Kākolūkīya3.p01446
Sanskrit · 3.p01446
तृतीयं तन्त्रम् अथ काकोलूकीयम्
English · Meaning
The third tantra: Kākolūkīya, concerning crows and owls.
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Kākolūkīya3.p01446–3.p01450
Kākolūkīya3.p01447
Sanskrit · 3.p01447
प्रस्तावना कथा मेघवर्णारिमर्दन-वृत्तान्तः
English · Meaning
Introductory story: the account of Meghavarṇa and Arimardana.
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Kākolūkīya3.p01448
Sanskrit · 3.p01448
अथेदम् आरभ्यते काकोलूकीयं नाम तृतीयं तन्त्रम् । यस्यायम् आद्यः श्लोकः-
English · Meaning
Now begins the third treatise, called Kākolūkīya; its first verse is this:
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Kākolūkīya3.1
Sanskrit · 3.1
न विश्वसेत् पूर्व-विरोधितस्य शत्रोश् च मित्रत्वम् उपागतस्य । दग्धां गुहां पश्य उलूक-पूर्णां काक-प्रणीतेन हुताशनेन ॥
English · Meaning
One should not trust an enemy who was formerly hostile but has come seeking friendship. Look at the cave, filled with owls, burned by the fire brought by a crow.
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Kākolūkīya3.p01450
Sanskrit · 3.p01450
तद् यथानुश्रुयते-अस्ति दक्षिणात्ये जनपदे महिलारोप्यं नाम नगरम् । तस्य समीपस्थो ऽनेक-शाखासनाथो ऽतिघनतर-पत्र-च्छन्नो न्यग्रोध-पादपो ऽस्ति । तत्र च मेघ-वर्णो नाम वायस-राजो ऽनेक-काक-परिवारः प्रतिवसति स्म । स तत्र विहित-दुर्ग-रचनः सपरिजनः कालं नयति । तथान्यो ऽरि-मर्दनो नामोलूक-राजो ऽसङ्ख्योलूक-परिवारो गिरि-गुहा-दुर्गाश्रयः प्रतिवसति स्म । स च रात्राव् अभ्येत्य सदैव तस्य न्यग्रोधस्य समन्तात् परिभ्रमति । अथोलूकराजः पूर्व-विरोध-वशाद्यं कञ्चिद् वायस-समासादयति । तं व्यापाद्य गच्छति । एवं नित्याभिगमनाच् छनैः शनैस् तन् न्यग्रोध-पादपद्-दुर्गं तेन समन्तान् निर्वायसं कृतम् । अथवा भवत्य् एवम् । उक्तं च-
English · Meaning
This is as it is traditionally heard: in the southern country there is a city named Mahilāropya. Near it there is a banyan tree, furnished with many branches and covered with exceedingly dense leaves. There a crow-king named Meghavarṇa, attended by many crows, used to dwell. He, having made the arrangement of a fortress there, passed the time with his retinue. Likewise another, an owl-king named Arimardana, attended by countless owls and having a mountain-cave fortress as his refuge, used to dwell. And he, coming at night, always wandered all around that banyan tree. Then the owl-king, because of the force of former enmity, would come upon any crow; having killed him, he would go away. Thus, because of his constant coming, little by little that banyan-tree fortress was made by him entirely free of crows. Or rather, it happens thus. And it is said:
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