[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Historical poems, biographies and chronicles](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical) › [Jain historical poems and prabandhas of western India](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina) › [Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa) › 12.2.1 # Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 12.2.1 Prabandhakośa 12.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.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 - [Previous: 12.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.12.1.5) - [Next: 12.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.12.2.2) - [Up: 12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.12.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.12.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.12.2.1) · Pramāṇa