Subalavajratunda 4.1

4.1

vṛddhakṛkalāsaḥ - aye putro'yaṃ me samāgataḥ | [satvaraṃ sapramodaṃ
cāliṅgya] vatsa ! kimatyantamlānaṃ te mukham
kumāraḥ - ārya ! adya prātarevāmbāniyogāt kīṭamāṃsabhakṣaṇāya
bhavantamānetuṃ mātṛsakāśādāgato'ham | madhyeśārgamadṛṣṭapūrvamāścaryamayaṃ
vṛttāntaṃ dṛṣṭvaitāvantaṃ kālaṃ vismayāviṣṭamanā atiṣṭham | tataḥ kṣutpipāsayā kālātikramaṇabhayācca tvaritataraṃ bhavantamāgataḥ
vṛddhaḥ - vatsa ! kīdṛśo vṛttāntastvayā dṛṣṭaḥ
kumāraḥ - śrūyatāṃ tāvat | adya nijapriyatamāṃ subālāṃ bhakṣaṇārthamapahṛtya prātareva raktāṅgabhujaṅgarājaṃ gacchantaṃ sasainyo yuddhāya samāvṛṇod vajratuṇḍo nāma mūṣikakumāraḥ
vṛddhaḥ - aho nu khalu bhujaṅgamaṃ mūṣikā yuddhāyābhidhāvantītyetadatyāhitam | tatastataḥ
kumāraḥ -- tato'bhimukhagatānetān bhujaṅgarājo'pi niṣprāṇāṃ
mūṣikavallabhāṃ bhūmau nikṣipya kruddhaḥ sametya nijaśvasitena daṃṣṭrādvayenaca kāṃścijjaghāna | tataḥ palāyitaṃ mūṣikagaṇaṃ vilokya,
nijakharanakharāgrairdhudhyamāno bhujaṅgaṃ
suṣiramavajagāhe bhītavanmūṣikendraḥ
tadanugamanakāṅkṣī roṣavān nāgarājo
vivaramanuniviṣṭaḥ pūrvakāyena vegāt