[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) › 17.4 # Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 17.4 Prabandhakośa 17.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.17.4) -ityādi | tato hataprārambha uddbāṣpaḥ sasvedaḥ pūḥparisarametya amātyānāhūyāvādīt-mayā evaṃ evaṃ bālikāyāḥ kasyāścidveṇī chinnā | sā tu śvabhramūlamagāt | ato mama rājyena na kāryam imāmeva veṇīṃ rājyaṃ kārayata | te'pi tatheti pratipadya pūrvahirmaṇḍape sotsavaṃ veṇīṃ rājyaṃ kārayanti rāmapādukāvat itaśca sā vasudattikā khinnā gatvā svasaudhe'svāpsīt | tasyāḥ sakhyastatkabarīṃ chinnāmīkṣitvā nāmaladevīmākāryādīdṛśat | jāgaritāṃ putrīṃ nāmaladevī-vatse ! kimetat tavāpi paribhavapadamityaprākṣīt | tanayāpi yathāsthitaṃ mātre ākhyat | sāpi nāgapataye svapataye | kruddhaḥ sadyo'sau takṣakamākārya kathāmuktvā ādikṣat, yathā-gaccha sarāṣṭramudayanaṃ bhasmīkuru | so'pi tadādeśādacālīt | kauśāmbīṃ prāpat | tatparisare utsavavān dṛṣṭvā nararūpaḥ kaścitpapraccha-kimetadutsavasāmrājyam ? | tannatyena janenoktam-evaṃ evaṃ rājñā divyakanyāveṇī chinnā | utpannānutāpena rājyaṃ tadāyattaṃ kṛtam | ato veṇī rājñīha | rājā'traiva, ekadeśe tapastapyate | takṣakeṇotsavo dṛṣṭo | madhye bhramatā rājā'pyālokitaḥ | kuśasrastaragaḥ padmāsanī japamālāpāṇiḥ tapaḥkṣāmaḥ jitaprāṇāyāmaḥ maunī | pṛṣṭaśca takṣakeṇa nṛrūpeṇa-kastvam ?, kimarthaṃ tapaścarasi ? | tenāpi dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya gaditam-bho puruṣavipra ! kiṃ pṛcchasi māṃ mandabhāgyam ? | dṛṣṭā mayaikā puṇyavatī mṛgadṛk | tāmanusarpatā mayā pātakinā yāntyāstasyāḥ kabarīṃ kṛpāṇikayā nijapuṇyadaśayā saha kṛttā | sā manīṣitaṃ sthānaṃ sasarpa | ahaṃ tu udayaneā rājā rājyaṃ tatsātkṛtvā svayaṃ tapaḥ kurvāṇo'smi | evaṃ śrutvā kṣaṇaṃ sthitvā, upadravamakṛtvā, pātāla yatvā nāgendramālalāpa niṣpāpaprajñaḥ-deva ! dṛṣṭo mayā udayanaḥ, veṇīpuraśca tathā rājyotsavaḥ | sa puṇyātmā mṛdumanā bāḍhaṃ paritapyate | vinayī mānamarhati | tacchravaṇād atuṣadaśīviṣendraḥ | tarhi kiṃ yuktamiti takṣakamūce takṣako babhāṣe-deva ! sa eva vasudattivivāhārhaḥ | kulena śīlena vidyayā vṛttena parākrameṇa rūpeṇa ca kiṃ varṇyate saḥ 210. asumakṝta yadaṅgānāṃ na vedhāḥ, sa khalu yaśasvitapasvināṃ prabhāvaḥ trijagati kathamanyathā tathāpi, kṣatatapasāṃ tapasā padaṃ labheta - [Previous: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.17.3) - [Next: 17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.17.5) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.17.4) · Pramāṇa