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DHANAPĀLA AS A PROSE WRITER
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'धार्मिकजनानुवृत्यभिमुखानि हि भवन्ति सर्वदा धर्मतत्त्ववेदिनां हृदयानि"
The hearts of those who know the essence of duty or religion, are always prone to behave in accordance with the attitudes of the minds of the persons amenable to duty.
"विपत्प्रतीकारासमर्थः क्षीणायुषोऽस्य भिषगिव कथं रिक्थमाहरामि? अलङ्कारः क्षत्रियकुलस्य याचकद्विज इव कथं प्रतिग्रहमङ्गीकरोमि? गृहाभ्यागतेनामुना दीयमानं दुर्गतगृहस्थ इव गृह्णनपरं लघिमानमासादयिष्यामि"'
Deeming himself a high minded soul, born in a high lineage Meghavāhana does not want to accept the offer of the necklace from the Vaimānika whom he deems a patient whose life is not so long and deems himself to be a physician who does not want to appropriate the property of his patient and more so does he eschew the idea of exposing himself to levity by accepting gift from a begging Brāhmana being himself an ornament of the Ksatriya race. He even deems himself a penury stricken householder whom a visitor offers a gift and he accepts it and thereby exposes himself to a greater levity.
"नहि विरक्ताः स्त्रियः कदाचिदक्षिगतानामीक्षणहारिणस्तादृशानुदारविरचनाँल्लेखानभिलिख्य तथाऽत्यादरेण gafari"
"Unwilling maidens never send with utmost regard having written in that manner the import of that essence, attractive to the eyes, to those who act as sores to their eyes or who come within the range of their eyes.”
"व्यक्तं जगत्यदृष्टवशाद् विशालगुणसंपद्भिरप्यसुलभाः स्वल्पगुणैरपि सुप्रापाः प्रसिद्धयो भवन्ति"
Evidently in the world, the eminence becomes easy of attainment even by dint of lesser merits and difficult of attainment even by offences of greater merits, under the pressure of the unforeseen.”
"अदृष्टपारे संसारे भंगुरस्वभावेषु विभवादिषु सर्वभावेषु कर्मपरतन्त्राणां प्राणिनां सर्वमपि संभवति'''
In the world whose end has not been seen, when affluence and the like are naturally evanescent, every thing is possible in case of living beings who are dependent on others in point of actions.
'सततमचलप्रकृतिना पुरुषेण भवितव्यम्" “A man should be steadily disposed in all circumstances.”
1. TM.. Vol. I p. 90. LL.4-5. 2. Ibid. Vol. I p. 123. LL. 5-6. 3. Ibid. Vol. II p. 244. LL. 9. p. 245. L.1. 4. Ibid. Vol. III p. 90. LL.5. 5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 158. LL.1-2. 6. Ibid. Vol. III p. 81. L.11.
