Shukasaptati 2.1

2.1

iti vimṛśya guṇaśālinī pūrṇāṃ babhāṣe | tvayābhihitaṃ tavābhipretaṃ pumāṃsamānaya | tāvatāhaṃ parasmindevatālaye nivasāmi | tataḥ pradoṣasamaye pūrṇā tamānetuṃ gatavatī janasammadaṃ taṃ nopalakṣayanto tatsādṛśyakaṇṭhigatamānasā guṇaśālinyāḥ patiṃ kare gṛhītvā tasminsaketaniketane samāninye | tadā tena
nijadayitā tayā ca nijapatiścopalakṣitaḥ | tarhibhidhehi prabhāvati | tathāvidhe 'sminsaṃkocasamaye kimuttaramakāri tayā | etatpurassādakṣāśaṅkaṅkamācakṣva paścādyāhi | prabhāvatī vimarśavatī samajani paraṃ 20
taduttaraṃ nājñāsīt | tāvatā rātrirapyavyatartata | tataḥ śukamaprākṣīt | śuko 'pi vyāhārṣīt | sā taṃ
bhartāraṃ parijñāya kacairnigṛhya capeṭāmistāḍayāmāsa | tvaṃ matpuraskhādakṣāśaṅkaṃ sadaiva vyāharasi yadahaṃ
bhavatoṃ vihāya nānyāṃ kāṃcana kāminīṃ jānāmīti | tavaitādṛśaṃ visadṛśaṃ caritaṃ mayā dṛśāpi
spraṣṭuṃ na śakyate | tato māṃ janakamandiraṃ prāpaya | no vā rājñe āvedaviṣye tvāṃ daṇḍayiṣye | tadānomaso
mohano guṇaśālinyāścaraṇayorapatat | mamāyaṃ mahānaparādha āyāditi bhavatyā kṣantavya ityabhidhāya 25
tāṃ samatoṣayat | tarhi prabhāvatyevaṃvidhaṃ karma kartuṃ prabhavasi cettadānīṃ bāṅgalvavibhāvyamidamādartavyam ˙
iti prathamā kathā