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jalapathEnAsmAkam itOliyAdEzaM prati yAtrAyAM nizcitAyAM satyAM tE yUliyanAmnO mahArAjasya saMghAtAntargatasya sEnApatEH samIpE paulaM tadanyAn katinayajanAMzca samArpayan| 
vayam AdrAmuttIyaM pOtamEkam Aruhya AziyAdEzasya taTasamIpEna yAtuM matiM kRtvA laggaram utthApya pOtam amOcayAma; mAkidaniyAdEzasthathiSalanIkInivAsyAristArkhanAmA kazcid janO'smAbhiH sArddham AsIt| 
parasmin divasE 'smAbhiH sIdOnnagarE pOtE lAgitE tatra yUliyaH sEnApatiH paulaM prati saujanyaM pradarthya sAntvanArthaM bandhubAndhavAn upayAtum anujajnjau| 
tasmAt pOtE mOcitE sati sammukhavAyOH sambhavAd vayaM kuprOpadvIpasya tIrasamIpEna gatavantaH| 
kilikiyAyAH pAmphUliyAyAzca samudrasya pAraM gatvA lUkiyAdEzAntargataM murAnagaram upAtiSThAma| 
tatsthAnAd itAliyAdEzaM gacchati yaH sikandariyAnagarasya pOtastaM tatra prApya zatasEnApatistaM pOtam asmAn ArOhayat| 
tataH paraM bahUni dinAni zanaiH zanaiH rgatvA knIdapArzvOpasthtiेH pUrvvaM pratikUlEna pavanEna vayaM salmOnyAH sammukham upasthAya krItyupadvIpasya tIrasamIpEna gatavantaH| 
kaSTEna tamuttIryya lAsEyAnagarasyAdhaH sundaranAmakaM khAtam upAtiSThAma| 
itthaM bahutithaH kAlO yApita upavAsadinanjcAtItaM, tatkAraNAt nauvartmani bhayagkarE sati paulO vinayEna kathitavAn, 
hE mahEcchA ahaM nizcayaM jAnAmi yAtrAyAmasyAm asmAkaM klEzA bahUnAmapacayAzca bhaviSyanti, tE kEvalaM pOtasAmagryOriti nahi, kintvasmAkaM prANAnAmapi| 
tadA zatasEnApatiH pauैेlOktavAkyatOpi karNadhArasya pOtavaNijazca vAkyaM bahumaMsta| 
tat khAtaM zItakAlE vAsArhasthAnaM na tasmAd avAcIpratIcOrdizOH krItyAH phainIkiyakhAtaM yAtuM yadi zaknuvantastarhi tatra zItakAlaM yApayituM prAyENa sarvvE mantrayAmAsuH| 
tataH paraM dakSiNavAyu rmandaM vahatIti vilOkya nijAbhiprAyasya siddhEH suyOgO bhavatIti buddhvA pOtaM mOcayitvA krItyupadvIpasya tIrasamIpEna calitavantaH| 
kintvalpakSaNAt paramEva urakludOnnAmA pratikUlaH pracaNPO vAyu rvahan pOtE'lagIt 
tasyAbhimukhaM gantum pOtasyAzaktatvAd vayaM vAyunA svayaM nItAH| 
anantaraM klaudInAmna upadvIpasya kUlasamIpEna pOtaM gamayitvA bahunA kaSTEna kSudranAvam arakSAma| 
tE tAmAruhya rajjcA pOtasyAdhObhAgam abadhnan tadanantaraM cEt pOtO saikatE lagatIti bhayAd vAtavasanAnyamOcayan tataH pOtO vAyunA cAlitaH| 
kintu kramazO vAyOH prabalatvAt pOtO dOlAyamAnO'bhavat parasmin divasE pOtasthAni katipayAni dravyANi tOyE nikSiptAni| 
tRtIyadivasE vayaM svahastaiH pOtasajjanadravyANi nikSiptavantaH| 
tatO bahudinAni yAvat sUryyanakSatrAdIni samAcchannAni tatO 'tIva vAtyAgamAd asmAkaM prANarakSAyAH kApi pratyAzA nAtiSThat| 
bahudinESu lOkairanAhArENa yApitESu sarvvESAM sAkSat paulastiSThan akathayat, hE mahEcchAH krItyupadvIpAt pOtaM na mOcayitum ahaM pUrvvaM yad avadaM tadgrahaNaM yuSmAkam ucitam AsIt tathA kRtE yuSmAkam ESA vipad ESO'pacayazca nAghaTiSyEtAm| 
kintu sAmprataM yuSmAn vinIya bravImyahaM, yUyaM na kSubhyata yuSmAkam EkasyApi prANinO hAni rna bhaviSyati, kEvalasya pOtasya hAni rbhaviSyati| 
yatO yasyEzvarasya lOkO'haM yanjcAhaM paricarAmi tadIya EkO dUtO hyO rAtrau mamAntikE tiSThan kathitavAn, 
hE paula mA bhaiSIH kaisarasya sammukhE tvayOpasthAtavyaM; tavaitAn sagginO lOkAn IzvarastubhyaM dattavAn| 
ataEva hE mahEcchA yUyaM sthiramanasO bhavata mahyaM yA kathAkathi sAvazyaM ghaTiSyatE mamaitAdRzI vizvAsa IzvarE vidyatE, 
kintu kasyacid upadvIpasyOpari patitavyam asmAbhiH| 
tataH param AdriyAsamudrE pOtastathaiva dOlAyamAnaH san itastatO gacchan caturdazadivasasya rAtrE rdvitIyapraharasamayE kasyacit sthalasya samIpamupatiSThatIti pOtIyalOkA anvamanyanta| 
tatastE jalaM parimAya tatra viMzati rvyAmA jalAnIti jnjAtavantaH| kinjciddUraM gatvA punarapi jalaM parimitavantaH| tatra panjcadaza vyAmA jalAni dRSTvA 
cEt pASANE lagatIti bhayAt pOtasya pazcAdbhAgatazcaturO laggarAn nikSipya divAkaram apEkSya sarvvE sthitavantaH| 
kintu pOtIyalOkAH pOtAgrabhAgE laggaranikSEpaM chalaM kRtvA jaladhau kSudranAvam avarOhya palAyitum acESTanta| 
tataH paulaH sEnApatayE sainyagaNAya ca kathitavAn, EtE yadi pOtamadhyE na tiSThanti tarhi yuSmAkaM rakSaNaM na zakyaM| 
tadA sEnAgaNO rajjUn chitvA nAvaM jalE patitum adadAt| 
prabhAtasamayE paulaH sarvvAn janAn bhOjanArthaM prArthya vyAharat, adya caturdazadinAni yAvad yUyam apEkSamAnA anAhArAH kAlam ayApayata kimapi nAbhuMgdhaM| 
atO vinayEे'haM bhakSyaM bhujyatAM tatO yuSmAkaM maggalaM bhaviSyati, yuSmAkaM kasyacijjanasya zirasaH kEzaikOpi na naMkSyati| 
iti vyAhRtya paulaM pUpaM gRhItvEzvaraM dhanyaM bhASamANastaM bhaMktvA bhOktum ArabdhavAn| 
anantaraM sarvvE ca susthirAH santaH khAdyAni parpyagRhlan| 
asmAkaM pOtE SaTsaptatyadhikazatadvayalOkA Asan| 
sarvvESu lOkESu yathESTaM bhuktavatsu pOtasthan gOdhUmAn jaladhau nikSipya taiH pOtasya bhArO laghUkRtaH| 
dinE jAtE'pi sa kO dEza iti tadA na paryyacIyata; kintu tatra samataTam EkaM khAtaM dRSTvA yadi zaknumastarhi vayaM tasyAbhyantaraM pOtaM gamayAma iti matiM kRtvA tE laggarAn chittvA jaladhau tyaktavantaH| 
tathA karNabandhanaM mOcayitvA pradhAnaM vAtavasanam uttOlya tIrasamIpaM gatavantaH| 
kintu dvayOH samudrayOH saggamasthAnE saikatOpari pOtE nikSiptE 'grabhAgE bAdhitE pazcAdbhAgE prabalataraggO'lagat tEna pOtO bhagnaH| 
tasmAd bandayazcEd bAhubhistarantaH palAyantE ityAzagkayA sEnAgaNastAn hantum amantrayat; 
kintu zatasEnApatiH paulaM rakSituM prayatnaM kRtvA tAn taccESTAyA nivartya ityAdiSTavAn, yE bAhutaraNaM jAnanti tE'grE prOllampya samudrE patitvA bAhubhistIrttvA kUlaM yAntu| 
aparam avaziSTA janAH kASThaM pOtIyaM dravyaM vA yEna yat prApyatE tadavalambya yAntu; itthaM sarvvE bhUmiM prApya prANai rjIvitAH|