Shukasaptati 3.2.3

3.2.3

pumāṃsaṃ kāmārtaṃ paśyāmi tasmai suratopabhogaṃ prayacchāmi| tvamapi yasyopari mānasamullasati tasmai
25 surataṃ dadāsi nānyasmai prayacchasi| etāvadeva tvayi vaiguṇyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| ārteṣu dīyate dānamiti
vākyaparipālanasāmarthyopabṛṃhitaṃ mama pūrvajātismaraṇalakṣaṇaṃ jñānamudiyāya tvaṃ tu nijāyahavyagramānasā
etāvadvaiguṇyāṅgogaviśeṣaṃ prāptāsi paraṃ na bhāgyasaṃpado jñānaviśeṣasya| anyā caiṣā dvayorapyāvayojryāyasī
nijena pātivratyaviśeṣeṇa nigīrṇā na kasmai cārtāya ratiṃ prayacchati| tatpātakatrātenaiṣā śunītvamanīyata
tarhi śaśiprabhe tavāpāradustarasaṃsārottaraṇākāṅkṣā jāgarti yadi tadā tvayāpyārtāya puruṣāya upabhogaḥ
30 prayoktavyaḥ| etāvatā svata eva jñānamutpatsyate| tadānīṃ śaśiprabhā vyābhāṣata| atidustaramasāraṃ saṃsāraṃ
nistarāmi tatrabhavatyā eva prasādo 'bhyudayanīyaḥ| tvamasmadīyakuladevatā| tarhi tvayā yaḥ ko 'pi
kandarpakaṅkaṇacakrakarkaśaprahāranipariṃgalitanikhiladhairyagāmbhīryaḥ pumāṃścakṣuṣā viṣayīkriyate sa matsaṃnidhānamānetavya ityabhidhāya daṇḍavatpraṇipatitavatī| tata itarasmindine yaśodā ākrāntaprāntadaśābhyudayopakramaṃ nijatanayamānīya atithirabhyupagato 'stīti śaśiprabhāṃ jñāpitavatī| sā tamāgatamatithiṃ
35 pariṇatirasanibhṛtopacāraiḥ cārutayā paricitavatī| tarhi prabhāvatyetādṛśaprapañcitopāyacāturyaṃ parikalpasi yadi tathā vidheyaviśeṣe 'muṣminsādhanabuddhirbhava
iti dvitīyā kathā