanas (per minute ?), and going at that excellent...upto..(speed of gods), he passed through numerous continents and oceans and thus crossing them he went toward the Nandiswara continent, toward the south-eastern Ratikara mountain; having reached there, he withdrew and took back his divine glory, splendour and prowess and went toward the Jambūdwipa continent, toward Bharata Varsa, toward the city of Amalakalpā, toward the sanctuary of Amraśālavana, toward the spot where the Venerable monk Mahāvira was seated. [Page 89] He then went round the Venerable monk Mahavira three times with that (i. e, while seated in that) celestial aerial car, and stationed his divine aerial car on a spot toward the north-east of the Venerable Monk Mahāvira, four angulas above the ground, so that it did not just touch the ground; he then descended down from his celestial aerial car by the beautiful stair in the east, accompanied by his four chief queens with their retinue, as also surrounded by his two comShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
