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8. maitrībala-jātakam



na paraduḥkhāturāḥ svasukhamavekṣante mahākāruṇikāḥ| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kila svamāhātmyakāruṇyābhiprapanno jagatparitrāṇādhyāśayaḥ, pradānadamaniyamasauratyādibhirlokānugrahānukūlairguṇātiśayairabhivardhamānaḥ sarvasattvamaitramanā maitrabalo nāma rājā babhūva|



duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vā yadabhūtprajānāṃ tasyāpi rājñastadabhūttathaiva|

ataḥ prajārakṣaṇadakṣiṇo'sau śastraṃ ca śāstraṃ ca parāmamarśa||1||



narendracūḍādhṛtaśāsanasya tasya tvalaṅkāravadāsa śastram|

vispaṣṭarūpaṃ dadṛśe ca śāstraṃ nayeṣu lokasya hitodayeṣu||2||



vinigrahapragrahayoḥ pravṛttirdharmoparodhaṃ na cakāra tasya|

hitāśayatvānnayanaipuṇācca parīkṣakasyeva pituḥ prajāsu||3||



tasyaivaṃ dharmeṇa prajāḥ pālayataḥ satyatyāgopaśamaprajñādibhiśca parahitapariṇāmanātsaviśeṣodāttakramairbodhisambhāravidhibhirabhivardhamānasya kadācitkasmiṃścidaparādhe yakṣāṇāmadhipatinā svaviṣayātpravrājitā ojohārāḥ pañca yakṣāḥ paravadhadakṣāstadviṣayamabhijagmuḥ| vyapagatasarvopadravatvācca nityapravṛttavividhotsavaṃ parayā sampadā samupetarūpaṃ pramuditatuṣṭapuṣṭajanamabhisamīkṣya tadviṣayaṃ tannivāsināṃ puruṣāṇāmojāṃsyapahartuṃ teṣāmabhilāṣo babhūva|



te pareṇāpi yatnena sampravṛttāḥ svakarmaṇi|

naiva tadviṣayasthānāṃ hartumojaḥ prasehire||4||



tasya prabhāvātiśayānnṛpasya mameti yatraiva babhūva buddhiḥ|

saivāsya rakṣā paramāsa tasmādojāṃsi hartuṃ na viṣehire te||5||



yadā ca paramapi prayatnaṃ kurvanto naiva śaknuvanti sma kasyacidviṣayanivāsino janasyaujo'pahartumatha teṣāṃ parasparamavekṣyaitadabhūt| kiṃ nu khalvidaṃ mārṣāḥ|



asmatprabhāvapratighātayogyā vidyātapaḥsiddhimayā viśeṣāḥ|

na santi caiṣāmatha cādya sarve vyarthābhidhānatvamupāgatāḥ smaḥ||6||



atha te yakṣā brāhmaṇavarṇamātmānamabhinirmāya samanucaranto dadṛśuḥ pratyaraṇyacaramanyatamaṃ gopālakaṃ saśādvale chāyādrumamūle sopānatkaṃ saṃniṣaṇṇaṃ sapallavairvanatarukusumairviracitāṃ mālāmudvahantaṃ dakṣiṇato vinyastadaṇḍaparaśumekākinaṃ rajjuvartanavyāpṛtaṃ prakṣveḍitavilāsena gāyantamāsīnam| samupetya cainamūcuḥ-thathathadadakākākākā| bho gavāṃ saṃrakṣādhikṛta ! evaṃ vivikte nirjanasampāte'sminnaraṇye vicarannevamekākī kathaṃ na bibheṣīti| sa tānālokyābravīt-kuto vā bhetavyamiti| yakṣā ūcuḥ-kiṃ tvayā na śrūtapūrvā yakṣarākṣasānāṃ piśācānāṃ vā nisargaraudrā prakṛtiriti ?



sahāyamadhye'pi hi vartamāno vidyātapaḥsvastyayanairupetaḥ|

yebhyaḥ kathañcitparimokṣameti śauryādavajñātabhayo'pi lokaḥ||7||



tebhyo nṛmedaḥpiśitāśanebhyaḥ kathaṃ bhayaṃ te'sti na rākṣasebhyaḥ|

viviktagambhīrabhayānakeṣu sahāyahīnasya vanāntareṣu||8||



ityukte sa gopālakaḥ prahasyainānuvāca-

janaḥ svastyayanenāyaṃ mahatā paripālyate|

devendreṇāpyaśakyo'yaṃ kiṃ punaḥ piśitāśanaiḥ||9||



tena geha ivāraṇye rātrāvapi yathā divā|

janānta iva caiko'pi nirbhayo vicarāmyaham||10||



athainaṃ te yakṣāḥ kutūhalaprābalyātsādaramutsāhayanta ivocuḥ-



tatkathaya kathaya tāvadbhada kīdṛśo'yaṃ yuṣmākaṃ svastyayanaviśeṣa iti| sa tānprahasannuvāca-śrūyatāṃ yādṛśo'yamasmākamatyadbhūtaḥ svastyayanaviśeṣaḥ|



kanakagiriśilāviśālavakṣāḥ śaradamalendumanojñavaktraśobhaḥ|

kanakaparighapīnalambabāhurvṛṣabhanibhekṣaṇavikramo narendraḥ||11||



īdṛśo'smākaṃ svastyayanaviśeṣaḥ| ityuktvā sāmarṣavismayastān yakṣānavekṣamāṇaḥ punaruvāca-āścaryaṃ batedam|



evaṃ prakāśo nṛpatiprabhāvaḥ kathaṃ nu vaḥ śrotrapathaṃ na yātaḥ|

atyadbhutatvādathavā śruto'pi bhavatsu vipratyayato na rūḍhaḥ||12||



śaṅke guṇānveṣaṇaviklavo vā deśī jano'sāvakutūhalo vā|

vivarjito bhāgyaparikṣayādvā kīrtyā narendrasya yato'bhyupaita||13||



tadasti vo bhāgyaśeṣaṃ yattādṛśāddeśakāntārādihāgatāḥ stha| yakṣā ūcuḥ- bhadramukha ! kathaya kiṃkṛto'yamasya rājñaḥ prabhāvo yadasyāmānuṣā na prasahante viṣayavāsinaṃ janaṃ hiṃsitumiti| gopālaka uvāca- svamāhātmyādhigataḥ prabhāvo'yamasmākaṃ mahārājasya| paśyata mahābrāhmaṇāḥ !



maitrī tasya balaṃ dhvajāgraśabalaṃ tvācāramātraṃ balaṃ

nā'sau vetti rūṣaṃ na cā''ha paruṣaṃ samyak ca gāṃ rakṣati|

dharmastasya nayo na nītinikṛtiḥ pūjārthamarthaḥ satā-

mityāścaryamayo'pi durjanadhanaṃ garvaṃ ca nālambate||14||



evamādiguṇaśatasamudito'yamasmākaṃ svāmī| tenāsya na prasahante viṣayanivāsinaṃ janaṃ hiṃsitumupadravāḥ| api ca| kiyadahaṃ vaḥ śakṣyāmi vaktum| nṛpatiguṇaśravaṇakautūhalaistu bhavadbhirnagarameva yuktaṃ praveṣṭuṃ syāt| tatra hi bhavantaḥ svadharmānurāgādvyavasthitāryamaryādaṃ nityakṣemasubhikṣatvātpramuditasamṛddhamanuddhatodāttaveṣamabhyāgatātithijanaviśeṣavatsalaṃ nṛpatiguṇākṣiptahṛdayaṃ tatkīrtyāśrayāḥ stutīrmaṅgalamiva svastyayanamiva ca praharṣādabhyasyantaṃ janaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājño guṇavistaramanumāsyante| satyāṃ ca guṇabahumānodbhāvanāyāṃ taddidṛkṣayā yūyamavaśyaṃ tadguṇapratyakṣiṇo bhaviṣyatheti| atha te yakṣāḥ svaprabhāvapratighātāttasminnājani sāmarṣahṛdayā bhāvaprayuktayāpi yuktayā tayā tadguṇakathayā naiva mārdavamupajagmuḥ|



prāyeṇa khalu mandānāmamarṣajvalitaṃ manaḥ|

yasminvastuni tatkīrtyā tadviśeṣeṇa dahyate||15||



pradānapriyatāṃ tu samabhivīkṣya tasya rājñaste yakṣāstadapakāracikīrṣavaḥ samabhigamya rājānaṃ sandarśanakāle bhojanamayācanta| atha sa rājā pramuditamanāstadadhikṛtānpuruṣānsamādideśa-kṣipramabhirucitaṃ bhojanaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dīyatāmiti| atha te yakṣāḥ samupahṛtaṃ rājārhamapi bhojanaṃ haritatṛṇamiva vyāghrā naiva pratyagṛhṇannaivaṃvidhaṃ bhojanaṃ vayamaśnīma iti| tacchrutvā sa rājā samabhigamyainānabravīt- atha kīdṛśaṃ bhojanaṃ yuṣmākamupaśete? yāvattādṛśamanviṣyatāmiti| yakṣā ūcuḥ-



pratyagroṣmāṇi māṃsāni narāṇāṃ rudhirāṇi ca|

ityannapānaṃ padmākṣa ! yakṣāṇāmakṣatavrata||16||



ityuktvā daṃṣṭrākarālavadanāni dīpta-piṅgala kekara-raudranayanāni sphuṭitacipiṭavirūpaghoṇāni jvaladanalakapilakeśaśmaśrūṇi sajalajaladharāndhakārāṇi vikṛtabhīṣaṇāni svānyeva vapūṃṣi pratyapadyanta| samabhivīkṣya cainānsa rājā-piśācāḥ khalvime na mānuṣāstenāsmadīyamannapānaṃ nābhilaṣantīti niścayamupajagāma|



atha tasya narendrasya prakṛtyā karuṇātmanaḥ|

bhūyasī karuṇā teṣu samabhūcchuddhacetasaḥ||17||



karuṇaikatānahṛdayaśca tānyakṣānanuśocanniyatamīdṛśamarthaṃ cintayāmāsa|



dayāvatastāvadidamannapānaṃ sudurlabham|

pratyahaṃ ca tadanveṣyaṃ kinnu duḥkhamataḥ param||18||



nirdayasyāpyaśaktasya vighātaikarasaḥ śramaḥ|

śaktasyāpyahitābhyāsāt kiṃsvitkaṣṭataraṃ tataḥ||19||



evaṃvidhāhāraparāyaṇānāṃ kārūṇyaśūnyāśivamānasānām|

pratyāhameṣāṃ dahatāṃ svamarthaṃ duḥkhāni yāsyanti kadā nu nāśam||20||



tatkathamidānīmahameṣāmīdṛśāhārasampādanādekāhamapi tāvatparahiṃsāprāṇavighātaṃ kuryām?



na hi smarāmyarthitayāgatānāmāśāviparyāsahataprabhāṇi|

himānilamlāpitapaṅkajānāṃ samānadainyāni mukhāni kartum||21||



bhavatu| dṛṣṭam|

svataḥ śarīrātsthirapīvarāṇi dāsyāmi māṃsāni saśoṇitāni|

ato'nyathā ko hi mama kramaḥ syādityāgateṣvarthiṣu yuktarūpaḥ||22||



svayaṃmṛtānāṃ hi nirūṣmakāṇi bhavanti māṃsāni viśoṇitāni|

priyāṇi caiṣāṃ na hi tāni samyag bubhukṣayā pīḍitavigrahāṇām||23||



jīvato'pi ca kuto'hamanyasmānmāṃsamādāsye māmabhigamya caite tathaiva kṣuttarṣaparikṣāmanayanavadanā niṣphalāśāpraṇayatvādadhikataravighātāturamanasaḥ kathaṃ nāma pratiyāsyanti ? tadidamatra prāptakālam|



duṣṭavraṇasyeva sadāturasya kaḍe(le)varasyāsya rujākarasya|

karomi kāryātiśayopayogādatyartharamyaṃ pratikārakhedam||24||



iti viniścitya sa mahātmā praharṣodgamasphītīkṛtanayanavadanaśobhaḥ svaṃ śarīramupadarśayaṃstānyakṣānuvāca-



amūni māṃsāni saśoṇitāni dhṛtāni lokasya hitārthameva|

yadyātitheyatvamupeyuradya mahodayaḥ so'bhyudayo mama syāt||25||



atha te yakṣā jānanto'pi tasya rājñastamadhyāśayamatyadbhutatvādaśraddadhānā rājānamūcuḥ-



arthinātmagate duḥkhe yācñādainyena darśite|

jñātumarhati dātaiva prāptakālamataḥ param||26||



atha rājā-anumatamidameṣāmiti pramuditamanāḥ sirāmokṣaṇārthaṃ vaidyā ājñāpyantāmiti samādideśa| atha tasya rājño'mātyāḥ svamāṃsaśoṇitapradānavyavasāyamavetya sambhramāmarṣavyākulahṛdayā vyaktamīdṛśaṃ kañcidarthaṃ snehavaśādūcuḥ-nārhati devaḥ pradānaharṣātiśayādanuraktānāṃ prajānāṃ hitāhitakramamanavekṣitum| na caitadaviditaṃ devasya| yathā-



yadyatprajānāmahitodayāya tattatpriyaṃ mānada ! rākṣasānām|

paroparodhārjitavṛttituṣṭirevaṃsvabhāvānagha jātireṣām||27||



sukheṣvasaktaśca bibharṣi deva ! rājyaśramaṃ lokahitārthameva|

svamāṃsadānavyavasāyamasmātsvaniścayonmārgamimaṃ vimuñca||28||



asaṃśayaṃ na prasahanta ete tvadvīryaguptaṃ naradeva lokam|

anarthapāṇḍityahatāstathā hi nayena vāñchantyanayaṃ prajānām||29||



medovasādyaistridaśā makheṣu prītiṃ hutāśābhihutairvrajanti|

satkārapūtaṃ bhavadīyamannaṃ sampannameṣāṃ kila naiva rucyam||30||



kāmaṃ nāsmadvidhajanādheyabuddhayo devapādāḥ| svakāryānurāgastvayamasmānevamupacārapathād bhraṃśayati| pañcānāmamīṣāmarthe sakalaṃ jagadanarthīkartavyamiti ko'yaṃ dharmamārgo devasya ? api ca| kiṃkṛteyamasmāsvevaṃ niṣpraṇayatā, kena vāsmākaṃ svāmyarthe viniyojyamānāni vinigūḍhapūrvāṇi māṃsaśoṇitāni yadaparikṣīṇeṣvevāmīṣu svāni devo dātumicchatīti| atha sa rājā tānamātyānuvāca-



saṃvidyamānaṃ nāstīti brūyādasmadvidhaḥ katham|

na dāsyāmītyasatyaṃ vā vispaṣṭamapi yācitaḥ||31||



dharmavyavasthāsu puraḥsaraḥ san svayaṃ vrajeyaṃ yadi kāpathena|

asmadgatācārapathānugānāṃ bhavedavasthā mama kā prajānām||32||



yataḥ prajā eva samīkṣamāṇaḥ sāraṃ śarīrādahamuddhariṣye|

kaśca prabhāvo jagadarthasādhurmātsaryahāryālpahṛdo mama syāt||33||



yadapi cāsmatpremabahumānāvarjitaṃ praṇayavisrambhagarbhamabhidhīyate bhavadbhiḥ- kiṃkṛteyamasmāsvevaṃ niṣpraṇayatā yadaparikṣīṇeṣveva no māṃsaśoṇiteṣu svāni devo dātumicchatīti| atra vo'nuneṣyāmi| na khalu me yuṣmāsu pratihataviṣayaḥ praṇayamārgo visrambhavirahātpariśaṅkāgahanaduravagāho vā| kintu-



dhane tanutvaṃ kramaśo gate vā bhāgyānuvṛttyā kṣayamāgate vā|

vijṛmbhamāṇapraṇayaḥ suhṛtsu śobheta na sphītadhanaḥ kṛśeṣu||34||



vivardhiteṣvarthijanārthameva saṃvidyamāneṣu ca me bṛhatsu|

gātreṣu māṃsopacayonnateṣu yuṣmāsvapi syātpraṇayo virūpaḥ||35||



asaṃstutānāmapi na kṣameya pīḍāṃ kathaṃ kaiva kathā bhavatsu|

svānyeva māṃsāni yato'smi ditsurmāṃ caiva yācanta ime na yuṣmān||36||



tadalamasmadatisnehāddharmavighnaniḥsādhvasatayā| anucitaḥ khalvayamatrabhavatāmasmadarthiṣu samudācāraḥ| mīmāṃsitavyamapi ca tāvadetatsyāt-



svārthamannādi ditsantaṃ kathaṃ syātpratiṣedhayan|

sādhuvṛttirasādhurvā prāgevaivaṃvidhaṃ vidhim||37||



tadalamanenātra vo nirbandhena| nyāyopaparīkṣayā kriyatāmasmatsācivyasadṛśamunmārgāvaraṇaṃ manasaḥ| anumodanānuguṇavacasaḥ khalvatrabhavantaḥ śobherannevamadhīranayanāḥ| kutaḥ-



naikopayogasya dhanasya tāvanna pratyahaṃ yācanakā bhavanti|

evaṃvidhastvarthijano'dhigantuṃ na devatārādhanayāpi śakyaḥ||38||



evaṃvidhe cārthijane'bhyupete dehe vināśinyasukhāspade ca|

vimarśamārgo'pyanudāttatā syānmātsaryadainyaṃ tu parā tamisrā||39||



tanna mā vārayatumarhantyatrabhavanta ityanunīya sa rājā svāṃ parṣadamāhūya vaidyānpañca sirāḥ svaśarīre mokṣayitvā tānyakṣānuvāca-



dharmakarmaṇi sācivyaṃ prītiṃ ca paramāṃ mama|

bhavantaḥ kartumarhanti deyasyāsya pratigrahāt||40||



te tathetyuktvāñjalipuṭaireva rājño raktacandanarasābhitāmraṃ rudhiraṃ pātumupacakramire|



sa pīyamānakṣatajaḥ kṣitīśaḥ kṣapācarairhemavapuścakāśe|

sandhyānuraktairjalabhāranamraiḥ payodharairmerurivopagūḍhaḥ||41||



prītiprakarṣāddhṛtisampadā ca vapurguṇādeva ca tasya rājñaḥ|

mamlau na gātraṃ na mumūrcha cetaḥ saṃcikṣipe na kṣatajaṃ kṣaradvā||42||



vinītatarṣaklamāstu te yakṣāḥ paryāptamaneneti rājānamūcuḥ-

anekaduḥkhāyatane śarīre sadā kṛtadhne'pi narādhipasya|

gate'rthisaṃmānanasādhanatvaṃ harṣānukūlaṃ grahaṇaṃ babhūva||43||



atha sa rājā harṣaprabodhādadhikataranayanavadanaprasādo nīlotpaladalanīlavimalapatraṃ ratnaprabhodbhāsuraruciratsaruṃ niśitaṃ nistriṃśamādāya svamāṃsāni cchittvā tebhyaḥ prāyacchat|



hriyamāṇāvakāśaṃ tu dānaprītyā punaḥ punaḥ|

na prasehe manastasya cchedaduḥkhaṃ vigāhitum||44||



ākṛṣyamāṇaṃ śitaśasrapātaiḥ prītyā punardūṃramapāsyamānam|

khedālasatvādiva tasya duḥkhaṃ manaḥsamutsarpaṇamandamāsīt||45||



sa prītimāneva niśācarāṃstānsantarpayansvaiḥ piśitaistathāsīt|

krūrāṇi teṣāmapi mānasāni yenāsurāviṣkṛtamārdavāni||46||



dharmapriyatvātkaruṇāvaśādvā tyajan parārthe priyamātmadeham|

dveṣāgnidagdhānyapi mānasāni prasādasauvarṇyanavāni kuryāt||47||



atha te yakṣāstaṃ rājānaṃ svamāṃsotkartanaparaṃ tathaivāskhalitavadanaprasādamavikampyamānaṃ māṃsacchedavedanābhirabhivīkṣya prasādaṃ vismayañcopajagmuḥ|



āścaryamadbhutamaho bata kiṃsvidetat

satyaṃ na veti samudīrṇavicāraharṣāḥ|

rājanyamarṣamupamṛdya manaḥprasādaṃ

tatsaṃstutipraṇatibhiḥ prathayāmbabhūvuḥ||48||



alamalaṃ deva ! viramyatāṃ svaśarīrapīḍāprasaṅgāt| santarpitāḥ smastavānayādbhutayā yācanakajanamanoharayā pratipattyeti sasambhramāḥ sapraṇāmaṃ vinivārya rājānaṃ prasādāśrupariṣiktavadanāḥ sabahumānamudīkṣamāṇāḥ punarūcuḥ-



sthāne bhaktivaśena gacchati janastvatkīrtivācālatāṃ

sthāne śrīḥ paribhūya paṅkajavanaṃ tvatsaṃśrayaślāghinī|

vyaktaṃ śakrasanāthatāmapi gatā tvadvīryaguptāmimāṃ

dyauḥ paśyatyuditaspṛhā vasumatīṃ no cedaho vañcyate||49||



kiṃ bahunā ? evaṃvidhajanābhyupapannaḥ sabhāgyaḥ khalu manuṣyalokaḥ| yuṣmadāyāsābhyanumodanāttu vayamevātra dagdhāḥ| bhavadvidhajanāpaśrayācchakyamitthaṅgatairapyātmānaṃ samuddhartumiti svaduṣkarapratīghātāśayā bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ-



anādṛtya sukhaprāptāmanuraktāṃ nṛpaśriyam|

kiṃ tadatyadbhutaṃ sthānaṃ pathānena yadīpsasi||50||



sarvakṣitipatitvaṃ nu dhaneśatvamathendratām|

brahmabhūyaṃ vimokṣaṃ vā tapasānena vāñchasi||51||



asya hi vyavasāyasya na dūrataramīpsitam|

śrotavyaṃ caitadasmābhirbaktumarhati no bhavān||52||



rājovāca-śrūyatāṃ yadartho'yaṃ mamābhyudyamaḥ|

prayatnalabhyā yadayatnanāśinī na tṛptisaukhyāya kutaḥ praśāntaye|

bhavāśrayā sampadato na kāmaye surendralakṣmīmapi kimvathetarām||53||



na cātmaduḥkhakṣayamātrakeṇa me prayāti santoṣapathena mānasam|

amūnanāthānabhivīkṣya dehinaḥ prasaktatīvravyasanaśramāturān||54||



anena puṇyena tu sarvadarśitāmavāpya nirjitya ca doṣavidviṣaḥ|

jarā-rujā-mṛtyumahormisaṅkulātsamuddhareyaṃ bhavasāgarājjagat||55||



atha te yakṣāḥ prasādasaṃharṣitatanuruhāḥ praṇamya rājānamūcuḥ-upapannarūpamevaṃvidhasya vyavasāyātiśayasyedaṃ karma| tanna dūre bhavadvidhānāmabhiprāyasampada iti niścitamanaso vijñāpayāmaḥ-



kāmaṃ lokahitāyaiva tava sarvo'yamudyamaḥ|

svahitātyādaraṃ tveṣāṃ smartumarhasi nastadā||56||



ajñānācca yadasmābhirevamāyāsito bhavān|

svamapyarthamapaśyadbhirmṛṣyatāmeva tacca naḥ||57||



ājñāmapi ca tāvannastvamanugrahapaddhatim|

sacivānāmiva sveṣāṃ visrabdhaṃ dātumarhasi||58||



atha sa rājā prasādamṛdūkṛtahṛdayānmatvainānuvāca-upakāraḥ khalvayaṃ nāyāso mametyalamatra vo'kṣamāśaṅkayā| api ca-



evaṃvidhe dharmapathe sahāyānkiṃ vismariṣyāmyadhigamya bodhim|

yuṣmākameva prathamaṃ kariṣye vimokṣadharmāmṛtasaṃvibhāgam||59||



asmatpriyaṃ cābhisamīkṣamāṇairhiṃsā bhavadbhirviṣavadvivarjyā|

lobhaḥ paradravyaparigraheṣu vāggarhitā madyamayaśca pāpmā||60||



atha te yakṣāstathetyasmai pratiśrutya praṇamya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya cainaṃ tatraivāntardadhire| svamāṃsaśoṇitapradānaniścayasamakālameva tu tasya mahāsattvasya|



vikampamānā bahudhā vasundharā vidhūrṇayāmāsa suvarṇaparvatam|

prasasvanurdundubhayaśca tadgatā drumāśca puṣpaṃ sasṛjurvikampanāt||61||



tadabhravadvyomani māruteritaṃ patatriseneva vitānavatkvacit|

visṛtya mālā grathiteva kutracitsamaṃ samantānnṛpatervyakīryata||62||



nivārayiṣyanniva medinīpatiṃ samuddhatāvegatayā mahārṇavaḥ|

jalaiḥ prakṛtyabhyadhikakramasvanaiḥ prayāṇasaujaskavapurvyarocata||63||



kimetadityāgatasambhramastataḥ surādhipastatra vicintya kāraṇam|

nṛpātyayāśaṅkitatūrṇamāyayau nṛpālayaṃ śokabhayākulākulam||64||



tathāgatasyāpi tu tasya bhūpatermukhaprasādātsaviśeṣavismayaḥ|

upetya taktarma manojñayā girā prasādasaṃharṣavaśena tuṣṭuve||65||



aho prakarṣo bata sajjanasthiteraho guṇābhyāsanidherudāratā|

aho parānugrahapeśalā matistvadarpaṇānnāthavatī bata kṣitiḥ||66||



ityabhipraśasyainaṃ śakro devendraḥ sadyaḥ kṣatarohaṇasamarthairdivyairmānuṣyakairoṣadhiviśeṣairnirvedanaṃ yathāpaurāṇaṃ śarīraṃ kṛtvā dākṣiṇyavinayopacāramadhuraṃ pratipūjitastena rājñā svamāvāsaṃ pratijagāma|



tadevaṃ paraduḥkhāturā nātmasukhamavekṣante mahākāruṇikā iti| ko nāma dhanamātrake'pyapekṣāṃ notsraṣṭumarhatīti dāyakajanasamuttejanāyāṃ vācyam| karuṇāvarṇe'pi tathāgatamāhātmye satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe ca|



yaccoktaṃ bhagavatā 'bahukaraḥ khalvete pañcakā bhikṣavaḥ' iti syādetatsandhāya| tena hi samayena te pañca yakṣā babhūvuḥ| teṣāṃ bhagavatā yathāpratijñātameva prathamaṃ dharmāmṛtasaṃvibhāgaḥ kṛta iti|



iti maitrībala-jātakamaṣṭamam|