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N. M. Kansara
Jambu-jyoti
The Subhasitas utilised in the PPC are the following ones :
1. Pariksya satkulam vidyām sīlam sauryaṁ surūptām /
vidhir-dadāti nipunam kanyām-iva daridratām //1.410. p. 32.8
This is quoted (utkam ca) in support of the point that good people are generally very poor. (It also occurs in the Sarrigadhara-paddhati (405).)
2. Aksi-paksma kadā luptam chindyante'tha siroruhāḥ /
vardhamanātmanām eva prasanginyo vipattayah // 1.672, p. 53.
This confirms the idea that only great men normally are subject to calamities.
3. Yadi bhavati dhanena dhani kşititala-nihitena bhoga-rahitena/ vasmád vayam api dhaninah tisthati nah kancano Meruh //
1.1038, p. 81.
This verse shows the uselessness of merely accumulating wealth and not using for even one's own comforts. It occurs in the Pañcatantram (1.192).
4. Rajyam vă vanavāso vă dhanam vā nidhanam tathā /
jānāhi janakādhinam sarvasatputra-cestitam //1.1038, p. 82.
This verse is quoted in connection with the excommunication of Prince Samarasimha by his father king Purusacandra, for the former's generous
nature.
5. Sakhyā buddhyā na yat sadhyam sahasa sahasena ca / tat syād vacanamātrena kāryam punyavātam dhruvam//
1.1053, p. 83.
This is quoted with reference to the incident of verbal help rendered by prince Samarasimha to alchemists to accomplish their task of transforming metals like copper into gold.
6. Räjye sāram vasudhā vasudhayām puram pure saudham /
saudhe talpam talpe varānganā'nanga-sarvasvam //1.1136, p. 89.
This is quoted in support of the proposal of princess Rayanamañjarī to marry with the prince Samarasimha. It occurs in the Kavyalamkāra of Rudrata (7.97) and has been quoted by Mammata also in his Kāyyaprakasa (10,37) as an illustration of the sāra figure of speech.
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