वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

128 VĀSAVADATTĀ by the circling mountain of the plantain-trees on its bank ¹ ; with the young śaivāla on the sand banks in its waters ² trampled by pairs of mermen alarmed by the terrible swaying, produced by wave and wind, of palmyra-palms, marsh date-palms, and taliera- palms ³ ; with letters on its banks scrawled by the edges of whelks ⁴ that were distressed because their mouths were torn by tips of coral prongs ; with its waters crowded by flocks of birds of Garuḍa's race ; seeming to have the completion of its slow churn- ing still unfinished because of its eddying whirlpools ; epileptic, as it were, because of its foam ⁵ ; [269] filled with the goodly delights of drink, one might fancy, because of the perfume of the medlars on its banks ⁶ ; angry,⁷ so to say, because of its roarings ; appearing to be distressed because of its sighings ⁸ ; seamed with frowns, it might be thought, because of its waves ; resembling an elephant corral because of Rāma's bridge ; the birthplace of <salt> as the womb of Kumbhīnasī was the birthplace of <Lavaṇa> ; <lavish in its duties toward the wide-spread ⁹ rivers that were its spouses> as grammar has <abundant comprehensive feminines, i and u declensions, and gerunds> ¹⁰ ; showing a great <bed> as the retinue of a king shows great <ministers> ; with <hisses> emitted by many <serpents> that had come to its <waters> as an elephant's place of bondage has <trumpetings> emitted by many <elephants> that have come to the <tying-place> ; [270] adorned with <ambhojacāmaras and fish> as the series of Viśvāmitra's sons was ¹ Tel. ed., ‘impenetrable because of the thickets of cardamoms, carambolas, cloves, and citrons swaying in the circuit of the plantain forest’ ; similarly the Srirangam text. ² Tel. ed. omits ‘in its waters’ ; Srirangam text, ‘low-lying, small śaivāla.’ ³ Tel. ed., ‘mermen moving in the forest of taliera-palms, terrible, very tremulous, and howling with wave and wind’ ; similarly the Srirangam text. ⁴ Tel. ed., ‘by the noisy, sharp tips of the whelks’ ; Srirangam text, ‘tips of the . sharp nails of the whelks.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘the masses of its white foam.’ ⁶ Tel. ed., ‘possessed of the perfume of drink, one might fancy, because of the perfume of its cardamoms’ ; Srirangam text, ‘because of the perfume of the medlars on its shore.’ ⁷ Tel. ed., ‘noisy.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘exhalations of its serpents.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘wide-spread’ and ‘comprehensive.’ ¹⁰ See Pāṇini, 1. 4. 3 ; 3. 1. 95.

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 129 adorned with ⟨lotuses, chowries, and the Matsyas⟩¹; the refuge of ⟨mountains⟩ as a good man is the refuge of his ⟨family⟩²; charming in that it was the ⟨abode of Viṣṇu⟩ as a noble man is charming because of his ⟨unshaken firmness⟩; with ⟨crocodiles and dolphins ready⟩ as an upright prince ⟨promotes the affairs of good folk⟩; with its ⟨surface overflowed by the Karatōyā⟩ as a wrathful man has his ⟨face covered with water from his hands⟩; [271] sprinkled with the water of the ⟨Candanā⟩ as one separated (from his beloved) is sprinkled with ⟨sandal⟩ water; followed by the ⟨Narmadā⟩ as a voluptuary is followed by ⟨jesters⟩³; though it had ⟨cast forth its venom⟩,⁴ it showed an abundance of «poison», for it ⟨raised aloft a mass of dark blue⟩ and showed an abundance of «water»; though it was very ⟨old⟩, «fair women clung about its neck», for it was very ⟨great⟩ and its «vicinity was filled with Madagascar potatoes»; though it was the place of origin of ⟨the gods⟩, it was «not ruled by the gods», for it was the place of origin of ⟨Surā⟩⁴ and was «ruled by the demons». [272] And he thought: ‘Ah, me! Kindness hath been shown by Fate even though it hath wrought injury, since this ocean hath been brought⁵ within the range of mine eyes! Therefore, abandoning my body here, I shall quench the fire of separation from my love.⁶ Even though desertion of the body⁷ is not permitted one free from disease, yet it must be done.⁸ Doth not every one do deeds which ought to be done or ought not to be done? Thus, what is not done by each one in vain life⁹? [273] As for example¹⁰: ⟨the Lord of the Twice-Born⟩ ravished ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘adorned with ⟨lotuses and beautiful fish⟩ as the series of Viśvamitra’s sons was adorned with ⟨Ambhōja, Cāru, and Matsya⟩.’ ² Tel. ed., ‘with superiority in ⟨mountains⟩ as a good man has superiority in ⟨family⟩.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with ⟨fishes and crabs⟩ as the zodiacal signs have ⟨Pisces and Cancer⟩; adorned with many ⟨pearls⟩ as a voluptuary is adorned with many ⟨courtesans⟩.’ ⁴ Namely, at the churning of the ocean by the gods and demons. ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘hath come.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘therefore I abandon my body here.’ ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘of life.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. adds ‘by us.’ ⁹ Tel. ed., ‘every one doth not do everything he should in vain life. What, indeed, is not done by whom?’; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹⁰ A similar list of misdeeds of divine and amous personages is given in the Daśa- K

130 VĀSAVADATTĀ his ⟨teacher’s wife⟩¹ and ⟨a most excellent Brāhman⟩ ravished the ⟨wife of his elders⟩. Pururavas was destroyed because of his greed for the wealth of Brāhmans.² Nahuṣa, lusting for another’s spouse, became a great ⟨serpent⟩ and became a great ⟨profligate⟩.³ Yayāti fell, ⟨having wedded⟩ a Brāhman girl,⁴ and ⟨took hold of the hand⟩ of a Brāhman girl.⁴ [274] Sudyumna ⟨became a woman⟩,⁵ so to say, and was ⟨fond of women⟩. The cruelty of Sōmaka’s murder of ⟨Jantu⟩ was notorious⁶ and the cruelty of his murder of ⟨living creatures⟩ was notorious.⁶ Purukutsa was despised.⁷ Kuvalayāśva carried off⁸ ⟨Aśvatara’s daughter⟩ and carried off⁸ ⟨a young she-mule⟩. [275] Nṛga became a lizard.⁹ ⟨Kali⟩ conquered Nala and ⟨strife⟩ conquered Nala.¹⁰ Śaṁvaraṇa became infatuated with the daughter of ⟨Mitra⟩¹¹ and became infatuated with the daughter of ⟨his friend⟩. [276] Daśaratha died through madness for his beloved ⟨Rāma⟩ and through the madness of a beloved ⟨wife⟩. Kārtavīrya perished through his kumāracarita, p. 72, Bombay ed., 1898 (tr. Meyer, p. 209, Leipzig, 1902). This passage of Subandhu is compared with its elaboration in the Harṣacarita, pp. 20 sqq., Jamnu ed., 1879 (tr. Cowell and Thomas, pp. 74–75, London, 1897), and translated by Cartellieri, ‘Subandhu and Bāṇa,’ in WZKM. 1. 126–132 (cf. also 13. 68). For other lists of precedents see Harṣacarita, pp. 199, 221–224, 288, Bombay ed., 1892 (tr. Cowell and Thomas, pp. 169, 192–194, 258, London, 1897); Kādambarī, pp. 166, 339–340, 341, 600, Bombay ed., 1890 (tr. Ridding, pp. 64, 137, 138, 200–201, London, 1896). ¹ The reference is, of course, to the famous rape of Tārā, the wife of Bṛhaspati, by the moon; cf. Harivaṁśa, 25; Viṣṇupurāṇa, 4. 6. ² Cf. Mahābhārata, 1. 75. ³ Tel. ed., ‘lusting for Indra’s spouse, went to serpenthood (or, ‘profligacy’)’; similarly the Srirangam text; cf. Mahābhārata, 5. 11–17. ⁴ Tel. ed., ‘the daughter of a household priest’; cf. Mahābhārata, 1. 78–86. ⁵ See Rāmāyaṇa, 7. 87–90. ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘in the world’; cf. Mahābhārata, 3. 127–128. ⁷ Tel. ed., ‘despised, as it were.’ The legend to which Subandhu here alludes is uncertain, and is perhaps due simply to a popular etymology of Purukutsa as the ‘much despised’ (cf. kutsay, ‘to despise’). Sāyaṇa, however, on Rig-Veda, 4. 42. 8 (cf. also Sieg, Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 1. 97, Stuttgart, 1902; Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, 1². 267, London, 1872), mentions an itihāsa, or legend, which states that Purukutsa was once imprisoned, so that his realm had no ruler. His chief wife then prayed to the seven Ṛṣis for a son, whereupon, in answer, she gave birth to Trasadasyu. ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘went to’; cf. Mārkaṇḍēyapurāṇa, 21–22. ⁹ See Mahābhārata, 13. 70; Harivaṁśa, 171. ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘Nala was conquered by Kali (or, ‘by strife’).’ ¹¹ See Mahābhārata, 1. 173–175.

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 131 oppression of ‹a Brāhman for a cow›¹ and through his oppression of ‹cows¹ and Brāhmans›. Yudhiṣṭhira deserted truth in the forefront of battle.² Śāntanu wept in the forest on account of excessive affection.³ Thus no one is immaculate.⁴ Therefore, I, too, will abandon my body.’ [277] So thinking, he approached the water of a broad, sandy bank, the hiding places of whose fish were pierced by the tips of the sharp talons of the ospreys; with the scales of shoals of śakulas and the excrement of otters⁵; with its margin surrounded by rows of carapaces of horrible crabs that had been abandoned by packs of jackals; with its environs whitened⁶ by multitudes of cranes, motionless and intent on devouring shoals of carp that were agitated and wavering because of the exceedingly⁷ unsteady flow of the water; which was very cool, being united with the motion of the wind that was generated by quantities of drops⁸ of water shaken by the sport of schools of extremely active Gangetic porpoises; [278] with its uneven banks seamed by the tips of very young wild⁹ buffaloes’ horns that dropped off daily; tuneful with the sweet songs of flocks of continually restless dhārtarāṣṭra geese; [279] with the soil along its waters crushed by the repose of mermen and bright with the rays of the sun¹⁰; delightful with the humming of bees¹¹ that had settled on hundreds of mighty¹² elephants, whose sloping cheeks were flecked with exceedingly copious ichor; with its circumference filled with multitudes of gems¹³ that had fallen in the dance of ¹ Tel. ed. omits ‘for a cow’ and ‘of cows’; cf. Mahābhārata, 3. 115–116. ² Tel. ed. omits this sentence. ³ See Mahābhārata, 1. 100–101. ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘thus, therefore, no one in the world is immaculate.’ ⁵ Tel. ed., ‘filled with broad fish-scales pierced by the tips of the talons of the ospreys; mottled with the accumulated excrement of otters’; similarly the Srirangam text. ⁶ Tel. ed., ‘much whitened.’ ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘exceedingly.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with its tamālas cooled by contact with quantities of drops.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. omits ‘wild.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed., ‘with the earth on its banks crushed by the repose of mermen, bright with the rays of the sun, and tuneful with the humming of bees and with beautiful flocks of continually restless dhārtarāṣṭra geese’; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹¹ Tel. ed., ‘with swarms of bees’; Srirangam text, ‘humming of swarms of bees.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘mighty.’ ¹³ Tel. ed., ‘serpents.’ K 2

132 VĀSAVADATTĀ the mass of the water of the ocean,¹ shaken by the right mobile wind; like ² a strip of slough cast by the serpent of the ocean ³; the mirror, as it were, of earth; the crystal pavement, so to say, of Varuṇa.⁴ Then, having bathed and the like,⁵ he began to descend to the water ⁶ to abandon his body. Thereupon, while the sharks were kindly, the fish free from envy, the bees ⁷ not mean, [280] the tortoises affectionate,⁸ the crocodiles not cruel, the dolphins not terrible, (and) the Gangetic porpoises not murderous, there came a heavenly voice ⁹: 'Noble Kandarpakētu, again, at no long time, shall there be union of thee with thy beloved. Cease, therefore, from thy resolve to die'! Hearing this, he desisted from death,¹⁰ and eager to get food to sustain his body because of his desire of reunion with his beloved, he went along the shore of the mighty ocean.¹¹ Then Kandarpakētu ¹² passed considerable time wandering here and there, living on fruit and the like in the forest. Finally, after the lapse of several months,¹³ came the rainy sea- son, with ⟨conjoined deep rivers⟩ as he who sings to the kākalī has a ⟨continuous low note⟩; [281] with dancing ⟨peacocks⟩ as the eventide has ⟨Śiva⟩ dancing; producing ⟨much pen-reed grass⟩ as ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘in the breakup of the water.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘like.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘a serpent going in the water of the ocean.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘with ⟨rubies⟩ as a lotus-grove has a ⟨red colour⟩; with ⟨branches of coral⟩ as a forest district has ⟨birds and branches of trees⟩; with ⟨mussels⟩ as a coward has ⟨fear⟩; attended by many ⟨pearls⟩ as Viṣṇu is attended by many ⟨emancipated ascetics⟩.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘having performed all the duties of bathing and the like.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘water of the ocean.’ ⁷ Tel. ed., ‘shoals of fish’; the Srirangam text omits the phrase. ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘devoid of longing.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘there came a voice from heaven.’ For other instances of intended suicide thus divinely prevented see Kādambarī, pp. 332–333, 569–570, Bombay ed., 1890 (tr. Ridding, pp. 133, 195, London, 1896). ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘he desisted indeed from undertaking death.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed. omits this clause; Srirangam text, ‘then he went to the forest along the shore, eager to get food to sustain his body because of his hope of reunion with his beloved.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘he.’ ¹³ Tel. ed., ‘but finally, after the lapse of several days.’

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 133 Kumāra’s peacock ‹bears Śarajanman›¹; quelling the ‹expanse of dust› as a great² ascetic quells the ‹tide of passion›; with water- giving ‹hail› as an anchorite has a water-giving ‹pot›; showing a wandering of many ‹ships› as the time of doom shows a wandering of many ‹suns›; with ‹cātakas eager³ because of the clouds› as an unmolested forest district has ‹exceedingly curious³ gazelles›; [282] ‹giving joy to the husbandman› as Rēvatī’s tender hand ‹inspired courage in Balarāma›.⁴ The slender lightning shone like the bejewelled⁵ boat of Love in the sky that seemed to be a pleasure pool with a forest of blue lotuses which were the riven clouds⁶; the dancing cord, as it were, of a Caṇḍāla maiden who was the Lakṣmī⁷ of the clouds; [283] even as a garland⁸ for the gate of the palace of the sky; a row of nail marks upon the cloud, in all seeming, given for remembrance by the departing heat of day⁹; the jewelled¹⁰ girdle strand, one might fancy, of a beauty of the sky; the lovely clustering¹¹ blossoms, so to say, of the coral-tree of heaven; like to a begemmed stick¹² for cleaning Rati’s nails; the jewelled shell, it might be termed,¹³ of the God whose banner is of flowers.¹⁴ The cloud¹⁵ seemed to vomit forth, like a crane, what appeared ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with ‹lofty pen-reed grass› as Kumāra’s peacock has ‹Śarajanman mounted upon it›.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘great.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘proud.’ According to the conventions of Sanskrit literature, the cātaka (Cuculus melanoleucus) is supposed to live only on the raindrops which it drinks. ⁴ Tel. ed. adds ‘‹loud-resounding› as the lord of Laṅkā [Rāvaṇa] had ‹Mēghanāda›; ‹dark with clouds› as Vindhya is ‹intensely dark›’; so also the Srirangam text, which adds ‘‹with swollen clouds› as young women have ‹plump breasts›.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘golden and bejewelled.’ ⁶ Tel. ed., ‘dark with a forest of riven blue lotuses’; similarly the Srirangam text. ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘dark Lakṣmī.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘jewelled garland.’ ⁹ Tel. ed., ‘given, in all seeming, upon the breast of his sky spouse by her dark departing lover, the heat of day.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘beauteous.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘clustering.’ ¹² Tel. ed., ‘stone pick.’ ¹³ Tel. ed., ‘the jewelled lance, as it were, even as the pleasure staff’; Srirangam text, ‘the jewelled pleasure staff.’ ¹⁴ Kāma. ¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘the mass of clouds.’

134 VĀSAVADATTĀ to be¹ a series of ocean shells that had been drunk down too hastily.² [284] The ‹rainy season›, even the ‹fate of rain›, played,³ as if with chessmen⁴ coloured with lac, with yellow and green frogs⁵ jumping in the black enclosures⁶ of the irrigated fields. The lightning gleamed like a streak of gold rubbed by the goldsmith bank of clouds on a seeming touchstone that was like a mass of lampblack⁷ from the torch of the sun. The screw-pine was beauteous⁸ as a saw of the Flower-Weaponed God to cut¹⁰ the hearts of sundered (lovers). [285] The drops of water were as masses of dust shaken off by the violence of the wind from the cloud-tree that was cut by the saw of the slender quivering lightning.¹¹ The hailstones flashed like pearls¹² from the necklaces of the brides of the several quarters (of the sky); as though they were masses of stars reduced to powder by contact with the cloud grinding-stone that was turned by the violence of the fierce wind¹³; handfuls of grain, so to say, of the setting forth of Him⁹ whose banner is a fish, eager to conquer the threefold world.¹⁴ Straightway at the beginning¹⁵ of autumn, with its wagtails not lame¹⁶; with the course of the herons unhampered¹⁷; [286] with ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit 'what appeared to be.' ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'drunk in the impulse of excessive thirst.' ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'the dark lover of the clouds played with the lightning.' ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'dice'; cf. Thomas, 'The Indian Game of Chess,' in ZDMG. 52. 271–272; 53. 364–365; Reinaud, Mémoire.... sur l'Inde.... d'après les écrivains arabes, persans et chinois, pp. 131–133, Paris, 1849; al-Bīrūnī, India, tr. Sachau, 1. 183–185, London, 1888. ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'young frogs.' ⁶ Tel. ed., 'gatherings.' ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'on a touchstone of clouds blackened.' ⁸ Tel. ed., 'the rough screw-pine shone'; Srirangam text, 'the screw-pine flower shone.' ⁹ Kāma. ¹⁰ Tel. ed., 'made to cut.' ¹¹ Tel. ed. omits this sentence. ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'masses of pearls.' ¹³ Tel. ed., 'whirling from the violence of the wind like masses of stars reduced to powder by contact with banks of clouds.' ¹⁴ Tel. ed. adds 'the new meadow seemed like an upper garment, marked with liquid lac, for the breast of Lady Earth with her cochineal. The maid-servant Rainy Season being departed after bathing the heroine Earth with water from the jars of the clouds, the maid-servant Autumn came, showing bright raiment'; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'very beginning.' ¹⁶ Tel. ed., 'with its wagtails well.' ¹⁷ Tel. ed. omits this clause.

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 135 boughs ¹ exceedingly noisy with skylarks ; with intensely bright dawn ; with flocks of wandering parrots in the fields of rice ; with flamingoes come as guests ² ; with a sky whose brightness was that of the body of Kaṁsa's foe ³ ; with old clouds like goose- down ⁴ ; with the pleasure of dogs whose heat was intensified ; [287] with shoots of sweet sugar-cane ⁵ ; with lakes possessed of the quintessence of the delightful sound of the herons ; with pools whose banks were dug up by the snouts of boars ; delighted by roots of beautiful ⁶ kasērus ; with startled cātakas ⁷ ; causing joy ⁸ by the sweet sound of flocks of wandering matsyaputrikā birds ; with disdained kadambas ; the foe of conches ; with expanded lotuses ; with clouds at intervals ; [288] with unusually bright stars ; with a beautiful moon ⁹ ; with unusually sweet water in the pools ¹⁰ ; with flocks of motionless cranes swallowing shoals of flashing carp ¹¹ ; with multitudes of silent frogs ; with shrivelled serpents ; with rice ¹² yellow with golden particles ; with screaming ospreys ; with the air delightful with the perfume of fragrant white lotuses ; lovely with white lotuses ¹³ ; charming ¹⁴ in the moonlight ¹⁵ ; with moulting peacocks ¹⁶ ; with murmuring paddy- birds ; with dhārtarāṣṭra geese ¹⁷ ; with herds of deer delighted by ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘boughs of the trees.’ ² Tel. ed., ‘with flamingoes entering fields of rice that had flocks of wandering parrots’ ; Srirangam text, ‘with fields of rice filled with the noise of wandering parrots.’ ³ Namely, blue as Kṛṣṇa. ⁴ Tel. ed., ‘with clouds glittering like flocks of geese.’ ⁵ Tel. ed., ‘with the radiance of the moon intensified ; with shoots of sugar-cane, the joy of lovers’ ; Srirangam text, ‘with the radiance of the moon intensified ; with shoots of sugar-cane crushed by travellers.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘beautiful.’ ⁷ Tel. ed., ‘with startled cātakas on the banks of pools dug up,’ etc. ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘causing joy ..... expanded lotuses.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with a moon that was the adornment of the west.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed., ‘filled with sweet sap’ ; Srirangam text, ‘with exceedingly sweet water.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed., ‘with rows of motionless vultures and cranes swallowing flashing carp’ ; the Srirangam text also omits ‘shoals.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘wheat and rice.’ ¹³ Tel. ed., ‘lovely with white lotuses that were slightly opened by a wind charming with the perfume of fragrant white lotuses’ ; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹⁴ Tel. ed. omits from here to ‘Kandarpakētu.’ ¹⁵ Srirangam text omits this phrase. ¹⁶ Srirangam text, ‘with peacocks whose tail feathers had fallen out.’ ¹⁷ Srirangam text ‘with delighted dhārtarāṣṭra geese.’

136 VĀSAVADATTĀ the songs¹ of happy² female guardians of the rice; with dead yūthikā-jasmines³; with faded Malabar jasmine-buds; a kinsman to the bandhūka; with beauty born; putting to confusion the bow of Sutrāman⁴; with the ten quarters (of the sky) yellowed by masses⁵ of the pollen of the smiling saffron; [289] (and) with blossoming lotuses⁶;—(then) Kandarpakētu, wandering about, seeing a stone image, and saying with curiosity, frenzy, and the agitation of grief, ‘This is like my beloved,’ touched it with his hand.⁷ Then she, simply being touched,⁸ again⁹ assumed the form of Vāsavadattā, leaving her stony state. Perceiving her, Kandar- pakētu, as if plunged in a sea of nectar, asked her, embracing her long: ‘Dear Vāsavadattā, tell me what this is’! Being addressed, and sighing long and fervently, she began to tell¹⁰: ‘“Having left his kingdom, alone, (and) like a common man,¹¹ my lord of great good fortune hath borne woe beyond word or thought for the sake of ill-fortuned me, the undeserving. [290] Now, very emaciated through fasting and the like, my lord maketh his food roots, fruits, and so forth”—thus thinking, I went a distance of some nalvas to look for fruit, seeing the trees of a grove.¹² And in an instant I perceived the camp of an army with ¹ Srirangam text, ‘by hearing the songs.’ ² Srirangam text omits ‘happy.’ ³ Srirangam text omits ‘with dead . . . beauty born.’ ⁴ Srirangam text, ‘Śatamakha’; in both cases Indra is meant. ⁵ Srirangam text omits ‘masses.’ ⁶ Srirangam text adds ‘a kinsman to the bandhūka.’ ⁷ Tel. ed., ‘Kandarpakētu, wandering about here and there, (and) seeing a stone image, touched it with his hand’; similarly the Srirangam text. For instances of turning into stone in modern Indian folk-tales see Knowles, Folk-tales of Kashmir, 2 ed., pp. 191–196, 401–403 (and literature there cited), London, 1893; Frere, Old Deccan Days, 2 ed., pp. 77–78, London, 1870; Natesa Sastri, Dravidian Nights, p. 85, Madras, 1886; and for a touch restoring to life see Kādambarī, p. 637, Bombay ed., 1890 (tr. Ridding, p. 206, London, 1896). Cf. also Gray, ‘Literary Studies on the Sanskrit Novel,’ in WZKM. 18. 53–54. The fortunes of Vāsavadattā after leaving her home show, it should be noted, a blending of the Bluebeard (violated tabu) and Sleeping Beauty cycles of folk-tales. ⁸ Tel. ed., ‘simply being seen.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit ‘again.’ ¹⁰ Tel. ed., ‘Kandarpakētu, embracing her tightly, asked: “Dear Vāsavadattā, what is this”? She replied’; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹¹ Tel. ed., ‘like a wanderer.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘“thou being distressed by thirst through fasting and

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 137 its abodes of grass huts being hidden in clumps of trees; its general's house being arranged; [291] the (fodder) bags being put down; its tents being begun; the courtesans' quarters being set up; with hundreds of neighs of horses being heard; with hundreds of drum-skins being beaten for the halt; with a place of sweet water being sought; with multitudes of market flags being displayed. [292] 'As I thought: "Is this the host of my father come to search for me, or perchance (the army) of my lord"?, the general of the army ran toward me, being informed of events by a scout.¹ Then in like manner there ran up the Kirāta general, who had gone out to hunt followed by an army.² Immediately I thought: "If I inform my lord, then he, being alone, will be killed by these; [293] but if I do not inform him, then shall I be slain by them." 'Even at the instant of my thought there arose³ a battle of the two armies⁴ as of two vultures eager for one quarry. Then—on the battle's threshing-floor, where the rays of the sun were removed⁵ by the shower-clouds of arrows from the hostile bows⁶; [294] with Vidyādharas wandering about, embracing their opportunities for brave warriors that had been tossed high by pairs of tusks of elephants skilled in deeds of battle⁷; with countless circles of the bards of the gods gathering to witness the the like, I, awakening before thee at the end of sleep, will fetch fruit, roots, and so forth"—so thinking, I went just a nalva [400 cubits] into the forest to seek fruit and the like.' ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'then, as I suddenly saw the camp of an army hidden in a clump of trees and thought: "Is this my father's host come to fetch me or the host of my noble lord"? a Kirāta general, informed of the news from afar by a scout, ran to me.' ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'then in like manner, hearing this, there ran up another Kirāta general, who had gone out to hunt accompanied by a similar army.' ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'then there arose,' omitting Vāsavadattā's reflexions. ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit 'armies.' ⁵ Tel. ed., 'hidden.' ⁶ Tel. ed. omits 'from the hostile bows'; Srirangam text omits 'hostile.' ⁷ Tel. ed., 'with female Vidyādharas wandering about, embracing brave warriors that had been cloven by the edges of swords high uplifted by hands skilled in deeds of battle'; similarly the Srirangam text.

138 VĀSAVADATTĀ conflict¹ ; with a welcome appearance caused by headless corpses of bodies occupied by Vētālas ²; greedy for the adornment,³ in a she-fiend's ear, of a mortar filled with the foot of an elephant that had been hacked off by the sword of a soldier ⁴; [295] with laudations in the excessive din that arose ⁵; (and) with timid jackals ⁶—the warriors drew at once the ⟨lives⟩ of their foes and the ⟨strings⟩ of their bows, paying no heed to the bodies as if they were lumps of flesh to be the prey of jackals,⁷ or had been bitten by serpents.⁸ ‘The ⁹ mighty elephants were like ⟨generous⟩ donors that bear not ¹⁰ meeting with «beggars», for they ⟨shed ichor⟩ and bore not ¹⁰ meeting with «arrows»; like fortunate paramours adorned with ⟨passion⟩ and with golden «girdles», for they were adorned with ⟨minium⟩ and had golden «girths» ; like goodly gardens ⟨beauteous with plantain-trees⟩ and «filled with birds», for they were ⟨bright with banners⟩ and were «attended by elephants» ; like nights ¹¹ adorned with garlands of ⟨constellations⟩, for they had garlands of ⟨pearls⟩ ; like days with ⟨blossoming flowers⟩, for they had ⟨lashing trunk-tips⟩.¹² [296] And ¹³ the horses seemed like creatures bereft of sense ¹⁴ ⟨abandoning patience⟩, for they ¹ Tel. ed., ‘with the circle at its doorway formed by the many feet of the bards of the gods that had come to witness the conflict.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit this clause. The Vētālas are a class of malevolent ghosts who animate corpses and haunt cemeteries. They often enter the body of a living man while his spirit is absent, or may even be spirits of the living which prefer to make their dwelling in corpses (cf. Crooke, Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, 2 ed., I. 243–244, Westminster, 1896). ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘with the adornment.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘foot soldier,’ the former adding ‘with folk drawn by curiosity.’ ⁵ Tel. ed., ‘with shouts of praise arising’; Srirangam text, ‘with laudations in the words spoken by folk drawn by curiosity.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘with cowards destroyed; like a conqueror eager for combat.’ ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘she-jackals and jackals.’ ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘or were wretched fragments of white leprosy.’ ⁹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘there.’ ¹⁰ Srirangam text omits ‘not.’ ¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘multitudes of nights.’ ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘like autumn days with ⟨blossoming lotuses⟩, for they had ⟨sparkling drops of water⟩.’ ¹³ Tel. ed. omits ‘and.’ ¹⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘like angry creatures.’

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 139 ⟨left the ground⟩; like oceans adorned with ⟨whirlpools⟩ and with «billows», for they were adorned with ⟨whorls (of hair)⟩ and had «swift gaits»; like pleasure parks with ⟨dhārtarāṣṭra geese⟩, for they included the ⟨mallikākṣa breed⟩; like noble houses charming with very new ⟨furniture⟩, for they were charm- ing with very new ⟨harness⟩¹; like mines that have the ⟨gems of the gods⟩, for they had ⟨curls (on their necks)⟩; like the Lēkhas that have ⟨fortitude together with Indra⟩, for they ⟨sustained most mighty lords⟩.² Long danced the headless corpse as if with joy at the thought: “I am released ³ from the ears that heard detraction of others, from the eyes that beheld the rise of the evil and the fall of the good, and from the head that bowed un- worthily.” ⁴ ‘Then spread the dust ⁵ born of battle, hiding the eye as if smiling; concealing the existence of the ear as if afraid of hearing calumny of another; [297] frenzied, as it were, being tossed by the motion of the wind; a cause of grayness, so to speak, to the Apsarasas; a cause of blindness, it might be termed, to the soldiers; the darkness, in all seeming, of the evening of conflict; fallen and cut off from its ⟨family⟩, as it were, since it was cut off from the ⟨earth⟩; resembling the doctrines of the adherents of the Mīmāṁsā that conceal the ⟨doctrines of the Jains⟩, since it concealed the ⟨sight of the quarters (of heaven) and the sky⟩; like unto a good man clinging to ⟨Viṣṇu’s feet⟩, since it clung to the ⟨zenith⟩.⁶ One assumed an ⟨agonising

¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘like potters’ houses ⟨containing very new pots⟩, for they ⟨bore very new harness⟩.’ ² Tel. ed., ‘like the Lēkhas that ⟨have increase with Indra⟩, for they ⟨included indravṛddha steeds⟩; like drunkards ⟨living in dramshops⟩, for they were ⟨adorned with defences⟩’; so the Srirangam text, except ‘like the Lēkhas that have increase through the ⟨weapons of Indra⟩, for they had increase through ⟨indrāyudha steeds⟩.’ ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘thank heaven! I am released.’ ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘and from the mouth that praised the unpraise- worthy.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘mass of dust.’ ⁶ Tel. ed. substitutes for the last two similes ‘⟨going in the path of the constella- tions⟩ as an evil prince ⟨goes not in the path of a Kṣatriya⟩; with the appearance of thick smoke like a quarrel; hiding ⟨living creatures⟩ as the quality of passion hides ⟨truth⟩; ⟨high-raised⟩ as an ill-bred man is ⟨puffed up⟩; hiding the path of the

140 VĀSAVADATTĀ posture⟩ as Rāma ⟨bound Rāvaṇa⟩¹; another ² clove ⟨hell⟩ as Kṛṣṇa ³ clove ⟨Naraka⟩; a third had ⟨hearing, speech, and sight⟩ destroyed as the textbook of the Buddhists ⟨rejects tradition, precept, and doctrine⟩; a fourth was ⟨surrounded with corpses⟩ as a heretical mendicant is ⟨wrapped with matting⟩⁴; a fifth, fearing ⟨utter defeat⟩, plunged into the water ⁵ as Suyōdhana, fearing the ⟨breaking of his thigh⟩, plunged into the water⁵; a sixth breathed for a long time on a couch of ⟨pen-reed grass⟩ as Bhīṣma ⁶ breathed for a long time on a couch of ⟨arrows⟩; [298] a seventh ⟨lost his strength⟩ as Karṇa, terrified in every limb,⁷ ⟨released his spear⟩.⁸ Then, with its banners destroyed, its standards tumbling, its fallen bows and chowries injured, and its swords slipping, the army met destruction.⁹ 'Straightway,¹⁰ when the ascetic whose hermitage that was had come with flowers and the like, and had learned of the event, I was cursed by him with the words: "My hermitage hath been broken down because of thee; therefore become stone "¹¹! [299] And gradually, perceiving poor me suffering much distress, he ¹² ⟨constellations⟩ as an evil man hides the path of the ⟨good⟩'; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text omit this clause. ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'and straightway one.' ³ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'Nārāyaṇa'; for the allusion cf. Harivaṁśa, 120. ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'a fourth had his body ⟨surrounded with corpses⟩ as a heretical mendicant has his body ⟨wrapped with matting⟩; a fifth, ⟨drunken⟩, fell like ⟨Surāpa⟩ (Srirangam text, 'the Brāhman Surāpa').' The details of the legend of Surāpa are as yet unknown. ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'water of a pool.' ⁶ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'dying Bhīṣma.' ⁷ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'with his limbs terrified.' ⁸ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add 'another slew ⟨them that caused shouting⟩ as Raghu's scion [Rāma] slew ⟨Rāvaṇa⟩.' ⁹ Tel. ed., 'then, with impotent banners, with tumbling standards, and with the daggers of the soldiers of the armies bent, both entire armies mutually proceeded to slaughter'; similarly the Srirangam text. ¹⁰ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'and then.' ¹¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'had learned of the event through his yōga sight, being angered that "this my hermitage hath been broken down because of thee [Vāsa- vadattā]," I was cursed with the words: "Become a stone image"!' The folk-tale motif is that of the Bluebeard cycle of punishment in consequence of a violation of tabu (see MacCulloch, Childhood of Fiction, pp. 306-324, London, 1905). ¹² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, 'then gradually, out of kindness,—"for this unhappy

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 141 made the termination of the curse concurrent with the touch of the hand of my noble lord.’ Then Kandarpakētu, together with Makaranda, who¹ had come up, and with Vāsavadattā,² [300] went to his own city,³ and lived⁴ enjoying blisses as his heart desired.⁵ girl suffers much distress”—and through pity for my noble lord, this hermit, being entreated.’ ¹ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘who had heard of the event.’ ² Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘that Vāsavadattā.’ ³ Tel. ed. adds ‘Pāṭalīputra,’ which was, however, the old home of Vāsavadattā, not of Kandarpakētu (see above, p. 75). ⁴ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text, ‘lived much time with them twain.’ ⁵ Tel. ed. and Srirangam text add ‘(and) that could scarcely be gained in the world of the gods.’ Tel. ed. also adds two stanzas, the first being the thirteenth of Hall’s introductory stanzas, and the second being the eleventh introductory stanza of the Harṣacarita; the Srirangam text omits the latter interpolation, but here appends the thirteenth introductory stanza of Hall.

शुभमस्तु । श्रीमन्महीसुरेन्द्रादिवन्दितपादकमल श्रीवाग्देवीदत्तवरप्रसादेन सुबन्धुनाम्नाकविकुलसार्वभौमेन विरचितः वासवदत्ताख्यः चम्पूप्रबन्धोऽयं धीमतामर्थपरिज्ञानाय व्याख्यानेन साकं मधुरसुब्बाशास्त्रिणा संशोध्य परिष्कृतः ज्ञानसूर्योदयमुद्राक्षरशालायां तदधिकारिणा ॥ भुवनगिरि ॥ रंगय्य शेट्टिनाम्ना वैश्यचूडामणिना मुद्राक्षरै र्मुद्रयित्वा प्रकटीकृतस्सन् भुवि विजयेतराम् १८६२ संवत्सरं-येप्रल् नेल १८ तेदि.

शुभम् अस्तु श्रीमन्निखिलसुरेंद्रादिवंदितपादकमल- श्रीवाग्देवीदत्तवरप्रसादेन सुबंधुनाम्ना कविकुलसार्वभौमेन विरचितः वासवदत्ताख्यः चम्पूप्रबंधो ऽयं धीमताम् अर्थपरिज्ञानाय व्याख्यानेन साकं मधुरसुब्भाशास्त्रिणा संशोध्यपरिष्कृतः ज्ञानसूर्योदयमुद्राक्षरशालायां तदधिकारिणा भुवनगिरि रंगय्यशेट्टिनाम्ना वैश्यचूडामणिना मुद्राक्षरैर् मुद्रयित्वा प्रकटीकृतस् सन् भुविविजयतेतराम् १८६२ संवत्सरं येप्रल् नेल १९ तेदि

इस पृष्ठ पर कोई स्पष्ट अथवा पठनीय पाठ (Text) अंकित नहीं है। यह एक रिक्त (Blank) या केवल पिछले पृष्ठ की अति-धुंधली छाप (Ghosting/Show-through) वाला पृष्ठ है।

श्रीहयग्रीवाय नमः। वासवदत्ता सव्याख्या। (१) [२] करबदरसदृशं अखिलं भुवनतलं यत्प्रसा- दतः कवयः पश्यन्ति सूक्ष्ममतयस् सा जयति सरस्वती देवी। खिन्नो ऽसि मुञ्च शैलं बिभृमो वयम् इति वदत्सु शिथिलभुजः भरभुग्नवि(तथ)बाहुषु गोपेषु हसन् हरिर् जयति। [४] स जयति हिमकरलेखा चकास्ति यस्यो ऽमयो ऽत्(कया) निहिता नयनप्रदीपकज्जलजिघृक्षया रजतशुक्तिर् इ(२)व। [३] कठिनतरदामवेष्टनलेखासंदेहदायिनो यस्य राजन्ति वलिविभङ्गास् स पातु दामोदरो भवतः। [४] भवति सुभगत्वम् अधिकं विस्तारितपरगुणस्य सुजनस्य वहति विकासितकुमुदो द्विगुणरुचिं हिमकर(द्)योतः। [५] विषधरतो ऽप्य् अतिविषमः खल इति न मृषा वदन्ति विद्वांसः यद् अयं नकुलद्वेषी सकुलद्वेषी पुनः (पुनः) पिशुनः। [६] अतिमलिने कर्तव्ये भवति खलानाम् अतीव निपुणा धीः तिमिरे हि कौशिकानां रूपं प्रतिपद्यते (दृष्टिः)। [७] हस्त इव भूतिमलिनो यथा यथा लङ्घयति खलस् सुजनम् दर्पणम् इव तं कुरुते तथा तथा निर्मलच्छायम्। [६] विध्वस्तपरगुणानां भवति खलानाम् अतीव मलि- नत्वम् अन्तरितशशिरुचाम् अपि सलिलमुचां मलिणिमा ऽभ्य- धिकः। [७] सा रसवत्ता विहता नवका (३) विलसन्ति चरति नो कं कः सरसी ऽव कीर्तिशेषं गतवति भुवि विक्रमादित्ये। L

१४६ वासवदत्ता [८] अविदितगुणा ऽपि सत्कवि(फणितिः) कर्णेषु वमति म- धुधाराम् अनधिगतपरिमला ऽपि हि हरति दृशं मालतीमाला। गुणिनाम् अपि निजरूपप्रतिपत्तिः परतः एव सम्भवति स्वमहिमादर्शनम् अक्ष्णोर् मुकुरतले जायते यस्मात्। [९] [सरस्वतीदत्तवरप्रसादश् चक्रे सुबन्धुः सुजनैक- बन्धुः प्रत्यक्षरश्लेषमयप्रबन्धविन्यासवैदग्ध्यनि- धिर् निबन्धम्]। [१०] अभूद् (अखर्वविभवः) सर्वोर्वीपतिचक्र[चारु]चूडा- मणि(श्रेणि)शाण[११]कोणकषण(वि)मलीकृत(पाद)नखमणिः नृ- सिंह इव द(४)र्शितहिरण्यकशिपुक्षेत्रदानविस्मयः कृष्ण इव कृतवसुदेवर्पणः [१२] नारायण इव सौकर्यसमासादित- (धरणी)मण्डलः कंसारातिर् इव जनितयशोदानन्दसमृद्धिः आनकदुन्दुभिर् इव कृतकाव्या[१३]दरः सागरशायी ऽवा ऽनन्त- भोगिचूडामणि(श्रेणि)रञ्जितपाद(ह)[पद्मो] वरुण इवा ऽशा(५)न्- तरक्षणः अगस्त्य इव दक्षिणाशाप्रसाधकः जलनिधिर् इव वाहिनीशतानायकः समकरप्रचारश् च हर [१४] इव महासेन- आनु(यातो निर्जित १)मारश् च मेरुर् इव विबुधालयो विश्वकर्माश्- रयश् च रविर् इव क्षणदानप्रियश् छायासंतापहरश् च कुसुम- (आयुध) इव जनितानिरुद्धसम्पद् रतिसुखप्रदश् च विद्या- धर[१५]रो ऽपि सुमनाः धृतराष्ट्रो ऽपि गुणप्रियः (६) क्षमानु- गतो ऽपि [१६] सुधर्माश्रितः २ बृहन्नलानुभावो ऽप्य् अन्तस्सर- लः महिषीसम्भ[१७]वो ऽपि वृषोत्पादी अतरलो ऽपि महानायकः राजा चिन्तामणिर् नाम। यत्र च शासति (धरणी ३)मण्डलम् छलनग्रहप्रयोगो (न्यायशास्त्रेषु ४) [१८] नास्तिकता चार्वाकेषु कण्टकयोगो [नि]योगेषु परिवादो [१९] वीणासु खलसम्(प्र)यो- गश् शालिषु द्विजिह्वसम्(ग्रहीतिर् अहि)तुण्डिकेषु करच्छेदः (कुट्- मल)ग्रहणेषु नेत्रोत्पाटनम् मुनीनाम् (७) [द्विज]राजविरु[२०]द्- धता पङ्कजानाम् सार्वभौमयोगो (दिग्गजानाम् ५) [अग्नितुला-

1 So also Hall’s manuscripts A, B, C, E, F, G, H, and the commentator Narasiṃha. 2 Tel. ed. 61 and Grantha ed., āśrayaḥ. 3 Tel. ed. 61, Grantha ed., and Srirangam text, dharām. 4 Cf. nāyāyikavādeṣu in Hall’s manuscript F; Trichinopoly ed., nyāyēṣu. 5 So also Hall’s manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and the commentator Jagaddhara.

शुद्धिः सुवर्णानां] (सूचि)भेदो मणीनां शूलभंगो युवती- (नवप्रसवेषु अग्नितुलाशुद्धिस स्वर्णानां) दुश्शासन[२१]दर्श- नं (महा)भारते करपत्र(वि)दारणं जलजानां (परम् एवं व्यवस्थितं). महावराहो गोत्रोद्धरणप्रवृत्तो ऽपि गोत्रोद्द- ळनम् अकरोत्. राघवः परिहरन्नपि जनकभुवं जनक- भुवा सह वनं विवेश. भरतो (राम)दर्शितभ[२२]क्तिर् अपि राज्ये विरामम् अकरोत्. नळस्य दमयन्त्या मिळितस्या ऽपि पुनर्- भूपरिग्र(८)हो जातः. पृथुर् अपि गोत्रसमुत्सारणविस्तारितभू- मण्डलः. (तद्) इत्थं ना ऽस्ति वागवसरः (पूर्वतनेषु¹) राजसु (अपि तु वचनीयतायाः). स पुनर् अन्यो [एव] देवो न्यक्कृतसर्- वोर्वीपति(चक्र)चरितः. तथाहि स पर्वतः कटकसंचारिणो गन्धर्वान् दर्शितशृंगोन्नतिस् सुख[२३]यन् न विरराम. स हि- मालयो नावश्यायोच्छलितो नो मायाजन्मने हितश् च. स हिमानी गिरि स्थितो वृषध्वजश् (च). (९) (स) सदागतिश् (चा) ऽवधूताखिल- कान्तारः पावकाग्रेसरो न [२४] भोगोत्सुकस् सुमनोहरश् च. स रत्नाकरो ऽन(तिमयो) [कथम् अ]ऽगाधस् सम(१०)र्यादः नोद्रोको [ऽप्य् अस्य] विस्मयस् सदा हिमकर(ा[२५]शयो) ऽमृत- मयस् (सत्पात्रस्) तस्या ऽचलो नक्यो ऽधो महानदीनस् समुद्रश् (च). [२६] स [चन्द्र इव] क्षणदानंदकरः कुमुदवन(ऐ- क)बंधुस् सकलकलाकुलगृहं नतारातिबलश् (चंद्रश् च. स) मित्रोदयहेतुः कांचनशोभां बिभ्रद[२७]चलाधिकलक्ष्मी- (११)स् सुमेरुः [इव]. यस्य च रिपुवर्गस् सदापार्थो ऽपि न म- हाभारतरणयोग्यः भीष्मो ऽप्य् अशांतनवेहितः सानुचरो ऽपि न गोत्रभूषितः. (१२) [२८] [अपि च] स त्रिशंकुर् (अपि) न (ना)क्षत्रपथ(च्युतः) शं करो ऽपि न विषादी पावको ऽपि न कृष्णवर्त्मा (ना) "श्रयाशो [ऽपि] न दहनश् (च) ना ऽमृतक [२९] इवा ऽकस्माद् अपहृतजीवनः न राहूर् इव मित्रमण्डलग्रहण- (सं)वर्धितरुचिः न नळ इव कलिवि(जितविग्रहः) न चक्री "व सृगालवधस्तुतिसमुल्लसितः नंदगोप इव यशोदया (ऽन्वितः ²) जरासंध इव घटितसंधिविग्रहः भार्गव इव सदान- भोगः दशरथ [३०] इव सुमित्रोपेतः सुमंत्राधिष्ठितश् च दिलीप इव सुदक्षिणाactivityन्(वितः ³) रक्षित(१३)गुश् च राम इव जनि- सकुशलवयोरूपोच्छ्रायः. तस्य च (राज्ञः) पारिजात इवा "श्रित-

¹ Trichinopoly ed. and Srirangam text, पूर्वतरेषु. ² So also Hall's manuscripts C, E, F, H, and the commentator Jagaddhara. ³ Cf. anugatō in Hall's manuscript C. L 2