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rets of your heart from the conversation of that emnient man.
Skandaka-Well, let us go, Gautama! Let me pay homage to your preceptor Áramapa Bhagavăna Mahavira.
Gautama Swami: - Alright, let us go. Indrabhati Qautama and Skandaka went to śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira As soon as Skandaka saw śramaga Bhagavāna Mahāvira, he was astonished by the excellent form, beauty, and luster of the great saint. The heart of:Skandaka became filled up with joy simply by the sight of the highly pious great omniscient supremely lustrous Sramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira. He were near śramaņa Bhagavana Mahavira and having done homage by going round him three times from right to left by way of pradakşină, he stood there with the palms of hands joined together in the form of an anjali.
Clearly expressing the secret thoughts of Skandaka, the omnisicient Šramana Bhagavāna Mahăvira said:-Skandaka! you have doubts in your mind raised by the question--Is Loka with a
तीयपच्चुप्पभमणागयविआणए सम्पन्न् सव्वदरिसी जेणं ममं एस अट्ठ तव ताव रहस्सकडे हव्वमक्खाए जओ णं अहं जाणामि खंदया! तए णं से खंदए कच्चायणस्सगोचे भगवं गोयमं अब बयासी-गच्छामो णं गोयमा ? वव धम्मायरियं धम्मोवदेसवं समणं भगवं महावीर वंदामो णमंसामो जाव पज्जुवासामो, अहामुहं देवाणुप्पिया ! मा पडिबंध, तए णं से मग गोयमे खंदए णं कच्चायणस्सगोत्ते ण सिद्धिं जेणेव समणे भगवं महावीरे तेणेव पहारेत्य गमणाए । तेण कालेणं २ समणे भगवं महावीरे वियटभोगीयावि होत्या. तए णं समणस्स मगवओ महावीरस्स वियहमोगियस्स सरीर ओराल सिंगारं कल्लाणं भिवं षष्णं मंगल सस्सिरीयं अणकंकियविभूसिय लक्खणवंजणगुणोववेय सिरीए अतीव २ उवसोभमाणे चिटइ। तए ण से खदए कच्चायणस्सगोत्ने समणस्स भगवओ महावीरस्स वियट२ भोगिस्स सरीरं ओरावं जाव अतीवर उपसोमेमाणं पासइ २ ता हातुह
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