Divyavadana 3.8

3.8

athāpareṇa samayena śroṇaḥ koṭikarṇaḥ kṛtakautukamaṅgalasvastyayano mātuḥ sakāśamupasaṃkramya pādayor nipatya kathayati--amba gacchāmi, avalokitā bhava, mahāsamudramavatarāmi/ sā ruditumārabdhā/ sa kathayati--amba kasmād rodasi/ mātā sāśrudurdinavadanā kathayati--putra, kadācidahaṃ putrakaṃ punarapi jīvantaṃ drakṣyāmīti/ sa saṃlakṣayati--ahaṃ maṅgalaiḥ saṃprasthitaḥ/ iyamīdṛśamamaṅgalamabhidhatte/ sa ruṣitaḥ kathayati--amba, ahaṃ kṛtakautūhalamaṅgalasvastyayano mahāsamudraṃ saṃprasthitaḥ/ tvaṃ cedṛśānyamaṅgalāni karoṣi/ apāyān kiṃ na paśyasīti/ sā kathayati--putra, kharaṃ te vākkarma niścāritam/ atyayamatyayato deśaya/ apyevaitat karma tanutvaṃ parikṣayaṃ paryādānaṃ gacchet/ sā tenātyayamatyayato kṣamāpitā/ atha śroṇaḥ koṭikarṇaḥ kṛtakautūhalamaṅgalasvastyayanaḥ śakaṭairbhārairmoṭaiḥ piṭakairuṣṭrairgobhirgardabhaiḥ prabhūtaṃ samudragamanīyaṃ paṇyamāropya mahāsamudraṃ saṃprasthitaḥ/ so 'nupūrveṇa grāmanagaranigamapallipattaneṣu cañcūryamāṇo mahāsamudrataṭamanuprāptaḥ/ nipuṇataḥ sāmudram yānapātraṃ pratipādya mahāsamudramavatīrṇo dhanahārakaḥ/ so 'nuguṇena vāyunā ratnadvīpamanuprāptaḥ/ tena tatropaparīkṣyopaparīkṣya ratnānāṃ tad vahanaṃ pūritaṃ tadyathā tilataṇḍulakolakulatthānām/ so 'nuguṇena śroṇaḥ saṃsiddhayānapātro jambudvīpamanuprāptaḥ/ sa sārthastasminneva samudratīre āvāsitaḥ/ sau śroṇaḥ koṭikarṇo 'pi sārthavāho dāsakapālakāvādāya sārthamadhyādekānte 'pakramya āyaṃ vyayaṃ ca tulayitumārabdhaḥ/ paścāt tenāsau dāsako 'bhihitah--dāsaka, paśya sāthaḥ kiṃ karotīti/ sa gataḥ/ yāvat paśyati sthorāṃ lardayantaṃ sārtham/ so 'pi sthorāṃ lardayitumārabdhaḥ/ dāsakaḥ saṃlakṣayati--pālakaḥ sārthavāhaṃ śabdāpayiṣyati/ pālako 'pi saṃlakṣayati--dāsakaḥ sārthavāhaḥ śabdāpayiṣyatīti/ sa sārthaḥ sarātrimeva sthorāṃ lardayitvā saṃprasthitaḥ/ so 'pi gāḍhanidrāvaṣṭabdhaḥ śayitaḥ/ sa sārthastāvad gato yāvatprabhātam/ te kathayanti--bhavantaḥ, kva sārthavāhah? purastād gacchati/ purastād gatvā pṛcchanti--kva sārthavāhah? pṛṣṭhata āgacchati/ pṛṣṭhato gatvā pṛcchanti--kva sārthavāhah? madhye gacchati/ madhye gatvā pṛcchanti/ yāvat tatrāpi nāsti/ dāsakaḥ kathayati--mama buddhirutpannā--pālakaḥ sārthavāhaṃ śabdāpayiṣyati/ pālako 'pi kathayati--mama buddhirutpannā--dāsakaḥ sārthavāhaṃ śabdāpayiṣyati/ bhavantaḥ, na śobhanaṃ kṛtam yadasmābhiḥ sārthavāhaśchoritaḥ/ āgacchata, nivārtāmaḥ/ te kathayanti--bhavantaḥ, yadi vayaṃ nivartiṣyāmaḥ/