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· asti canpakābhidhānāyām nagaryām parivrājkāvasatha: /

there-is in-Champaka-city a-hermit-dwelling

· tatra cūśākarṇa: nāma parivrāṭ prativasati /

there Chūdākarṇa hermit dwells

· sa: ca bhojanāvaśiṣṭa-bhikṣānna-sahitam bhikṣāpātram

and he scraps-meals-remaining-alms-food alms-dish

nāgadamtake avasthāpya svapiti /

on-peg-in-wall having-placed sleeps

· aham ca tad annam utplutya pratyaham bhakṣayāmi /

and i that food having-leaped-up daily eat

· anantaram tasya priyasuhṛd vīṇāarṇa: nāma parivrājaka: samāyāta: /

afterwards his dear-friend Vīṇākarṇa hermit came

· tena saha kathāprasaṅgā avasthita: mama āsārtham

with-him conversation-engaged of-me for-frightening’s-sake

jarjaravamśakhaṇḍena cūḍākarṇa: bhūmim atāḍayat /

with-split-bamboo-piece Chūdākarṇa ground struck

· vīṇākarṇa: uvāca /

Vīṇākarṇa said

· sakhe , kim iti mama kathāvirakta: anyāsakta: bhavān /

friend why thus of-me speech-neglecting something-else-intent you ?

· cūḍākarṇena uktam /

Chūḍākarṇa said

· mitra na aham virakta: kintu pasya ayam mūṣika: mamā

friend no i absent but look this mouse of-me

rañj ppp imp.

apakārī sadā pātrastham bhikṣānnam utplutya bhakṣayati /

plunderer always the-in-the-dish-staying alms-food havint-leaped-up eats

· vīṇākarṇa: nāgadantakam vilokya āha /

Vīṇākarṇa pin-in-the-wall having-examined, says

perf.

· katham mūṣika: svalpabala: api etāvat dūram utpatati /

how mouse very-little-strength even so far jumps-up ?

· tad atra kenāpi kāraṇena bhavitavyam /

that here something by-reason must-be

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· asti gauḍIye kauśāmbī nāma nagarī /

there-is in-Gaur Kauśābī a-town

· tasyām candanadāsanāmā vaṇig-mahādhana: nivasati /

therein Chandanadāsa a-merchant-of-great-wealth lives

· tena paścime vayasi vartamānena kāmādhiṣṭhitacetasā

by-him in-last-stage-of-life with-being with-mind-possessed-by-love

vṛt pap

dhanadarpāt līlāvatī nāma vaṇikputrī pariṇītā /

from-wealth-pride Lilāvatī merchant’s-daughter wedded

· sā ca makaraketo: vijayavaijayamti iva yauvanavatī babhūva /

and she of-the-god-of-love victory-vanner like youthful was

vant f perf.

· sa: ca vṛddhapati: tasyā: samtoṣāya na abhavat /

and that old-husband of-her to-the-satisfaction not was

· yata: / śaśinīva himārtānām dyarmārtānām ravāviva /

for in-moon as of-cold-pained of-heat-oppressed in-sun as

· mana: ramate strīṇām jarājīrṇemdriye patau /

mind delights of-women in-by-old-age-impaired-senses-possessing husband

· anyat ca / paliteṣvapi dṛṣṭeṣu pumsa: kā nāma kāmitā /

and again grey-hairs-already in-being-seen of-man what ever lovership ?

dṛś ppp f

· viagram eva manyante yad anyamanasa: striya: /

viagra they-consider since having-others-intheirhearts women

· sa: ca vṛddhapati: tasyām atīva anurāgavān /

and that old-husband of-her exceedingly fond

· yata: / dhanāśā jīvitāśā ca gurvī prāṇabhṛtām sadā /

for wealth-hope, life-hope and dear of-living-beings always

· vṛddhasya taruṇī bhāryā prāṇebhya: api garīyasī

of-old-man youthful wife from-life even dearer

· upabhoktum na ca tyaktum śaknoti viṣayān jarī

to-enjoy and not to-give-up is-able objects-of-sense old-man

· nārīm avalokya sahasa utthāya keśeṣu ākṛṣya

woman having-perceived suddenly having-risen by-hairs having-drawn

gāḍham ālimgya cumbitavatī /

ardently having-embraced kissed

· uktam ca / uśanā veda yat śāstram yat ca veda vṛhaspati /

and said Uśanas knows what science what and knows Vṛhaspati

· svabhāvena eva tat śāstram strībuddhau supratiṇṭhitam /

by-nature already that science in-a-woman’s-mind is-well-implanted

· vṛddha acintayat / tisra yuvatī: icchāmi /

old-man contemplated 3 young-women i-wish

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· kṣaṇam vicintya parivrājakena uktam /

a-moment having-reflected by-hermit said

· kāraṇam ca atra dhanabāhulyam eva bhaviṣyati /

and reason here wealth-abundance only will-be

· tata: khanitram ādāya tena vivaram khanitvā

then a-spade having-taken by-him hole having-dug-open

cirasancitam mama dhanam gṛhītam /

long-amassed my wealth was-taken