Simhasanadvatrimshika 9.p6

9.p6

etat pitṛvacanaṃ śrutvā paścāttāpayuktaḥ kamalākaro yadā 'haṃ sarvajño bhaviṣyāmi tadā 'sya pitur mukhaṃ drakṣyāmī 'ty uktvā kāśmīradeśaṃ gataḥ. tatra candramaulibhaṭṭopādhyāyasamīpaṃ gatvā daṇḍavat praṇamyo 'ktavān: bhoḥ svāmin, ahaṃ mūrkhaḥ; bhavatāṃ nāmadheyaṃ śrutvā vidyābhyāsārtham āgataḥ. mayi kṛpāṃ vidhāya mama vidyā yathā bhavati tathā vidheyaṃ śrīmadbhir iti punar daṇḍavat praṇāmam akarot. tatas tair aṅgīkṛto 'harniśaṃ teṣāṃ śuśrūṣām akarot. tathā co 'ktam:

Hearing these words of his father, filled with remorse, Kamalākara said, 'When I become omniscient, only then will I look upon this father's face,' and went to the land of Kashmir. There he approached the teacher Candramaulibhaṭṭa, prostrated himself like a staff, and said: 'O master, I am a fool. Hearing of your fame, I have come to study learning. Having taken pity on me, an arrangement should be made by your honour so that I may acquire learning.' Saying this, he prostrated himself like a staff again. Then, accepted by him, he rendered service to him day and night. And likewise it is said: