Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 18.5.3

18.5.3

yadyācate sa varākastaddeyaṃ bhavadbhiḥ| na vayaṃ dhane datte trudhyāmaḥ | so'pi jīvatu ciram, yo
vittārthaṃ kṛcchrāṇi karmāṇi kurvāṇo'sti| rājño vaco'nugṛhṇītvā mantriṇaḥ puramaguḥ | | tāvatā siddheśena kathāpitam-daṇḍaṃ datta' | mantribhī rājavākyaṃ dūtamukhena bhāṇitam-yadi arthamīhase tadā'rtha
10 lāhi, bhūmiṃ cettarhi yudhyāmahe vayam | madanavarmadevāya jñāpitamanna bhavadāgamanam | tena asmatprabhuṇā uktam-kabāḍī rājā'rthena tarpaṇīyaḥ saḥ | siddharājastallīlayā vismitaḥ ṣaṇṇavatiṃ
koṭīḥ kanakasyāyācīt | dattāstāḥ pradhānaiḥ sadyaḥ | deśaṃ sukhaṃ tasthau | tathāpi paścānna yāti
tadā pradhānairbhāṇitam-rājan ! artho labdhastvayā; kathamatha na pratigacchasi ? | siddheśena bhāṇitam'-mantripurūhūtā" ! taṃ līlānidhiṃ bhavatprabhuṃ didṛkṣe" | te'pyetya madanavarmāṇamabhaṇan-arthena
15 toṣitaḥ sa kleśī rājā; paraṃ bhaṇati rājendraṃ draṣṭumīhe| tato madanavarmaṇā nigaditam-tarhi etu
saḥ|| "tataḥ sainyaṃ tathāsthameva muktvā mitasainyastatrodyāne āgataḥ siddharājaḥ", yatra mahāprākārasthe
saudhe madanavarmā'sti | prākārādvahiyoṃdhalakṣāntiṣṭhanti | pratolīṃ yāvadāgatya madhye'cīkathad
dvāḥsthaiḥ- "āgamyatāmasmābhiḥ ? | mahotrakaprabhuṇā bhāṇitam-janacatuṣkeṇa sahāgacchata
āgato madhye siddharājaḥ | yāvatpaśyati kāñcanatoraṇāni saptapraveśadvārāṇi | agre" dadarśa
20 rajatamahārajatamayīrvāpīḥ | nānādeśaveśa" bhāṣāvicakṣaṇāḥ śaśāṅkamukhīrviśālanitambasthalāstāruṇyapuṇyāvayavāḥ strīḥ | paṇava-veṇu-vīṇā-mṛdaṅgādikalāsaktaṃ parijanajanam | sphītāni gītāni