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Study of Civakacintamani
1. The advice given by the ministers to king Satyandhara who wanted to entrust the kingdom in hands of his minister Käshängara in the Gc., is similar in the following places to the advice given by the minister Nimittikan to the king Caccantan in the Cc.
Cc.
perum peyarp piraman ennum piținăr periya niran arum piya mulaiyinalukk ani mukam nanku tösra virumply ank avalaly eytan vingakam ilantat aprit tiruntinärk tarukärun ciru collay ninrat apra.1
(The renowned Brahma, who achieved greatness by his penance, and obtained four faces in order to obtain the lady with the bud-like breasts (Tilottamai) lost heaven, but did not gain her Even though he reformed himself, it remains as a blemish upon him.)
kāmami kapri ninra kajutai kant arulinale vamanära cenru küți varuntinir enru valyatt iman car malai pilav iдittilappaltatanre nama var rajakkai vinte nämitu teriyin egran.8
(Oh, king of the fearsome spear, are you troubled by this love which made Buddha to transform himself into a female ass to gratify the lust of a jackass ? To analyse love, it is base just like a garland fallen in a cemetery.)
Gc.
api ca tapai carann atiduicaram aravindasadma sankitavalamathana preşitavarayositviracita vilasavilokana-vigalitadhṛṭir anubhavann aimabhuvas capalam abha jad apahasyatām."
(Lord Brahma who dwells in the lotus while performing severe penance lost his concentration because of the spirited movements of a courtesan sent by the slayer of Vala (Indra) who was afraid, experienced the disturbance caused by the God of love and became an object of ridicule.)
tatha tathagato'pi kadacit kamalarapatanaparavasa-karabhaparisadahamahamikaya parigrahaparyakulam kam api baleyim alokayan karunarasataralitamatir avairbhavad anekalatabhaga-babalitakarabhivejah kyanam asthad iti nästilkacüdamaner mahiyan nanu
kalankas tasya.5
(Even Buddha who once felt sorry for a she-camel who had been troubled by a group of male camels which were overcome by the arrows of Cupid, turned himself into a she-camel with many yonis for a moment and this was indeed the greatest blemish to the reputation of the gem of Nästikas [Buddha]).
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1 Cc. v. 207. Refer, Swaminatha Iyer, op. cit. pp. 109, 110.
2 Ibid, v. 210. Refer, notes given by Swaminatha Iyer, op. cit, p. 112.
3 Ibid, v. 210.
4 Gc. 1 para 9, p. 40.
5 Gc. 1 para 9, p. 40.
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