Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 12.1.2

12.1.2

10 patitaḥ pṛthivyāṃ vīraḥ | sa cāsuraḥ puraḥ prācalat | tato viditadevyapahāravṛttāntaḥ kṣitikāntaḥ
pañcāśatamekonāṃ' vīrānādiśat'-yatpaṭṭadevyāḥ śuddhiḥ kriyatāṃ keneyamapahṛteti | te prāgapi śūdrakaṃ
pratyasūyāparāḥ procuḥ-mahārāja ! śūdraka eva jānīte | tenaiva tacchīrṣakamānītam | tenaiva ca' devī
jahre | tato nṛpatistasmai kupitaḥ śūlāropaṇamājñāpayat | tadanu deśarītivaśāttaṃ raktacandanānuliptāṅgaṃ śakaṭe śāyayitvā, tena saha gāḍhaṃ baddhvā, śūlāyai yāvadrājapuruṣāśceluḥ, tāvatpañcāśadapi
15 vīrāḥ saṃbhūya śūdrakamavocan-bhoḥ mahāvīra ! kimarthaṃ raṇḍeva mriyate bhavān | 'aśubhasya kālaharaṇa'miti nyāyāt mārgaya narendratkatipayadināvadhim, śodhaya sarvatra devyapahāriṇam
kimakāṇḍe eva svakīyāṃ vīratvakīrttimapanayasi ? | tenoktam-gamyatāṃ tarhi uparājam | vijñāpyatāmenamarthaṃ rājā | tairapi tathā kṛte pratyānāyitaḥ śūdrakaḥ kṣitīndreṇa | tenāpi svamukhena vijñaptiḥ
kṛtā-mahārāja ! dīyatāmavadhiḥ | yena vicinomi pratidiśaṃ devīṃ tadapahāriṇaṃ ca | rājñā dinada20 śakamavadhirdattaḥ | śūdrakagṛhe ca sārameyadvayamāsīt tatsahacāri | nṛpatiravadat-etadvaṣaṇayugalaṃ
pratibhūprāyamasmatpārśve muñca | svayaṃ punarbhāvān devyudantopalabdhaye hiṇḍatāṃ mahīmaṇḍalam | so'pyādeśaḥ pramāṇamityudīrya pravīryavān pratasthe' | bhūcakraśakrastatkauleyakadvandvaṃ śṛṅkhalābaddhaṃ śayyāpādayorabadhnāt' | śūdrakastu paritaḥ 'paryaṭanbhramyamāno'pi yāvatprastutārthasya vārttāmātramapi kvāpi