Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 12.2.1

12.2.1

ityādivāgbhirniṣiddhaḥ kruddho mahyaṃ māyāsuro'syāṃ vaṭaśākhāyāṃ ṭaṅkitvā māmitthaṃ vyaḍambayat | ahaṃ ca prasāritavadanaḥ samudrāntaḥ sañcarato jalacarādīnbhakṣyaharan prāṇayātrāṃ karomi | iti
śrutvā śūdrako'pyabhāṣīt-ahaṃ tasyaiva mahībhṛto bhṛtyaḥ śūdrakanāmā tāmeva devīmanveṣṭumāgato'smi | tenoktam-evaṃ cettarhi māṃ mocaya, yathā'haṃ saha bhūtvā taṃ darśayāmi, tāṃ ca devīm
tena svasthānaṃ parito jātuṣaṃ durgaṃ kāritamasti | tacca nirantaraṃ prajvaladevāsti tato 'durlaṅghyam
tanmadhye praviśya taṃ nipātya devī pratyāharttavyā | ityākarṇya śūdrakastena kṛpāṇena tatkāṣṭhabandhanāni
chicttvā taṃ purodhāya, daivatagaṇaparivṛtaḥ prasthāya, prākāramullaṅghya tatsthānāntaḥ prāviśat | daivatagaṇāṃścālokya māyāsuraḥ svasainyaṃ yuddhāya prajighāya | tasminpañcatāmañcite svayaṃ yoddhumupatasthe
tataḥ krameṇa śūdrakastenāsinā tamavadhīt | tato ghaṇṭāvalambivimānamāropya devīṃ daivatagaṇaiḥ
saha prasthitaḥ pratiṣṭhānaṃ prati
itaśca, daśamaṃ dinamavadhīkṛtamāgatamavagatya jagatpatirdhyātāvān-aho ! mama na mahādevī, na
5 ca śūdrakavīro, na cāpi tau rasanālihau; sarvaṃ mayaiva kubuddhinā vināśitam | iti śocanātsaparicchada eva prāṇatyāgacikīḥ¹ purādbahirścitāmaracayaccandanādidārubhiḥ | yāvatkṣaṇādāśuśukṣaṇau