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N. M. Kansara
Jambu-jyoti
These two verses are quoted in support of the statement to the effect that one should not be unwary in one's efforts on the path of liberation.
24. Dāne tapasi śaurye ca vijñāne vinaye naye /
vismayo na hi kartavyo bahu-ratnā vasundharā // 4.787, p. 449.
This is quoted to emphasize that even though one may be possessed of fortitude, bravery, cleverness, and good characteristics, one should not be unduly proud of it. This verse occurs in the Sārngadhara-paddhati (1477).
25. Yat paraloka-viruddhaṁ yal-lajjākaram-ihaiva jana-madhye / antyāvasthāyam-api tad-akaranīyam na karaniyam //
4.1021, p. 468.
This is quoted in connection with a mental reservation on the part of a prince when a kāpālika asks him to kill a maiden.
26. Apāya-sata-labdha-sya prānebhyo'pi gariyasah /
Gatir-ekaiva vitta-sya dānam-anyā vipattayah //
27. Grāsadd-ardham-api grāsam-arthibhyaḥ kim na dīyate / icchānurūpo vibhavah kada kasya bhavisyati //
4.1059-1060, p. 471.
These two verses are quoted in support of the Jaina vow of Atithisamvibhāga or sharing the food with a guest or supplicant mendicant. Out of these two verses, the first is a composition of the famous Bhartrhari' with a slight variation, namely, 'Ayäsa-' at the start of the quarter, while the second verse occurs in the Pañcatantra (2.73).
28. Vayam bālye dimbhāms-taruņimani yūnaḥ parinatāv
apicchāmo vrddhān parinaya-vidhau naḥ sthitir iyam / Tvayā 'rabdhaṁ janma ksapayitum amārgena vidhină na me gotre putri kvacid api sati-lāñchanaṁ abhūt //
This is quoted in connection with the incident of a maiden who has retained the memory of her beloved of the previous birth and consequently does not take interest in any young man in this birth; it is meant to denigrate the ideal of marital fidelity and promote the practice of free-love. This verse occurs in the Sārngadhara-paddhati (3761), with slight variation, namely, -bālān' for 'dimbhān’in the first quarter, and 'anenaikapatinā' for 'amārgena vidhinā' in the third quarter.
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