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________________ TRANSLATION --- 333 1204. Said Madana-śalākā : “Tuņạika, you miserable wretch, ingratitude is the action of dogs, it is not the way of acting of beaked birds.' 1205. Again the parrot said: "Gentle Madanā, you are pure and you do not know her hidden reasoning; for it has been said : 1206. Again and again one should ponder what is the time and place, who are one's friends, what the outlay and what the profit, what one is and what is one's power. 1207. When one sees a powerful enemy one should not provoke his violence but should use discretion illumined as it were by the autumnal moon. 1208. Kāştha is not here now; who then nourishes us all the time? So cease your hostility or else for both of us death will be the result.' 1209. The birds in cages .... she is merciless in her heart .... 1210. Madanā said : Disciple, this is true, but the household which our father entrusted to us 1211. this she is now ruining because of her heart which is merciless as a saw.' Then the parrot said: 'You will not experience tenderness from her but will perish from her enmity. 1212. Madană, absorbed by passion, Vajrā is now to be avoided; so therefore do not die at an unfitting time because of an insensate act'. 1213. Then said Madanā : 'Learned sir, I prefer a righteous death at an inopportune time than to see such un.. seemly actions committed here in our father's house' 1214. Then making a screeching noise the mynah was killed by the enraged Vajrā and thrown into the fire because she disturbed her amours. 1215. One should not speak falsely but there are truths which should not be told; for speaking the truth Madanā was reduced to cinders in a cowdung fire.
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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