Hitopadesha · Chapter 4

iti śrī-nārāyaṇa-paṇḍita-kṛte hitopadeśe nīti-śāstre
vigraho nāma tṛtīyaḥ kathā-saṅgrahaḥ |
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iv.
sandhiḥ
punaḥ kathārambha-kāle rāja-putrair uktam-ārya ! vigrahaḥ śruto 'smābhiḥ | sandhir adhunābhidhīyatām |
viṣṇuśarmeṇoktam-śrūyatām | sandhim api kathayāmi | yasyāyam ādyaḥ ślokaḥ-
vṛtte mahati saṅgrāme rājñor nihata-senayoḥ |
stheyābhyāṃ gṛdhra-cakrābhyāṃ vācā sandhiḥ kṛtaṃ kṣaṇat

rājaputrā ūcuḥ-katham etat ?
viṣṇuśarmā kathayati-tatas tena rājahaṃsena uktam-kenāsmad-durge nikṣipto 'gniḥ ? kiṃ pārakyeṇa ? kiṃ vāsmad-durga-vāsinā kenāpi vipakṣa-prayuktena ?
cakravāko brūte-deva ! bhavato niṣkāraṇa-bandhur asau meghavarṇaḥ saparivāro na dṛśyate | tan manye tasyaiva viceṣṭitam idam |
rājā kṣaṇaṃ vicintyāha-asti tāvad evam | mama durdaivam etat | tathā coktam-
aparādhaḥ sa daivasya na punar mantriṇām ayam |
kāryaṃ sucaritaṃ kvāpi daiva-yogād vinaśyati

viṣamāṃ hi daśāṃ prāpya daivaṃ garhayate naraḥ |
ātmanaḥ karma-doṣāṃś ca naiva jānāty apaṇḍitaḥ

aparaṃ ca-
suhṛdāṃ hita-kāmānāṃ yo vākyaṃ nābhinandati |
sa kūrma iva durbuddhiḥ kāṣṭhād bhraṣṭo vinaśyati

anyac ca-
rakṣitavyaṃ sadā vākyaṃ vākyād bhavati nāśanam |
haṃsābhyāṃ nīyamānasya kūrmasya patanaṃ yathā

rāhāha-katham etat ?
mantrī kathayati-
kathā 1
asti magadha-deśe phullotpalābhidhānaṃ saraḥ | tatra ciraṃ saṅkaṭa-vikaṭa-nāmānau haṃsau nivasataḥ | tayor mitraṃ kambugrīva-nāmā kūrmaś ca prativasati | athaikadā dhīvarair āgatya tathoktaṃ yat-atrāsmābhir adyoṣitvā prātar matsya-kūrmādayo vyāpādayitavyāḥ |
tad ākarṇya kūrmo haṃsāv āha-suhṛdau ! śruto 'yaṃ dhīvarālāpaḥ | adhunā kiṃ mayā kartavyam?
haṃsāv āhatuḥ-jñāyatāṃ tāvat | punas tāvat prātar yad ucitaṃ tat kartavyam |
kūrmo brūte-maivam | yato dṛṣṭa-vyatikaro 'ham atra | yathā coktam-
anāgata-vidhātā ca pratyutpanna-matis tathā |
dvāv eva sukham edhete yad-bhaviṣyo vinaśyati

tāv ūcatuḥ-katham etat ?
kūrmaḥ kathayati-
kathā 2
purāsminn eva sarasy evaṃvidheṣv eva dhīvareṣūpasthiteṣu matsya-trayeṇālocitam | tatrānāgata-vidhātā nāmaiko matsyaḥ | tenoktaṃ-ahaṃ tāvaj-jalāśayāntaraṃ gacchāmi | ity uktvā sa hradāntaraṃ gataḥ | apareṇa pratyutpannamati-nāmnā mastyenābhihitam-bhaviṣyad-arthe pramāṇābhāvāt kutra mayā gantavyam ? tad utpanne yathā-kāryaṃ tad anuṣṭheyam | tathā coktam-
utpannām āpadaṃ yas tu samādhatte sa buddhimān |
vaṇijo bhāryayā jāraḥ pratyakṣe nihnuto yathā

yadbhaviṣyaḥ pṛcchati-katham etat ?
pratyutpannamatiḥ kathayati-
kathā 3
purā vikramapure samudradatto nāma vaṇig asti | tasya ratnaprabhā nāma gṛhiṇī sva-sevakena saha sadā ramate | yataḥ-
na strīṇām apriyaḥ kaścit priyo vāpi na vidyate |
gāvas tṛṇam ivāraṇye prārthayante navaṃ navam

athaikadā sā ratnaprabhā tasya sevakasya mukhe cumbanaṃ dadatī samudradattenāvalokitā | tataḥ sā bandhakī satvaraṃ bhartuḥ samīpaṃ matvāha-nātha ! etasya sevakasya mahatī nikṛtiḥ | yato 'yaṃ caurikāṃ kṛtvā karpūraṃ khādatīti | mayāsya mukham āghrāya jñātam | tathā coktam-
āhāro dviguṇaḥ strīṇāṃ buddhis tāsāṃ catur-guṇā |
ṣaḍ-guṇo vyavasāyaś ca kāmāś cāṣṭaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

tac chrutvā sevakenāpi prakupyoktaṃ-nātha ! yasya svāmino gṛhe etādṛśī bhāryā tatra sevakena kathaṃ sthātavyam ? yatra ca pratikṣaṇaṃ gṛhiṇī sevakasya mukhaṃ jighrati | tato 'sāv utthāya calitaḥ | sādhunā ca yatnāt prabodhya dhṛtaḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-utpannām āpadam ity ādi |
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tato yadbhaviṣyeṇoktam-
yad abhāvi na tad bhāvi bhāvi cen na tad anyathā |
iti cintā-viṣa-ghno 'yam agadaḥ kiṃ na pīyate

tataḥ prātar jālena baddhaḥ pratyutpannamatir mṛtavad ātmānaṃ sandarśya sthitaḥ | tato jālād apasārito yathāśakty utplutya gabhīraṃ nīraṃ praviṣṭaḥ | yadbhaviṣyaś ca dhīvaraiḥ prāpto vyāpāditaḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-anāgata-vidhātā ca ity ādi | tad yathāham anyaṃ hradaṃ prāpnomi tathā kriyatām |
haṃsāv āhatuḥ-jalāśayāntare prāpte tava kuśalam | sthale gacchatas te ko vidhiḥ ?
kūrma āha-yathāhaṃ bhavadbhyāṃ sahākāśa-vartmanā yāmi, tathā vidhīyatām |
haṃsāv brūtaḥ-katham upāyaḥ sambhavati ?
kacchapo vadati-yuvābhyāṃ cañcu-dhṛtaṃ kāṣṭha-khaṇḍam ekaṃ mayā mukhenāvalambitavyam | tataś ca yuvayoḥ pakṣa-balena mayāpi sukhena gantavyam |
haṃsau brūtaḥ-sambhavaty eṣa upāyaḥ | kintu-
upāyaṃ cintayet prājño hy apāyam api cintayet |
paśyato baka-mūrkhasya nakulair bhakṣitāḥ sutāḥ

kūrmaḥ pṛcchati--katham etat ?
tau kathayataḥ-
kathā 4
asty uttarā-pathe gṛdhrakūṭa-nāmni parvate mahān pippala-vṛkṣaḥ | tatrāneke bakā nivasanti | tasya vṛkṣasyādhastād vivare sarpas tiṣṭhati | sa ca bakānāṃ bālāpatyāni khādati | atha śokārtānāṃ vilāpaṃ śrutvā kenacid vṛddha-bakenābhihitaṃ-bho evaṃ kuruta, yūyaṃ matsyān upādāya nakula-vivarād ārabhya sarpa-vivaraṃ yāvat-paṅkti-krameṇa ekaikaśo vikirata | tatas tad-āhāra-lubdhair nakulair āgatya sarpo draṣṭavyaḥ | svabhāva-dveṣād vyāpadayitavyaś ca | tathānuṣṭhite sati tad vṛttam |
atha nakulair vṛkṣopari baka-śāvakānāṃ rāvaḥ śrutaḥ | paścāt tad-vṛkṣam āruhya baka-śāvakāḥ khāditāḥ | ata āvāṃ brūvaḥ-upāyaṃ cintayan ity ādi |
āvābhyāṃ nīyamānaṃ tvām avalokya lokaiḥ kiṃcid vaktavyam eva | yadi tvam uttaraṃ dāsyasi, tadā tvan-maraṇam | tat sarvathaiva sthīyatām |
kūrmo vadati-kim aham aprājñaḥ ? nāham uttaraṃ dāsyāmi | na kim api mayā vaktavyam | tathānuṣṭhite tathā-vidhaṃ kūrmam ālokya sarve go-rakṣakāḥ paścād dhāvanti, vadanti ca-aho ! mahad āścaryam ! pakṣibhyāṃ kūrmo nīyate |
kaścid vadati-yady ayaṃ kūrmaḥ patati, tadātraiva paktvā khāditavyaḥ |
kaścid vadati-sarasas tīre dagdhvā khāditavyo 'yam |
kaścid vadati-gṛhaṃ nītvā bhakṣaṇīyaḥ | iti |
tad-vacanaṃ śrutvā sa kūrmaḥ kopāviṣṭo vismṛta-pūrva-saṃskāraḥ prāha-yuṣmābhir bhasma bhakṣitavyam iti vadann eva patitas tair vyāpāditaś ca | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-suhṛdāṃ hita-kāmānām ity ādi |
atha praṇidhir bakas tatrāgatyovāca-deva ! prāg eva mayā nigaditaṃ durga-śodha hi pratikṣaṇaṃ kartavyam iti | tac ca yuṣmābhir na kṛtaṃ, tad-anavadhānasya phalam idam anubhūtam | durga-dāho meghavarṇena vāyasena gṛdhra-pratyuktena kṛtaḥ | rājā niḥśvasyāha-
praṇayād upakārād vā yo viśvasiti śatruṣu |
sa supta iva vṛkṣāgrāt patitaḥ pratibudhyate

atha praṇidhir uvāca-ito durgadāhaṃ vidhāya, yadā yato meghavarṇas tadā citravarṇena prasāditenoktam-ayaṃ meghavarṇo 'tra karpūra-dvīpa-rājye'bhiṣicyatām | tathā coktam-
kṛta-kṛtyasya bhṛtyasya kṛtaṃ naiva praṇāśayet |
phalena manasā vācā dṛṣṭyā cainaṃ praharṣayet

cakravāko brūte-deva ! śrutaṃ yat praṇidhiḥ kathayati ?
rājā prāha--tatas tataḥ ?
praṇidhir uvāca-tataḥ pradhāna-mantriṇā gṛdhreṇābhihitam-deva ! nedam ucitam | prasādāntaraṃ kim api kriyatām | yataḥ-
avicārayato yukti-kathanaṃ tuṣa-khaṇḍanam |
nīceṣūpakṛtaṃ rājan bālukāsv iva mūtritam

mahatām āspade nīcaḥ kadāpi na kartavyaḥ | tathā coktam-
nīcaḥ ślāghya-padaṃ prāpya svāminaṃ hantum icchati |
mūṣiko vyāghratāṃ prāpya muniṃ hantuṃ gato yathā

citravarṇaḥ pṛcchati--katham etat ?
mantrī kathayati-
kathā 5
asti gautamasya maharṣes tapovane mahātapā nāma muniḥ | tatra tena āśrama-saṃnidhāne mūṣika-śāvakaḥ kāka-mukhād bhraṣṭo dṛṣṭaḥ | tato dayā-yuktena tena muniā nīvāra-kaṇaiḥ saṃvardhitaḥ | tato biḍālas taṃ mūṣikaṃ khāditum upadhāvati | tam avalokya mūṣikas tasya muneḥ kroḍe praviveśa | tato muninoktam-mūṣika ! tvaṃ mārjāro bhava | tataḥ sa biḍālaḥ kukkuraṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyate | tato muninoktaṃ-kukkurād bibheṣi, tvam eva kukkuro bhava | sa ca kukkuro vyāghrād bibheti tatas tena muninā kukkuro vyāghraḥ kṛtaḥ |
atha taṃ vyāghraṃ munir mūṣiko 'yam iti paśyati | atha taṃ muniṃ vyāghraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā sarve vadanti-anena muninā mūṣiko vyāghratāṃ nītaḥ | etac chrutvā sa-vyatho vyāghro 'cintayat-yāvad anena muninā sthīyate, tāvad idaṃ me svarūpākhyānam akīrtikaraṃ na palāyiṣyate ity ālocya mūṣikas taṃ muniṃ hantuṃ gataḥ | tato muninā taj jñātvā-punar mūṣiko bhava ity uktvā mūṣika eva kṛtaḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-nīcaḥ ślāghya-padaṃ prāpyety ādi // Hit_4.
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aparaṃ ca, deva ! sukaram idam iti na mantavyam | śṛṇu-
bhakṣayitvā bahūn matsyān uttamādhama-madhyamān |
atilobhād bakaḥ paścān mṛtaḥ karkaṭaka-grahāt

citravarṇaḥ pṛcchati--katham etat ?
mantrī kathayati-
kathā 6
asti mālava-viṣaye padmagarbhābhidhānaṃ saraḥ | tatraiko vṛddho bakaḥ sāmarthya-hīna udvignam ivātmānaṃ darśayitvā sthitaḥ | sa ca kenacit kulīraṇe dūrād eva dṛṣṭaḥ | pṛṣṭaś ca-kim iti bhavān atrāhāra-tyāgena tiṣṭhati ?
bakenoktam-matsyā mama jīvana-hetavaḥ | te kaivartair āgatya vyāpādayitavyā iti vārtā nagaropānte mayā śrutā | ato vartanābhāvād evāsman maraṇam upasthitam iti jñātvāhāre'py anādaraḥ kṛtaḥ | tato matsyair ālocitam-iha samaye tāvad upakāraka evāyaṃ lakṣyate | tad ayam eva yathā-kartavyaṃ pṛcchyatām | tathā coktam-
upakartrāriṇā sandhir na mitreṇāpakāriṇā |
upakārāpakāro hi lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇam etayoḥ

matsyā ūcuḥ-bho baka ! ko 'tra asmākaṃ rakṣanopāyaḥ ?
bako brūte-asti rakṣaṇopāyo jalāśayāntarāśrayaṇam | tatrāham ekaikaśo yuṣmān nayāmi |
matsyā āhuḥ-evam astu | tato 'sau duṣṭa-bakas tān matsyān ekaikaśo nītvā khādati | anantaraṃ kulīras tam uvāca-bho baka ! mām api tatra naya | tato bako 'py apūrva-kulīra-māṃsārthī sādaraṃ taṃ nītvā sthale dhṛtavān | kulīro 'pi mastya-kaṇṭakākīrṇaṃ taṃ sthalam ālokyācintayat-hā hato 'smi manda-bhāgyaḥ | bhavatu idānīṃ samayocitaṃ vyavahariṣyāmi | yataḥ-
tāvad bhayena bhetavyaṃ yāvad bhayam anāgatam |
āgataṃ tu bhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā praharatvayam abhītivat

kiṃ ca-
abhiyukto yadā paśyen na kiñcid gatim ātmanaḥ |
yudhyamānas tadā prājño mriyate ripuṇā saha

ity ālocya sa kulīrakas tasya bakasya grīvāṃ ciccheda | atha sa bakaḥ pañcatvaṃ gataḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-bhakṣayitvā bahūn matsyān ity ādi |
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tataś citravarṇo 'vadat-śṛṇu tāvan mantrin ! mayaitad ālocitam | asti yad atrāvasthitenānena meghavarṇena rājñā yāvanti vastūni karpūra-dvīpasyottamāni tāvanty asmākam upanetavyāni | tenāsmābhir mahā-sukhena vindhyācale sthātavyam | dūradarśī vihasyāha-deva !
anāgatavatīṃ cintāṃ kṛtvā yas tu prahṛṣyati |
sa tiraskāram āpnoti bhagna-bhāṇḍo dvijo yathā

rājāha--katham etat ?
mantrī kathayati---
kathā 7
asti devī-koṭa-nāmni nagare devaśarmā nāma brāhmaṇaḥ | tena mahāviṣuvat-saṅkrāntyāṃ saktupūrṇaśarāva ekaḥ prāptaḥ | tatas tam ādāyāsau kumbhakārasya bhāṇḍapūrṇa-maṇḍapaika-deśe raudreṇākulitaḥ suptaḥ | tataḥ saktu-rakṣārthaṃ haste daṇḍam ekam ādāyācintayat-adyāhaṃ saktuśarāvaṃ vikrīya daśa kapardakān prāpsyāmi, tadātraiva taiḥ kapardakair ghaṭaśarāvādikam upakrīyānekadhā vṛddhais tad-dhanaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ pūrga-vastrādim upakrīya, vikrīya lakṣa-saṅkhyāni dhanāni kṛtvā, vivāha-catuṣṭayaṃ kariṣyāmi | anantaraṃ tāsu sva-patnīṣu yā rūpa-yauvanavatī tasyām adhikānurāgaṃ kariṣyāmi | sapatnyo yadā dvandvaṃ kariṣyāmi, tadā kopākulo 'haṃ tāḥ sarvā laguḍena tāḍayiṣyāmīty
abhidhāya tena laguḍaḥ prakṣiptaḥ | tena saktuśarāvaś cūrṇito bhāṇḍāni ca bahūni bhagnāni | tatas tena śabdenāgatena kumbhakāreṇa tathā-vidhāni bhāṇḍāny avalokya, brāhmaṇas tiraskṛto maṇḍapād bahiṣkṛtaś ca | ato 'haṃ bravīmi - anāgatavatīṃ cintām ity ādi |
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tato rājā rahasi gṛdhram uvāca-tāta ! yathā kartavyaṃ tathopadiśa |
gṛdhro brūte-
madoddhatasya nṛpateḥ prakīrṇasyeva dantinaḥ |
gacchanty unmārga-yātasya netāraḥ khalu vācyatām

śṛṇu deva ! kim asmābhir bala-darpād durgaṃ bhagnam ? uta tava pratāpādhiṣṭhitenopāyena ?
rājāha-bhavatām upāyena |
gṛdhro brūte-yady asmad-vacanaṃ kriyate, tadā sva-deśe gamyatām | anyathā varṣā-kāle prāpte punas tulya-balena vigrahe saty asmākaṃ para-bhūmiṣṭhānāṃ sva-deśa-gamanam api durlabhaṃ bhaviṣyati | tat-sukha-śobhārthaṃ sandhāya gamyatām | durgaṃ bhagnaṃ, kīrtiś ca labdheva | mama saṃmataṃ tāvad etat | yataḥ-
yo hi dharmaṃ puraskṛtya hitvā bhartuḥ priyāpriye |
apriyāṇy āha pathyāni tena rājā sahāyavān

anyac ca-
suhṛd-balaṃ tathā rājyam ātmānaṃ kīrtim eva ca |
yudhi sandehadolāsthaṃ ko hi kuryād abāliśaḥ

aparaṃ ca-
sandhim icchet samenāpi sandigdho vijayo yudhi |
nahi saṃśayitaṃ kuryād ity uvāca bṛhaspatiḥ

api ca-
yuddhe vināśo bhavati kadācid ubhayor api |
sundopa-sundāv anyonyaṃ naṣṭau tulya-balau na kim

rājovāca--katham etat ?
mantrī kathayati-
kathā 8
purā daityau sahodarau sundopasunda-nāmānau mahatā kāya-kleśena trailokya-rājya-kāmanayā cirāc candra-śekharam ārādhitavantau | tatas tayor bhagavān parituṣṭaḥ san varaṃ varayatam ity uvāca | anantaraṃ tayoḥ kaṇṭhādhiṣṭhitāyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ prabhāvāt tāv anyad vaktu-kāmāv anyad-abhihitavantau-yady āvayor bhavān parituṣṭas tadā sva-priyāṃ pārvatīṃ parameśvaro dadātu |
atha bhagavatā kruddhena varadānasyāvaśyakatayā, vicāra-mūḍhayoḥ pārvatī pradattā | tatas tasyā rūpa-lāvaṇya-lubdhābhyāṃ, jagad-ghātibhyāṃ masasotsukābhyāṃ, pāpa-timirābhyām, mamety anyonyaṃ kalahāyamānābhyāṃ, pramāṇa-puruṣaḥ kaścit pṛcchyatām iti matau kṛtāyāṃ, sa eva bhaṭṭārako vṛddha-dvija-rūpaḥ samāgatya tatropasthitaḥ | anantaraṃ-āvābhyām iyaṃ sva-bala-labdhā, kasyeyam āvayor bhavati iti brāhmaṇam apṛcchatām | brāhmaṇo brūte-
jñāna-śreṣṭho dvijaḥ pūjyaḥ kṣatriyo balavān api |
dhana-dhānyādhiko vaiśyaḥ śūdras tu dvija-sevayā

tad yuvāṃ kṣātra-dharmānugau | yudda eva yuvayor niyama ity abhihite sati sādhūktam aneneti kṛtvānyonya-tulya-vīryau, sama-kālam anyonya-ghātena vināśam upāgatau | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-sandhim icchet samenāpi ity ādi |
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rājāha-tat prāg eva kiṃ nedam upadiṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiḥ ?
mantrī brūte-tadā mad-vacanaṃ kim avasāna-paryantaṃ śrutaṃ bhavadbhiḥ ? tadāpi mama saṃmatyā nāyaṃ vigrahārambhaḥ | yataḥ-sādhu-guṇa-yukto 'yaṃ hiraṇyagarbho na vigrāhyaḥ | tathā coktaṃ-
satyārthau dhārmiko 'nāryo bhrātṛ-saṅhātavān balī |
aneka-yuddha-vijayī sandheyāḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ

satyo 'nupālayan satyaṃ sandhito naiti vikriyām |
prāṇa-bādhe'pi suvyaktam āryo nāyāty anārthatām

dhārmikasyābhiyuktasya sarva eva hi yudhyate |
prajānurāgād dharmāc ca duḥkhocchedyo hi dhārmikaḥ

sandhiḥ kāryo 'py anāryeṇa vināśe samupasthite |
vinā tasyāśrayeṇāryo na kuryāt kāla-yāpanam

saṃhatatvād yathā veṇur niviḍaiḥ kaṇṭakair vṛtaḥ |
na śakyate samucchettuṃ bhrātṛ-saṅghātavāṃs tathā

balinā saha yoddhavyam iti nāsti nidarśanam |
prativātaṃ na hi ghanaḥ kadācid upasarpati

jamadagneḥ sutasyeva sarvaḥ sarvatra sarvadā |
aneka-yuddha-jayinaḥ pratāpād eva bhajyate

aneka-yuddha-vijayī sandhānaṃ yasya gacchati |
tat-pratāpena tasyāśu vaśam āyānti śatravaḥ

tatra tāvad bahubhir guṇair upetaḥ sandheyo 'yaṃ rājā | cakravāko 'vadat-praṇidhe ! sarvam avagatam | vraja | punar āgamiṣyasi |
atha rājā hiraṇyagarbhaś cakravākaṃ pṛṣṭhavān-mantrin ! asandheyāḥ kati ? tān śrotum icchāmi | mantrī brūte-deva ! kathayāmi | śṛṇu-
bālo vṛddho dīrgha-rogī tathājñāti-bahiṣkṛtaḥ |
bhīruko bhīruka-jano lubdho lubdha-janas tathā

virakta-prakṛtiś caiva viṣayeṣv atisaktimān |
aneka-citta-mantras tu deva-brāhmaṇa-nindakaḥ

daivopahatakaś caiva tathā daiva-parāyaṇaḥ |
durbhikṣa-vyasanopeto bala-vyasana-saṅkulaḥ

adeśastho bahu-ripur yuktaḥ kālena yaś ca na |
satya-dharma-vyapetaś ca viṃśatiḥ puruṣā amī

etaiḥ sandhiṃ na kurvīta vigṛhṇīyāt tu kevalam |
ete vigṛhyamāṇā hi kṣipraṃ yānti ripor vaśam

bālasyālpa-prabhāvatvān na loko yoddhum icchati |
yuddhāyuddha-phalaṃ yasmāj jñātuṃ śakto na bāliśaḥ

utsāha-śakti-hīnatvād vṛddho dīrghāmayas tathā |
svair eva paribhūyete dvāv apy etāv asaṃśayam

sukha-cchedyo hi bhavati sarva-jñāti-bahiṣkṛtaḥ |
ta evainaṃ vinighnanti jñātayas tv ātma-sātkṛtāḥ

bhīrur yuddha-parityāgāt svayam eva praṇaśyati |
tathaiva bhīru-puruṣaḥ saṅgrāme tair vimucyate

lubdhasyāsaṃvibhāgitvān na yudhyante'nujīvinaḥ |
lubdhānujīvī tair eva dāna-bhinnair nihanyate

santy ajyate prakṛtibhir virakta-prakṛtir yudhi |
sukhābhiyojyo bhavati viṣayev atisaktimān

aneka-citta-mantras tu dveṣyo bhavati mantriṇām |
anavasthita-cittatvāt karyataḥ sa upekṣyate

sadādharma-balīyastvād deva brāhmaṇa-nindakaḥ |
viśīryate svayaṃ hy eṣa daivopahatakas tathā

sampatteś ca vipatteś ca daivam eva hi kāraṇam |
iti daivaparo dhyāyann ātmanā na viceṣṭate

durbhikṣa-vyasanī caiva svayam eva viṣīdati |
bala-vyasana-saktasya yoddhuṃ śaktir na jāyate

adeśa-stho hi ripuṇā svalpakenāpi hanyate |
grāho 'lpīyān api jale jalendram api karṣati

bahu-śatrus tu santrastaḥ śyena-madhye kapotavat |
yenaiva gacchati pathā tenaivāśu vipadyate

akāla-yukta-sainyas tu hanyate kāla-yodhinā |
kauśikena hata-jyotir niśītha iva vāyasaḥ

satya-dharma-vyapetena sandadhyān na kadācana |
sa sandhito 'py asādhutvād acirād yāti vikriyām

aparam api kathayāmi-sandhi-vigraha-yānāsana-saṃśraya-dvaidhī-bhāvāḥ ṣāḍguṇyam | karmaṇām ārambhopāyaḥ | puruṣa-dravya-sampat | deśa-kāa-vibhāgaḥ | vinipāta-pratīkāraḥ | kārya-siddhiś ceti pañcāṅgo mantraḥ | sāma-dāna-bheda-daṇḍāś catvāra upāyāḥ | utsāha-śaktiḥ, mantra-śaktiḥ, prabhu- śaktiś ceti śakti-trayam | etat sarvam ālocya nityaṃ vijigīṣavo bhavanti mahāntaḥ | yataḥ-
yā hi prāṇa-parityāga-mūlyenāpi na labhyate |
sā śrīr nītividaṃ paśya cañcalāpi pradhāvati

yathā coktaṃ-
vittaṃ sadā yasya samaṃ vibhaktaṃ
gūḍhaś caraḥ saṃnibhṛtaś ca mantraḥ |
nacāpriyaṃ prāṇiṣu yo bravīti
sa sāgarāntāṃ pṛthivīṃ praśāsti

kintu deva yadyapi mahā-mantriṇā gṛdhreṇa sandhānam upanyastaṃ, tathāpi tena rājñā samprati bhūta-jaya-darpān na mantavyam | deva ! tad evaṃ kriyatāṃ | siṃhala-dvīpasya mahābalo nāma sāraso rājāsman-mitraṃ jambudvīpe kopaṃ janayatu | yataḥ-
suguptim ādhāya susaṃhatena
balena vīro vicarann arātim |
santāpayed yena samaṃ sutaptas
taptena sandhānam upaiti taptaḥ

rājñā evam astv iti nigadya vicitra-nāmā bakaḥ sugupta-lekhaṃ dattvā siṃhala-dvīpaṃ prahitaḥ |
atha praṇidhiḥ punar āgatyovāca-deva ! śrūyatāṃ tāvat tatratya-prastāvaḥ |
evaṃ tatra gṛdhreṇoktam-deva ! meghavarṇas tatra ciram uṣitaḥ | sa vetti kiṃ sandheya-guṇa-yukto hiraṇyagarbho rājā, na vā ? iti |
tato 'sau meghavarṇaś citravarṇena rājñā samāhūya pṛṣṭaḥ-vāyasa ! kīdṛśo hiraṇyagarbho rājā ? cakravāko mantrī vā kīdṛśaḥ ?
vāyasa uvāca-deva ! sa hiraṇyagarbho rājā yudhiṣṭhira-samo mahāśayaḥ satya-vāk | cakravāka-samo mantrī na kvāpy avalokyate |
rājāha-yady evaṃ tadā katham asau tvayā vañcitaḥ ?
vihasya meghavarṇaḥ prāha-deva !
viśvāsa-pratipannānāṃ vañcane kā vidagdhatā |
aṅkam āruhya suptaṃ hi hatvā kiṃ nāma pauruṣam

śṛṇu deva ! tena mantriṇāhaṃ prathama-darśane evaṃ vijñātaḥ, kintu mahāśayo 'sau rājā, tena mayā vipralabdhaḥ | tathā coktam-
ātmaupamyena yo vetti durjanaṃ satya-vādinam |
sa tathā vañcyate dhūrtair brāhmaṇāś chāgato yathā

rājovāca-katham etat ?
meghavarṇaḥ kathayati-
kathā 9
asti gautamasyāraṇye prastuta-yajñaḥ kaścid brāhmaṇaḥ | sa ca yajñārthaṃ grāmāntarāc chāgam upakrīya, skandhe nītvā, gaccha dhūrta-trayeṇāvalokitaḥ | tatas te dhūrtāḥ-yady eṣa chāgaḥ kenāpy upāyena labhyate, tadā mati-prakarṣo bhavatīti samālocya, vṛkṣa-traya-tale krośāntareṇa tasya brāhmaṇasyāgamanaṃ pratīkṣya pathi sthitāḥ |
tatraikena dhūrtena gacchan sa brāhmaṇo 'bhihitaḥ-bho brāhmaṇa ! kim iti tvayā kukkuraḥ skandhenohyate |
vipreṇoktaṃ-nāyaṃ śvā, kintu yajña-cchāgaḥ |
athāntara-sthitenānyena dhūrtena tathaivoktam | tad ākarṇya brāhmaṇaś chāgaṃ bhūmau nidhāya muhur nirīkṣya, punaḥ skandhe kṛtvā dolāyamāna-matiś calitaḥ | yataḥ-
matir dolāyate satyaṃ satām api khaloktibhiḥ |
tābhir viśvāsitaś cāsau mriyate citrakarṇavat

rājāha--katham etat ?
sa kathayati-
kathā 10
asti kasmiṃścid vanoddeśe madotkaṭo nāma siṃhaḥ | tasya sevakās trayaḥ kāko vyāghro jambukaś ca | atha tair bhramadbhiḥ sārtha-bhraṣṭaḥ kaścid uṣṭro dṛṣṭaḥ | pṛṣṭaś ca-kuto bhavān āgataḥ sārthād bhraṣṭaḥ ?
sa cātma-vṛttāntam akathayat | tatas tair nītvā siṃhāyāsau samarpitaḥ | tena cābhaya-vācaṃ dattvā, citrakarṇa iti nāma kṛtvā sthāpitaḥ |
atha kadācit siṃhasya śarīra-vaikalyād bhūri-vṛṣṭi-kāraṇāc cāhāram alabhamānās te vyagrā babhūvuḥ | tatas tair ālocitam | citrakarṇam eva yathā svāmī vyāpādayati tathānuṣṭhīyatām | kim anena kaṇṭaka-bhujāsmākam ?
vyāghra uvāca-svāminābhaya-vācaṃ dattvānugṛhīto 'yaṃ, tat katham evaṃ sambhavati ?
kāko brūte-iha samaye parikṣīṇaḥ svāmī pāpam api kariṣyati | yataḥ-
tyajet kṣudhārtā mahilā svaputraṃ
khādet kṣudhārtā bhujagī svamaṇḍam |
bubhukṣitaḥ kiṃ na karoti pāpaṃ
kṣīṇā narā niṣkaruṇā bhavanti

anyac ca-
mattaḥ pramattaś conmattaḥ śrāntaḥ kruddho bubhukṣitaḥ |
lubdho bhīrus tvarā-yuktaḥ kāmukaś ca na dharma-vit

iti sañcintya sarve siṃhāntikaṃ jagmuḥ | siṃhenoktam-āhārārthaṃ kiñcit prāptam ?
tair uktam-deva ! yatnād api prāptaṃ kiñcit ?
siṃhenoktaṃ-ko 'dhunā jīvanopāyaḥ ?
kāko vadati-deva ! svādhīnāhāra-parityāgāt sarva-nāśo 'yam upasthitaḥ ?
siṃhenoktam-atrāhāraḥ kaḥ svādhīnaḥ ?
kākaḥ karṇe kathayati-citrakarṇa iti | siṃho bhūmiṃ spṛṣṭvā karṇau spṛśati | abravīc ca-abhaya-vācaṃ dattvā dhṛto 'yam asmābhiḥ | tat katham evaṃ sambhavati ? tathā hi-
na bhūta-dānaṃ na suvarṇa-dānaṃ
na go-pradānaṃ na tathānna-dānam |
yathā vadantīha mahā-pradānaṃ
sarveṣu dāneṣv abhaya-pradānam

anyac ca-
sarva-kāma-samṛddhasya aśvamedhasya yat phalam |
tat-phalaṃ labhate samyag rakṣite śaraṇāgate

kāko brūte-nāsau svāminā vyāpādayitavyaḥ | kintv asmābhir eva tathā kartavyaṃ, yathāsau sva-deha-dānam aṅgīkaroti |
siṃhas tac chrutvā tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ | tato 'sau labdhāvakāśaḥ kūṭaṃ kṛtvā sarvān ādāya siṃhāntikaṃ gataḥ | atha kākenoktaṃ-deva ! yatnād apy āhāro na prāptaḥ | anekopavāsa-kliṣṭaś ca svāmī | tad idānīṃ madīya-māṃsam upabhujyatām | yataḥ-
svāmi-mūlā bhavanty eva sarvāḥ prakṛtayaḥ khalu |
samūleṣv api vṛkṣeṣu prayatnaḥ saphalo nṛṇām

siṃhenoktaṃ-bhadra ! varaṃ prāṇa-parityāgo, na punar īdṛśe karmaṇi pravṛttiḥ |
jambukenāpi tathoktam | tataḥ siṃhenoktaṃ-maivam |
atha vyāghreṇoktaṃ-mad-dehena jīvatu svāmī |
siṃhenoktaṃ-na kadācid evam ucitam |
atha citrakarṇo 'pi jāta-viśvāsas tathaivātma-deha-dānam āha-tatas tad-vacanāt tena vyāghreṇāsau kukṣiṃ vidārya vyāpāditaḥ | sarvair bhakṣitaś ca | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-matir dolāyate satyam ity ādi |
tatas tṛtīya-dhūrta-vacanaṃ śrutvā, sva-mati-bhramaṃ niścitya chāgaṃ tyaktvā, brāhmaṇaḥ snātvā gṛhaṃ yayau | chāgaś ca tair dhūrtair nītvā bhakṣitaḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-ātmaupamyena yo vettīty ādi |
rājāha-meghavarṇa ! kathaṃ śatru-madhye tvayā suciram uṣitam ? kathaṃ vā teṣām anunayaḥ kṛtaḥ ?
meghavarṇa uvāca-deva ! svāmi-kāryārthitayā sva-prayojana-vaśād vā kiṃ kiṃ na kriyate ? paśya-
loko vahati kiṃ rājan na mūrdhnā dagdhum indhanam |
kṣālayanty api vṛkṣāṅghriṃ nadī-velā nikṛntati

tathā coktam-
skandhenāpi vahec chatrūn kāryam āsādya buddhimān |
yathā vṛddhena sarpeṇa maṇḍūkā vinipātitāḥ

rājāha-katham etat ?
meghavarṇaḥ kathayati-
kathā 11
asti jīrṇodyāne manda-viṣo nāma sarpaḥ | so 'tijīrṇatayā svāhāram apy anveṣṭum akṣamaḥ saras-tīre patitvā sthitaḥ | tato dūrād eva kenacin maṇḍūkena dṛṣṭaḥ, pṛṣṭaś ca-kim iti tvām āhāraṃ nānviṣyati ?
sarpo 'vadat-gaccha bhadra ! kiṃ te mama manda-bhāgyasya vṛttānta-praśnena ? tataḥ sañjāta-kautukaḥ sa ca bhekaḥ sarvathā kathyatām ity āha | sarpo 'py āha-bhadra ! pura-vāsinaḥ śrotriyasya kauṇḍinyasya putro viṃśati-varṣa-deśīyaḥ sarva-guṇa-sampanno durdaivān mayā nṛśaṃsena daṣṭaḥ | tatas taṃ suśīla-nāmānaṃ putraṃ mṛtam avalokya, śokena mūrcchitaḥ kauṇḍinyaḥ pṛthivyāṃ luloṭha | anantaraṃ brahmapura-vāsinaḥ sarve bāndhavās tatrāgatyopaviṣṭāḥ | tathā coktam-
utsave vyasane yuddhe durbhikṣe rāṣṭra-viplave |
rāja-dvāre śmaśāne ca yas tiṣṭhati sa bāndhavaḥ

tatra kapilo nāma snātako 'vadat-are kauṇḍinya ! mūḍho 'si yenaivaṃ vilapasi | śṛṇu-
kroḍīkaroti prathamaṃ yadā jātam anityatā |
dhātrīva jananī paścāt tadā śokasya kaḥ kramaḥ

tathā ca-
kva gatāḥ pṛthivī-pālāḥ sa-sainya-bala-vāhanāḥ |
viyoga-sākṣiṇī yeṣāṃ bhūmir adyāpi tiṣṭhati

tathā ca-
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |
adya vābda-śatānte vā mṛtyur vai prāṇināṃ dhruvaḥ

aparaṃ ca-
kāyaḥ saṃnihitāpāyaḥ sampadaḥ padam āpadām |
samāgamāḥ sāpagamāḥ sarvam utpādi bhaṅguram

pratikṣaṇam ayaṃ kāyaḥ kṣīyamāṇo na lakṣyate |
āmakumbha ivāmbhaḥ-stho viśīrṇaḥ san vibhāṣyate

āsannataratāmeti mṛtyur jantor dine dine |
āghātaṃ nīyamānasya vadhyasyeva pade pade

yataḥ-
anityaṃ yauvanaṃ rūpaṃ jīvitaṃ dravya-sañcayaḥ |
aiśvaryaṃ priya-saṃvāso muhyet tatra na paṇḍitaḥ

yathā kāṣṭhaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ ca sameyātāṃ mahodadhau |
sametya ca vyapeyātāṃ tadvad bhūta-samāgamaḥ

yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścic chāyām āśritya tiṣṭhati |
viśramya ca punar gacched tadvad bhūta-samāgamaḥ

anyac ca-
pañcabhir nirmite dehe pañcatvaṃ ca punar gate |
svāṃ svāṃ yonim anuprāpte tatra kā paridevanā

yāvataḥ kurute jantuḥ sambandhān manasaḥ priyān |
tāvanto 'sya nikhanyante hṛdaye śoka-śaṅkavaḥ

nāyam atyanta-saṃvāso labhyate yena kenacit |
api svena śarīreṇa kim utānyena kenacit

api ca-
saṃyogo hi viyogasya saṃsūcayati sambhavam |
anatikramaṇīyasya janma mṛtyor ivāgamam

āpāta-ramaṇīyānāṃ saṃyogānāṃ priyaiḥ saha |
apathyānām ivānnānāṃ pariṇāmo hi dāruṇaḥ

aparaṃ ca-
vrajanti na nivartante srotāṃsi saritāṃ yathā |
āyur ādāya martyānāṃ tathā rātry-ahanī sadā

sukhāsvāda-paro yas tu saṃsāre sat-samāgamaḥ |
sa viyogāvasānatvād duḥkhānāṃ dhuri yujyate

ata eva hi necchanti sādhavaḥ sat-samāgamam |
yad-viyogāsi-lūnasya manaso nāsti bheṣajam

sukṛtāny api karmāṇi rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ |
atha tāny eva karmāṇi te cāpi pralayaṃ gatāḥ

saṃcintya saṃcintya tam ugra-daṇḍaṃ
mṛtyuṃ manuṣyasya vicakṣaṇasya |
varṣāmbu-siktā iva carma-bandhāḥ
sarve prayatnāḥ śithilībhavanti

yām eva rātriṃ prathamām upaiti
garbhe nivāsaṃ naravīra lokaḥ |
tataḥ prabhṛty askhalita-prayāṇaḥ
sa pratyahaṃ mṛtyu-samīpam eti

ajñānaṃ kāraṇaṃ na syād viyogo yadi kāraṇam |
śoko dineṣu gacchatsu vardhatām apayāti kim

tad bhadra ! tad ātmānam anusandhehi | śoka-carcāṃ ca parihara, yataḥ-
akāṇḍa-pāta-jātānām astrāṇāṃ marma-bhedinām |
gāḍha-śoka-prahārāṇām acintaiva mahauṣadham

tatas tad-vacanaṃ niśamya, prabuddha iva kauṇḍinya utthāyābravīt | tad alam idānīṃ gṛha-naraka-vāsena vanam eva gacchāmi | kapilaḥ punar āha-
vane'pi doṣāḥ prabhavanti rāgiṇāṃ
gṛhe'pi pañcendriya-nigrahas tapaḥ |
akutsite karmaṇi yaḥ pravartate
trivṛtta-rāgasya gṛhaṃ tapovanam

yataḥ-
duḥkhito 'pi cared dharmaṃ yatra kutrāśrame rataḥ |
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu na liṅgaṃ dharma-kāraṇam

uktaṃ ca-
vṛtty-arthaṃ bhojanaṃ yeṣāṃ santānārthaṃ ca maithunam |
vāk satya-vacanārthāya durgāṇy api taranti te

tathā hi-
ātmā nadī saṃyam apuṇya-tīrthā
satyodakā śīla-taṭā dayormiḥ |
tatrābhiṣekaṃ kuru pāṇḍu-putra !
na vāriṇā śuṣyati cāntarātmā

viśeṣataś ca-
janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-vedanābhir upadrutam |
saṃsāram imam utpannam asāraṃ tyajataḥ sukham

yataḥ-
duḥkham evāsti na sukhaṃ yasmāt tad upalakṣyate |
duḥkhārtasya pratīkāre sukha-saṃjñā vidhīyate

kauṇḍinyo brūte-evam eva | tato 'haṃ tena śokākulena brāhmaṇena śapto, yad adyārabhya maṇḍūkānāṃ vāhanaṃ bhaviṣyatīti |
kapilo brūte-sampraty upadeśāsahiṣṇur bhavān | śokāviṣṭaṃ te hṛdayam | tathāpi kāryaṃ śṛṇu-
saṅgaḥ sarvātmanā tyājyaḥ sa cet tyaktuṃ na śakyate |
sa sadbhiḥ saha kartavyaḥ satāṃ saṅgo hi bheṣajam

anyac ca-
kāmaḥ sarvātmanā heyaḥ sa ced dhātuṃ na śakyate |
sva-bhāryāṃ prati kartavyaḥ saiva tasya hi bheṣajam

etac chrutvā sa kauṇḍinyaḥ kapilopadeśāmṛta-praśānta-śokānalo yathāvidhi daṇḍa-grahaṇaṃ kṛtavān | ato brāhmaṇa-śāpān maṇḍūkān voḍhum atra tiṣṭhāmi | anantaraṃ tena maṇḍūkena gatvā maṇḍūka-nāthasya jālapāda-nāmno 'gre tat kathitam | tato 'sāv āgatya maṇḍūka-nāthas tasya sarpasya pṛṣṭham ārūḍhavān | sa ca sarpas taṃ pṛṣṭhe kṛtvā citrapada-kramaṃ babhrāma |
paredyuś calitum asamarthaṃ taṃ maṇḍūka-nātham avadat-kim adya bhavān manda-gatiḥ ?
sarpo brūte-deva ! āhāra-virahād asamartho 'smi |
maṇḍūka-nātho 'vadat-asmād ājñayā maṇḍūkān bhakṣaya | tataḥ gṛhīto 'yaṃ mahā-prasāda ity uktvā kramaśo maṇḍūkān khāditavān | atha nirmaṇḍūkaṃ saro vilokya maṇḍūka-nātho 'pi tena khāditaḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-skandhenāpi vahec chatrūn ity ādi | deva ! yātv idānīṃ purāvṛttākhyāna-kathanaṃ sarvathā sandheyo 'yaṃ hiraṇyagarbha-rājā sandhīyatām iti me matiḥ |
rājovāca-ko 'yaṃ bhavato vicāraḥ ? yato jitas tāvad ayam asmābhiḥ | tato yady asmat sevayā vasati, tad āstām | no ced vigṛhyatām |
atrāntare jambūdvīpād āgatya śukenoktaṃ-deva ! siṃhala-dvīpasya sāraso rājā samprati jambūdvīpam ākramyāvatiṣṭhate |
rājā sa-sambhramaṃ brūte-kiṃ kim ?
śukaḥ pūrvoktaṃ kathayati | gṛdhraḥ svagatam uvāca-sādhu re cakravāka mantrin ! sādhu !
rājā sa-kopam āha-āstāṃ tāvad ayaṃ gatvā tam eva sa-mūlam unmūlayāmi |
dūradarśī vihasyāha-
na śaran-meghavat kāryaṃ vṛthaiva ghana-garjitam |
parasyārtham anarthaṃ vā prakāśayati no mahān

aparaṃ ca-
ekadā na vigṛhṇīyād bahūn rājābhighātinaḥ |
sa-darpo 'py uragaḥ kīṭair bahubhir nāśyate dhruvam

deva ! kim ito vinā sandhānaṃ gamanam asti ? yatas tadāsmākaṃ paścāt prakopo 'nena kartavyaḥ | aparaṃ ca-
yo 'rtha-tattvam avijñāya krodhasyaiva vaśaṃ gataḥ |
sa tathā tapyate mūḍho brāhmaṇo nakulād yathā

rājāha--katham etat ?
dūradarśī kathayati-
kathā 11
asty ujjayinyāṃ mādhavo nāma vipraḥ | tasya brāhmaṇī prasūtā, bālāpatyasya rakṣārthaṃ brāhmaṇam avasthāpya sthātuṃ gatā | atha brāhmaṇāya rājñaḥ pārvaṇa-śrāddhaṃ dātum āhvānam āgatam | tac chrutvā brāhmaṇo 'pi sahaja-dāridryād acintayat-yadi satvaraṃ na gacchāmi, tadānyā kaścic chrutvā śrāddhaṃ grahīṣyati | yataḥ-
ādeyasya pradeyasya kartavyasya ca karmaṇaḥ |
kṣipram akriyamāṇasya kālaḥ pibati tad-rasam

kintu bālākasyātra rakṣako nāsti | tat kiṃ karomi ? yātu, cira-kāla-pālitam imaṃ nakulaṃ putra-nirviśeṣaṃ bālaka-rakṣāyāṃ vyavasthāpya gacchāmi | tathā kṛtvā gataḥ | tatas tena nakulena bālaka-samīpam āgacchan kṛṣṇa-sarpo dṛṣṭo vyāpādya kopāt khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ kṛtvā bhakṣitaś ca | tato 'sau nakulo brāhmaṇam āyāntam avalokya rakta-vilipta-mukha-padaḥ satvaram upagamya tac-caraṇayor luloṭha | tataḥ sa vipras tathā-vidhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mama bālako 'nena khādita ity avadhārya nakulaḥ vyāpāditavān | anantaraṃ yāvad upasṛtyāpatyaṃ paśyati brāhmaṇas tāvad bālakaḥ susthaḥ svapiti sarpaś ca vyāpāditas tiṣṭhati | tatas tam upakārakaṃ nakulaṃ nirīkṣya, bhāvita-cetāḥ sa brāhmaṇaḥ paraṃ viṣādam agamat | ato 'haṃ bravīmi-yo
'rtha-tattvam avijñāya ity ādi | aparaṃ ca-
kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobho harṣo māno madas tathā |
ṣaḍ-vargam utsṛjed enaṃ tasmiṃs tyakte sukhī nṛpaḥ

rājāha-mantrin ! eṣa te niścayaḥ ?
mantrī brūte-evam eva | yataḥ-
smṛtis tat-paratārtheṣu vitarko jñāna-niścayaḥ |
dṛḍhatā mantra-guptiś ca mantriṇaḥ paramo guṇaḥ

tathā ca-
sahasā vidadhīta na kriyām
avivekaḥ paramāpadāṃ padam |
vṛṇute hi vimṛśya kāriṇaṃ
guṇa-lubdhāḥ svayam eva sampadaḥ

tad deva ! yadīdānīm asmad-vacanaṃ kriyate, tadā sandhāya gamyatām | yataḥ-
yadyapy upāyāś catvāro nirdiṣṭāḥ sadhya-sādhane |
saṅkhyā-mātraṃ phalaṃ teṣāṃ siddhiḥ sāmni vyavasthitā

rājāha-katham evaṃ satvaraṃ sambhāvyate ?
mantrī brūte-deva ! satvaraṃ bhaviṣyati | yataḥ-
mṛd-ghaṭavat sukha-bhedyo
duḥsandhānaś ca durjano bhavati |
sujanas tu kanaka-ghaṭavad
durbhedyaś cāśu sandheyaḥ

ajñaḥ sukham ārādhyaḥ sukhataram ārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ |
jñāna-lava-durvidagdhaṃ brahmāpi naraṃ na rañjayati

karmānumeyāḥ sarvatra parokṣa-guṇa-vṛttayaḥ |
tasmāt parokṣa-vṛttīnāṃ phalaiḥ karma vibhāvayet

rājāha-alam uttarottareṇa, yathābhipretam anuṣṭhīyatām | etan mantrayitvā gṛdhro mahāmantrī-tatra yathārhaṃ kartavyam ity uktvā durgābhyantaraṃ calitaḥ | tataḥ praṇidhi-bakenāgatya rājñī hiraṇyagarbhasya niveditaṃ-deva ! sandhi-kartuṃ mahāmantrī gṛdhro 'smat-samīpam āgacchati |
rājahaṃso brūte-mantrin ! punar abhisandhinā kenacid atrāgamanam |
sarvajño vihasyāha-deva ! na śaṅkāspadam etat | yato 'sau mahāśayo dūradarśī | athavā sthitir iyaṃ manda-matīnāṃ, kadācic chaṅkaiva na kriyate, kadācit sarvatra śaṅkā | tathā hi-
sarasi bahuśas tārācchāyekṣaṇāt parivañcitaḥ
kumuda-viṭapānveṣī haṃso niśāsvavicakṣaṇaḥ |
na daśati punas tārāśaṅkī divāpi sitotpalaṃ
kuhuka-cakito lokaḥ satye'py apāyam apekṣate

durjana-dūṣita-manasaḥ sujaneṣv api nāsti viśvāsaḥ |
bālaḥ pāyasa-dagdho dadhy api phūtkṛtya bhakṣayati

tad deva ! yathā-śakti tat-pūjārthaṃ ratnopahārādi-sāmagrī susajjīkriyatām | tathānuṣṭhite sati sa gṛdhro durga-dvārāc cakravākeṇopagamya, satkṛtyānīya rāja-darśanaṃ kārito dattāsane copaviṣṭaḥ | cakravāka uvāca-mantrin ! yuṣmad-āyattaṃ sarvaṃ svecchayopabhujyatām idaṃ rājyam æ
rājahaṃso brūte-evam eva |
dūradarśī kathayati-evam evaitat | kintv idānīṃ bahu-prapañca-vacanaṃ niṣparyojanam | yataḥ-
lubdham arthena gṛhṇīyāt stabdham añjali-karmaṇā |
mūrkhaṃ chandānurodhena yāthātathyena paṇḍitam

anyac ca-
sad-bhāvena haren mitraṃ sambhrameṇa tu bāndhavān |
strī-bhṛtyau dāna-mānābhyāṃ dākṣiṇyenetarān janān

tad idānīṃ sandhātuṃ gamyatām | mahā-pratāpaś citravarṇo rājā |
cakravāko brūte-yathā sandhānaṃ kāryam | tad apy ucyatām |
rājahaṃso brūte-kati prakārāḥ sandhīnāṃ sambhavanti ?
gṛdhro brūte-kathayāmi śrūyatām-
balīyasābhiyuktas tu nṛpo nānya-pratikriyaḥ |
āpannaḥ sandhim anvicchet kurvāṇaḥ kāla-yāpanam

kapāla upahāraś ca santānaḥ saṃgatas tathā |
upanyāsaḥ pratīkāraḥ saṃyogaḥ puruṣāntaraḥ

adṛṣṭa-nara ādiṣṭa ātmāmiṣa upagrahaḥ |
parikrayas tathocchinnas tathā ca para-dūṣaṇaḥ

skandhopaneyaḥ sandhiś ca ṣoḍaśaḥ parakīrtitaḥ |
iti ṣoḍaśakaṃ prāhuḥ sandhiṃ sandhi-vicakṣaṇāḥ

kapāla-sandhir vijñeyaḥ kevalaṃ sama-sandhikaḥ |
sampradānād bhavati ya upahāraḥ sa ucyate

santāna-sandhir vijñeyo dārikā-dāna-pūrvakaḥ |
sadbhis tu saṅgataḥ sandhir maitrī-pūrva udāhṛtaḥ

yāvad āyuḥ-pramāṇas tu samānārtha-prayojanaḥ |
sampattau vā vipattau vā kāraṇair yo na bhidyate

saṅgataḥ sandhir evāyaṃ prakṛṣṭatvāt suvarṇavat |
tathānyaiḥ sandhi-kuśalaiḥ kāñcanaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

ātma-kāryasya siddhiṃ tu samuddiśya kriyeta yaḥ |
sa upanyāsa-kuśalair upanyāsa udāhṛtaḥ

mayāsyopakṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ mamāpy eṣa kariṣyati |
iti yaḥ kriyate sandhiḥ pratīkāraḥ sa ucyate

upakāraṃ karomy asya mamāpy eṣa kariṣyati |
ayaṃ cāpi pratīkāro rāma-sugṛīvayor iva

ekārthāṃ samyag uddiśya yātrāṃ yatra hi gacchataḥ |
susaṃhita-prayāṇas tu sandhiḥ saṃyoga ucyate

āvayor yodha-mukhyābhyāṃ mad-arthaḥ sādhyatām iti |
yasmin paṇaḥ prakriyate sa sandhiḥ puruṣāntaraḥ

tvayaikena madīyo 'rthaḥ samprasādhyas tv asāv iti |
yatra śatruḥ paṇaṃ kuryāt so 'dṛṣṭa-puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

yatra bhūmy-eka-deśena paṇena ripur ūrjitaḥ |
sandhīyate sandhi-vidbhiḥ sa cādiṣṭa udāhṛtaḥ

sva-sainyena tu sandhānam ātmādiṣṭa udāhṛtaḥ |
kriyate prāṇa-rakṣārthaṃ sarva-dānād upagrahaḥ

kośāṃśenārdha-kośena sarva-kośena vā punaḥ |
śiṣṭasya pratirakṣārthaṃ parikraya udāhṛtaḥ

bhuvāṃ sāravatīnāṃ tu dānād ucchinna ucyate |
bhūmy-uttha-phala-dānena sarveṇa para-bhūṣaṇaḥ

paricchinnaṃ phalaṃ yatra pratiskandhena dīyate |
skandhopaneyaṃ taṃ prāhuḥ sandhiṃ sandhi-vicakṣaṇāḥ

parasparopakāras tu maitrī sambandhakas tathā |
upahāraś ca vijñeyāś catvāraś caiva sandhayaḥ

eka evopahāras tu sandhir etan mataṃ hi naḥ |
upahārasya bhedās tu sarve'nye maitra-varjitāḥ

abhiyoktā balī yasmād alabdhvā na nivartate |
upahārād ṛte tasmāt saṃdhir anyo na vidyate

rājāha-bhavanto mahāntaḥ paṇḍitāś ca | tad atrāsmākaṃ yathā-kāryam upadiśyatām |
dūradarśī brūte-āḥ kim evam ucyate?
ādhi-vyādhi-parītāpād adya śvo vā vināśine |
ko hi nāma śarīrāya dharmāpetaṃ samācaret

jalāntaś candra-capalaṃ jīvitaṃ khalu dehinām |
tathā-vidham iti jñātvā śaśvat-kalyāṇam ācaret

vātābhra-vibhramam idaṃ vasudhādhipatyam
āpāta-mātra-madhuro viṣayopabhogaḥ |
prāṇās tṛṇāgra-jala-bindu-samāna-lolā
dharmaḥ sakhā param aho paraloka-yāne

mṛga-tṛṣṇā-samaṃ vīkṣya saṃsāraṃ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguram |
sajjanaiḥ saṅgataṃ kuryād dharmāya ca sukhāya ca

tan mama saṃmatena tad eva kriyatām | yataḥ-
aśvamedha-sahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam |
aśvamedha-sahasrād dhi satyam eva viśiṣyate

ataḥ satyābhidhāna-divya-puraḥsaram anayor bhūpālayoḥ kāñcanābhidhānaḥ sandhir vidhīyatām | sarvajño brūte-evam astu | tato rājahaṃsena rājñā vastrālaṅkāropahāraiḥ sa mantrī dūradarśī pūjitaḥ | prahṛṣṭa-manāś cakravākaṃ gṛhītvā, rājño mayūrasya saṃnidhānaṃ gataḥ | tatra citravarṇena rājñā sarvajño gṛdhra-vacanād bahu-māna-dāna-puraḥ-saraṃ sambhāṣitas tathā-vidhaṃ sandhiṃ svīkṛtya rājahaṃsa-samīpaṃ prasthāpitaḥ |
dūradarśī brūte-deva ! siddhaṃ naḥ samīhitam | idānīṃ svasthānam eva vindhyācalaṃ vyāvṛtya pratigamyatām | atha sarve sva-sthānaṃ prāpya, manābhilaṣitaṃ phalaṃ prāpnuvann iti |
viṣṇuśarmenoktaṃ-aparaṃ kiṃ kathayāmi, tad ucyatām |
rāja-putrā ūcuḥ-ārya ! tava prasādāt sakala-rājya-vyavahārāṅgaṃ jātam | tataḥ sukhino bhūtā vayam |
viṣṇu-śarmovāca-yadyapy evaṃ tathāpy aparam apīdam astu |
sandhiḥ sarva-mahī-bhujāṃ vijayinām astu pramodaḥ sadā
santaḥ santu nirāpadaḥ sukṛtināṃ kīrtiś ciraṃ vardhatām |
nīti-vāra-vilāsinīva satataṃ vakṣaḥ-sthale saṃsthitā
vaktraṃ cumbatu mantriṇām aharahar bhūyān mahān utsavaḥ

anyac cāstu-
prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇaya-nivasatiś candramauliḥ sa yāvad
yāval lakṣmīr murārer jalada iva taḍin mānase visphurantī |
yāvat svarṇācalo 'yaṃ dava-dahana-samo yasya sūryaḥ sphuliṅgas
tāvan nārāyaṇena pracaratu racitaḥ saṅgraho 'yaṃ kathānām

kiṃ ca-
urvīm uddāma-sasyāṃ janayatu visṛjan vāsavo vṛṣṭim iṣṭām iṣṭais traiviṣṭapānāṃ vidadhatu vidhivat prīṇanaṃ vipra-mukhyāḥ |
ākalpāntaṃ ca bhūyāt sthira-samupacitā saṅgatiḥ sajjanānāṃ niḥśeṣaṃ yāntu śāntiṃ piśuna-jana-giro duḥsahā vajra-lepāḥ

aparaṃ ca-
śrīmāndhavalacandro 'sau jīyān māṇḍaliko ripūn |
yenāyaṃ saṅgraho yatnāl lekhayitvā pracāritaḥ