Parshvabhyuday

Author(s): Jinsenacharya, M G Kothari
Publisher: Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi

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wandering through forests with a great difficulty, had seen His brother after some days in a cave high up on a mountain. When He had met His brother, He had found his body darkened owing to the smoke rising up from the ignited fuel. He had lain prostrase at the feet of His brother. His brother, burning with anger, had not glanced at Him.
Stanzas 9-60:-These stanzas describe śambara's attitude, his affected affection towards the sage, his affected speech and efforts to enter into conversation with Him.
śambara, the inconsiderate rascal, cherishing ill will and desirous of killing the great Sage, having stood before Him with a great difficulty, got absorbed in thinking for a long time. He thought that, as at the sight of clouds the hearts of the happy even get disturbed, he would disturb the tranquility of the mind of the Sage by means of creating clouds roaring continuously and then kill Him cruelly. He, thinking thus, asked the Sage whether He concentrated His mind upon the liberated soul or upon some person staying abroad and desirous of embracing Him. On thinking like this, he, determined on harassing Him, . created clouds on all the sides of the Sage angrily, just as they
are created in the sky just a little time before the advent of the monsoon i. e, before the month of śrāvana, with a desire to deprive the Sage of His life. On seeing the assemblage of clouds, giving out flashes of lightning and thundering loudly, spread in all the quarters round about the Sage, śambarāsura, wishing to make Him abandon the continued efforts bringing about a good deal of welfare of His soul, suddenly poured out showers of rain. Giving forth roaring sound like those of a lion along with the thunderings of clouds, the demi-god, very fond of destruction, tried to intimidate the Sage. He did not utter affectionate words to welcome Him. Though far inferior to the Sage from every point of view, śambara did not take into consideration his incapacity to vie with Him and brought disgrace