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INTRODUCTION
दिदृक्षुर्भिक्षुरायातो वारितो द्वारि तिष्ठति । हस्तन्यस्तचतुःश्लोक: किमागच्छतु गच्छतु ? ॥ १२४ ।।
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.., " A Jaina. m-ndicant with tour verses in his hand desires to see you . He is standing at the door . for he does not get access , Shonld he .come in or go away.?" Learning, the arrival of Divākara, the King at once asked him to be escorted in and seated on a respectable seat and asked him to repeat the four verses. The verses purported to say as follows:--
"Whence have you learnt this marvellous art of archery in which the arrow' (also beggerst come to you in numbers, while the stringss (your merits) go to the opposite direction."
1-अपूर्व य धनुविद्या भवता. शिक्षिता. कुतः ।
मार्गणौधः समभ्येति गुण याति दिगन्तरम् ॥ १२६ ॥ अमी पानकुरङ्कामाः सप्तापि • जलराशयः । ... ययशोराजहंसस्य पञ्जर भवनत्रयम् ॥ १२७ ॥ सर्वदा सर्वदोऽसीति मिथ्या संस्तूयसे बुधैः । । :: नारया लेभिरे पृष्ठं न वक्षः परयोषितः ॥ १२८ ॥ भयमेकमनेकेभ्यः . शत्र भ्यो विधिवत्सदा ।
ददासि तच्च ते नास्ति सजन् ! चित्रमिद महत् ॥ १२६ ।
2-मार्गण means 'an arrow' as wen as a mendicant' while showing contradiction the first meaning should be taken, and the second meaning to remove the contradiction.
3-गुण means a string' as well as quality'. The first mieaning should be taken in' contradiction, the second in removing it.: :
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