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50 passagesअथ ते क्षेत्र-पाला रासभो ऽयं व्याघ्र-चर्म-प्रतिच्छन्न इति ज्ञात्वा लगुड-शर-पाषाण-प्रहारैस् तं व्यापादितवन्तः ।
Then the field-guards, realizing that this was a donkey concealed by tiger skin, killed him with blows from clubs, arrows, and stones.
अतो ऽहं ब्रवीमि-सुगुप्तं रक्ष्यमाणो ऽपि (४७) इति । तत् किं श्यामलकवद् अत्यपमान-सहनाद् अर्ध-चन्द्र-दानेन यास्यसि ।
Therefore I say: “Even though well concealed, while being guarded ...” (47). So then, will you depart like Śyāmalaka—after enduring excessive humiliation—by the giving of a “half-moon” to you?
मकर आह-कथम् एतत् ?
Makara said, “How is this?”
वानर आह- कथा ९ महाधन-ईश्वर-नाम-भाण्डपति-कथा
The monkey said: “Story 9. The story of the merchant of great wealth named Īśvara.”
अस्त्य् अत्र धरा-पीठे विकण्टकं नाम पुरम् । तत्र महा-धन ईश्वरो नाम भाण्ड-पतिः । तस्य चत्वारो जामातृका अवन्ती-पीठात् प्राघूर्णिका विकण्टक-पुरे समायाताः । ते च येन महता गौरवेणाभ्यर्चिता भोजानाच्छादनादिभिः । एवं तेषां तत्र वसतां मास-षट्कं सञ्जातम् । तत ईश्वरेण स्वभार्योक्ता यद् एते जामातरः परम-गौरवेणावर्जिताः स्वामि गृहाणि न गच्छन्ति, तत् किं कथ्यते ? विनापमानं न यास्यन्ति । तद् अद्य भोजन-वेलायां पाद-प्रक्षालनार्थं जलं न देयं येनापमानं ज्ञात्वा परित्यज्य गच्छन्तीति । तथानुष्ठिते गर्गः पाद-प्रक्षालनापमानात्, सोमो लघ्व्-आसन-दानात्, दत्तः कदशनतो यातः । एवं ते त्रयो ऽपि परित्यज्य गताः । चतुर्थः श्यामलको यावन् न याति तावद् अर्ध-चन्द्र-प्रदानेन निष्कासितः ।
There is here, on the surface of the earth, a city named Vikaṇṭaka. There was a very wealthy merchant, named Īśvara. Four sons-in-law of his, visiting guests from the Avantī region, came to the city of Vikaṇṭaka. And they were honored by him with great respect, with food, clothing, and the like. In this way, while they were staying there, a period of six months came about. Then Īśvara told his own wife: “Since these sons-in-law, won over by the utmost honor, do not go to their own homes, what is to be said? They will not go without an insult. So today, at mealtime, water for washing their feet is not to be given, so that, recognizing the insult, they will leave and go.” When this was carried out accordingly, Garga went because of the insult over foot-washing, Soma because of the giving of a low seat, and Datta because of bad food. Thus those three also left and went away. When the fourth, Śyāmalaka, still did not go, he was then expelled by the giving of the “half-moon.”
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