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________________ 153 TRANSLATION 228. Having the lightning as his emblem and creating with very deep rumbling the sound of drums and cymbals he made the earth, like a love-agitated woman to horripilate, as it were, with grass. 229. The earth, a young girl with mountains for hips, her breasts swelling and giving pleasure to the hearts of men, had joy in union with the rainy season, her husband. 230. Deciding that since the earth had produced many living creatures he would spend the four months in Kuñcika's vehicle yard. 231. Maņipati requested permission to dwell there and made preparations to spend the rainy season. Now Kuncika's son was called Jinadatta: 232. addicted to dicing and drinking and whoring he wasted his father's money. So the merchant Kuñcika, being frightened of his son, 233. buried a pitcher filled with money 'under the muni's dwelling but his eldest son who was standing in the distance caught sight of him. 234: 'Everyone knows these reverend sådhus: they are always tranquil, unconcerned by the affairs of others; they have no thought of earthly things; 235: the giving of instruction in the sacred doctrine is their fitting occupation, so thinking he went in there when the merchant Kuncika had gone out. 236. He dug up and took away all the money and then he levelled down the ground and left it. Afterwards he went about as he listed. 237. The reverent sage Manipati, devoting himself to standing in silence and other exercises, spent the time absorbed in meditation. 238. Then came the autumn, like one advanced in age, all pale hued, the water with lotuses, the forest with kāśa, the firmament with clouds.
SR No.007017
Book TitleTwo Prakrit Versions of Manipati Charitra
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorR Williams
PublisherRoyal Asiatic Society
Publication Year1959
Total Pages384
LanguageEnglish, Prakrit
ClassificationBook_English
File Size9 MB
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