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Tantrākhyāyika 1-2 · Chapter 1

[1,1 : Affe und Keil]
asti kaścid vaṇijakaḥ |
nagarasamīpe tena devatāyatanaṃ kriyate |
tatra ye karmakārās sthapatyādayaḥ ! madhyāhnavelāyām
āhāranimittaṃ bhojanamaṇḍapam anupraviṣṭāḥ |
akasmāc cānuṣaṅgikaṃ devagṛhe vānarayūtham āgatam |
atha tatraikasya śilpino 'rdhasphoṭitakāṣṭhastambho
arjunamayaḥ khadirakīlakena madhye yantranikhātenāvastabdho
avatiṣṭhate |
tatra kadācid vānarayūtho giriśikharād avatīrya svecchayā
taruśikharaprāsādaśṛṅgadārunicayeṣu prakrīḍitum ārabdhaḥ |
ekas tu tatrāsannavināśaś cāpalād upaviśya stambhe yantracāram
uddiśyedam āha |
kenāyam asthāne kīlako nikhātaḥ |
iti pāṇibhyām eva saṅgṛhyotpāṭitum ārabdhaḥ |
sthānāc calite kīle yad vṛttam ! tad anākhyeyam ! evam eva bhavatā
jñātam iti |
[1,2 Schakal und Trommel]
asti kaścid gomāyur āhāravicchedāt kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭha itaś ca
itaḥ paribhramann ubhayasainasyāyodhanabhūmim apaśyat |
tatra ca mahāntaṃ śabdam aśṛṇot |
tadbhayasaṃkṣubhitahṛdayaḥ kim idam ! vinaṣṭo 'smi ! kasyāyaṃ
śabdaḥ ! kva vā kīdṛśo vaiṣa śabda iti ! cintayatā dṛṣṭā
giriśikharākārā bherī |
tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvācintayat |
kim ayaṃ śabdo 'syās svābhāvikaḥ ! uta paraprerita iti |
atha sā yadā vāyupreritair vṛkṣāgrais spṛśyate ! tadā śabdaṃ karoti !
anyadā na ! iti tūṣṇīm āste |
sa tu tasyās sārāsāratāṃ jñātuṃ saṃnikarṣam upaśliṣṭaḥ |
svayaṃ ca kautukād ubhayor mukhayor atāḍayat ! acintayac ca|
gamyaṃ caitad bhaksyaṃ ca mama |
ity avadhāryaikadaṃṣṭrayā kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ pāṭitavān |
paruṣatvāc ca carmaṇaḥ kathamapi na daṃṣṭrābhaṅgam avāptavān |
pratibaddhāś ca punar apy acintayat |
nūnam asyā antar bhakṣyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti |
ity adhyavasya bheryā mukhaṃ vidāryāntaḥ praviṣṭaḥ |
tasminn api na kiñcid āsāditavān |
pratinivartitum aśakto 'ntarlīnārdhakāyo vihasyābravīt |
pūrvam eva mayā jñātam iti |
[1,3 Drei selbstverschuldete Unfälle]
asti kasmiṃścit pradeśe parivrāḍ devaśarmā nāma |
tasyānekasādhūpapāditasūkṣmavāsoviśeṣopacayān mahaty-
arthamātrā saṃvṛttā |
sa ca na kasyacid api viśvāsaṃ yāti |
atha kadācid āṣāḍhabhūtir nāma paravittāpahṛt katham iyam
arthamātrāsya mayā parihartavyeti vitarkyāvalaganarūpeṇa
upagamya tatkālena ca viśvāsam anayat |
atha kadācid asau parivrājakas tīrthayātrāprasaṅge tena
āṣāḍhabhūtinā saha gantum ārabdhaḥ |
tatra ca kasmiṃścid vanoddeśe nadītīre mātrāntika
āṣāḍhabhūtim avasthāpyaikāntam udakagrahaṇārthaṃ gataḥ |
apaśyac ca mahan meṣayuddham |
anavaratayuddhaśaktisampannayoś ca tayoś
śṛṅgapañjarāntarodbhūtasṛg bahu bhūmau nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā
āśāpratibaddhacittaḥ piśitalobhatayā gomāyus tajjighṛkṣus
sampīḍitodghātāt sadyaḥ pañcatvam agamat |
atha parivrāḍ vismayāviṣṭo 'bravīt |
jambuko huḍuyuddheneti |
kṛtaśaucaś cāgatas tam uddeśam āṣāḍhabhūmim api
gṛhītārthamātrāsāram apakrāntaṃ nāpaśyad devaśarmā |
kevalaṃ tv
apaviddhatridaṇḍakāṣṭhakuṇḍikāparisrāvaṇakūrcakādy
apaśyat ! acintayac ca |
kvāsāv āṣāḍhabhūtiḥ |
nūnam ahaṃ tena muṣitaḥ |
ity uktavān |
vayaṃ cāṣāḍhabhūtineti |
athāsau kapālaśakalagranthikāvaśeṣaḥ kañcid grāmam astaṃ
gacchati ravau praviṣṭaḥ |
praviśann ekāntavāsinaṃ tantravāyam apaśyat ! āvāsakaṃ ca
prārthitavān |
tenāpi tasyātmīyagṛhaikadeśe sthānaṃ nirdiśya bhāryā
abhihitā |
yāvad ahaṃ nagaraṃ gatvā suhṛtsameto madhupānaṃ krtvā
āgacchāmi ! tāvad apramattayā gṛhe tvayā bhāvyam |
ity ādiśya gataḥ |
atha tasya bhāryā puṃścalī dūtikāsañcoditā śarīrasaṃskāraṃ kṛtvā
paricitasakāśaṃ gantum ārabdhā |
abhimukhaś cāsyā bhartā madavilopāsamāptākṣaravacanaḥ
pariskhalitagatir avasrastavāsās samāyātaḥ |
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā pratyutpannamatiḥ kauśalād ākalpam apanīya
pūrvaprakṛtam eva veṣam āsthāya pādaśaucaśayanādyārambham
akarot |
kaulikas tu gṛhaṃ praviśya nidrāvaśam agamat |
suptapratibuddhaś cāsau tām ākroṣṭum ārabdhaḥ |
puṃścali ! tvadgatam apacāraṃ suhṛdo me varṇayanti |
bhavatu |
puṣṭaṃ nigrahaṃ kariṣyāmīti |
asāv api nirmaryādā prativacanaṃ dātum ārabdhā |
punar api cāsau pratibuddhas tāṃ madhyastūṇāyāṃ rajjvā
supratibaddhāṃ kṛtvā prasuptaḥ |
dūtikaitāṃ punar gamanāya pracoditavatī |
sā tūtpannapratibhā dūtikām ātmīyadarśanasaṃvidhānena
baddhvā kāmukasakāśaṃ yayau |
asāv api pratibuddhas tathaiva tām ākroṣṭum ārabdhaḥ |
dūtikā tu śaṅkitahṛdayānucitavākyodāharaṇabhītā na kiñcid
uktavatī |
tantravāyas tu śāṭhyād iyaṃ na kiñcin mamottaraṃ prayacchati
ity utthāya tasyās tīkṣṇaśastreṇa nāsikāṃ chittvābravīt |
tiṣṭhaivaṃlakṣaṇā |
kas tvām adhunā vārttāṃ pṛcchati |
ity uktvā nidrāvaśam upāgamat |
āgatā ca sā tantravāyī dūtikām apṛcchat |
kā te vārttā |
kim ayaṃ pratibuddho 'bhihitavān |
kathaya kathayeti |
dūtikā tu kṛtanigrahā nāsikāṃ darśayantī sāmarṣam āha |
śivās te sarvā vārttāḥ |
muñca |
gacchāmīti |
tathā tv anuṣṭhite nāsikām ādāyāpakrāntā |
tantravāyy- apy kṛtakabaddham ātmānaṃ tathaivākarot |
kaulikas tu yathāpūrvam eva pratibuddhas tām ākrośat |
asāv api duṣṭā bahu dhṛṣṭaram āha |
dhigghato 'si |
ko māṃ nirāgasaṃ virūpayituṃ samarthaḥ |
śṛṇvantu me lokapālāḥ |
yathāhaṃ kaumāraṃ bhartāraṃ muktvā nānyaṃ parapuruṣaṃ
manasāpi vedmi ! tathā mamānena satyenāvyaṅgyaṃ mukham astv
iti |
athāsau mūrkhaḥ kṛtakavacanavyāmohitacittaḥ prajvālyolkām
avyaṅgamukhīṃ jāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā protphullanayanaḥ paricumbya
hṛṣṭamanā bandhavād avamucya pīḍitaṃ ca pariṣvajya śayyām
āropitavān |
parivrājakas tv ādita evārabhya yathāvṛttam artham abhijñātavān |
dūtikāpi hastakṛtanāsāpuṭā svagṛhaṃ gatvācintayat |
kim adhunā kartavyam iti |
atha tasyā bhartā nāpito rājakulāt pratyūṣasy āgatya tāṃ bhāryām āha
|
samarpaya ! bhadre ! kṣurabhāṇḍam |
rājakule karma kartavyam iti |
sā ca duṣṭābhyantarasthaiva kṣuram eva prāhiṇot |
sa ca samastakṣurabhāṇḍāsamarpaṇāt krodhāviṣṭacitto
nāpitas tam eva tasyāḥ kṣuraṃ pratīpaṃ prāhiṇot |
athāsāv ārtaravam ucchaiḥ kṛtvā pāṇinā nāsāpuṭaṃ pramṛjya
asṛkpātasametāṃ nāsikāṃ kṣitau prakṣipyābravīt |
paritrāyadhvam ! paritrāyadhvam |
anenāham adṛṣṭadoṣā virūpiteti |
tathābhyāgatai rājapuruṣaiḥ pratyakṣadarśanāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā
virūpāṃ kīlapārṣṇilaguḍair atīva hataṃ paścād bāhubandhaś
ca tayā saha dharmasthānam upanīto nāpitaḥ |
pṛcchyamānaś cādhikṛtaiḥ kim idaṃ mahad viśasanaṃ svadāreṣu
tvayā kṛtam iti yadā bahuśa ucyamāno nottaraṃ prayacchati ! tadā

dharmādhikṛtāś śūle 'vataṃsyatām ity ājñāpitavantaḥ |
niṣpāpaṃ ca parivrāṭ cchūlasthānaṃ nīyamānaṃ nāpitaṃ dṛṣṭvā
sattvānukampayā copalabdhatattvārtho 'dhikaraṇam upagamya
dharmasthānādhikṛtān abravīt |
nārhathainam adoṣakartāraṃ nāpitaṃ śūle samāropayitum |
yatkāraṇam ! idam āścaryatrayaṃ śrūyatām |
[ jambuko huḍuyuddhena vayaṃ cāṣāḍhabhūtinā |
dūtikā tantravāyena trayo 'narthās svayaṃ kṛtaḥ

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samupalabdhatattvārthaiś cādhikṛtaiḥ paritrāyito nāpita iti |
[1,4 Krähe und Schlange]
asti kasmiṃścit pradeśe vṛkṣaḥ ! tasmiṃś ca vāyasau dampatī
prativasatas sma |
tayos tu prasavakāle tadvṛkṣavivarānusāry- asañjātakriyāṇy
evāpatyāni kṛṣṇasarpo bhakṣayati sma |
atha tenāpakāranirvedanād anyavṛkṣamūlavāsinaṃ
priyasuhṛdaṃ gomāyum apṛcchyata ! yathā |
bhadra ! kim evaṃ gate prāptakālaṃ bhavān manyate |
bālaghātitvāc ca vṛddhayor abhāva evāvayoḥ |
gomāyuḥ |
[ bhakṣayitvā bahūn matsyān uttamādhamamadhyamān |
atilaulyād bakaḥ paścān mṛtaḥ karkaṭavigrahāt

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anabhijño 'pi bakaḥ kulīrakasandaṃśagrahasya maurkhyāt
kulīrakasakāśāc chiraśchedam avāpnavān |
kulīrako 'pi gṛhītvā bakagrīvām utpalanālavad
ākāśagamanaprasādhitacihnamārgo matsyāntikam eva prāyāt |
taiś cābhihitaḥ |
bhrātaḥ ! kvāsau māma iti |
athāsāv abravīt |
pañcatvam upagataḥ |
tasyaitad durātmanaś śiraḥ |
bhakṣitās tenopadhinā bahavas svayūthyā vaḥ |
so 'pi matsakāśād vinaṣṭa iti |
ato 'haṃ bravīmi |
bhakṣayitvā bahūn matsyān iti |
atha vāyaso jambukam āha |
āvayoḥ kiṃ prāptakālaṃ manyase |
gomāyuḥ |
suvarṇasūtram ādāyātrāvāsake sthāpyatām |
asaṃśayaṃ tatsvāmī taṃ kṛṣṇasarpaṃ ghātayiṣyati |
ity uktvā sa sṛgālo 'pakrāntaḥ |
atha vāyasas suvarṇasūtrānveṣī rājagṛhaṃ prāyāt |
dṛṣṭaṃ ca tenāntaḥpuraikadeśe dhautavastrayugalopari
suvarṇasūtram uttamamaṇiviracitaṃ mahārhaṃ prakṣālya ceṭikayā
sthāpitam |
tac cāvasthāpyānyayā saha kathāṃ kartum ārabdhā |
vāyasas tu tad gṛhītvā viyatā śanair ātmānaṃ darśayan svam ālayaṃ
prati prāyāt |
athārakṣipuruṣaiḥ prāsamudgaratomarapāṇibhir mahatā javena
gatvā vṛkṣo 'valokitaḥ ! yāvat tena tat svanīḍe sthāpitam |
tatraikenārohatā dṛṣṭam ! kṛṣṇabhujaṅgo vāyasapotān
bhakṣayitvā nidrāvaśam agamat |
tena cāsau supta eva ghātitaḥ |
tat kṛtvā suvarṇasūtram ādāya gata iti |
[1,6 Löwe und Hase]
asti ! kasmiṃścid vanāntare mahān siṃhaḥ prativasati sma |
so 'jasraṃ mṛgotsādaṃ kurute |
atha te mṛgās sarvae evābhimukhāḥ praṇatacittā
haritatṛṇāṅkuravaktradhāriṇo 'vanitalāsaktajānavas taṃ
mṛgarājaṃ vijñāpayām āsuḥ |
bho mṛgarāja kim anena paralokaviruddhena svāmino nṛśaṃsena
niṣkāraṇaṃ sarvamṛgotsādanakarmaṇā kṛtena |
vayaṃ tāvad vinaṣṭā eva ! tavāpy āhārasyābhāvaḥ |
tad ubhayopadravaḥ |
tat prasida |
vayaṃ tu svāmina ekaikaṃ vanacaraṃ vāreṇa svajātisamutthaṃ
preṣayāmaḥ |
tathā kṛte kālaparyayāc chaśakasya vāro 'bhyāgataḥ |
sa tu sarvamṛgājñāpito ruṣitamanāś cintayām āsa |
antakaro 'yaṃ mṛtyumukhapraveśaḥ |
kim adhunā prāptakālaṃ mameti |
athavā buddhimatāṃ kim aśakyam |
aham evopāyena vyāpādayāmi siṃham |
iti tasyāhāravelāṃ kṣapayitvā gataḥ |
asāv api kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭhaḥ krodhasaṃraktanayanas
sphuradvadanadaśanasaṅgharṣadaṃṣṭrākarālo
lāṅgūlāsphālanākārabhayakṛt tam āha |
sukruddhair api kiṃ kriyate 'nyatra prāṇaviyogāt |
sa tvam adya gatāsur eva |
ko 'yaṃ tava velātyayaḥ |
śaśakaḥ |
na mamātmavaśasyātikrāntā ! svāmin ! āhāravelā |
siṃhaḥ |
kena vidhṛto 'si |
śaśaḥ |
siṃheneti |
tac chrutvā paramodvignahṛdayas siṃho 'bravīt |
katham anyo 'tra madbhujaparirakṣite vane siṃha iti |
śaśo bāḍham ity āha |
atha siṃho vyacintayat |
kim anena hatena kāraṇaṃ mama |
taṃ sapatnaṃ sandarśayiṣyatīti |
taṃ ca vyāpādyainaṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi |
iti tam āha |
mama taṃ durātmānaṃ darśayasveti |
asāv api śaśo 'ntarlīnam avahasya bṛhaspatyuśanasor nītiśāstraṃ
pramāṇīkṛtya svārthasiddhaye vimalajalasaṃpannaṃ
dvipuruṣaprāpyodakam iṣṭakācitaṃ mahāntaṃ kūpam adarśayat |
asāv apy ātmakāyapratibimbānabhijñatayā
kumārgāpannacitto 'yam asau sapatna iti matvā sahasaiva tasya
upari sannipatito maurkhyāt pañcatvam agamat |
[1,7 Laus und Floh]
asti kasyacid rājñas sarvaguṇopetam ananyasadṛśaṃ śayanam |
tasmin pracchadapaṭaikadeśe mandavisarpiṇī nāma yūkā prativasati sma |
atha tasmiṃṣ ṭiṇṭibho nāma matkuṇo vāyunā preritas sannipatitaḥ |
sa tu tac chayanam atisūkṣmottaracchadam ubhayopadhānaṃ
jāhnavīpulinavipulaṃ paramamṛdu surabhi ca dṛṣṭvā paraṃ
paritoṣam upagataḥ |
tatsparśākṛṣṭamanā itaś cetaḥ paribhraman katham api tayā
mandavisarpiṇyā sametaḥ |
tayābhihitaḥ |
kutas tvam asminn ayogyādhivāsa āgataḥ |
apagamyatām asmād iti |
matkuṇaḥ |
ārye ! mayā tāvad ihānekaprakārāṇi māṃsāny āsvāditāni
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviṭchūdrāntassthāni rudhirāṇi ca |
tāni tu rūkṣāṇi picchilāny atuṣṭikarāṇy amanojñāni |
yaḥ punar asya śayanasyādhiṣṭhātā ! tasya manoramam amṛtopamam
asṛg bhaviṣyati |
ajasraṃ bhiṣagbhiḥ prayatnād auṣadhādyupakramād
vātapittaśleṣmanirodhād anāmayatayā snigdhapeśaladravais
sakhaṇḍaguḍadāḍimatrikaṭukapaṭubhis
sthalajajalajakhecarabalavatpradhānapiśitopabrṃhitair āhārair
upacitaṃ rudhiraṃ rasāyanam iva manye |
tac ca surabhi puṣṭikaraṃ cecchāmy ahaṃ tvatprasādād
āsvādayitum iti |
ato 'sau mandavisarpiṇy- āha |
asambhāvyam etat tvadvidhānām agnimukhānāṃ daṃśavṛttīnām |
apagamyatām asmāc chayanāt |
tato 'sau tasyāḥ pādayor nipatitaḥ |
sā tu dākṣiṇyāt tathā nāmeti pratipannā |
kintu naivākāle na cātimṛdubhāge tvayāsya prahartavyam iti |
so 'bravīt |
ko 'sya kālaḥ |
anabhijño 'ham aparicitatvāt |
sā tv akathayat |
madhupānaśramāgatanidrasya rativilāsanirbharasuptasya ca
śanair mṛdutayā bhavatā vicāraṇīyam |
madaśramanidrāparītakāyo nāśu prabudhyataeiti |
evam avasthāpite prathamapradoṣae evākālajñena daṣṭaḥ |
asāv api parthiva ulmukadagdha iva saṃlīnakukṣipradeśas
sasambhramam utthāyāha |
aho ! daṣṭo 'smi kenāpi |
atha matkuṇaś cakitatvād rājavacanaṃ śrutvā śayanād avatīrya
anyad vivaram āśritaḥ |
śayyāpālair api svāmyādeśāt sunipuṇam anviṣadbhir vastraṃ
parivartayadbhir antarlīnā mandavisarpiṇī samāsāditā vyāpāditā ca |
[1,8 Der blaue Schakal]
asti kasmiṃścin nagarasamīpe sannikṛṣṭavivarābhyantaraśāyī
jambukaś caṇḍaravo nāma |
sa kadācid āhāram anveṣamāṇaḥ kṣapām āsādya kṣutkṣāmagalas
sammīlitalocanaḥ paribhraman nagaraṃ praviṣṭaḥ |
tannagaravāsibhiś ca sārameyais
tīkṣṇadaśanakoṭivilupyamānāvayavo
bhayabhairavaphetkāraravapūritadigvivara itas tataḥ praskhalan
palāyamānaḥ kasmiṃścid ajñānān nīlīkalaśe sannipatitaḥ |
śvagaṇaś ca yathāgataṃ prāyāt |
asāv api kṛcchreṇāyuśśeṣatayāsmān nīlīkalaśāt samuttasthau
|
athāsya taccharīraṃ nīlīrasarañjitaṃ dṛṣṭvā samīpavartinaḥ
kroṣṭukagaṇāḥ ko 'yam iti bhayataraladṛśas sarvā diśaḥ
pradudruvuḥ |
asāv apy acintayat |
nūnam imāṃ svarūpavikṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvaite palāyantae iti |
atha dhīracittas tāṃś chanair avādīt |
alaṃ sambhrameṇa |
aham ākhaṇḍalājñayā sakalaśvāpadakulapālanakṣamaḥ
kṣititalam āgata iti |
atha tadvacanam ākarṇya
siṃhavyāghracitrakavānaraśaśahariṇavṛṣadaṃśajambukā
dayaś śvāpadagaṇās taṃ praṇemuḥ |
pratidinaṃ ca kesarikarajakuliśadāritamattebhapiśitair
āpūryamāṇakukṣiḥ kakṣam iva taṃ jambukapūgaṃ bahiḥ kṛtvā
siṃhavyāghrādīn āsannavartinaś cakāra |

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api ca |
[ mitrāṇāṃ hitakāmānāṃ yo vākyaṃ nābhinandati |
sa kūrma iva durbuddhiḥ kāṣṭhād bhraṣṭo vinaśyati

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ṭīṭibhaḥ |
kathaṃ caitat |
ṭīṭibhī |
[1,11 Haṃsas und Schildkröte]
asti ! kasmiṃścit sarasi kambugrīvo nāma kacchapaḥ prativasati sma |
tasya dvau suhṛdau vikaṭasaṃkaṭanāmānau haṃsau |
atha kālaviparyaye dvādaśavārṣiky- anāvṛṣṭir āpatitā |
tatas tayor matir utpannā |
kṣīṇatoyam idaṃ saraḥ |
anyaṃ jalāśayaṃ gacchāveti |
kiṃ punaś ciroṣitaṃ priyamitraṃ kambugrīvam āmantrayāvahe |
tathā cānuṣṭhite kacchapenābhihitau |
kasmān mamāmantraṇaṃ kriyate |
yadi tu sneho 'sti ! tato mām apy asmān mṛtyumukhāt trātum arhathaḥ
|
yatkāraṇam ! yuvayos tāvad āhāravaikalyaṃ kevalam asmin
svalpodake sarasi ! mamātra tu maraṇam eva |
tad vicintyatām ! āhārasuhṛdviyogayoḥ ko garīyān |
tābhyām abhihitam |
yuktam āttha |
evam etat |
kiṃ punaḥ prāptakālaṃ bhavāñ jānāti |
avaśyaṃ nayāvāvāṃ bhavantam |
tvayā punaś cāpalān na kiñcid vaktavyam |
imāṃ tu yaṣṭiṃ madhye daśanair āpīḍaya |
evam anayaivoddhṛtya ṣaṣṭimātrāṇi yojanāni mahat saro
bhavantaṃ nayāvaḥ |
tatra sukhaṃ yāpayiṣyāma iti |
evaṃ ca niṣpanne tajjalāśayasannikṛṣṭanagarasyopariṣṭān
nīyamānaṃ dṛṣṭvā ! kim idaṃ śakaṭacakrapramāṇaṃ viyatā
nīyatae iti janas sakalakalas samvṛttaḥ |
tac ca śrutvāsannavināśaḥ kacchapo yaṣṭiṃ tyaktvābhihitavān
|
ahaṃ kacchapaḥ |
cāpalād eṣa lokaḥ pralapati ! iti bruvan vacanasamakālam evāśrayāt
paribhraṣṭo bhūmau nipatitaḥ ! māṃsārthinā ca lokena
pātasamakālam eva tīkṣṇaśastraiḥ khaṇḍaśo vibhakta iti |
[1,12 Die drei Fische]
asti ! kasmiṃścin mahāhrade mahākāyās trayo matsyāḥ prativasanti
sma ! tad yathā |
anāgatavidhātā pratyutpannamatir yadbhaviṣyaś ceti |
tatrānāgatavidhātrā tadudakāntargatena kadācit tatsamīpe
matsyabandhānām atikrāmatāṃ vacanaṃ śrutam |
bahumatsyo 'yaṃ hradaḥ |
atra matsyabandhaṃ kurmaḥ |
tac ca śrutvānāgatavidhātrā cintitam |
avaśyam etae āgantāraḥ |
tad ahaṃ pratyutpannamatiṃ yadbhaviṣyaṃ ca gṛhītvānyam
acchinnasrotaskaṃ hradaṃ saṃśrayāmīti |
tatas tāv āhūya pṛṣṭavān gamanāya |
tatra pratyutpannamatir matinivārito 'bhayacittaḥ katham api
pramādān nānuyātaḥ |
yadbhaviṣyas tv āsannavināśas tadvacanam anādṛtya nirārambha eva
āsīt |
anyedyuś cāpayāte 'nāgatavidhātari matsyabandhair antassroto
nirudhya prakṣiptaṃ samvartajālam |
apakṛṣṭe ca jāle tasmin hrade nāpy ekataro 'vaśiṣṭaḥ |
evaṃ gate pratyutpannamatir mṛtarūpaṃ kṛtvātmānaṃ jalasya
upari darśitavān |
tair api svayam eva mṛto mahāmatsya iti kṛtvā parisrotasi sthāpitaḥ |
tasmād utplutyānyaṃ jalāśayaṃ gataḥ |
yadbhaviṣyas tv anekalaguḍaprahārajarjaritaśarīraḥ pañcatvam
upanīta iti |
ato 'haṃ bravīmi |
anāgatavidhātā ceti |
atha kadācit prasūtāyāṃ ṭīṭibhyāṃ tadbhartṛjijñāsayā samudreṇa
apahṛtās te 'ṇḍakāḥ ! paśyāmi tāvat ! ayaṃ kim ārambhatae iti |
atha ṭīṭibhī śūnyam apatyasthānaṃ dṛṣṭvā paramāvignahṛdayā
bhartāram āha |
idaṃ tad āpatitaṃ mandabhāgyāyāḥ |
asāv antarlīnam avahasya tām āha |
mamāpi tāvat ! bhadre ! dṛśyatāṃ sāmarthyam iti |
tatas tena pakṣisamājaṃ kṛtvā niveditaṃ tadapatyaharaṇajaṃ
duḥkham |
tatraikenābhihitam |
asamarthā vayaṃ mahodadhivigrahāya |
kiṃ punar atra prāptakālam |
sarvae eva vayam ākrandena garutmantam udvejayāmaḥ |
saiva no duḥkham apaneṣyati |
ity avadhārya tatsakāśaṃ gatāḥ |
asāv api devāsuraraṇanimittam āhūto viṣṇunā garuḍas tat
svayūthyavyasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā manyum ājagāma |
devo 'pi viṣṇus traikālyadarśanasāmakṣyāt tasyāntargataṃ matvā
svayam eva tatsakāśam agamat |
atha devaṃ dṛṣṭvā sutarām āvignahṛdayo 'bravīt |
yuktaṃ tvayā nāthena satā samudrāpasadān mamāyaṃ paribhava iti
|
jñātvā ca devaḥ parihasya samudrasyedam uvāca |
samarpayādhunāpatyāni ṭīṭibhasyeti |
anyathā tvām āgneyāstrapratāpitam
anekavaḍavāmukhasahasraparikṣīṇatoyaṃ sadyaḥ kariṣyāmīti |
evam ukto mahodadhiś cintayām āsa |
mamāṇḍajena sarvanāśa eva prārabdhaḥ |
iti matvā praṇamya devaṃ samarpitavān iti |
[1,13 Der listige Schakal]
asti ! kasmiṃścid vanoddeśe vṛkajambukakarabhasahito
vajradanto nāma siṃhaḥ prativasati sma |
kadācid asau vanyadviparadanakoṭipāṭitavakṣā ekadeśasthaḥ
kṣutkṣāmatanuḥ kṣudhā parigatān tān sacivān āha |
kiñcid anviṣyatāṃ vane sattvajātam ! yenāham etadavastho 'pi
bhavatāṃ vṛttim āpādayiṣyāmi |
atha tadājñāsamakālam eva te 'raṇye paryaṭanto yadā na kiñcid
āseduḥ ! tadāsau jambukas taṃ śaṅkukarṇanāmānaṃ karabhaṃ
vivikte 'bhihitavān |
kim atra prāptakālaṃ manyate bhavān |
svāmī vajradanto 'smadīyaparyaṭanam anarthakaṃ śrutvā kadācid
vināśāya pravartate |
tad ahaṃ kiñcid bhavataḥ prārthaye ! yadi pratīcchasīti |
sa āha |
kiṃ mamāsti ! vayasya ! yat prārthyate |
śarīram api me tvadāyattam |
yathābhimatam upayujyatām iti |
atha jambuko 'bravīt |
etad evātra kāraṇam |
ahaṃ te dviguṇaṃ śarīraṃ siṃhasakāśād dāpayiṣye |
tvayāpy evaṃ vayam ātmā ca saṃvardhitās syur iti |
pratipannaś cāsau |
evam abhidhāya siṃhasakāśaṃ gatvā tam āha |
svāmin ! na kiñcit sattvam āsāditam |
eṣa punaś śaṅkukarṇo 'bhidhatte |
bṛhatprasthena dviguṇayā tulayojjāsyaṃ śarīraṃ samprayacchāmi
iti |
tac chrutvā siṃhaḥ prahṛṣṭa āha |
evaṃ kriyatām |
atha pratipanne śaṅkukarṇaḥ papāta bhūmau ! khaṇḍaśaś ca kṛtaḥ |
tataś caturakas taṃ siṃhaṃ rudhiraraktasarvagātraṃ dṛṣṭvā
abravīt |
gacchatu svāmī snānam ācaritum ! yāvad ahaṃ kravyamukhasahitas
tiṣṭhāmi |
gate ca tasmiṃś caturakas taṃ kravyamukham āha |
bhakṣaya tāvad ataḥ piśitam ! yāvad asau snātuṃ gataḥ |
so 'bravīt |
bhakṣayitvā kim uttaraṃ dāsyāmi |
jambuko 'bravīt |
kiṃ tavānena vicāreṇa |
aham etasya prativacanaṃ dāsyāmi |
tvayā punar mama mukham evāvalokitavyam iti |
evam ukte tābhyāṃ kravyam atibahu bhakṣitam |
atrāntare siṃhas samprāpto yāvat paśyati sakalaṃ jaṭharapiśitam
upabhuktam ! tataś caturakam āha |
māma ! kva taj jatharapiśitam |
evaṃ vadati siṃhe kravyamukho mukhaṃ caturakasyāvalokitavān |
caturako 'bravīt |
kim adhunā manmukham avalokayasi |
svāmin |
bhakṣitam aneneti |
atha siṃhaḥ kuliśakharanakaro bhrūkuṭilamukhaḥ prakaṭitaroṣas
taṃ hantum aicchat |
athāsāv api vṛko mukhavaivarṇyavepathuvyāptatanur
atanupadavikṣepaḥ kṣiprapalāyanapaṭur aṭavīm uddiśya jagāma |
siṃho 'pi kiñcid anusṛtya pratinivṛttaḥ |
etasmiṃś cāntare kathamapi ca tatsamīpam atha kaścit sārthavāho
anena pathāyātaḥ |

tasya ca sārthāgresaraṃ kaṭāhena galabaddhena karabham
āgacchantaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtakaviṣādo jambukas taṃ siṃham āha |
deva ! vinaṣṭāv āvām |
mā khalu kaścid vanaṃ dhārayatu |
yāvad adyāpi piśitaṃ nopabhujyate ! tāvad bṛhatprastham ādāya
dhanikācāreṇāyaṃ karabhakas samprāptaḥ |
tat kim atra prāptakālam |
gacchatu svāmī digantaram anyat ! yāvad aham enaṃ
labdhacittābhiprāyaṃ karomīti |
evam abhihite siṃhas tasmād apayātaḥ |
caturako 'pi bahudināni tat piśitam upabhuktavān |
[1,14 Übel angebrachter Rat]
asti kasmiṃścid vanoddeśe mahān vānarayūthaḥ |
sa kadācid dhemantakāle 'sukhāsīno 'tivihvalatayā
khadyotaṃ dṛṣṭvāgnir ayam ity āhāryaiś śuṣkatṛṇaparṇair
ācchādya prasāritabhujaḥ kakṣakukṣivakṣaḥpradeśān
kaṇḍūyamānaḥ pratāpamanorathasukhāni kilānubhavati |
tatraikaś śākhāmṛgas tadgatamanā muhurmuhus tam eva
mukhenopādhamat |
atha sūcīmukho nāma |
tena vṛkṣād avatīryābhihitaḥ |
mā kliśaḥ |
nāyaṃ vahniḥ ! khadyoto 'yam iti |
athāsāv adhamat tasya tad vacanam avamanyaiva |
punaś ca tenāsakṛd vāryamāṇo naiva śāmyati |
kiṃ bahunā ! tāvat tena karṇābhāśam āgatyāgatya prabalam
udvejitaḥ ! yāvat tena sahasā gṛhītvā śilāyām āvidhya vigataprāṇaḥ kṛto
asāv iti |
[1,15 Duṣṭabuddhi und Abuddhi]
asti ! kasmiṃścid adhiṣṭhāne vaṇiksutau suhṛdau staḥ |
eko duṣṭabuddhir aparo dharmabuddhiḥ |
tāv arthopārjananimittaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ deśāntaraṃ gatau |
atha tatra dharmabuddhir nāmaikas sārthavāhasuto yas tena kasyacit
sādhoḥ pūrvasthāpitaṃ kalaśikāgataṃ svabhāgyapracoditaṃ
raupyadīnārasahasraṃ prāptam |
sa duṣṭabuddhinā saha sampradhārya kṛtārthāv āvāṃ svadeśaṃ
gacchāva iti pratyāgatau |
adhiṣṭhānasamīpe dharmabuddhinābhihitam |
dīnārā ardhavibhāgena vibhajyantām |
svagṛhān praviśāvaḥ |
adhunā suḥrtsvajanādisamakṣam ujjvalaṃ vatsyāvaḥ |
atha duṣṭabuddhir antaḥkaṭhinahṛdayas svārthasiddhaye tam āha |
bhadra ! vittaśeṣo yāvad āvayos sāmānyaḥ ! tāvad avicchinnas
snehasadbhāvaḥ |
kintv ekam ekaṃ śataṃ gṛhītvā praviśāvaḥ |
yatkāraṇam ! puṇyaparīkṣā hrāsavṛddhibhyāṃ bhaviṣyaty
ekārthatā ca janaspṛhaṇīyā |
tathā cānuṣṭhite śeṣaṃ kutracit suguptaṃ kṛtvā praviṣṭau |
atha tadvarṣābhyantare duṣṭabuddhir asadvyayavyasanitvād
bhāgyacchidratayā ca kṣīṇapratyaṃśaḥ punar api ca nidhito
dharmabuddhinā sahāparaśataṃ vibhaktavān |
tad api dvitīyavarṣābhyantare tathaiva kṣīṇam |
evaṃ gate duṣṭabuddhiś cintayām āsa |
yadi punaś śatavibhāgena vibhajāvaḥ ! tat kiṃ mayā kṛtaṃ bhavati |
śeṣaiṣ ṣaḍbhir apahṛtais samastāny evāsādayāmi |
evaṃ matvaikākī bhūtvā tām arthamātrām apanīya pradeśaṃ
samīkṛtya māsātikrānte kāle dharmabuddhim abhihitavān |
bhadra ! samavibhāgaṃ śeṣavittasya kurva iti |
pratipanne ca dharmabuddhinā saha gatvā tam evoddeśaṃ khātakarma
kartum ārabdhaḥ |
khanyamāne ca yadā na dṛśyate ! tadā prathamataraṃ dhṛṣṭatayā
duṣṭabuddhiḥ pāṣāṇenātmanaś śiro 'tāḍayad abravīc ca
sasambhramam |
kva tad brahmahṛdayam ! dharmabuddhe |
nūnaṃ tvayāpahṛtam iti |
evaṃ parasparaśaṅkayā vivadamānau dharmasthānam upāgatau |
āvedite ca tasminn arthe 'vagate 'vyaktavyavahāraduśchedatayā
sanniruddhau |
pañcarātrābhyantarāc ca duṣṭabuddhinādhikṛtānāṃ pratijñātam
|
sākṣiṇo mama santy atravyavahāradīnārāṇām iti |
tais tu vyavahāranivartanārthaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ |
kas te sākṣī |
darśayasveti |
so 'bravīt |
yasyaiva vṛkṣasyādhastāt sthāpitaṃ dravyam ! tenaiva vibhāvayāmi
iti |
atha te vismayam upagatāḥ ! kathaṃ vanaspatir mantrayiṣyatīti |
kṛtapratibhuvau svagṛhaṃ visarjitau |
atha duṣṭabuddhinā svagṛhaṃ gatena pitābhihitaḥ |
tāta ! maddhastagatās te paṇāḥ |
kintu vāṅmātrāvabaddhās tiṣṭhanti |
ahaṃ tu tvām adya rātrau vṛkṣavivare 'smin sthāpayāmi |
prabhāte dharmādhikṛtasamakṣaṃ pṛṣṭas taṃ vibhāvayeti |
tatas tenābhihitam |
putra ! vinaṣṭāv āvām |
kiṃ kāraṇam ! anupāya eṣaḥ |
tathā ca |
[ upāyaṃ cintayet prājño hy apāyam api cintayet |
paśyato bakamūrkhasya nakulair bhakṣitās sutāḥ

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]
so 'bravīt |
katham etat |
asāv āha |
[1,16 Reiher und Ichneumon]
asti ! kasmiṃścid arjunavṛkṣe bakadampatī prativasatas sma |
tatra ca vṛkṣavivarānusārī mahākāyo 'hir asañjātakriyāṇy eva
apatyāni bhakṣayati sma |
tena ca nirvedena naṣṭasañjñāv āhārakriyām utsṛjya
jalāśayaikadeśe vimanaskāv āsāte |
atha tatraikaḥ kulīrakas tam āha |
māma ! kim adyāpy āhāro anuṣṭhīyatae iti |
bakaḥ |
adhṛtiparītasya me kuta āhārābhilāṣa iti |
yato 'sāv āha |
kiṃlakṣaṇasamutthādhṛtiḥ |
sa tu tasmai yathāvṛttam apatyabhakṣaṇam ākhyātavān |
kulīrakas tu taṃ samarthitavān |
aham upāyaṃ tadvadhāya kathayāmi |
yeyaṃ nakulavasatir etatprabhṛtyavicchinnaparamparayā
matsyapiśitaṃ prakīryatām ! yāvatsarpavasatiḥ |
tatas tae evainaṃ ghātayiṣyanti |
tathā cānuṣṭhite nakulaiḥ piśitamārgānusāribhiḥ
pūrvavairakriyām anusmaradbhiḥ khaṇḍaśo 'hiṃ kurvadbhiḥ
pūrvadṛṣṭamārgam ādhāvadbhir bakāvāsaṃ gatvā bakasya
śeṣāpatyabhakṣaṇaṃ kṛtam iti |
[1,15]
ato 'haṃ bravīmi |
upāyaṃ cintayet prājño hy apāyam api cintayet |
iti bruvann api tenāsau nītvā sthāpito vṛkṣavivare |
atha prabhātasamaye 'dhikaraṇaprakṛtipratyakṣaṃ
dharmaśāstravacanābhiśrāvitena vanaspatinā yathāprastutam
abhihitam |
dharmabuddhinārtho 'pahṛta iti |
tac ca śrutvā dharmabuddiś cintayām āsa |
katham avāk pādapo vācaṃ vyāhariṣyati |
tat kāraṇenātra bhavitavyam |
sarvathā buddhisādhyam etat |
atha dharmasthānīyān āha |
aho vismayaḥ |
adyāpy aviplutae eva loke dharmabuddir ahaṃ vijane 'smin vanae
ekāky- āgamya tad dravyaṃ gṛhītavān |
athāpaśyam ahim atikāyam āyāntam |
cintitaṃ ca mayā |
kaṣṭam idam āpatitam |
abhihitaṃ ca |
punar api viṣayā labhyante ! na tu prāṇāḥ |
punar āgamiṣyāmi |
ity atraiva vṛkṣamūle 'vasthāpitam |
adhunāvaśyaṃ rājavaśāt samarpitavyam |
kintv asmāt sthānād ekānte 'vasthānaṃ kurudhvam ! yāvad aham
enaṃ nidhipālaṃ kṛṣṇasarpaṃ parājayāmi |
ity uktvāhāryaiś śuṣkadāruparṇanicayair vṛkṣavivaram
āpūryāgnim ādīpayitum ārabdhaḥ |
duṣṭabuddhis tv adhomukhenākṣṇā vilokya vṛkṣavivarāntargataṃ
vaṇikputraṃ dṛṣṭvā vyathitamanā abhavat |
pradīpte ca vahnau samantata ujjvalībhūtād vṛkṣavivarāt sphaṭitatanuḥ
pluṣṭakeśas srastatvag yadā jāto vaṇik ! tadā bhūmau nipatitaḥ |
tat tu mahad vaikārikaṃ dṛṣṭvā kim idam iti paraṃ vismayam upagatāḥ |
kiñcij jīvitaṃ ca pratyakṣam abhijñāya vaṇikputraṃ papracchuḥ |
kim idam īdṛśam agnipatanam adhyavasitaṃ bhavateti |
tato 'sāv abravīt |
anena duṣputreṇāham avasthām imāṃ prāpita iti |
evam abhivadan pañcatvam upagataḥ |
anantaraṃ dharmādhikṛtās tam arthaṃ jñātvābhihitavantaḥ |
duṣṭabuddhir ayaṃ pāpaś śūle 'vataṃsyatām iti |
[1,17]
asti kasmiṃścid adhiṣṭhāne kṣīṇabāndhavo vaṇiksutaḥ |
sa deśāntaram arthopārjananimittaṃ prasthitaḥ |
tasya tulā lohasahasrakṛtā vidyate |
so 'nyasmin vaṇikputrake tāṃ nikṣipya deśāntaram arthopārjanāya
prāyāt |
kṣīṇabhāgyatvāc ca tena bahunāpi kālena na kiñcid āsāditam |
pratyāgataś ca tāṃ tulāṃ tasmāt prārthitavān |
tenoktaṃ ca |
sā mūṣakair bhakṣiteti |
athāsāv acintayat |
vismayanīyam etat |
kathaṃ lohasahasramayīṃ tulāṃ mūṣakā bhakṣayiṣyantīti |
antarlīnam avahasyābravīt ! avaśyam etad evam ! yatkāraṇam |
vṛṣyaṃ svādu mṛdu ca lohaṃ katham ākhavo na bhakṣayiṣyanti ! iti
pratipannavāk |
asāv api suparihṛṣṭahṛdayaḥ pādyādipurassarāṃ tasya pūjāṃ
kartum ārabdhavān bhojane ca prārthitavān |
tasya ca nātidure nadī |
tatra snānābhyudyatasya ca tasya svīyaṃ putram ekam
āmalakasnānaśāṭikāsametaṃ pṛṣṭataḥ preṣitavān |
asāv api pratyāgacchan dārakam anyasmin mitragṛhe suguptaṃ kṛtvā
praviṣṭaḥ |
atha bhojanasamaye sārthavāho dārakam adṛṣṭvā samākulamanāś
śaṅkitahṛdayaś ca tam apṛcchat |
kvāsau dārakas tavānupadapreṣitaḥ |
iha na praviṣṭa iti |
atha so 'bravīt |
śyenenāpahṛtaḥ |
tac chrutvā paramāvigno nirdayībhūtaś ca taṃ bāhau gṛhītvā
dharmasthānaṃ nītavān ! āha ca |
paritrāyadhvam |
anena me dārakaḥ kvāpi gopita iti |
pṛṣṭaś cāsau prāḍvivākaiḥ |
kim etat |
kathyatām iti |
sa vihasyābravīt |
śyenenāpahṛta iti |
tatas tair vismitamanobhir abhihitaḥ |
kathaṃ śyeno dārakam apahariṣyatīti |
dharmādhikṛtais tathyaṃ pṛcchyamāno 'bravīt |
kim atra citram |
yatra tulā lohasahasrasyāsya gehe madīyā mūṣakair bhakṣitā ! tatra
kathaṃ dārakaś śyenena nāpahriyatae iti |
tac ca śrutvā pratipāditavantas te prāḍvivākāḥ parasparasya
tattulātaddārakadānam iti |
[II,1 Hiranyas Erlebnisse]
asti dākṣiṇātye janapade mihilāropyaṃ nāma nagaram |
tasya nātidūre parivrājakāvasathaḥ |
tatra parivrāḍ jūṭakarṇo nāma prativasati sma |
sa bhikṣāvelāyāṃ tasmān nagarāt tīrthabhūta iti
brāhmaṇagṛhebhyas sakhaṇḍaguḍadāḍimagarbhāṇāṃ
snigdhadravapeśalānām annaviśeṣāṇāṃ bhikṣābhājanaṃ
paripūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tam āvasatham avagamya yathāvidhi vratakālaṃ
kṛtvā tatra śeṣam āpotake suguptaṃ kṛtvā nāgadantake sthāpayati |
ahaṃ saparijanas tena varte |
evaṃ bhakṣyamāṇe tasmin suprayatnasthāpite 'pi nirviṇṇas sthānāt
sthānam uccair matprati bhayāt saṅkramayati |
tad apy aham anāyāsena prāpnomi bhakṣayāmi ca |
athaivaṃ gacchati kāle kadācit tasya parivrāḍ bṛhatsphig nāma
prāhuṇaka āgataḥ |
sa jūṭakarṇas tasya svāgatādyupacāraṃ kṛtvā
kṛtayathocitavratakālas tasminn āpotake śeṣaṃ suguptaṃ
kṛtvā khaṭvāsīnaś śayanagataṃ bṛhatsphijam apṛcchat |
bhavān itomayā viyuktaḥ |
tata ārabhya keṣu deśāntareṣu tapovaneṣu vā paribhrānta iti |
asāv akathayat |
atha kadācid ahaṃ mahākārttikyāṃ mahātīrthavare puṣkare
snānaṃ kṛtvā mahato janasamūhadoṣād bhavatā viyuktaḥ |
tato 'haṃ gaṅgādvāraprayāgavārāṇasy-ādiṣv
anukūlapratikūlaṃ jāhnavīm anu paryaṭan ! kiṃ bahunā ! kṛtsnaṃ
mahīmaṇḍalaṃ samudraparyantam avalokitavān |
ardhākhyāte ca tasmiñ jūṭakarṇaḥ parivrāḍ nāgadantopaśliṣṭo
muhurmuhur jarjaram avādayat |
kathyamānavighne ca kriyamāṇe kupitobṛhatsphig āha |
aham ādṛto bhūtvā bhavataḥ kathayāmi ! bhavatas tu kimartham
anādaraḥ |
tathā ca |
[ vimānanā duścaritānukīrtanaṃ
kathāprasaṅgo vacanād avismayaḥ |
na dṛṣṭidānaṃ kṛtapūrvanāśanaṃ
viraktabhāvasya narasya lakṣaṇam

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]
jūṭakarṇa āha |
kathaṃ caitat |
so 'bravīt |
[II,2 Enthülsten Sesam für enthülsten]
asti ! ahaṃ kadācid abhyarṇāsu varṣāsu kasmiṃścid adhiṣṭhāne
sthitigrahaṇanimittaṃ kañcid brāhmaṇam āvāsaṃ prārthitavān |
varṣāsv atītāsu punar vihārārthaṃ praharaśeṣāyāṃ śarvaryāṃ
pratibuddho 'cintayam |
katamena digbhāgenāvagantavyam |
atha yugapad asāv api brāhmaṇas tasyāṃ velāyāṃ pratibuddho
jālakāntaritāṃ bhāryām apṛcchat |
brāhmaṇi ! śrūyatām |
śvaḥ parvakālo bhavitā |
tatra tvayā yathāśakti brāhmaṇabhojanaṃ kartavyam iti |
asāv āha bahuparuṣākṣarayā girā |
kutas te brāhmaṇabhojanasya śaktir atyantadaridrasyeti |
evam ukto 'sau kūpe prakṣipta iva na vacaḥ kiñcid avocat |
punar api cirād abravīt |
brāhmaṇi !
[ kartavyas sañcayo nityaṃ na tu kāryo 'tisañcayaḥ |
atisañcayaśīlo 'yaṃ dhanuṣā jambuko hataḥ

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]
asāv abravīt |
kathaṃ caitat |
brāhmaṇo 'bravīt |
[II,3 Der allzugierige Schakal]
asti kasmiṃścid adhiṣṭhāne māṃsavṛttir vyādhaḥ |
sa pratyuṣasy utthāya kiñcid vanam anupraviśya śīghram eva mṛgaṃ
viddhvā kṛtamāṃsasañcayaḥ pratyāgacchan mahati tīrthāvatāre
avataran mahiṣaśāvatulyam uddhṛtaviṣāṇaṃ
kardamapiṇḍāvaliptagātraṃ sūkaram apaśyat |
taṃ dṛṣṭvāśubhanimittapracoditobhayam āgataḥ |
pratinivṛtya ca pratibaddhagatis sūkareṇa māṃsaṃ saṅkocitakaṃ
bhūmau prakṣipya dhanus sa śaraṃ ca kṛtvedam uvāca |
[ na me dhanur nāpi ca bāṇasandhanaṃ
kim eṣa śaṅkāṃ samupaiti sūkaraḥ |
prasahya paśyāmy aham asya niścayaṃ
yamena nūnaṃ prahitomamāntikam

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]
ity uktvā tasmai viṣadigdham iṣuṃ prāhiṇoj jatrusthāne viddhvā
parapārśvagataṃ ca kṛtavān |
sūkareṇāpi prahāramūrcchitenottamaṃ javam
āsthāyāvaskarapradeśe tathābhyāhataḥ ! yena gatāsus
tridhāgataśarīro nipatitaḥ |
atha tasmin mahati viṣame vṛtte mṛgalubdhakasūkaraprastare
kṣutkṣāmakukṣir dardurako nāma gomayur āhārārthī tam uddeśam
āgato 'paśyan mṛgasūkaralubdhakān |
tāṃś ca dṛṣṭvā paraṃ paritoṣam upāgataḥ |
āha ca |
[ nānnapānāni satatam utpadyante hi dehinām |
labdhvā prabhūtam annādyaṃ kramaśas tūpayojayet

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]
iti |
evam uktvā dhanuḥpratibandhaṃ bhakṣayitum ārabdhaḥ |
kathamapi daivāc chinne pratibandhe vakṣaḥpradeśe bhinnaḥ pañcatvam
upagata iti |
[2,2]
ato 'haṃ bravīmi |
kartavyas sañcayo nityam iti |
tat ! brāhmaṇi ! spāṣṭyāj jīvyate |
tac ca śrutvā brāhmaṇy- āha |
asti me tilastokaṃ taṇḍulastokaṃ ca |
sa tvaṃ pratyuṣasy utthāya samitkuśādyānayanārthaṃ vanaṃ
gaccha |
aham api sahānena śiṣyeṇa kāmandakinā brāhmaṇatrayasya
sādhayiṣyāmi kṛsaram iti |
tathā cānuṣṭhite tilaprasthaṃ kāmandakinādhiṣṭhitaṃ
luñcayetyāstāpitam |
tathā cātivyagratvāt te tilāḥ kathamapi daivāc chunā viṭvālitāḥ ! tayā
cābhyantarasthayā dṛṣṭāḥ |
tato 'sāv abravīt |
kāmandake ! na śobhanam āpatitam |
vighnam utpannaṃ brāhmaṇatarpaṇasya |
tathāpi gaccha ! imāṃs tilāṃl luñcitān api kṛṣṇatilaiḥ parāvartayitvā
śīghram āgaccha |
kṛṣṇakṛsaram eva kariṣyāmi |
tathā cānuṣṭhite yasmin veśmany ahaṃ bhikṣārtham upāgataḥ !
tasminn eva kāmandakir api tilavikrayārtham anupraviṣṭo 'kathayat |
gṛhyantām ime tilāḥ |
brāhmaṇyābhihitaḥ |
kathaṃ tilā dīyantae iti |
kāmandakir āha |
[ śuklān kṛṣṇaiḥ prayacchāmi yadīṣṭaṃ gṛhyatām iti |
tatheme luñcitā bhadre luñcitān eva dehi me

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iti |
evam ākhyāyābravīt parivrāṭ |
asti kiñcit khanitram iti |
jūṭakarṇa āha |
bāḍham ! asti |
upanīte ca tasmin kakṣyāṃ baddhvā sandaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaḥ pṛṣṭavān |
kataras tasya sañcaraṇamārga iti |
ākhyāte ca tasmin khātakarma kartum ārabdhaḥ |
ahaṃ cādāv eva tayor ātmagatam ālāpaṃ śrutvāharam utsṛjya
kautukaparo 'vasthita āsam |
yadā tv asau durgānveṣaṇaṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ ! tadā mayā jñātam |
upalabdham anena durātmanā madīyavivaradvāram iti |
mayāpi kenāpi sādhunā pūrvasthāpitaṃ suvarṇam āptam āsīt |
tat prādhānyāc cāhaṃ śaktimantam ātmānaṃ manye |
asāv api duṣṭo vivarānusārāt tad upalabhya gṛhītvā ca dhanaṃ punar
āvasthaṃ prāpto jūṭakarṇam abravīt |
idaṃ tasya tad brahmahṛdayam ! yasyāsau sāmarthyād aśakyam api
sthānam utpatati |
adhārdhaṃ ca vibhajya sukhāsīnau sthitau |
taṃ cāham ātmano 'vasādaṃ prāpyācintayam |
kadācid ihasthasya me pradīpam ujjvālyāsaṃśayam āsādya māṃ
hanyuḥ |
iti tasmāt sthānād anyad durgasthānaṃ kṛtavān |
anye ca ! ye mamānucarāḥ ! tae āgatya mām abruvan |
bhadra hiraṇya ! tvatsamīpavartino vayam atyantakṣudhārtāḥ |
grāsamātram apy asmākaṃ nāsti |
astaṃ gate 'pi divase na kiñcid asmābhir āsāditam |
tad arhasy adyāpi tāvad asmān santarpayitum iti |
tathā nāmety uktvāham āvasathaṃ tais samaṃ gataḥ |
ekāntāvasthitaś ca tayor durātmanoḥ pūrvākhyāte śeṣam ālāpam
aśṛnavam |
atha jūṭakarṇas tathaivākhyāne vaṃśam cālayati sma |
tenābhihitaḥ |
kim adyāpi nirākṛte tasmin muhurmuhuś cālayasi vaṃśam |
sthīyatām |
alam iti
yato 'sāv āha |
bhadra ! eṣa mamāpakārī mūṣakaḥ punaḥ punar āyāti |
sa vihasyābravīt |
mā bhaiṣīḥ |
na kiñcid asty etat |
yataḥ |
[ bhavaty arthena balavān arthād bhavati paṇḍitaḥ |
paśyemaṃ mūṣakaṃ pāpaṃ svajātisamatāṃ gatam

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api ca |
yad asyotpatane śaktikāraṇam ! tad āvayor eva hastagatam |
ahaṃ tu tathaiva samarthitavān |
satyam āhāyam |
na mamādyāṅkulakasyāpy utpatane śaktir astīti |
śṛṇomi cānucarāṇāṃ parasparālāpam |
āgacchata ! gacchāmaḥ |
nāyam adya tṛṇasyāpi kubjīkaraṇe samarthaḥ |
evam uktvā pañcāśanmātrā gatāḥ ! punar api pañcaviṃśatiḥ ! daśa
pañca ceti ! athānye dvādaśāṣṭau |
athāvaśiṣṭau dvau |
tatrāpy eko 'bravīt |
ayam ātmano 'py udarabharaṇe na samarthaḥ ! kiṃ punar anyeṣām |
ity uktvā nirapekṣo 'sāv api prāyāt |
tato 'haṃ paricintyaitavad iti svam ālayaṃ gataḥ |
prabhātasamaye sarvae eva sapatnasakāśaṃ gatāḥ ! daridro 'sāv iti
vadantaḥ |
tathā pravṛttānām anucarāṇām eko 'pi na matsakāśam āgacchat |
paśyāmi ca ! māṃ dṛṣṭvā sammukhaṃ tae eva matsapatnais saha
parasparaṃ kilakilāyanto hastāsphālanair mamānucarās saṅkrīḍanti
sma |
cintitaṃ ca mayā ! yathā |
evam etat |
[ yasyārthās tasya mitrāṇi yasyārthās tasya bāndhavāḥ |
yasyārthās sa pumāṃl loke yasyārthās sa ca paṇḍitaḥ

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]
api ca |
[ arthena hi vihīnasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ |
vicchidyante kriyās sarvā grīṣme kusaritoyathā

1.54

tyajanti mitrāṇi dhanair vihīnaṃ
putrāś ca dārāś ca suhṛjjanāś ca |
tam arthavantaṃ punar āśrayante |
artho hi loke puruṣasya bandhuḥ

1.55

daridrasya manuṣyasya prājñasya madhurasya ca |
kāle 'py uktaṃ vākyaṃ na kaścit pratipadyate

1.56

caṇḍālaś ca daridraś ca dvāv etau sadṛśau matau |
caṇḍālasya na gṛhṇanti daridro na prayacchati

1.57

arthena parihīṇaṃ tu naram aspṛśyatāṃ gatam |
tyajanti bāndhavās sarve mṛtaṃ sattvam ivāsavaḥ

1.58

arthena hīnaḥ puruṣas tyajyate mitrabāndhavaiḥ |
tyaktalokakriyādāraḥ parāsur iva niṣprabhaḥ

1.59

śūnyam aputrasya gṛhaṃ ciraśūnyaṃ yasya nāsti sanmitram |
mūrkhasya diśaś śūnyās sarvaṃ śūnyaṃ daridrasya

1.60

[ uttiṣṭha kṣaṇam ekam udvaha sakhe dāridryabhāraṃ guruṃ
kliṣṭo yāvad ahaṃ ciraṃ maraṇajaṃ seve tvadīyaṃ sukham |
ity ukto dhanavarjitena viduṣā gatvā śmaśāne śavo
dāridryān maraṇaṃ varaṃ sukhakaraṃ jñātvā sa tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ

1.61

]]
kim aparaṃ bhoḥ |
na kaścid anyaḥ prativacanam api dadāti |
[ tānīndriyāṇy avikalāni tad eva nāma
sā buddhir apratihatā vacanaṃ tad eva |
arthoṣmaṇā virahitaḥ puruṣas sa eva
śete hakāra iva saṅkucitākhilāṅgaḥ

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]
tat prāyaśo loke svarūpam īdṛśam |
vinipatitam āryam api janaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhany- andho mūkaś ca bhavati
dhanamadāvalepāt |
tathā ca |
[ vilocane cāvikale ca vīkṣate
sphuṭā ca vāg asti na cāpabhāṣaṇam |
aho nṛśaṃsair vibhavais tathā kṛtaṃ
yatheśvaro yācanayantratāṃ gataḥ

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]
tan mādṛśānāṃ kiṃ nāma tad varaṃ syāt ! yasya syād īdṛśaḥ
phalavipākaḥ ! yat satataṃ dehīti vakti |
tat sarvathā dhanahīnasya mamādhunā neha śreyaḥ |
uktaṃ ca |
[ vasen mānādhikaṃ sthānaṃ mānahīnaṃ na saṃvaset |
mānahīnaṃ surais sārdhaṃ vimānam api varjayet

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]
evam uktvāpy ahaṃ punar apy evam acintayam |
kimarthitāṃ kasyacit karomi |
tad etat kaṣṭataram |
yatkāraṇam !
[ kubjasya kīṭakhātasya dāvaniṣkuṣitatvacaḥ |
taror apy ūṣarasthasya varaṃ janma na cārthinaḥ

1.65

kaṇṭhe gadgadatā svedo mukhe vaivarṇyavepathū |
mriyamāṇasya cihnāni yāni tāny eva yācataḥ

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]
tad arthitvam api jaghanyam |
[ vairāgyāharaṇaṃ dhiyo 'paharaṇaṃ mithyāvikalpāspadaṃ
paryāyo maraṇasya dainyavasatiś śaṅkānidhānaṃ param |
mūrtaṃ lāghavam āspadaṃ ca vipadāṃ tejoharaṃ māninām
arthitvaṃ hi manasvināṃ na narakāt paśyāmi vastvantaram

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]
api ca |
[ nirdravyo hriyam eti hrīparigataḥ prabhraśyate tejaso
nistejāḥ paribhūyate paribhavān nirvedam āgacchati |
nirviṇṇaś śucam eti śokamanaso buddhiḥ paribhraśyati
nirdhīkaḥ kṣayam ety aho nidhanatā sarvāpadām āspadam

1.68

]
api ca |
[ varam ahimukhe krodhāviṣṭhe karau viniveśitau
viṣam api varaṃ pītvā suptaṃ yamasya niveśane |
girivarataṭād ātmā mukto varaṃ śatadhā gato
na tu khalajanāvāptair arthaiḥ priyaṃ kṛtam ātmanaḥ

1.69

varaṃ vibhavahīnena prāṇais santarpitoanalaḥ
nopacāraparibhraṣṭaḥ kṛpaṇo 'bhyarthitojanaḥ

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]
athaivaṃ gate kenopāyena jīvitaṃ syāt |
kiṃ cauryeṇa |
tad api parasvādānaṃ kaṣṭataram |
yatkāraṇam !
[ varaṃ yuktaṃ maunaṃ na ca vacanam uktaṃ yad anṛtaṃ
varaṃ mṛtyuś ślāghyo na ca parakalatrābhigamanam |
varaṃ prāṇatyāgo na ca piśunavakyeṣv abhiratir
varaṃ bhikṣārthitvaṃ na ca paradhanāsvādam asakṛt

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]
tad arthitve 'pi hi puruṣasya dhruvo 'vamānaḥ |
katham |
[ ākāraparivṛttis tu buddheḥ paribhavaḥ punaḥ |
āśāhānir ivārthitvaṃ parāsutvam ivāparam

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]
atha kiṃ parapiṇḍenātmānaṃ yāpayāmi |
kaṣṭaṃ bhoḥ |
tad api dvitīyaṃ mṛtyudvāram |
[ rogī cirapravāsī parānnabhojī parāvasathaśāyī |
yaj jīvati tan maraṇaṃ so 'sya viśrāmaḥ

1.73

]
api ca |
[ jātaḥ kule mahati mānadhanāvaliptas
sammānanābhyudayakāla iva praharṣī |
tac cheṣapiṇḍam api nāma nṛpasya bhuṅkte
yas sārameya iva kaṣṭataraṃ kim anyat

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]
[ āśāviplutacetaso 'bhilaṣitāl lābhād alābho varas
tasyālābhanirākṛtā hi tanutām āpadyate prārthanā |
iṣṭāvāptisamudbhavas tu sutarāṃ harṣaḥ pramāthī dhṛtes
setor bhaṅga ivāmbhasāṃ vivaśatāṃ vegena vistāryate

1.75

]
api ca |
[ tiryakpātitacakṣuṣāṃ smayavatām ucchaiḥ kṛtaikabhruvām
āḍhyānām avalepatuṅgaśirasāṃ śrutvā giro dāruṇāḥ |
kiṃ sadyas sphuṭanaṃ prayuktam urasas sevākṛtām arthinām
antas tad yadi varjasāradṛḍhayā nālipyate tṛṣṇayā

1.76

dīnā dīnamukhair yadi svaśiśukair ākṛṣṭacīrāmbarā
krośadbhiḥ kṣudhitair nirannapiṭhirā dṛśyate no gehinī |
yācñabhaṅgabhayena gadgadagalaproccāritārdhākṣaraṃ
ko dehīti vadet svadagdhajaṭharasyārthe manasvī pumān

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tan nissvateyam anekaprakāraṃ maraṇam |
atha cet tad eva dhanam ātmīkaromi |
mayā tu tayor durātmanor upadhānīkṛtā dṛṣṭapūrvās te dīnārās
sthagitāḥ |
evaṃ ca sampradhārya gato 'haṃ tam uddeśam |
atha tāv anyamanaskau matvā sañjighṛkṣur aham upaśliṣṭaḥ |
dṣṭvā ca māṃ bṛhatsphig laguḍenātāḍayat |
aham api mumūrṣuḥ kathamapi nivṛttaḥ |
punar api cirād baddhāśas samāśvasya dīnārāntikam upaśliṣṭas
tena nirdayenaivaṃ śirasy abhihataḥ ! yenādyāpi svapnagatānām api
tādṛśānām udvije |
paśya cemaṃ tatkālakṛtaṃ śirasi me vraṇam |
sādhu cedam ucyate |
[ sarvaprāṇavināśasaṃśayakarīṃ prāpyāpadaṃ dustarāṃ
pratyāsannabhayo na vetti vidhuraṃ svaṃ jīvitaṃ kāṅkṣati |
uttīrṇas tu tato dhanārtham aparāṃ bhūyo viśaty āpadaṃ
prāṇānāṃ ca dhanasya sādhanadhiyām anyonyahetuḥ paṇaḥ

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so 'haṃ bahu vicintyāstāṃ dhanam etan mameti nivṛttas
tṛṣṇātaḥ |
suṣṭu cedam ucyate |
[ jñānaṃ cakṣur nedaṃ śīlaṃ kulaputratā na kulajanma |
santoṣaś ca samṛddhiḥ pāṇḍityam avāryavinivṛttiḥ

1.79

sarvās sampattayas tasya santuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam |
upānadgūḍhapādasya sarvā carmāvṛtaiva bhūḥ

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na yojanaśataṃ dūraṃ vāhyamānasya tṛṣṇayā |
sant.uṣṭasya karaprāpte 'py arthe bhavati nādaraḥ

1.81

sarpāḥ pibanti pavanaṃ na ca durbalās te
parṇais tṛṇair vanagajā balino bhavanti |
mūlaiḥ phalair munivarāḥ kṣapayanti kālaṃ
santoṣa eva mahatāṃ paramā vibhūtiḥ

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tat sarvathāsādhye 'rthe pariccheda eva śreyān |
[ dāridryasya parā mūrtir yācñā na draviṇālpatā |
jaradgavadhanaś śambhus tathāpi parameśvaraḥ

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tathā ca |
[ ko dharmo bhūtadayā kiṃ saukhyam arogatā jantoḥ |
kas snehas sadbhāvaḥ kiṃ pāṇḍityaṃ paricchedaḥ

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santi śākāny araṇyeṣu nadyaś ca vimalodakāḥ |
candras sāmānyadīpo 'yaṃ vibhavaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam

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iti |
evam avadhāryāhaṃ svabhavanam āgato 'paśyaṃ citragrīvaṃ
pāśabaddham |
iti ca taṃ mokṣayitvānena laghupatanakenāhaṃ bhavadantikaṃ
prāpitaḥ |
[II,4 Der arme Somilaka]
asti ! kasmiṃścid adhiṣṭhāne somilako nāma kaulikaḥ prativasati sma |
sa yad upārjayati ! tat tasya divasavyayād ṛte 'dhikatāṃ nopayāti |
jātanivedaś cāsau deśāntaram agamat |
tatra mahatā kleśena varṣatrayābhyantare dīnāraśatam arjitam !
svadeśaṃ ca prāyāt |
ardhapathe sandhyāsamaye prāpte nyagrodhapādam araṇyamadhye
samāsāditavān ! acintayac ca |
kva sāmprataṃ gamiṣyāmi viprakṛṣṭataraṃ grāmasyeti |
tad asminn eva nyagrodhapādapae ārūḍho yāminīṃ yāpayāmi |
ity avadhārya tathā kṛtavān |
ardharātre ca katañcit svapnae iva paśyati sma dvau puruṣau
mahāpramāṇau divyākṛtī krodhasaṃraktanayanau tasyābhyāśam
āyātau |
tayor ekenābhihitam |
bho vaṅkālaka ! evaṃ bhavān |
bahuśas tvaṃ mayā nivāritapūrvaḥ ! yathāsya somilakasya
pānabhojanād ṛte 'paraṃ na kiñcid dātavyam |
asyādya dīnāraśataṃ vartate |
śīghram apaharasveti |
athāsāv āha |
yathājñāpayasi ! deva |
evaṃ karomi |
ity ākarṇya pratibuddho 'sau yāvat ! dīnāraśataṃ nāpaśyat !
viṣaṇṇahṛdayaś cācintayat |
kaṣṭaṃ bhoḥ |
kim etat |
katham iha kenāpi bhūtena vañcitaḥ |
tat kim adhunā gṛhaṃ gatvā kariṣye |
itaḥ pratinivṛtya punar vittam āsādya yāvad gacchāmi |
evaṃ cintayan prabhātāyāṃ rātryāṃ bhūyo 'pi nagaram āsādya
vittopārjanāya cittam āsthāya katipayakālena pañcāśad dīnārān
upārjya punas svadeśagamanāya tenaiva mārgeṇa pravartitaḥ |
daivacoditassan nādhikaṃ labhate ! nānyamārgagamanaṃ vā |
tatraiva nīyate ! yāvad astaṃ gacchati bhānau tam eva nyagrodham
āsāditavān ! acintayac ca |
kaṣṭhaṃ bhoḥ |
kim idam ārabdhaṃ daivahatakena |
punas sa eva nyagrodharūpī rākṣasa āpatita iti |
evaṃ cintayan svapnāyamānaḥ paśyati sma dvāvetau puruṣau |
tayor eko 'bravīt |
bho vaṅkāla ! somilakasya pañcāśad dīnārā vartante |
tan na yuktam |
tato 'sāv āha |
hṛtān avadhārayasveti |
somilakas tu pratibuddho nādrākṣīd dhṛtān iti |
atha jātanirvedo 'bravīt |
kiṃ mama j-vitena prayojanam |
ko 'yaṃ vṛttāntaḥ ! kena vā kāraṇena mama kleśārjitavittam
apaharatīti na vijānāmi |
atha prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmīti |
evaṃ cintayan nirāhāras tatra eva tasthau ! yāvat katipayair evāhobhir
divyākāraṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭavān |
tenoktaḥ |
bhos somilaka ! dhanado 'smi |
nābhāvyaṃ kasmaicit prayacchāmi dhanam |
tathā ca |
[ yad abhāvi na tad bhāvi bhāvi yat tad ananyathā |
iti cintāviṣaghno 'yam agadaḥ kiṃ na pīyate

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śayāna ākasmikam aśnute phalaṃ
kṛtaprayatno 'py aparo 'vasīdati |
asaṃyamān nṛtyati kevalaṃ jano
vidhis tu yatrecchati tatra sampadaḥ

1.115

naivākṛtiḥ phalati naiva guṇā na śauryaṃ
vidyā na caiva na ca yatnakṛto viśeṣaḥ |
bhāgyāni karmaphalasañcayasañcitāni
kāle phalanti puruṣasya yathaiva vṛkṣāḥ

1.116

kruddho 'pi kaḥ kasya karoti duḥkhaṃ
sukhaṃ ca kaḥ kasya karoti hṛṣṭaḥ |
svakarmagranthigrathitohi lokaḥ
kartā karotīti vṛthābhimānaḥ

1.117

buddhimanto mahotsāhāḥ prājñāś śūrāḥ kulodgatāḥ |
pāṇipādair upetāś ca pareṣāṃ bhṛtyatāṃ gatāḥ

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kim atra paridevitena ! somilaka |
pānabhojanād ṛte tava vittopārjanaṃ na kiñcid asti |
[ vahanti śivikām anye santy anye śivikāṃ gatāḥ |
akāraṇaṃ hi vaktṛtvaṃ vyutthānaṃ kevalaṃ jarā

1.119

na mantrabalavīryeṇa prajñayā pauruṣeṇa vā |
avaśyaṃ labhate jantur atra kā paridevanā

1.120

labdhavyāny eva labhate gantavyāny eva gacchati |
prāptavyāny eva cāpnoti duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca

1.121

aprārthitāni duḥkhāni yathaivāyānti dehinām |
sukhāny api tathā manye daivam atrātiricyate

1.122

tat ko viśeṣayati kena kṛto viśiṣṭaḥ
ko vā dhanais saha vijāyati ko daridraḥ |
bhāgyāni ṣaṭpada iva sthiracañcalāni
nityaṃ manuṣyakusumeṣu paribhramanti

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1.150

ahaṃ tena
kṣīrākhyenauṣadhenordhvagatyanabhijñatayāñjasyā gatyā
niṣpatitojālenākulīkṛtaḥ |
tataś ca vyādhair durātmabhir jīvagrāhaṃ gṛhītvā krīḍārthaṃ
rājaputrāyopanītaḥ |
so 'pi māṃ dṛṣṭvātīva parituṣṭo vyādhān prādeśikena
sammānitavān |
māṃ
cādareṇāṅgodvartanasnānabhojanadhūpālaṅkāravāsoviṣe.
sair bhojanaprakāraiś cāsambhāvyais snigdhadravapeśalais
sakhaṇḍaguḍadāḍimacāturjātakavimiśrair anyaiś ca bhojyair
atarpayat |
athāntaḥpurikājanasya rājakumārāṇāṃ ca hastād dhastaṃ ca
kautukaparatayā grīvānayanakaracaraṇakarṇāvakarṣaṇaiḥ
parasparerṣyābhī rājāṅganābhis sammānaparamparatayā kleśito
aham |
cintitaṃ ca mayā |
kiṃ suvarṇena śrotrabādhākareṇa |
hā kaṣṭam |
kadā tad vanaṃ prāpsyāmīti |
nivṛttakautukānāṃ ca kadācid vivikte vartamāne
rājaputraśayanādhastān mayā prāvṛṭsamaye
meghaśabdaśravaṇotkaṇṭhitahṛdayena svayūthacyutena
svayūthyān anusmṛtyābhihitam |
vātavṛṣṭyavadhūtasya mṛgayūthasya dhāvataḥ |
pṛṣṭhato yad gamiṣyāmi kadā tan me bhaviṣyati

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evam uccārayato rājaputreṇa bālabhāvād abhāvitacittenaitāvac
chrutvā santrastena dvāsstho 'bhihitaḥ |
kenedam abhihitam iti |
santāpitahṛdayas samantād avalokayan mām apaśyat |
ahaṃ ca lubdhakair mānuṣīṃ vācaṃ śikṣita āsam |
dṛṣṭvā ca māṃ mānuṣeṇevānena mṛgenābhihitam ! vinaṣṭo 'smīti
matvā paramāvegaṃ gataḥ |
atha kathañcid viskhalitavāg asau bahir niścakrāma |
paramasattvādhiṣṭhita iva mahad asvāsthyam āpede |
tatas sarvābhiṣagbhūtatantrikān mahatyā arthamātrayā jvaraparītaḥ
prārthitavān ! evaṃ cābravīt |
yo mamaitāṃ rujam apanayati ! tasyāham akṛśāṃ pūjāṃ
kariṣyāmīti |
aham api tatrāsamīkṣitakāriṇā janena laguḍeṣṭakādibhir
druhyamāṇaḥ kenāpi sādhunāvacchannaḥ |
kim anena kṛtam iti |
atha mamāyuśśeṣatayā tenāryeṇa sarvalakṣaṇavidā vijñāpito
rājaputraḥ |
avimarśapareṇa lokenemām avasthāṃ prāpitastvam |
punar api tenāryeṇokto yathā |
priyako nāmaiṣa mṛgo mānuṣīṃ vācaṃ jānāti |
naiṣa mānuṣaḥ |
bhadra ! anena prāvṛṭkālameghaśabdapratibodhitacittena
svayūthyānusmaraṇautsukyād abhihitam |
vātavṛsṭyavadhūtasyeti |
kim atra citram |
prāyeṇa pakṣiṇaḥ paśavaś ca bhayāhāramaithunamātravedino
bhavanti ! ity adhigatam eva devena |
ato 'yam amānuṣaḥ |
tathā ca |
[ yādṛśais sannivasate yādṛśāṃś copasevate |
yādṛg icchec ca bhavituṃ tādṛg bhavati pūruṣaḥ

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hīyate hi naras tāta hīnais saha samāgamāt |
samaiś ca samatām eti viśiṣṭaiś ca viśiṣṭatām

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tat ! deva ! manuṣyasamparkāt priyakajātivaśāc ca mānuṣīṃ vācaṃ
dadātīti sammānitaḥ |
tathā ca |
[ yathodayagirer dravyaṃ sannikarṣeṇa dīpyate |

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iti |
tatra kim asambaddhaṃ jvarakāraṇam |
api ca |
[ mantrāṇāṃ parato nāsti bījam uccaraṇaṃ tathā |
asambaddhapralāpā na kāryaṃ sādhayituṃ kṣamāh

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tathā ca |
[ śaṅkhaḥ kadalyāṃ kadalī ca bheryāṃ
tasyāṃ ca bheryāṃ sumahad vimānam |
tacchaṅkhabherīkadalīvimānam
unmattaśaṅkāpratimaṃ babhūva

Original text: Tantrākhyāyika 1-2 · Data entry Peter Schreiner · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0