Dhanapāla's Ṛishabhapañcāśikā (a collection of 50 verses on the 1st of the 24 Seers)
Dhanapāla's Ṛishabhapañcāśikā (a collection of 50 verses on the 1st of the 24 Seers) transl. Joh. Klatt ZdMG 33 (1879)
Ṛishabhapañcāśikā [15 of 50]
15. Hail to that Śreyānsa by whom you, parched by penance and without food, were refreshed at the end of the year, as the tree in the forest is refreshed by the cloud.[1]
[continuation … → Vers 16… https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/18806/dhanapalas-%25E1%25B9%259Bishabhapancasika-a-collection-of-50-verses-on-the-1st-of-the-24-seers]
[1] Comm.: Atha pāraṇakām āśrityāha || Yena tvām varshānte nirvapitah saṃtarpita ikshu-rasai (ḥ), āhāra-rahito ‘ta eva tapasā śoshitaḥ, yathā meghena vana-vṛiksho nirvapyate.
Cf. Śatr.-uddhāra 2, 61:
Vatsarante Gajapure Śreyāṅsasya gṛihe rasaiḥ |
Aikshavaiḥ pāraṇaṃ jataṃ prabhor devaih kṛitotsavaṃ ||
