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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA to him with deference, with his face directed toward. him and with his bards joined in humility.
[Page 92 ] ( Sūtra 20 ). Then the Venerable Lord Mahāvīra ( preached a sermon ).. to the god Sūryābha, as also to that high assembly..upto...the congregation returned in the direction it had come.
[ Sūtra 21 ] Then the God Sūryābha, having listened to the religious preaching of the Lord Mahāvira, was delighted...upto rejoiced at heart, and getting up briskly (or with a jerk ), he bowed down and paid his respects to the Lord and said:- "O Venerable Lord! I am the God Sūryābha; am I destined to attain salvation after some births ? or am I destined not to get salvation ? (i. e. whether I am a Bhavya soul or an Abhavya soul?) Am I endowed with Right vision or False Faith? Is my worldly existence limited or infinite (i. e. unlimited ?). Can I get enlightenment easily or after great difficulty? Am I the propitiator of the right faith ) or the destroyer of it? Shall I have any more birth (lit. the last birth) or not”? The Venerable Lord addressed Sūryabha thus “O Sūryābha! you are destined to get salvation after (some ) births; you are not an Abhavya soul;...upto ...you shall have the last birth...etc."
[ Sūtra 22 ] Then the God Sūryābha, being thus. addressed by the Venerable Lord Mahāvīra, was delighted at heart, and being in a composed state of mind, ( Page 93 ) bowed down to and paid his respects to the Venerable Monk Mahāvīra and said unto him: “O Revered Sir 1 you know everything and you also see and visualise everything, (i.e. you are an Omniscient sage ). You know and, visualise all the (three) times (i. e. the past, the present and the future ). So, O Beloved of the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
