Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 12.1.3

12.1.3

nopalebhe, tāvadacintayat-aho ! mamedamayaśaḥ prādurabhūt | yadayaṃ svāmidrohī madhye" bhūtvā devīma25 mapājīharaditi | na ca kvāpi śuddhirlabdhā tasyāḥ | tasmānmaraṇameva mama śaraṇam | iti vimṛśya
dārubhiścitāracayat" | jvalanaṃ cājvālayat | yāvanmadhyaṃ praviśet" tāvattābhyāṃ śunakābhyāṃ
devatādhiṣṭhitābhyāṃ jñātam-yadsmadadhipatirnidhanaṃ "dhyāyannastīti | tato daivataśaktyā śṛṅkhalāni"
bhaṅktvā nirvilambau gatau tau tatra yatrāsīcchūdrakaracitā citā | daśanaiḥ keśānākṛṣya śūdrakaṃ
bahirniṣkāsayāmāsatuḥ" | tenāpi akasmāttau vilokya vismitamanasā nijagade-re pāpīyāṃsau !
30 kimetatkṛtaṃ bhavadbhyāmaśubhabadbhyām ? | rājño manasi viśvāsanirāso bhaviṣyati, yatpratibhuvāvapi
tenātmanā saha nītau | atha" bhaṣaṇābhyāṃ babhāṣe-dhīro bhava asmaddarśitāṃ diśamanusara
sarabhasaṃ kā citā tava ! | ityabhidhāya purobhūya prasthitau tena sārddham | kramātprāptau kollāpuram
tatrasthaṃ mahālakṣmīdevyā bhavanaṃ praviṣṭau | tatra śūdrakastāṃ devīmabhyarcya kuśasrastarāsīnaścirātramupāvasat | tadanu pratyakṣībhūya bhagavatī mahālakṣmīstamavocat-vatsa ! kiṃ mṛgayase ? | śūdrakeṇoktam-svāmini ! sātavāhanamahīpālamahiṣyāḥ śuddhiṃ vada | kāste keneyamapahṛtā ? | śrīdevyoditam-sarvān yakṣarākṣasabhūtādidevagaṇān sammīlya tatpravṛttimahaṃ nivedayiṣyāmi | paraṃ teṣāṃ
kṛte tvayā balyupahārādi praguṇīkṛtya dhāryam | yāvacca te kaṇehatya balyādi upabhujya prītā na
bhaveyustāvattvayā vighnā rakṣaṇīyāḥ | tataḥ śūdrako devatānāṃ tarpaṇārthaṃ kuṇḍaṃ viracayya homamārebhe