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 [23 of 50]
23. The envious, though otherwise eloquent, begin to stammer with a voice whose flow is interrupted, on the occasion of your, the faultless, insult, O Jina![1]
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[1] Comm. Hey jina! Matsariṇas tavāślāghā-prastāve bāliśāyanti, pūrvaṃ vacana-kuśalā api, tad-avasare vācā bhagna-prasarayā eat. Ayam āśayaḥ: Durjanāḥ sūcī-randhra-mātram api dūshaṇaṃ jñātvāsanty api vacanīyāni āropayitum upakramante; tvayi tu paramāṇu-mātram api dosham apaśyanto hatāśā eva jātāḥ. Atra "jina" iti sābhiprāyam yato rāgādi-jetṛitvāj jinaḥ, na ca rāgādivyatiriktaḥ ko ‘pi dosha-hetur asti.
