Prasannaraghava 2.1

2.1

bhikṣuḥ—api kuśalaṃ tāpasasya
tāpasaḥ—kṣemamasmākam | yuṣmākaṃ ca kuśalam
bhikṣuḥ—idānīṃ viśeṣato bhavaddarśanāt
tāpasaḥ—(punaḥ sapraṇayam|) nanu kīṭavanamahīparyaṭanena śrānto bhavān | tadiha mithilāyāṃ pañcarātranivāsena śramo'panetavyaḥ| prasaṅgādayaṃ ca rājā janako draṣṭavyaḥ
bhikṣuḥ—kimasmākaṃ nirīhāṇāṃ rājadarśanena
tāpasaḥ—nūnamayaṃ brahmavidyāvinodakuśalaḥ khalu sīradhvajaḥ| tena
draṣṭumucita eva bhavādṛśām
bhikṣuḥ—aye, rājāpi brahmavidyāvāniti satyametat
tāpasaḥ—bhikṣo, satyametat | devasya daśa—(ityardhokte|) devasya
śitikaṇṭhasyājñā
bhikṣuḥ—(vihasya|) alamapalāpena | viditaṃ mayā | rākṣasaḥ khalu
bhavān
tāpasaḥ—tatkathaya viśrabdhaṃ ko bhavāniti
bhikṣuḥ—ahamapi bhavādṛśa eva ko'pi rākṣasaḥ
tāpasaḥ—tadākarṇyatām | ahaṃ hiṃ sakalamantrimukuṭamālyena mālyavatā prahitastāṭakāvanam| ākarṇitaṃ hi tena yatkila ko'pi kauśiko
nāma munī rājānamayodhyāpatimetya svamakharakṣaṇāya tasya rāmanāmānaṃ
tanayaṃ sānujaṃ yācitavān | tena cāvaśyaṃ mānanīyo muniriti nijanayanābhyāmapi priyatamau nijatanayau tasya samarpitau
bhikṣuḥ—tatastataḥ
tāpasaḥ—tatastena muninā pāritoṣikaṃ tāṭaṅkayugamarpitaṃ tasya
rājñaḥ| uktaṃ ca—'rājan, divyamidaṃ tāṭaṅkayugam
tadidaṃ vīrasūkarṇaniveśocitamityasau
antaḥsphurantī ratnānāṃ varṇamāleva śaṃsati