Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 18.5.1

18.5.1

§ 108) tato dakṣiṇāpathe mahārāṣṭra-tilaṅga-karṇāṭa-pāṇḍyādirāṣṭrāṇyasādhayat | anantaṃ dhanaṃ
saṅghaṭitam | tato gūrjjaradharāṃ prati vyāghuṭat | yāvaddeśasīmabandhau sainyaniveśaṃ kṛtvā sthitastāvat
sāyam , ekadā maharddhyā sabhāyāmupaviṣṭo'sti pratyakṣa iva suraparivṛḍhaḥ | tāvatkaścidvaideśiko bhaṭṭa
etyāśīrvādaṃ bhaṇitvā sabhāṃ dṛṣṭvā'vadadidaṃ yathā-aho ! paramāravaṃśadhūmaketoḥ śrīsiddharājasya
sabhā madanavarmaṇa iva manovismayajananī ! | tadākarṇya siddhendrastameva bhaṭṭaṃ pura upaveśya papracchabhaṭṭa ! ko'sau madanavarmā ?, kva nagare rājyaṃ karoti ? | bhaṭṭaḥ prāha-deva ! pūrvasyāṃ mahobataṃ nāma
pattanaṃ sphāram | tatra madanavarmā nāma pṛthvīpālaḥ prājñastyāgī bhogī dharmī nayī nala iva, purūravā⁴ iva, vatsarāja iva, punaravattīrṇaḥ pṛthivyām | taṃ rājānaṃ tacca puraṃ yaḥ khalu nityaṃ paśyati
so'pi varṇayituṃ na pārayati | kevalaṃ paśyannantarmanasaṃ mūka iva svādaṃ tadguṇaṃ jānāti | asmākaṃ
vacasi prāyo lokasya viśvāso nāsti vāvadūkatvāt | paraṃ preṣaya kañcitparamāptaṃ nijaṃ mantriṇaṃ
jñam, yena sa tāmṛddhiṃ dṛṣṭvā'trāgatya devapādebhyo nivedayati | evaṃ bhāṭīṃ vācamavadhārya siddharājo mantriṇamekaṃ katipayajanayutaṃ draṣṭuṃ tatra tenaiva bhaṭṭena saha prāhaiṣīt | gatau tau bhaṭṭa-mantriṇau
mahobakapattanam | darśitaṃ pattanaṃ bhaṭṭena | mantriṇā dṛṣṭvā nirvilambamuparājametya yathāsthitamabhāṇīt-avadhāraya svāmin ! gatastatrāham , darśitaṃ bhaṭṭena tatpattanam | ⁵tadā vasantamāsotsavastatra