Carmavastu 7

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sa tān utsṛjya padbhyāṃ saṃprasthitaḥ / yāvat paśyati āyasaṃ nagaram uccaṃ ca pragṛhītaṃ ca / tatra dvāre puruṣas tiṣṭhati kālo raudraś caṇḍo lohitākṣa udbaddhapiṇḍo lohalaguḍavyagrahastaḥ {MS: tatra kālo caṇḍo lohitākṣaḥ udbandhapiṇḍakāyaṣṭi vigraho puruṣo dvāre tiṣṭhati} / sa tasya sakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ / bhoḥ puruṣa / asty atra pānīyam* / sa tūṣṇīm avasthitaḥ / bhūyas tena pṛṣṭo 'sau puruṣo 'sty atra pānīyam iti / bhūyo 'pi sa tūṣṇīm avasthitaḥ / tena sārthavāhena tatra praviśya pānīyaṃ pānīyam iti śabdo niścāritaḥ / yāvat pañcamātraiḥ pretasahasrair dagdhasthūṇāsadṛśair asthiyantravad ucchritaiḥ svakeśaromapracchannaiḥ parvatasannibhodaraiḥ sūcīcchidropamamukhair anuparivāritaḥ śroṇaḥ koṭīkarṇaḥ / te kathayanti / sārthavāha kāruṇikas tvam asmākaṃ tṛṣārtānāṃ pānīyam anuprayaccha / sa kathayati / bhavanto 'ham api pānīyam eva mṛgayāmi kuto 'haṃ yuṣmākaṃ pānīyam anuprayacchāmīti / te kathayanti / sārthavāha pretanagaram idaṃ kutaḥ khalv atra pānīyam* / adyāsmābhir (MSV IV 169) dvādaśabhir varṣais tvatsakāśāt pānīyaṃ pānīyam iti śabdaḥ śrutaḥ / sa kathayati / ke yūyaṃ bhavantaḥ kena vā karmaṇā ihopapannāḥ / ta ūcuḥ / śroṇa duṣkuhakā jambudvīpakā manuṣyā nābhiśraddadhāsyanti / sa cāha / ahaṃ bhavantaḥ pratyakṣadarśī kasmān nābhiśraddadhāsye {MS: kathaṃ na śraddhāsye} / te gāthāṃ bhāṣante /