Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0584-0603

patanti naiva mātaṅgakumbhapāṭanalampaṭāḥ /
valgatsvapi kuraṅgeṣu mṛgārernakharāḥ kharāḥ //

kiṃ kirmaḥ ka upālabhyo yatredamasamañjasam /
kākiṇyapi na siṃhasya mūlyaṃ koṭistu dantinaḥ //

līlādalitadhṛṣṭebhakumbhapīṭhasya nirbhayaiḥ /
kathaṃ kesariṇaḥ krāntaṃ suptasyāpi mṛgaiḥ padam //

mattebhakumbhanirbhedarudhirāruṇapāṇinā /
hariṇā hariṇaḥ spardhāṃ varākaḥ kurute katham //

tāvadgarjati mātaṅgo vane madabharālasaḥ /
śirovilagnalāṅgūlo yāvannāyāti kesarī //

śauryadarpabalādhmātaśvasadgaṇḍāntaśobhinaḥ /
saṭāmutpāṭya siṃhasya kiṃ narāḥ sukhamāsate //

kopodekatalāghātanipatanmattadantinaḥ /
harerhariṇayuddhesya kiyānvyākṣepavistaraḥ //

yāvadasthiṣu saṃlagnāḥ karāḥ kesariṇaḥ kṣaṇam /
yūthasya prāṇitaṃ tāvattadaraṇyanivāsinaḥ //

sagrvagarjadgajagaṇḍamaṇḍalī-
vikhaṇḍanoḍḍāmaravikramakramaḥ /
anantaviśrāntakuraṅgasaṃgara-
prasaṅgamaṅgīkurute kathaṃ hariḥ //

siṃhaḥ śiśurapi nipatati madamalinakapolabhittiṣu gajeṣu /
prakṛtiriyaṃ sattvavatāṃ na khalu vayastejaso hetuḥ //

ekākini vanavāsinyarājalakṣmaṇyanītiśāstrejñe /
sattvocchrite mṛgapatau rājeti giraḥ pariṇamanti //

siṃhaḥ karoti vikramamalijhāṅkārāṅkite kare kariṇaḥ /
na punarnakhamukhavilikhitabhūdharakuharasthite nakule //

samadakarikumbhadāraṇamadapaṅkacchuritakesarasaṭasya /
siṃhasya ka iva vaktre karatalamādhātumutsahate //

niṣpragraheṣu karipotaśateṣu mohād-
valgatsu bāliśatayā puratopyaṭatsu /
mattebhakumbhadalanocitacittavṛtteḥ
siṃhasya locananimīlanameva yuktam //

dṛṣṭvaiva roṣavaśaghūrṇitakesarāṃsa-
māyāntamantakasamaṃ purato mṛgārim /
māṃsaṃ cikhādiṣubhiretya patatripūgair-
bhrāntaṃ madāndhagajayūthapamastakeṣu //

yaḥ kesarī kharanakhakrakacograpāṇi-
nirdāritebhavarakumbhasamudbhavena /
navyena śoṇitacayena nirastatṛṣṇo
nityaṃ babhūva dhigahodya tṛṇena sorthī //

visraṃ vapuḥ paravadhapravaṇā ca buddhis-
tiryaktayaiva kathitaḥ sadasadvivekaḥ /
itthaṃ na kiṃcidapi sādhu mṛgādhipasya
tejastu tatsphurati yena jagadvarākam //

siṃhostu śatrurathavādhipatirmṛgāṇāṃ
śaṃsāspadaṃ tadapi na dvayameva manye /
tasya sphuratkarajavajraśirobhighāta-
helānipātitamataṅgajajaṅgamādreḥ //

preṅkhanmayūkhanakhapātaśikhānikhāta-
vikhyātavāraṇagaṇasya harerguhāyām /
kroṣṭā nikṛṣṭasaramāsutadṛṣṭinaṣṭa-
dhārṣṭyo niviṣṭa iti kaṣṭamihādya dṛṣṭam //

mattebhakumbhadalanākulalolavalga-
dantaḥ kvaṇatkarajavajraśikhābhighātaḥ /
kiṃ kesarī jagati mānanidhistṛṇena
prāṇātyayepi kurute svaśarīrayātrām //