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

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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.’

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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

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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.

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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.’

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⟨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

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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

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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

नन्दनः हिमालय इव जनि[३१]तशिवः मन्दर इव भोगि-
भोगाङ्कितः कैलास इव महेश्वरोपभुक्तकोटिः मधुरिव
नानारामानन्दकरः क्षीरोदमथनोद्य[३२]तमन्दर इव
मुखरितभुवनः राग(१४)(राज) इवो ऽल्(लसित)रतिः ईशानभूति-
सञ्चय इव सन्ध्योच्छलितः शरन्मेघ इवा ऽवदातहृदयः
[३३] विष्णुपदावलम्बी च पार्थ इव समरसाहसोचितः कंस
इव [३४] कुवलयापीड(भूषणः) तार्क्ष्य इव [विनतानन्दकरः]
सुमुखनन्दन(ः) [च] विष्णुरिव क्रोडीकृतसुतनुः शान्तनव
इव स्ववश[स्थापित]काल[३५]धर्मः कौरवव्यू(१५)ह इव सु-
शर्माधिष्ठितः [सुबाहुरिव रामानन्दी समदृष्टिरपि महे-
श्वरो मुक्तामयो ऽप्यतरलमध्यो] जल(धरसमय) इव [३६]
विमलतरवारिधारात्रासितराजहंस(मण्डलः ¹ सुबाहुरपि रा-
मानन्दकरः समदृष्टिरपि महेश्वरः मुक्तामयो ऽप्य-
तरलमध्यः) वंश[प्र]दीपो ऽप्यक्षतदशः तनयो (ऽभूत्)
कन्दर्पकेतुर्नाम। येन [च] चन्द्रेणे ऽव सकलकलाकुल-
गृहेण शर्वरीतिहारिणा [३७] (कैरववि)बन्धुना प्रसाधिताशेन
विलोकि(१६)ता जलधय इव (सम्)उल्लसितगोत्रास् सुदूर[वि ²]वर्धि-
तजीवनाः प्रसन्नसत्त्वास् [३८] सन्तः परां (ऋद्धिम्) अवापुः।
यस्य [च] जनितानिरुद्धलीलस्य रतिप्रियस्य कुसुमशरासनस्य
मकरकेतोरिव दर्शनेन वनिताजनस्य हृदयमुल्ललास।
यस्मै चा ऽनुगतदक्षिणसदागतये (नेत्र ³)श्रुतिसुख(प्रदाय)
कोमलकोकिलरुताय वि(कसित)पल्लवाय कृतका[३९]म्तारतरम्-
गाय सुरभिसुमनोभिरामाय सर्व[जन]सुलभपद्माय वि-
(स्तृत ⁴)कन(१७)कसम्पदे अतिक्रान्तदमनकाय वसन्ताये ऽवो
(ऽप)वन[४०]लता इवो ऽत्कलिकासहस्रसङ्कुला भ्रमरसङ्गताः
प्रवालहारिण्यो विलसद्वयसस्तरुण्यः स्पृहयां चक्रुः। यस्य
च समरभुवि [४१] भुजदण्डेन कोदण्डं कोदण्डेन (बा-
णः बाणैर्) अरिशिरः (अरिशिरसा) भूमण्डलं (भूमण्डलेना)
ऽनुभूत(पूर्वनायकस्मरणं स्मरणेन च) कीर्तिः कीर्त्या च
सप्त सागराः सागरैः कृतयुगादिराज[चरित]स्मरणम् (स्मर-
णेन) स्थैर्यं (स्थैर्येण) प्रतिक्षणम् आश्चर्यम् आसादितम्।
¹ So also Hall's manuscripts C, E, F, G, H, and the commentator Narasiṃha.
² Hall's manuscripts B, C, D, G, H also omit vi; Trichinopoly ed., parivardhita.
³ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, H, and the commentators Narasiṃha and Jagaddhara.
⁴ Cf. viṣkṛta in Hall's manuscript D.

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 149
yasya ca pratāpānaladagdha(dayitānāṁ) ripusuṁdarīṇāṁ kara-
tala(racita)tāḍanabhītāi[42]r iva muktāhārāiḥ payōdhara(parisarā
muktāḥ). yasya ca niśitanārāca(jarjharita)mattamātaṁgakuṁ-
bhasthalavigalitamuktāphala[nikara ¹]daṁturitaparisarē (tarat ²)-
patrara(18)thē raktavāri(samuḍḍīyamānadviradapadakacchapē ³
vilasad)utpala(puṁḍarīkē) vāhinīśatasamākulē nṛtyatkabamdha-
(baṁdhurē) sura(nārī)[43]samāgamōtsuka(carad)bhaṭ(ahuṁ)kāra-
(bhāṣaṇarava)bhīṣaṇē (sāgara iva samaraśirasi ⁴) bhinnapadātika-
rituragarudhir(ārdrō) jayalakṣmīpādālaktakarāgaraṁjita iva
khaḍgō rarāja. [44] atha kadācid avasannāyāṁ yāmavatyām
dadhi(dhavala)kālakṣapaṇaka[grāsa]piṁḍa ⁵ iva niśāyamunāphē-
na(stabaka ⁶) iva mēnakānakhamārjana(sphaṭika)śīlāśakala iva
madhucchatrac(chāyā)maṁḍalōdarē paścimācalōpadhānasukha-
ni(ṣaṇṇa)śirasō rājatatāṭaṁka(cakra ⁷) iva (śyāmāyāḥ) śēṣamadhu-
bhāji [45] caṣaka iva vibhāvarīvadhvāḥ aparajala(ni)dhipayasi
śaṁkhakāṁtikāmuka iva majjati kumudinīnāyakē śiśira(himaśī-
kara)kardamita(19)kumuda(parāga ⁸)madhyabaddhacaraṇēṣu ṣaṭ-
caraṇēṣu kalapralāpabōdhit[acakit]ābhisārikāsu śārikāsu prabud-
dhādhyayanakarmaṭhēṣu maṭhēṣu (hāsa)rāgamukharakārpaṭik[a-
jan ⁹]ōpagīyamānakāvya(kathyāsu) rathyāsu [46] sakalanipīta-
(nāiśa)timira(saṁghātam ¹⁰) atanīyastayā (sōḍhum ¹¹) asamarthēṣv
iva kajjaḷavyājād udvamat(su) [iva] kāmi(nī)nidhuvanalīlādarśa-
nārtham ivō 'dgrivīkāśatadānakhinnēṣu vividha(vilāsacitrasurata)-
[47]sākṣiṣu śaraṇāgatam ivā 'dhō(ni)līnaṁ timira(saṁgham)
avatsu durjana(vacanēṣv) iva dagdhasnēhatayā maṁdimānam
upagatēṣu ativṛddhēṣv iva daśāṁtam upagatēṣu (ā)pannasadīśva-
¹ Hall's manuscripts C, D, F, H also omit nikara.
² So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, D, H.
³ Hall's manuscripts C, E also have kacchapē and manuscript A has kacchapa.
⁴ Hall's manuscript C also has samaraśirasi; cf. samarasarasi in his manuscripts
A, B, E.
⁵ Tel. ed. 61 and Grantha ed., piṇḍaka.
⁶ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
⁷ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, D.
⁸ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and the commentator
Jagaddhara.
⁹ Hall's manuscripts D, F, H, and the commentator Narasiṁha also omit jana.
¹⁰ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, H, and the commentator Narasiṁha.
¹¹ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, E, F, G, H.

150 VĀSAVADATTĀ
rēṣv iva pātramātrāvaśēṣēṣu dānavēṣv iva [48] niśāmtamadhya-
cāriṣu astagiriśikharēṣv iva patatpataṁgēṣu pradīpēṣu anavara-
ta(nipatita) makaraṁdabiṁdu(20)saṁdōh(āsvādamadamugdha ¹)-
madhukaranikuruṁba²jhaṁkāra(rava)mukharitēṣu mlānimānam
upagacchatsu vāsāgārakusumōpahā[49]rēṣu vigaḷatkuṁdāir aḷa-
kāiḥ priya(tama)virahasōkāt bāṣpabiṁdūn [iva] (visṛjadbhir ³
iva) priyatamagamanani(rōdham) iva (kurvadbhir ⁴ vācālita)tulā-
kōṭibhiś caraṇapallavāiḥ (vilasitāsu ⁵ rajanī)śēṣasurata[bhara ⁶]-
pariśramavi[50]gaḷitakēśapāśadaradaḷita (mādhavī) mālāparimala-
lubdhamadhukaraṇi (kuruṁba ⁷) pakṣānila[ni]pītanidāghajalaśīka-
ra(kaṇikāsu) udvēllatbhuja(vallī)kaṁkaṇajhaṇātkāra(subhagāsu⁸)
[nava]nakhapada (daṣṭa ⁹)kēśa (pāśa¹⁰vi) nirmōka[51]vēdanākṛtasī-
tkāravinirgatadugdhamugdhadasanakiraṇa[cchaṭā]dhavaḷitabhō-
gāvāsāsu punardarśanapṛcchāvidhurasakhījanānukṣaṇavīkṣya-
māṇapriyatamāsu kṣaṇadāgata(surata)vāiyātyavacana[śata](saṁ-
skāraka ¹¹)gṛhaśukacāṭuvyāhṛtikṣaṇajanitamamdākṣāsu śaradvā-
saralakṣmīṣv iva [52] nakhālaṁkṛtapayōdharāsu āsannamaraṇāsv
iva jīvitēśapurābhimukhī(21)ṣu vasaṁtavanarājiṣv ivō 'tkalikā-
bahuḷāsu priyāir āliṁgyamānāsu kāminīṣu āṁdōlitakusumakē-
sarē kēsarēṇumuṣi [53] (rati)raṇita(nūpura ¹²)maṇīnāṁ ramaṇīnāṁ
vikacakamudākarē mudākarē saṁgabhāji priyavirahitāsu rahitāsu
(virahitāsu) sukhēna murmura(cūrṇam) iva [varṣati] samaṁtādar-
pakē darpakēṣudahanasya dūraprasāritakōka[54]priyatamārutē
mārutē vahati jaghanamadana(nagaratōraṇasrajā manmatha¹³)ma-
¹ Hall's manuscripts B, C, D, E, F, G, H also have mughda.
² Tel. ed. 61 and Grantha ed., nikuramba.
³ Cf. utsṛjadbhir iva in Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, H.
⁴ So also Hall's manuscripts D, F, H.
⁵ Trichinopoly ed., vācālatulākōṭibhiḥ caraṇapallavāiḥ priyatamagamananirōdham iva kurvatīṣu.
⁶ Hall's manuscripts C, D, E, F, H also omit bhara.
⁷ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, F, G, H.
⁸ Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, H also have subhagāsu.
⁹ So also Hall's manuscripts A, C, D, E, F, H, and the commentators Jagaddhara and Narasiṁha.
¹⁰ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, D, G, and the commentator Narasiṁha.
¹¹ Cf. saṁsmāraka in Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and the commentator Jagaddhara.
¹² So also Hall's manuscript D and the commentator Narasiṁha.
¹³ Cf. manmathamandiramahā° in Hall's manuscripts A, B, G.

A SANSKRIT ROMANCE 151
hānidhi(jaghanakōśamaṃdira)kanakaprākārēṇa rōmā(lirūpa)latā-
lavāla(valayēna) jaghanacaṃdramamaṇḍalaparivēṣēṇa (vitata)tri-
bhuvanavijayapraśasti(varṇa¹paṃkti)kanakapatrēṇa (makarakē-
tōḥ) sakalahṛdaya(baṃdijana)nivāsa(gṛha)parikhāvalayēna (22)
(sakala)jaga[55]llōcanavihaṃgama(jaghanavāsa)lāsaka(kanaka²)-
śalākāguṇēna [iva] (nava)mēkhalādāmnā pari(kalita)jaghana(stha-
lām³) unnatapayōdharabhārāṃtaritamukhacaṃdradarśanāprāp-
ti(vēdanayē) "va guru(tara)nitaṃbabimbapayōdharakumbha(ni-
ruddhōbhayapārśva⁴)pīḍājanitāyāsēnē "va (mama mūrdhni sthi-
tayōr anayōr iyatpramāṇayō stanakalaśayōḥ kathaṃ mayyē "va
pātō bhaviṣyatī 'ti ciṃtayē "va gṛhītagurukaḷatrānuśayēnē "va
vidhātur atipīḍa[56]yatō hastapāśajanitāyāsēnē "va) kṣīṇataratām
upagatēna madhyabhāgēna 'laṃkṛtām anurāgaratna(pūrita)ka-
naka(paruvakābhyāṃ) cūcukamudrāsanāthābhyām [atigurupari-
ṇāhatayā patanabhayāt kīlitābhyām iva cūcukacchalēna] (vidhinā)
girisārē(ṇē "va cūcukacchalēnā 'tigurupariṇāhatayā patanabhaya-
kīlitābhyām iva hṛcchayavilēpanacāturikavibhramābhyāṃ) saka-
[57]lāvayava(nirmiti)śēṣalāvaṇyapuṃjābhyām iva [hṛdayataṭāga-
kamalābhyām iva hṛcchayakapōlacāturikāvibhramābhyām] rō-
māvalīlatāphala(bhūtā)bhyāṃ kaṃdarpa(darpakaśilā)cūrṇapūr-
ṇa(kanaka⁵(23)kalaśābhyām iva hṛdayataṭākakamalamukuḷā-
bhyāṃ rōmalatāphalabhūtābhyāṃ⁶ hāralatāmṛṇālalōbha[58]ni-
līnacakravākābhyām hāralatārōmāvalīgaṃgāyamunāsaṃgama-
vyājaprayāgataṭābhyām aśēṣajanahṛdayapatanād iva saṃjāta-
gauravābhyāṃ) tribhuvanavijayapariśramakhinnasya makarakē-
tōr (viśrama)vijan(āvāsa)gṛhābhyāṃ payōdharābhyāṃ samud-
bhāsamānām mukhacaṃdra(satata⁷)sannihitasaṃdhyārāgēṇa
(dvija⁸)maṇirakṣāsiṃdūramudrānukāriṇā [59] nis(saradā 'bhyam-
¹ Cf. varṇarōmāvalī in Hall's manuscripts A, G; and rōmavarṇāvalī in manuscripts
B, E, F.
² So also Hall's manuscript C.
³ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and the commentators
Jagaddhara and Narasimha.
⁴ So also Hall's manuscripts B, F, G, H. ⁵ Trichinopoly ed. omits kanaka.
⁶ Trichinopoly ed. omits rōmalatāphalabhūtābhyāṃ.
⁷ Cf. hitasaṃtata in Hall's manuscripts A, C, F, G; and hitasatata in manuscript D.
⁸ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, G, H, and the commentators Jagaddhara
and Narasimha.

152 VĀSAVADATTĀ
tara)rāgēṇē 'va ramjitēna rāgasāgaravidruma(śakalēnē ¹) 'vā 'dha-
rapallavēna [upa]śōbhamānām taruṇa(kāitaka)daḷadrāghīyasā
pakṣmalacaṭulālasēna hṛday(āvāsa)gṛhāvasthitahṛcchayavilāsinō
gavākṣaśaṁkām (uj)janayatā sarāgēṇā 'pi nirvāṇam [60] (jana-
yatā ²) gatiprasara(ni)rōdhakaśravaṇakṛta(krōdhēnē) 'vā ('pāṁ-
ga)lōhitēna dhavaḷayatē 'va jagada(khilaṁ) utphullakamalakā-
nanasanātham iva gagana(talaṁ) kurvatā dugdhāmbhodhisaha-
srāṇī 'vō'dvamatākumda(kusumanilīnām) utpalamālā(m) [lakṣmīm
ivō] upahasatā nayanayugalēna bhūṣitāṁ daśanaratnatulā(ru[61]-
mḍēnē) 'va nayan(āmṛtasimdhu)sētubamdhēnē ('va) yāuvanaman-
mathamattavāraṇa(paraṁḍakēnē) 'va nāsāvaṁśēna pariṣkṛtām
vilōcana(kuvalaya ³)bhramarapaṅktibhyām mukhamadanamam-
diratōraṇa(mālikā(24)bhyām) rāgasāgara(vēṇikābhyām ⁴) yāuva-
nanartakalāsikābhyām bhrūlatābhyām vi(rājitām ⁵) ghanasama-
[62]yākāśalakṣmīm ivō 'llasad(dhāra)payōdharām jaya[śabda]-
ghōṣaṇā⁶panna(narapati)mūrtim ivō 'llasattulākōṭipratiṣṭhitām
suyōdhanadhṛtim iva karṇaviśrāmtalōcanām vāmanalīlām iva
darśitabalibhaṁgāṁ vṛścikarāśiravisthitim ivā 'tikrāṁtakanyā-
tulām uṣām ivā 'niru[63]ddhadarśanasukhām śacīm iva namda-
nēkṣaṇarucim paśupatitāṁḍavalīlām ivō 'llasaccakṣuśśravasam
(viṁdhyā)ṭavīm ivō 'ttuṁgaśyāmalaku(25)cāṁ vānara[64]sēnām
iva sugrīvāṁgada[upa]śōbhitām bhāsvatālaṁkārēṇa (śvētarōciṣā
smitēna ⁷) lōhitēnā ('dharēṇa ⁸) sāumyēna darśanēna guruṇā ni-
tambabimbēna (sitēna hārēṇa ⁹) śanāiścarēṇa pādēna [tamasā
kēśapāśēna ¹⁰] (vikacēna lōcanōtpalēna ¹¹) graha(mayām) iva saṁ-
sārabhitticitra[65]lēkhām iva trāilōkya(raṁgasya) rasāyanasi-
¹ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, H, and the commentator Narasiṁha.
² So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, G, H, and the commentator Narasiṁha.
³ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
⁴ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, H, and the commentators Jagaddhara
and Narasiṁha.
⁵ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and the commentator Narasiṁha.
⁶ Cf. jayaghōṣa in Hall's manuscripts C, D, F.
⁷ Hall's manuscripts C, D, and the commentator Narasiṁha add this after the next
phrase.
⁸ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
⁹ Similarly also Hall's manuscripts C, D, and the commentator Narasiṁha.
¹⁰ Hall's manuscripts B, C, E, F, G also omit tamasā kēśapāśēna.
¹¹ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, E, F, G, H.

द्धिमिव (यौवनस्य) सङ्कल्प(वृत्तिं १) इव शृङ्गारस्य (सङ्के-
तभूमिमिव लावण्यस्य) निधानमिव [६६] कौतुकस्य
[त्रिभुवन २]विजयपताकामिव मकरध्वजस्य (आजिभूमिम्)
इव [मनसो ऽभिभूतिमिव] मदनस्य (सम्मोहिनीम्) इव (सर्व)-
इन्द्रियाणां मोहनशक्तिमिव (मदनस्य) विहारस्थलीमिव
सौन्दर्यस्य (मित्रविलासालय)शालाम् इव सौभाग्यस्य [उत्प-
त्तिस्थानमिव लावण्यस्य] आकर्ष[६७]ण(मन्त्र३)सिद्धिमिव
(मनसिजस्य) चक्षुर्बन्ध(नमहौषधीं ४) इव मन्म-
थेन्द्रजालिनः त्रिभुवनविलोभनसृष्टिमिव प्रजापतेः [क-
न्यकां] अष्टादशवर्षदेशीयां ५ (कन्यां) अपश्यत् ६ स्वप्ने।
अथ तां प्रीतिविस्फारितेन चक्षुषा पिबन्निव जनितेर्ष्यये ऽव
निद्रया चिरसेवितया ७ (स) मुमुचे। (अथ स प्रबुद्धस् ८) तु
विषसरसी ऽव दुर्ज[६८]नवचसी ऽव (२६) निमग्नम् आत्मानम्
(अव)धारयितुं न शशाक। तथाहि क्षणं (आकाशे तदालिङ्ग-
नार्थं) प्रसारितबाहुयुगलः एह्य् एहि प्रियतमे (मा गच्छ
मा गच्छे ९) ऽती दिक्षु (विदिक्षु १० च वि)लिखिताम् इवो ऽत्कीर्णामिव
चक्षुषि निखातामिव हृदये प्रियतमाम् आजुहाव। ततस् तत्रै
ऽव शय्यातले (निलीनो ११) निषिद्धाशेषपरिजनो दत्त(कवाटः) प-
रि[६९]हृतताम्बूल[हारा]दिसकलोपभोगस् तं (दिवसम्) अनयत्।
तथै ऽव निशाम् अपि स्वप्नसमागमेच्छया (कथम् अप्य्) अनै-
षीत्। अथ तस्य प्रियसखो मकरन्दो नाम कथमपि ल-
ब्धप्रवेश(दर्शनः) कन्दर्पसायकप्रहारपरवशं कन्-
दर्पकेतुम् उवाच। सखे किम् इ[७०]दम् असाम्प्रतम् असाधु-
जनोचितम् (आचारम्) आश्रितो ऽसि। तवै ऽतद्[चरितम्] आलोक्य वितर्क-
(दोलासु) निवसन्ति सन्तः। खलाः पुनस् (त्वदनुचितम् अनिष्टम्
आचारम् आचरन्ति)। अनिष्ट्(ओत्पादन)रसोत्तरं हि (भवति १२) ख-
लहृदयम्। को नामा ऽस्य तत्त्वनिरूपणे समर्थः। तथा हि
भीमो ऽपि नबकद्वेषी आश्रयाशो ऽपि मातरिश्वा अति(कटु[७१]को) ऽपि
१ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, F, H.
२ Hall's manuscripts C, D, H also omit tribhuvana.
३ So also Hall's manuscripts A, D, F, G, H.
४ Cf. bandhamahāuṣadhīm in Hall's manuscripts C, D, G, H.
५ Tel. ed. 61 and Grantha ed., varṣīyām.
६ Tel. ed. 61 and Grantha ed., dadarśa. ७ Trichinopoly ed., ciraṃ sēvitayā.
८ So also Hall's manuscript D. ९ So also Hall's manuscript D.
१० So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, D, E, F, G, H.
११ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, E.
१२ Cf. khalahṛdayaṃ bhavati in Hall's manuscripts C, D, E, H.

154 VĀSAVADATTĀ
mahārasaḥ sarṣapasnēha iva kara(yuga)lālitō 'pi śirasā dhṛtō 'pi
na (kāṭavaṃ ¹) jahāti. tālaphalarasa ivā "pāta(27)madhuraḥ (pari-
ṇāmē) virasas tiktaś ca (pādaraja) ivā 'vadhūtō ('pi ²) mūrdhānaṃ
kaṣāyayati. viṣataru(prasūnam) iva yathā yathā 'nubhūyatē
tathā tathā mōha[72]m ēva (dṛḍhayati. nīcadēśanadyā iva na
vārivirahō 'sya jāyatē). nidāghadivasa iva bahumatsaras (suma-
nasāṃ saṃtāpaṃ ³) vahati. aṃdhakāra iva dōṣānubamdhadhaca-
turaḥ viśvakarmāvalōpanōdyataś ca (rudra iva) virūpākṣaḥ [73]
(viṣṇur iva) cakradharaḥ śakrāśva ivō 'ccāiśśravāḥ nadēśajapra-
śaṃsī ca (sa)śarasyē 'va [vi]bhinnasyā ⁴ 'pi (satataṃ) snēhaṃ dar-
śa(28)yatō 'pi takrāṭa iva hṛdayaṃ [74] vilōḍayati. yakṣabalir
ivā "tmaghōṣamukharō maṃḍala(bhramaṇakaś) ca [matta]mā-
taṃga iva svavaśālōlamukhō 'dharīkṛtadānaś ca vṛṣabha iva
surabhiyānavikalaḥ kāmī 'va gōtraskhalanavi(kalō) vāmādhvā-
[75]nuraktaś ca [a]jīrṇa(rōga ⁵) iva kaḷēbarē vacasi maṃdimānam
(ud)vahati. vaṃcaka iva (raktaḥ kaṭapalē) vibhāvarīraktaś ca
parē(29)ta iva [76] baṃdhutāpadarśanaḥ paraśur iva bhadraś-
riyam api khaṃḍayati. kuddāla iva dalitagōtraḥ kṣamābhājaḥ
prāṇinaś (ca) nikṛntati. (rati)[77]kīla iva jaghanyakarmalagnō
hrēpayati sādhūn. duṣṭaśūrpaśrutir iva kānanarucir anugatam
api yavasam (san)tataṃ nā 'numōdatē. abi[78]jād ēva jāyaṃtē
akāṃḍāt ⁶ [ēva] prarōhaṃti khalavyasanāṃkurā durucchēdā(30)ś
(ca ⁷) bhavaṃti. asatāṃ [hi] hṛdi praviṣṭō dōṣalavaḥ karāḷāyatē
satāṃ tu (hṛdayaṃ) na (pra ⁸)viśaty ēva yadi (katham api ⁹ pra-)
viśati [79] (tadā ¹⁰) pārada iva (kṣaṇam ¹¹) api na (tiṣṭhati ¹²). mṛgā
iva vinōdaviṃdōś (śramagā ¹³ bhavaṃti sādhavaḥ). sukhaṃ janā

¹ So also Hall's manuscripts B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
² So also Hall's manuscripts C, D, E, F, H.
³ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, G.
⁴ So also Hall's manuscript D.
⁵ So also Trichinopoly ed. and Srirangam text; Tel. ed. 61 and Grantha ed.,
ajīrṇarōga.
⁶ Cf. akāṇḍāt prasaranti in Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, F, G.
⁷ So also Hall's manuscript D. ⁸ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, F, G.
⁹ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, G, H.
¹⁰ So also Hall's manuscripts C, D, E, F, G, H.
¹¹ So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, D, F, G, H.
¹² So also Hall's manuscripts A, B, C, F, G, H.
¹³ So also Hall's manuscript D, and the commentator Jagaddhara.