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 [38 of 50]
38. Do not men, stunned by the poison of heresy, come to their senses, O Jina, if even a little of thy teaching, enchanted song, reaches their ears?[1]
[continuation … → Verse 39… https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/18829/dhanapalas-%25E1%25B9%259Bishabhapancasika-a-collection-of-50-verses-on-the-1st-of-the-24-seers]
[1] Comment: Mithyātvam eva vishaṃ tena prasupta vigalita-saṃvido janā(ḥ) kiṃ sa-cetanā na syur, api tu syur eva Cilātī-putrādivat |
yadi tesham karne tvat-siddhānta-mantrasya kiyan-mātraṃ pada-matram api praviśati |
Anye ‘pi ye visha-mūrchitās tat-karṇa-gāruḍa mantrākshara-dvaya-traya-patane sa-cetanā(ḥ) syur eva (gārūḍa spell against poison, also Böhtlingk Ind. Spr. 2nd ed. 257 visha-nāśāya gāruḍam, and not 'emerald')
