Rasarnavasudhakara 3.491
Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.491
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3.491
adya kartum aśakyaṃ cet tat-paryāptatamaṃ dhanam |
āsthāpyam asyāḥ sākṣiṇyāḥ jaraṭhāyāḥ paṭāñcale ||
If it is impossible to perform it today, the wealth fully sufficient for that / must be placed in the hem of the garment of this witness, the old woman!"
3.491.p1
(iti punar api vyātta-vadanaṃ nṛtyati |)
(So saying, with open mouth, she dances again.)
3.491.p2
niṣkaccha-kīrtiḥ-he vratinau ! kim atra vidheyam ?
Niṣkacchakīrti: "O vow-holders! What is to be done here?"
3.491.p3
mithyā-tīrthaḥ-bhoḥ ahiṃsā-vādin ! mriyamāṇaḥ prāṇī na rakṣaṇīya iti kiṃ yuṣmad-dharmaḥ ?
Mithyātīrtha: "Hey, advocate of non-violence! Is it your doctrine that a dying living being is not to be protected?"
3.491.p4
arūpāmbaraḥ (sākṣepam)-ekena sukham upādeyam | anyena dhanaṃ pradeyam iti kiṃ yuṣmad-dharmaḥ ?
Arūpāmbara (with an objection): "Is it your doctrine that pleasure should be enjoyed by one, while money should be given by another?"
3.491.p5
niṣkaccha-kīrtiḥ sāntarhāsaṃ sva-dhanaṃ yati-dhanaṃ ca jaraṭhāyāḥ paṭāñcale baddhvā sabalātkāraṃ jainasya kaṭakaṃ tasyāḥ pāda-mūle' rpayati |)
(Niṣkacchakīrti, with an inward laugh, having tied his own money and the ascetic's money in the hem of the old woman's garment, forcibly places the Jain's bracelet at her feet.)
3.491.p6
madhumallikā (sāṅga-bhaṅgaṃ sasmraṇa-bhayam iva)-ammo devadā vilambeṇa kuppissadi | tā ciraṃṭi-ātappaṇaṃ kāduṃ gacchemi | [amho ! devatā vilambena kopiṣyati | tat ciraṇṭikā-tarpaṇaṃ kartuṃ gacchāmi |] (iti kaṭakam ādāya niṣkrāntā |)
Madhumallikā (with languid stretches of her limbs, as if recollecting fear)—"Oh! The deity will grow angry due to the delay! So I will go to make an offering to the young girls." (Having taken the bracelet, she exits.)
3.491.p7
ity ādau bhūtāveśa-kaitavena jaina-bauddha-saṃnyāsino vilobhya dhanaṃ kayāpi gaṇikayā gṛhītam ity ayaṃ vipralambhaḥ |
In this and similar passages, money is taken by a certain courtesan after enticing the Jain, Buddhist, and Saṃnyāsin through the pretext of spirit possession; thus, this is deception (vipralambha).
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