[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) › 7.1 # Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 7.1 Prabandhakośa 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7.1) 9. atha śrībappabhaṭṭisūriprabandhaḥ § 35) gūrjaradeśe pām̐ḍalāpuranagare jitaśatrū rājā rājyaṃ karoti sma | tatra śrīsiddhasenanāmā sūrīśvaro'sti sma | sa moḍherapure mahāsthāne śrīmanmahāvīranamaskaraṇāya gataḥ| śrīmanmahāvīraṃ natvā tīrthopavāsaṃ kṛtvā rātrāvātmārāmarato yoganidrayā sthitaḥ san svapnaṃ dadarśa | yathā-kesarikiśorako devagṛhopari krīḍati | svapnaṃ labdhvā'jāgarīt | māṅgalyastvanānyapāṭhīt | prātarbhaikṣyaṃ gataḥ | tatra ṣaḍvārṣiko bāla eko bālāṃśumālisamadyutirājagāma | sūriṇā pṛṣṭaḥ-bho arbhaka ! kastvam ? kuta āgataḥ ? | tenoktam-pañcāladeśe ḍhūṃdhāuddhīgrāme bappārakhyaḥ kṣatriyaḥ | tasya bhaṭṭirnāma sadharmacāriṇī | tayoḥ 'sūrapālo nāma putro'ham | matātasya bahavo bhujabalagarvitāḥ pracuraparicchadāḥ śatravaḥ santi | tānsarvānhantumahaṃ sannahya calanāsam | pitrā niṣiddhaḥ-vatsa ! bālastvam, nāsmai karmaṇe pragalbhase | alamudyogena | tato'haṃ kruddhaḥ | kimanena nirabhimānena pitrāpi, yaḥ svayamarīnna hanti māmapi ghnantaṃ nivārayati | apamānena mātāpitarāvanāpṛcchadyātra samāgataḥ sūriṇā cintitam-aho divyaṃ ratnam ! | na mānavamātro'yam | 'tejasāṃ hi na vayaḥ samīkṣyate |' iti vimṛśya bāla ālepe-vatsaka ! asmākaṃ pārśve tiṣṭha, nijagṛhādhikasukhena | bālenoktammahānprasādaḥ | svasthānamānītaḥ | saṅgho dṛṣṭastadrūpavilokanena | dṛṣṭayastṛptiṃ na manyate | pāṭhayitvā vilokitaḥ| ekāhena ślokasahasramadhyagīṣṭa | guravastutuṣuḥ | 'ratnāni puṇyapracayaprāpyāni |' dhanyā vayam | tena bālenāpyalpadinairlakṣaṇa-tarka-sāhityādīni bhūyāṃsi śāstrāṇi paryaśīliṣata tato guravo ḍhūm̐ḍhāudhīgrāmaṃ jagmuḥ | bālasya pitarau vanditumāgatau | gurubhirālāpitau-putrā bhavanti bhūyāṃso'pi | kiṃ taiḥ saṃsārāvakarakṛmibhiḥ¹ ? | ayaṃ tu yuvayoḥ putro vratamahite | dīyatāṃ naḥ | gṛhyatāṃ dharmaḥ | 'naṣṭaṃ mṛtaṃ sahante hi pitaro nijatanayam |' ślāghyo'yaṃ bhavaṃ nistitīrṣuḥ pitṛbhyāmuktam-bhagavan ! ayameka eva naḥ kulatantuḥ | kathaṃ dātuṃ śakyate ? | tāvatā savidhasthena sūrapālena gaditam-ahaṃ cāritraṃ gṛhṇāmyeva 61. yataḥ-sā buddhivilaṃya prayātu kuliśaṃ tanna śrute pātatām, valgantaḥ praviśantu te hutasuji jvālākarāle guṇāḥ yaiḥ sarvaiḥ śaradindukundaviśadaiḥ prāptairapi prāpyate, bhūyo'pyatra purandhrirandhranarakakroḍādhivāsavyathā - [Previous: 6.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.6.8-2) - [Next: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7.2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Caturviṃśatikā (Bappabhaṭṭi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.stotra.bappabhatti.8.1) — Bappabhaṭṭi, Sanskrit - [Bappabhaṭṭicaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.prabandha.prabandha.bappabhatticaritra.2.1) — Rājaśēkharasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.prabandhakosa.7.1) · Pramāṇa