कथासरित्सागरः — द्वितीयस्तरङ्गः

द्वितीयस्तरङ्गः ।

ततस्तां नूतनां प्राप्य भार्यां ललितलोचनाम् ।
नरवाहनदत्तः स तस्मिन्मलयपर्वते ॥

Summary AI Having obtained that beautiful-eyed new wife, Naravāhanadatta stayed on that Malaya mountain.

मधुप्रवृत्तिसुभगे विजहार तया सह ।
तेषु तेषु वनान्तेषु पुष्पितद्रुमशोभिषु ॥

Summary AI In that season made charming by the onset of spring, he wandered with her through various forest regions adorned with blossoming trees.

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एकस्मिंश्च वने क्रीडाकुसुमावचयक्रमात् ।
तस्यां प्रियायां गहने गतायां दृष्टिगोचरात् ॥

Summary AI In a certain forest, while they were playfully gathering flowers, his beloved wandered deep into the thicket and went out of his sight.

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संचरन्स ददर्शैकं महदच्छजलं सरः ।
सतारकमिवाकाशं पुष्पैस्तीरतरुच्युतैः ॥

Summary AI Wandering about, he saw a large lake of clear water, which appeared like the starry sky filled with stars due to the flowers fallen from the trees on its banks.

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पुष्पाण्युच्चिन्वती यावन्न समभ्येति सा प्रिया ।
तावत्स्नात्वा सरस्यस्मिन्क्षणमासे सरस्तटे ॥

Summary AI He thought, "Until my beloved, who is gathering flowers, returns, I shall bathe in this lake and sit for a moment on its bank."

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इति संचिन्त्य स स्नात्वा कृतदेवार्चनो ऽत्र च ।
सचन्दनतरुच्छायमध्यास्ते स्म शिलातलम् ॥

Summary AI Having thought thus, he bathed, performed his worship of the gods, and sat upon a stone slab shaded by sandal trees.

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तत्रस्थो राजहंसीनां दृष्ट्वा तत्सदृशीं गतिम् ।
श्रुत्वा तन्निभमालापं पिकीनां चूतवल्लिषु ॥

Summary AI Sitting there, he saw the gait of the female swans resembling hers and heard the songs of the female cuckoos in the mango creepers sounding like her voice.

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विलोक्य हरिणीनां च तन्नेत्राभे विलोचने ।
दूरस्थां तां स सस्मार प्रियां मदनमञ्चुकाम् ॥

Summary AI Seeing the eyes of the does that resembled her eyes, he remembered his beloved Madanamañcukā, who was far away.

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स्मृत्वैवोद्भूतकामाग्निसंतप्तश्च मुमूर्च्छ सः ।
तत्क्षणं चाययौ स्नातुं तत्रैको पुनिपुंगवः ॥

Summary AI As soon as he remembered her, he was scorched by the fire of love and fainted; at that very moment, an eminent sage arrived there to bathe.

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स पिशङ्गजटो नाम तदवस्थमवेक्ष्य तम् ।
असिञ्चत्स्वप्रियास्पर्शतुल्यैश्चन्दनवारिभिः ॥

Summary AI That sage, named Piśangajaṭa, seeing him in that state, sprinkled him with sandalwood water that felt like the touch of his own beloved.

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ततः प्रबुद्धं प्रणतं दिव्यदृष्टिः स तं मुनिः ।
उवाच पुत्र प्राप्नोषि यथेष्टं धैर्यमाप्नुहि ॥

Summary AI Then that sage, possessing divine vision, spoke to him as he woke and bowed, "O son, take courage; you shall obtain your heart's desire."

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तेन हि प्राप्यते सस्र्वं तथा चैत्य मदाश्रमम् ।
कथां मृगाङ्कदत्तीयां मत्तः शृणु न चेच्छ्रुता ॥

Summary AI "By courage everything is attained. Therefore, come to my hermitage and hear from me the story of Mṛgāṅkadatta, if you have not heard it before."

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इत्युक्त्वा स मुनिः स्नात्वा निनाय निजमाश्रमम् ।
नरवाहनदत्तं तं चक्रे च त्वरयाह्निकम् ॥

Summary AI Saying this, the sage bathed and led Naravāhanadatta to his own hermitage, where he quickly performed the daily rites for him.

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कृत्वातिथ्यं फलैस्तस्य तत्र भुक्तफलः स्वयम् ।
स पिङ्गलजटो वक्तुं कथां तस्मै प्रचक्रमे ॥

Summary AI After offering him hospitality with fruits and eating fruits himself, the sage Piṅgalajaṭa began to tell him the story.

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अस्त्ययोध्येति नगरी भुवनस्त्रयविश्रुता ।
तस्याममरदत्ताख्यः पूर्वमासीन्महीपतिः ॥

Summary AI There is a city famous in the three worlds called Ayodhyā. In it, there formerly lived a king named Amaradatta.

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तस्य नित्यानुरक्तैका प्रदीप्ततरतेजसः ।
भार्या वह्नेरिव स्वाहा बभूव सुरतप्रभा ॥

Summary AI That king of exceedingly brilliant splendor had a devoted wife named Surataprabhā, just as the god Agni has Svāhā.

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तस्यां मृगाङ्कदत्ताख्यः सुतस्तस्योदपद्यत ।
स्वकोदण्ड इवाभूद्यः कोटिप्राप्तगुणानतः ॥

Summary AI A son named Mṛgāṅkadatta was born to her; he was like the king's own bow, for he was bowed by his many virtues just as a bow is bent by its string.

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तस्याभवंश्च सचिवा राजसूनोर्निजा दश ।
प्रचण्डशक्तिः स स्थूलबाहुर्विक्रमकेसरी ॥

Summary AI That prince had ten personal ministers, including Pracaṇḍaśakti, Sthūlabāhu, and Vikramakesarī.

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दृढमुष्टिर्मेघबलस्तथा भीमपराक्रमः ।
तद्वद्विमलबुद्धिश्च व्याघ्रसेनगुणाकरौ ॥

Summary AI The other ministers were Dṛḍhamuṣṭi, Meghabala, Bhīmaparākrama, Vimalabuddhi, Vyāghrasena, and Guṇākara.

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विचित्रकथसंज्ञश्च दशमस्ते च सत्कुलाः ।
सर्वे युवानः शूराश्च प्राज्ञाः प्रभुहितैषिणः ॥

Summary AI The tenth was named Vicitrakatha; all ten were of noble birth, young, brave, wise, and devoted to their master's welfare.

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तैः समं स सुखं तिष्ठन्राजपुत्रः पितुर्गृहे ।
मृगाङ्कदत्तः सदृशीं न भार्यां तावदाप्तवान् ॥

Summary AI While living happily with them in his father’s house, Prince Mṛgāṅkadatta had not yet obtained a suitable wife.

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एकदा च रहस्येको मन्त्री भीमपराक्रमः ।
तमाह श्रूयतां देव रात्रौ वृत्तं ममाद्य यत् ॥

Summary AI One day, in secret, a minister named Bhīmaparākrama said to him, "O Lord, listen to what happened to me tonight."

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अहं प्रासादसुप्तो ऽद्य प्रबुद्धो ऽशङ्कितं निशि ।
वज्रोग्रनखरं सिंहमपश्यमभिधावितम् ॥

Summary AI "While sleeping in the palace tonight, I woke up and suddenly saw a lion with claws as fierce as thunderbolts charging toward me."

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उत्थिते छुरिकाहस्ते मयि सो ऽथ पलायितुम् ।
सिंहः प्रावर्तताहं च तमेवान्वपतं जवात् ॥

Summary AI "As I stood up with a dagger in my hand, the lion began to flee, and I pursued him swiftly."

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स च गत्वा नदीपारं प्रसार्य रसनां मयि ।
आसीदहं च तामस्य दीर्घां छुरिकयाच्छिदम् ॥

Summary AI "He reached the opposite bank of a river and stood there stretching out his tongue toward me; I cut off that long tongue with my dagger."

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तयैव सेतुपृथ्व्या च यावत्तीर्णो ऽस्मि तां नदीम् ।
तावत्स सिंहः सुमहान्संपन्नो विकृतः पुमान् ॥

Summary AI "Using that tongue as a wide bridge, as soon as I crossed the river, that massive lion turned into a deformed man."

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को भवानिति पृष्टश्च मया स पुरुषो ऽब्रवीत् ।
वेतालो ऽहं त्वया वीर सत्त्वेनास्मि च तोषितः ॥

Summary AI "When I asked him who he was, the man replied, 'O hero, I am a Vetāla, and I am pleased by your courage.'"Check context: The lion stretched out its tongue (rasanām) across the river. The minister used it as a bridge (setu-pṛthvyā). Yes.

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तच्छ्रुत्वाहं तमप्राक्षं यद्येवं तत्त्वयोच्यताम् ।
भार्या मृगाङ्कदत्तस्य का भविष्यति मे प्रभोः ॥

Summary AI "Hearing that, I asked him, 'If so, then tell me, who will be the wife of my lord Mṛgāṅkadatta?'"

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एतन्मद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स वेतालो ऽब्रवीत्तदा ।
अस्युज्जयिन्यां नृपतिः कर्मसेन इति श्रुतः ॥

Summary AI "Hearing these words of mine, the Vetāla then said, 'In Ujjayinī, there is a famous king known as Karmasena.'"

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तस्यास्ति तनया राज्ञो लावण्यन्यक्कृताप्सराः ।
निधानभूमिः सौन्दर्यसर्गस्येव प्रजापतेः ॥

Summary AI "That king has a daughter who surpasses the celestial nymphs in beauty, appearing as if she were the storehouse of Prajāpati's creation of loveliness."

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सा शशाङ्कवती नाम भार्या तस्य भविष्यति ।
त्वत्प्रभुस्तदवाप्त्या च पृथ्वीराज्यं करिष्यति ॥

Summary AI "'Her name is Śaśāṅkavatī, and she will become his wife. By attaining her, your lord will rule over the whole earth.'"

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इत्युक्त्वा स तिरो ऽभून्मे वेतालो ऽहं तथैव च ।
आगतो गृहमित्येतन्निशि वृत्तं मम प्रभो ॥

Summary AI "Having said this, the Vetāla vanished from my sight, and I returned home. O Lord, this is what happened to me in the night."

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एतन्मृगाङ्कदत्तो ऽसौ श्रुत्वा भीमपराक्रमात् ।
आहूय श्रावयामास सर्वांस्तान्निजमन्त्रिणः ॥

Summary AI Upon hearing this from Bhīmaparākrama, Mṛgāṅkadatta summoned all his ministers and recounted it to them.

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जगाद चैताञ्शृणुत स्वप्ने दृष्टं मया च यत् ।
जाने महाटवीं कांचित्प्रविष्टा निखिला वयम् ॥

Summary AI He said to them, "Listen to what I saw in a dream. It seemed that all of us had entered a great forest."

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तत्राध्वतृषिताः कृच्छ्रात्प्राप्य तोयं पिपासवः ।
रुद्धाः स्मः सायुधैः पुंभिस्तत उत्थाय पञ्चभिः ॥

Summary AI "There, thirsty from the journey and longing for water, we found some with difficulty, but were then suddenly blocked by five armed men who rose up."

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तान्हत्वा पुनरिच्छामः पातुं यावत्तृषातुराः ।
तावन्न तत्र पुंसस्तानपश्याम न तज्जलम् ॥

Summary AI "After killing them, just as we, tormented by thirst, wished to drink again, we no longer saw those men or that water."

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ततः कृच्छ्रां दशां प्राप्ताश्चन्द्रोज्ज्वलमशङ्कितम् ।
वृषभारूढमायान्तमैक्षामहि महेश्वरम् ॥

Summary AI "Then, having fallen into a miserable state, we suddenly beheld Lord Maheśvara, shining like the moon and approaching while mounted on a bull."

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सो ऽस्मासु प्रणतेष्वक्ष्णो दक्षिणादश्रुणः कणम् ।
भूमावपातयत्सो ऽत्र समुद्रः समपद्यत ॥

Summary AI "As we bowed down, he dropped a tear from his right eye onto the ground, and it instantly turned into an ocean."

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तस्मान्मुक्तावलीं प्राप्तां शुभां बद्ध्वा मया गले ।
पीतो रक्तानुलिप्तेन नृकपालेन सो ऽम्बुधिः ॥

Summary AI "I fastened a beautiful string of pearls obtained from it around my neck, and then I drank that entire ocean using a human skull smeared with blood."

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तत्क्षणं च प्रबुद्धो ऽस्मि प्रयाता च विभावरी ।
एवं मृगाङ्कदत्तेन स्वप्नाश्चर्ये निवेदिते ॥

Summary AI "At that moment, I woke up and the night had passed. Thus did Mṛgāṅkadatta relate the wonder of his dream."

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मन्त्री विमलबुद्धिस्तं नन्दत्स्वन्येष्वभाषत ।
त्वं देव धन्यो यस्यैवं विहितानुग्रहो हरः ॥

Summary AI The minister Vimalabuddhi spoke to him while others were rejoicing: "O Lord, you are fortunate that Hara has bestowed such grace upon you."

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स्वप्ने मुक्तावलीं लब्ध्वा यत्पीतश्च त्वयाम्बुधिः ।
तच्छशाङ्कवतीं प्राप्य भोक्तासि पृथिवीं ध्रुवम् ॥

Summary AI "Since you obtained a pearl necklace and drank the ocean in your dream, you will certainly enjoy the earth after winning Śaśāṅkavatī."

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अन्यन्मनाक्तु क्लेशायेत्युक्ते विमलबुद्धिना ।
ततो मृगाङ्कदत्तस्तानुवाच सचिवान्पुनः ॥

Summary AI When Vimalabuddhi added that some parts might cause slight distress, Mṛgāṅkadatta spoke to his ministers again.

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यथा फलं मे स्वप्नस्य यथा भीमपराक्रमः ।
श्रुतवानिह वेतालात्तथा यद्यपि भावि तत् ॥

Summary AI "Although the fruit of my dream will come to pass just as Bhīmaparākrama heard from the Vetāla..."

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तथापि कर्मसेनस्य बलदुर्गाभिमानिनः ।
प्रज्ञाबलान्मया प्राप्या सा शशाङ्कवती सुता ॥

Summary AI "...nevertheless, I must win that daughter Śaśāṅkavatī from Karmasena, who is proud of his army and forts, through the power of my intellect."

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प्रज्ञाबलं च सर्वेषु मुख्यं कार्येषु साधनम् ।
तथा च शृणुतात्रैतां कथां वः कथयाम्यहम् ॥

Summary AI "Intellectual power is the primary means in all undertakings. Listen to this story I shall tell you regarding this."

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भद्रबाहुरभून्नाम्ना मगधेषु महीपतिः ।
तस्यासीन्मन्त्रगुप्ताख्यो मन्त्री बुद्धिमतां वरः ॥

Summary AI In Magadha, there was a king named Bhadrabāhu. He had a minister named Mantragupta, the best among the wise.

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स राजा तं निजामात्यं कदाचित्स्वैरमब्रवीत् ।
अनङ्गलीलेति सुता राज्ञो वाराणसीपतेः ॥

Summary AI That king once spoke privately to his minister: "The King of Vārāṇasī has a daughter named Anaṅgalīlā."

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अस्ति या धर्मगोपस्य जगत्त्रितयसुन्दरी ।
तामार्थितो ऽपि द्वेषान्मे न स राजा प्रयच्छति ॥

Summary AI "That girl belonging to Dharmagopa is the most beautiful in the three worlds. Though requested, that king does not give her to me due to hatred."

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