[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) › 18.5.2 # Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 18.5.2 Prabandhakośa 18.5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.18.5.2) pravarttate | gīyante vasantāndolakādirāgairgītāni | bhramanti divyaśṛṅgārā nāryyaḥ | makaradhvajalakṣabhrāntimutpādayanto vilasanti yuvānaḥ | kriyante pratirathyaṃ chaṇṭhanāni yakṣakarddamaiḥ | prāsāde prāsāde saṅgītakāni | deve deve mahāpūjā | bhojanavārāḥ sārāḥ pratisadanam | rājakīyasannākāre tu dālikūrāvasrāvaṇāni mṛtkalāni na mucyante kintu garttāyāṃ niyamyante, tadā saghaṇṭo hastī nimajjati | rājāśvavārāḥ paritaḥ puraṃ bhramanto bīṭakāni dadate lokāya | karpūradhūliparvodayaḥ rātrau vipaṇīn vaṇijo na saṃvṛṇvanti; udghātān vimuñcanti⁶ | prātarāgatyopaviśanti | evaṃ nītiḥ vyavasāyo'pyācāramātreṇaiva \[ tatra deśe lohakhānivatsuvarṇarūpyakhānīrvahanti tena sarveḥ ko'pi\] siddhārthatvāt | rājā tu kīdṛgapyāste, mayā sa na dṛṣṭaḥ | idaṃ ⁷tu śrutam-sa nārīkuñjaraḥ sabhāyāṃ kadāpi nopaviśati | kevalaṃ hasitalalitāni tanoti⁸ | pratyakṣa indraḥ evaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā siddharājaḥ sainyarakṣāyāṃ sainyaṃ niyujya mahatā' sainyena mahotrakaṃ prati pratasthe \[krameṇa gacchan'\] tasthau tadāsanne bhūpradeśe krośāṣṭakena | kṣubhito deśaḥ| sthānāccalitaṃ mahobakam | pradhānairmadanavarmā divyodyānasthaḥ strīsahasrasamāvṛta etyoce-svāmin ! siddharājo gaurjara upanagaramāgato'sti, sa kathaṃ paścānnivarttanīyaḥ ? | madanavarmaṇā smitvā bhaṇitam-siddharājaḥ ?; 5 so'yaṃ dhārāyāṃ dvādaśa varṣāṇi vigrahāya asthāt | sa kabāḍī rājā vācyo bhavadbhiḥ-yadi naḥ puraṃ bhuvaṃ ca jighṛkṣasi, tadā yuddhaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ | athārthena tṛpyasi tadā'rthaṃ gṛhāṇeti | tato - [Previous: 18.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.18.5.1) - [Next: 18.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.18.5.3) - [Up: 18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.18.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.18.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.18.5.2) · Pramāṇa