[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) › 5.8 # Jivananda 5.8 Jīvānanda 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.8) kuṣṭhaḥ—bhadra, dīpikāsamīpamānaya ka eṣa iti paśyāmi | sādhāraṇaścenmokṣyāma enam kiṃkaraḥ—ārya, jñātacara iva dṛśyate | (iti dīpikāsamīpamānayati |) kuṣṭhaḥ—(nirūpya |) aho rūpamidaṃ matsarasyeva lakṣyate, veṣastu kāpālikasya | tathāhi bhasmānulepadhavalīkṛtasarvagātraḥ śvetāṃ vahañchirasi nārakapālamālām ekena śūlamitareṇa dadhatkapālaṃ hastena tiṣṭhati puro mṛgacarmavāsāḥ ### [5.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.8.p1) bhavatu | enaṃ saṃbodhayāmi | sakhe, kīdṛśīyamavasthā te saṃprāptā matsaraḥ—(ātmagatam |) hanta, jñāto'smyanena mandabhāgyaḥ jñātasyādhunā mamātmāpalāpo'nucitaḥ | (prakāśam |) tasyaiveyaṃ daśā daivahatakasya kuṣṭhaḥ—(kiṃkaraṃ prati |) bhadra, sakhāyaṃ me matsaraḥ | tanmuñcainam ### [5.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.8.p2) kiṃkarastathā karoti ## Linked texts (2) - [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.sivavijaya.srikanthacarita.31.8) — Maṅkha, Sanskrit - [Jīvānanda (Ānandarāya Adhvarin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda-anandaraya-adhvarin.5.8) — Ānandarāya Adhvarin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.5.8) · Pramāṇa