Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 11.25.4

11.25.4

śravaṇādhvani pathikībhāvamanubhavannasti | tatkāraṇapravṛttiṃ jñātuṃ vrajannasmi-iti rājñokte śūdrako
vyajijñapat-deva ! pratīkṣyapādaiḥ khasaudhālaṅkaraṇāya pādo'vadhāryatām | ahameva 'tatpravṛttimāneṣyāmi | ityabhidhāya vasudhānāyakaṃ vyāvarya svayaṃ ruditadhvanyanusāreṇa purādvirgantuṃ 10
pravṛttaḥ| purastād vrajan dattakarṇo godāvaryāḥ srotasi kaścana rudantamaśrauṣīt | tataḥ parikarabandhaṃ vidhāya śūdrakastīrtvā yāvatsarito madhyaṃ prayāti; tāvatpayaḥpūraplāvyamānaṃ naramekaṃ
rudantaṃ vīkṣya babhāṣe-bhoḥ ! kastvam ?, kimarthaṃ ca rodiṣi ? | ityabhihitaḥ sa nitarāmarudat
ati' nirbandhena punaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ spaṣṭamācaṣṭa-bho sāhasikaśiromaṇe ! māmito niṣkāsya bhūpateḥ
samīpaṃ prāpaya, yena tatra svavṛttamācakṣe | ityuktaḥ śūdrakastamutpāṭayituṃ yāvadayatiṣṭa tāvanno- 15
tpaṭati sma saḥ | tato'dhastātkenāpi yādasā mā' vidhṛto'yaṃ bhaved-ityāśaṅkya sadyaḥ kṛpāṇikāmadho vāhayāmāsa śūdrakaḥ | tadanu śiromātrameva śūdrakasyoddharttuḥ karatalamārohat laghubhayā
'tacchiraḥ prakṣaradrudhiradhāramavalokya śūdrako viṣādamāpa | 'tataścintayati sma-dhig ! māmaprahartari
praharttāraṃ" śaraṇāgataghātakaṃ ca" | ityātmānaṃ nindan vajrāhata iva kṣaṇaṃ mūrcchitastasthau | tadanu
samadhigatacaitanyaściramacintayat-kathamivaitatsuduśceṣṭitamavanipataye nivedayiṣyāmi | iti lajji- 20
tamanāstatraiva kāṣṭhaiścitāṃ viracayya tatra jvalanaṃ prajvālya tacchiraḥ saha gṛhītvā yāvadudarciṣi
praveṣṭuṃ pravavṛte tāvattena mastakena nijagade-bho mahāpuruṣa ! kimarthamitthaṃ vyavasīyate" bhavatā ?