Vratakhanda 114.p2.4

114.p2.4

praveśo daivayogena pūrvakarmakṛtena tu
tṛṣṇā me bādhate sārthaṃ kṣuha moyaṃ bhṛśaṃ tathā
prāṇāḥ kaṇṭhamanuprāptā vacanaṃ nṛpatova me
atropāyaṃ na paśyāmi jīveyaṃ nṛpa kenacit
kṛṣṇa uvāca
ityevamukto pretastaṃ vaṇijaṃ vākyamabravīt
putrāmamidamutsṛjya pratīkṣa samujharttakaṃ
kṛtamatithyo mayā rājan janiṣyasi yathāsukhaṃ
evamuktastathā cakre sa vaṇik tṛṣṇayārdditaḥ
madhyāhnasamaye prāpte tatastaddeśamāgataḥ
samāsatacchāyāṃsoṅka vāridhāṇo manoramā
dadhyodanasya yuktena varddhamānena saṃyutām
avatīryya tatastvagrā praddadātoṣṭaye tadā
teṣāṃ gāmapradānena vaṇik tṛptimupāgataḥ
viṣṭaṣṇo vijvaraścaiva kṣaṇena samapadyata
tatastu pretasaṃ ghasya tasyādvāgaṃ samādadau
dadhyodanānnapānīyaitpretāstṛptiṃ parāṅgatāḥ
atithiṃ tarpayitvā ca pre talokaṃ ca sarvvaśaḥ
tataḥ svayama bhubhuje bhuktaśeṣaṃ yathāsukhaṃ
tasya bhuktavatastvagra pānīyaṃ cākṣayaṃ yayo
pre tādhipatayastasya vaṇigvacanamabravīt
āścaryya metatparamaṃ vanesmin pratibhāti me
annapānasya saṃprāptiḥ paramasya kutastava
stokena ca tathānnena bibharṣi suvaḍūna pṛthak
drumamaste kathaṃ talpe nimmāṃ sābhiścakuruṣavaḥ
aparaśca kathaṃ sneha samavāpaparicaye
kṛtāvāsaṃ vakaṃ kasya santapto nirjale vane
tṛṣṇāyāsi kathaṃ grāsamāce ṣeṣu bhavānapi
kastvamasyāṃ sughorāyāṃ guhāyāṃ tuṣṭatītasaḥ
tadeta cchaṃśayaṃ chindhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
evamuktaḥ sa vaṇijā preto vacanamabravīt
śṛṇu bhadra pravakṣyāmi duṣkṛtaṃ karmma cātmanaḥ
śākale nagare ramye ṣahamāsaṃ sudurmatiḥ
vaṇik sannaḥ purā kālo tītordhva kuryyamayānaca