Divyavadana 5.7

5.7

śroṇa gaccha, puṇyamaheśākhyastvam/ asti kaścit tvayā dṛṣṭaḥ pretanagaraṃ praviṣṭaḥ svastikṣemābhyāṃ nirgacchan? sa saṃprasthito yāvat tenāsau puruṣo dṛṣṭaḥ/ tenoktah--bhadramukha, aho bata tvayā mamārocitaṃ syāt yathedaṃ pretanagaramiti, nāhamatra praviṣṭaḥ syām/ sa tenoktah--śroṇa gaccha, puṇyamaheśākhyastvam, yena tvaṃ pretanagaraṃ praviśya svastikṣemābhyāṃ nirgataḥ/ sa saṃprasthitaḥ/ yāvadaparaṃ paśyati āyasaṃ nagaramuccaṃ ca pragṛhītaṃ ca/ tatrāpi dvāre puruṣastiṣṭhati kālaścaṇḍo lohitākṣa udviddhapiṇḍo lohalaguḍavyagrahastaḥ/ sa tasya sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ/ upasaṃkramyaivamāha--bhoḥ puruṣa, asti atra nagare pānīyam? sa tūṣṇīṃ vyavasthitaḥ/ bhūyastena pṛṣṭah--bhoḥ puruṣa, asti atra nagare pānīyam? sa tūṣṇīṃ vyavasthitaḥ/ tena tatra praviśya pānīyaṃ pānīyam iti śabdaḥ kṛtaḥ/ anekaiḥ pretasahasrairdagdhasthūṇākṛtibhirasthiyantravaducchritaiḥ svakeśaromapraticchannaiḥ parvatodarasaṃnibhaiḥ sūcīchidropamamukhairanuparivāritaḥ/ śroṇa kāruṇikastvam/ asmākaṃ tṛṣārtānāṃ pānīyamanuprayaccha/ sa kathayati--ahamapi bhavantaḥ pānīyameva mṛgayāmi/ kuto 'ham yuṣmākaṃ pānīyaṃ dadāmīti? te kathayanti--śroṇa, pretanagaramidam/ kuto 'tra pānīyam? adyāsmābhirdvādaśabhirvarṣaistvatsakāśāt pānīyaṃ pānīyamiti śabdaḥ śrutaḥ/ sa cāha--ke yūyaṃ bhavantaḥ, kena vā karmaṇā ihopapannāh? ta ūcuh--śroṇa, duṣkuhakā jāmbudvīpakā manuṣyāḥ/ nābhiśraddadhāsyasi/ sa cāha--ahaṃ bhavantaḥ pratyakṣadarśī/ kasmānnābhiśraddadhāsye? te gāthāṃ bhāṣante-- ārogyamadena mattakā ye dhanamogamadena mattakāḥ/ dānaṃ ca na dattamaṇvapi yena vayaṃ pitṛlokamāgatāḥ//2//