[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Miscellaneous short works](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc) › [Laghukavyani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani) › 7.20 # Laghukavyani 7.20 Laghukāvyāni 7.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani.7.20) asti khādu phalaṃ kimasti kimatha ghrātuṃ kṣamaḥ korakastādṛśrāmyatu nāma bhoktumucitaṃ pattraṃ kimastyantataḥ sevyo hanta yadidṛśo'pi manujairvṛkṣādhamaḥ pippalo duḥkhātantryamidaṃ vidheḥ kathayataḥ kasyāgrato rudyatām sarvāsāṃ saritāṃ patiryadi yadi vyāptāḥ samastā diśaḥ kalpānteṣvapi vā na śuṣyati yadi svairaṃ tadaṅgīkṛtam ambhaḥ svādu pipāsataḥ pathi pariśrāntasya pānthasya kiṃ tena syātphalamarṇavo'yamiti cedinduprahe jñāsyate sthitvā tīrabhuvi prasārya sarasi svairaṃ karāgraṃ payaḥ pātavyaṃ piva tāvatā na virameddantīndra kiṃ te tṛṣā unmṛdrāsi taṭīrapaḥ kaluṣayasyunmūlayasyabjinīhāniḥ kasya tavaiva mṛgyamudakaṃ prātaḥ punastṛṣyataḥ ko doṣaḥ parato gate madhukare krītaḥ kimeṣa tvayā krītenāpi kimāsyate kvacidiha mlānodareṇa kṣaṇam jānāsyevamathāpi vetsipasi taṃ karṇānilairdūrato durdharṣo'pi niraṅkuśo'si bhavato mattebha vaktaiva kaḥ netavyaḥ samayaḥ kiyāniva sakhe kāka tvayā bhrāmyatā haṃsībhūya sukhena bhuṅkṣva nalinīnālāni padmākare vyāvartyamihāsti kiṃ vimalatā kiṃcittu kāryā tanorhaṃsatve yadi te jano vivadate daṇḍyo'hamasmyagrataḥ kiṃ tvaṃ dohadamīhase kimudakaiḥ sikto'si kiṃ kenaciddhastaste sakṛdālavālavalayaḥ kiṃ te mahī saṃskṛtā dvikhiḥ puṣyasi vāsarasya na guṇāndhuttūra te nihnuve durgandho na bhavediyānyadi tatastvaṃ pārijāto'si naḥ gantavyaṃ jalamadhya eva gatavanmantavyametadvapuḥ kṣantavyā lavaṇānilā iti kṛtaṃ nirvidya sāṃyātrika antarveśmani haṃsatūlaśayane suptvā sukhaṃ jāgrato hastāgre dhanameṣyati svayamiti bhrātaḥ kimāste hṛdi āsīnaḥ sukhamāpaṇe yadi vaṇikcchaddhālubhiḥ prārthitaḥ kiṃcicchaṃsati pañcakaṃ śatakamityetanna tasyādbhutam āpātālavighūrṇatāmbhasi calatyautpātike mārute majjantyāmapi nāvi muñcati na yastāmeva mūlyasthitim viddhaṃ marmasu yena yena garalonmiśrā giraḥ śrāvitā jajvāla jvalanāstravanmiśri niśi krūraiḥ karairyaḥ sadā sarve te sudṛśo babhūvuradhunā saṅge mithaḥ kāminordaurjanyasya vibhāvanāvapariṇatau dūtī paraṃ dūṣitā saṃnaddheṣu payodhareṣu calite mandaṃ puromārute kādambaiḥ kamalābhimānibhirapi tyaktvā saraḥ prasthite mithyāropitapauruṣairmadhukarairmugdhairyadadhyāsitaṃ tasyedaṃ phalamambhasā pravahatā saivābjinī majjitā saṃtyaktā yadi ketakī tribhuvanaślāghyā puradrohiṇā tasminneva hi paryavasyati tato vastuṣvasārajñatā kiṃ veṇīṣu na tāṃ vahanti sudṛśaḥ kiṃ sā na vikrīyate kiṃ nemāmupalālayanti rasikāḥ pṛthvībhujāṃ maulibhiḥ koṇe kvāpyavatīrya gātramabhitaḥ siktvā payaḥśīkarairāsvādyodakamāgato'smi punarityāste gajasyāśaye kāsārasya daśā tvasau kaluṣitānyambhāṃsi bhagnāstaṭāḥ pradhvastā nalinī kimatra bahunā khātavyamāste punaḥ dyauritthaṃ kṣitiritthamitthamudadhermudreti kṛtvā sthitiṃ viśvasyāhani viśramāya śayituṃ prārambhi dhātrā yadā dagdhaṃ caṇḍakaraistadaiva pavanairutpātikaiḥ śoṣitaṃ meghaiḥ plāvitamadbhutairapi jagatsraṣṭavyamāsītpunaḥ - [Previous: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani.7.7) - [Next: 7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani.7.27) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.laghukavyani.7.20) · Pramāṇa