Hitopadesha 3.107.p4

3.107.p4

asty ayodhyāyāṃ puri cūḍāmaṇir nāma kṣatriyaḥ | tena dhanārthinā mahatā kleśena bhagavāṃś candrārdha-cūḍāmaṇiś ciram ārādhitaḥ | tataḥ kṣīṇa-pāpo 'sau svapne darśanaṃ dattvā, bhagavad-ādeśādy-akṣeśvareṇādiṣṭo yat tvam adya prātaḥ kṣauraṃ kārayitvā, laguḍa-hastaḥ san sva-gṛha-dvāri nibhṛtaṃ sthāsyasi, tato yam evāgataṃ bhikṣukaṃ prāṅgaṇe paśyasi taṃ nirdakṣaṃ laguḍa-prahāreṇa haniṣyasi | tato 'sau bhikṣukas tat-kṣaṇāt suvarṇa-kalaso bhaviṣyati | tena tvayā yāvaj-jīvaṃ sukhinā bhavitavyam | tatas tathānuṣṭhite tad vṛttam |

In the city of Ayodhyā there was a kṣatriya named Cūḍāmaṇi. Desiring wealth, he worshipped the divine Lord with the crescent moon on his crest for a long time with great hardship. Then, his sins being exhausted, [the god] granted him a vision in a dream, and instructed by the Lord of the Yakṣas at the divine command, said: ‘This morning, having had your hair shaved, you must stand quietly at the door of your house with a club in your hand. Then, whichever mendicant you see arriving in your courtyard, you must strike him down mercilessly with a blow of the club. Then that mendicant will instantly become a golden jar. By means of that, you shall be happy for the rest of your life.’ Then, when this was carried out, that took place.