Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 18.5.4

18.5.4

śuśrāva | nandanodyānādhikamudyānam, himagṛhāṇi, haṃsasārasādīn khagān, upakaraṇāni haimāni,
kadalīdalakomalāni vasanāni, janitānaṅgarāṃgān uttuṅgān puṣpakaraṇḍāṃścaikṣata | evaṃ paśyan
paśyan, puraḥ puro gacchan, sākṣādiva madanaṃ madhure vayasi varttamānaṃ mitamuktāphalaprāyabhūṣaṇaṃ
25 sarvāṅgalakṣaṇaṃ kāñcanaprabhaṃ madhurakharaṃ tāmarasākṣaṃ tuṅgaghoṇaṃ" upacitagātraṃ madanavarmāṇamapaśyat
madanavarmā'pyabhyetyāśliṣya" hemāsanaṃ dattvā tamabhāṇīt-siddhendra ! puṇyamadyāsmākaṃ yena tvamatithiḥ sampanno'si | siddharājaḥ prāha-rājan ! āvarjanāvacanamidaṃ mithyā | yattu tvanmantriṇāmagre kabāḍī ityuktaṃ tatsatyam | madanavarmā jahāsa | siddheśa ! kena vo vijñaptamidam ? | siddheśaḥ
prāha-taireva mantribhistāvakaiḥ | ko'bhiprāyo mannindābhaṇane devasya ? | madanavarmā āha"-deva !
30 kalirayam, alpaṃ jīvitam, mitā rājyaśrīḥ, tucchaṃ balam, tatrāpi puṇyaiḥ sphītaṃ rājyaṃ
labhyate, tadapi cen na bhujyate, rūlyate videśeṣu, tatkathaṃ na 'karbāḍikatvam | siddheśenoktamsatyam, etādṛśaḥ karbāṭika evāham| tvameva satyaṃ dhanyo yasyetthaṃ śarmāṇi| tvayi dṛṣṭe'smākaṃ
jīvitaṃ saphalam | ciraṃ rājyaṃ bhuṅkṣva | ityuktvā tasthau | madanavarmaṇotthāya nijaṃ parijanakośa-devatāvasarādi sarvaṃ darśitam | premā'vṛdhat | viṃśatyuttaraṃ pātraśataṃ khāṅgasevakaṃ siddharājāya
vyatarat' | tena prīto jayasiṃhadevaḥ sainyaṃ gṛhītvā dharāṃ jitvā pattanaṃ aṇahillapuraṃ praviṣṭaḥ