[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Great Story and its derivatives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha) › [Kathasaritsagara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) › 2.2.119 # Kathasaritsagara 2.2.119 Kathāsaritsāgara 2.2.119 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.2.119) dūraṃ na yāvan nītā ca tāvadgacchānayā diśā / asmākamantike mā sthāḥ sarvathābhyadhikā ca sā // > So before she has been carried to a great distance, go in this direction, do not remain near us, she is certainly of more importance than we." Being urged on with these words by his friends, Śrídatta rapidly followed after the princess, but could not help frequently turning round to look at them. And after he had gone a considerable distance, he caught up that troop of cavalry, and he saw a young man of the warrior caste in the midst of it. And he beheld that princess held by him upon his horse. So he slowly approached that young warrior; and when soft words would not induce him to let the princess go, he hurled him from his horse with a blow of his foot, and dashed him to pieces on a rock. And after he had slain him, he mounted on his horse and slew a great number of the other horsemen who charged him in anger. And then those who remained alive, seeing that the might which the hero displayed was more than human, fled away in terror; and Śrídatta mounted on the horse with the princess Mrigánkavatí and set out to find those friends of his. And after he had gone a little way, he and his wife got off the horse which had been severely wounded in the fight, and soon after it fell down and died. And then his beloved Mrigánkavatí, exhausted with fear and exertion, became very thirsty. And leaving her there, he roamed a long distance hither and thither, and while he was looking for water the sun set. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ### [2.2.119.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.2.119.p1) - -| v| - -| - -| v| % A ma-vipulā - - - - v -| v - % B correct - - v - v -| -| -| % C pathyā - v - v v -| v| - % D correct > So before she has been carried to a great distance, go in this direction, do not remain near us, she is certainly of more importance than we." Being urged on with these words by his friends, Śrídatta rapidly followed after the princess, but could not help frequently turning round to look at them. And after he had gone a considerable distance, he caught up that troop of cavalry, and he saw a young man of the warrior caste in the midst of it. And he beheld that princess held by him upon his horse. So he slowly approached that young warrior; and when soft words would not induce him to let the princess go, he hurled him from his horse with a blow of his foot, and dashed him to pieces on a rock. And after he had slain him, he mounted on his horse and slew a great number of the other horsemen who charged him in anger. And then those who remained alive, seeing that the might which the hero displayed was more than human, fled away in terror; and Śrídatta mounted on the horse with the princess Mrigánkavatí and set out to find those friends of his. And after he had gone a little way, he and his wife got off the horse which had been severely wounded in the fight, and soon after it fell down and died. And then his beloved Mrigánkavatí, exhausted with fear and exertion, became very thirsty. And leaving her there, he roamed a long distance hither and thither, and while he was looking for water the sun set. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ## Translations (1) - [The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara~en-tawney.2.2.p6.4) — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.2.119) · Pramāṇa