[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Allegorical plays](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical) › [Jivananda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda) › 2.26 # Jivananda 2.26 Jīvānanda 2.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.2.26) (pāṇḍuṃ dṛṣṭvā |) kumāra, vijayī bhava pāṇḍuḥ—bhadra, kim | kiṃcidupalabdhaṃ tatra bhavatā praviṣṭena karṇamūlaḥ—kiṃ saphalo na bhaviṣyati kumāraniyogo viśeṣopalabdhena pāṇḍuḥ—kathaya karṇamūlaḥ—śrūyatām | uparuddhamasmatsainikaiḥ puram pāṇḍuḥ—kimetatparijñānāya preṣito'si | viditaṃ khalvidaṃ sarveṣām karṇamūlaḥ—(sarvato vilokya |) etadeva prastotumayamavasaraḥ pāṇḍuḥ—visrabdhaṃ kathaya | kiṃ na jānāsi asaccharīrāṇyeva kīlaite karṇamūlaḥ—deva, bhavadājñayā praviṣṭo'smi puṇḍarīkapuram | tatrādrākṣaṃ ca sannirarīkṣaṇaikapare īkṣaṇe | nigamārthaśravaṇaprasite śravasī śivanirmālyagandhasaṃtarpitaṃ ghrāṇam | vighasāmṛtāsvādanaikatānāṃ rasanām tretābhasmāvaguṇṭhitāṃ tvacam | dharmārthasaṃgrahītārau karau | tadartha kṛtasaṃcaraṇau caraṇau | ciraṃtanasarasvatīcikuraparimalāmodasadanaṃ vadanaṃ ca taddarśanena kvacidapi sthalamalabhamānaḥ sthātumapi nāśaknuvam, kiṃ punardebasyājñāṃ paripālayitum kuṣṭhaḥ—(vihasya |) anāsāravarṣaṇamajāgalastanasamavasthaṃ tava gamanāgamanaṃ ca saṃnipātaḥ—kuṣṭha, sāvaśeṣamiva tava vacanam kuṣṭhaḥ—svāmipoṣitasvakalevaranirarthakatā ca karṇamūlaḥ—jāgrati macchirasi mahārājapādapaṅkajareṇau kathametadbhaviṣyati pāṇḍuḥ—tatastataḥ karṇamūlaḥ—tataśca tasminpure sthānamahaṃ viviktaṃ caransamantātkvacidapyapaśyam triṣvāśayeṣu sthitimatsvaśaṅkaṃ saṃcāritaṃ kena ca paṅguyugmam - [Previous: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.2.25) - [Next: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.2.27) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.srikanthacarita.28.26) — Maṅkha, Sanskrit - [Jīvānanda (Ānandarāya Adhvarin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda-anandaraya-adhvarin.2.26) — Ānandarāya Adhvarin, Sanskrit - [Jīvānandanāṭaka (Ānandarāmamakhin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivanandanataka.2.26) — Ānandarāmamakhin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.2.26) · Pramāṇa