<title xml:lang="sa">Saṃskṛtakusumāñjali Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan 824 śāstrī/he/saṃ https://archive.org/details/SanskritKusumanjaliHemrajShastrihttps://sansklibrary.ulbup.in

This 1958 collection of Sanskrit stories by Hemarāja Śāstrī contains an abbreviated version of story 11 from the Vikramacarita. The story is followed by a Sanskrit-Hindi glossary and a list of reading comprehension questions. The same abbreviated story is also printed in the 1986 Saṃskṛtamuktāvalī of Rameśa Candra.

 <term xml:lang="en">parallels to the</term> Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna Delhi Śāstrī, Hemarāja. 1958. Saṃskṛta-Kusumāñjaliḥ. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.Candra, Rameśa. 1986. Saṃskṛta Muktāvalī. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

IAST transliteration. Spaces added where possible.

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uktañ ca——

tyaktvātmasukhaduḥkhecchāṃ sarvasattvasukhaiṣiṇaḥ | bhavanti paraduḥkhena sādhavo 'tyantaduḥkhinaḥ ||

kutaḥ――

paśavo 'pi hi jīvanti kevalaṃ svodarambharāḥ | tasyaiva jīvitaṃ ślāghyaṃ yaḥ parārthe hi jīvati || bhavādṛśāṃ paropakāriṇām etac citraṃ na bhavati |

yathā coktam—―

kim atra citraṃ ? yat santaḥ parānagrahatatparāḥ | na hi svadehaśaityāya jāyante candanadrumāḥ ||

bho mahāsattva ! anenaiva paropakāreṇa tvaṃ sarvāḥ sampadaḥ prāpnoṣi | yad uktam――

paropakāravyāpāraḥ puruṣo yaḥ prajāyate | sampadaṃ sa samāpnoti paratrā'pi paraṃ padam ||

evaṃ bhaṇitvā punaḥ rājānam abravīt— “bho mahāsattva ! tavāhaṃ tuṣṭo 'smi, varaṃ vṛṇīṣva” | rājñoktam— “bho rākṣasa ! tvaṃ yadi mama prasanno 'si, tarhy adyaprabhṛti manuṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ parityaja | anyam api mayā abhidhīyamānam upadeśaṃ śṛṇu |

yathātmanaḥ priyāḥ prāṇāḥ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā | tasmān mṛtyubhayāt te 'pi trātavyāḥ prāṇino budhaiḥ ||

tathā ca――

yathā bhavaj jīvitam ātmanaḥ priyaṃ tathā pareṣām api jīvitaṃ priyam | nirīkṣyate jīvitam ātmano yathā tathā pareṣām api rakṣa jīvitam ||”