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śīlapraśamapratipakṣasaṃbādhaṃ gārhasthyamityevamātmakāmā na rocayante| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kila kasmiṃścidibhyakule ślāghanīyavṛttacāritrasaṃpanne prārthanīyasaṃbandhe kulodbhavānāṃ nipānabhūte śramaṇabrāhmaṇānāṃ kośakoṣṭhāgāranirviśeṣe mitrasvajanānāmabhigamanīye kṛpaṇavanīpakānāmupajīvye śilpijanasyāspadabhūte lakṣmyā dattānugrahasatkāre rājño lokābhisaṃmate janma pratilebhe| sa kālānāmatyayenābhivṛddhaḥ kṛtaśramo lokābhimateṣu vidyāsthāneṣvaparokṣabuddhirvividhavikalpāśrayāsu kalāsu jananayanakāntena ca vapuṣā dharmāvirodhinyā ca lokajñatayā svajana iva lokasya hṛdayeṣu paryavartata|



na hi svajana ityeva svajano bahu manyate|

jano vā jana ityeva svajanād dṛśyate'nyathā||1||



guṇadoṣābhimarśāttu bahumānāvamānayoḥ|

vrajatyāspadatāṃ lokaḥ svajanasya janasya vā||2||



kṛtapravrajyāparicayatvāttu tasya mahāsattvasya

paryeṣṭiduḥkhānugatāṃ viditvā gṛhasthatāṃ dharmavirodhinīṃ ca|

sukhodayatvaṃ ca tapovanānāṃ na gehasaukhyeṣu manaḥ sasañje||3||



sa mātāpitroḥ kālakriyayā saṃvignahṛdayastamanekaśatasahasrasaṃkhyaṃ gṛhavibhavasāraṃ mitrasvajanakṛpaṇaśramaṇabrāhmaṇebhyo yathārhamatisṛjya pravavrāja| so'nupūrveṇa grāmanagaranigamarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣvanuvicarannanyatamanagaramupaśritya kasmiṃścidvanaprasthe nivasati sma| sa dhyānaguṇābhyāsāt sātmībhūtenākṛtakenendriyaprasādena śrutihṛdayāhlādinā ca vidvattāsūcakenānutsiktena vigatalābhāśākārpaṇyadainyena vinayaujasvinā yathārhamadhuropacārasauṣṭhavena dharmādharmavibhāganipuṇena ca vacasā pravrajitācāraśībharayā (ca) sajjaneṣṭayā ceṣṭayā tatrābhilakṣito babhūva| kautūhalinā ca janena samupalabdhakulapravrajyākramaḥ suṣṭhutaraṃ lokasaṃmatastatrābhūt|



ādeyataratāṃ yānti kularūpaguṇād guṇāḥ|

āśrayātiśayeneva candrasya kiraṇāṅkarāḥ||4||



athāsya tatrābhigamanamupalabhya pitṛvayasyaḥ samabhigamya cainaṃ guṇabahumānāt kuśalaparipraśnapūrvakaṃ cāsmai nivedyātmānaṃ pitṛvayasyatāṃ ca saṃkathāprastāvāgatamenaṃ snehāduvāca-cāpalamiva khalvidamanuvartitaṃ bhadantenānapekṣya kulavaṃśamasmin vayasi pravrajatā|



ārādhyate satpratipattimadbhirdharmo yadāyaṃ bhavane vane vā|

śrīmanti hitvā bhavanānyatastvaṃ kasmādaraṇyeṣu matiṃ karoṣi||5||



paraprasādārjitabhaikṣavṛttiragaṇyamānaḥ khalavajjanena|

kucelabhṛdbandhusuhṛdvihīno vanāntabhūmāvapaviddhakāyaḥ||6||



mūrtaṃ daridratvamivopaguhya kathaṃ nu śokasya vaśaṃ prayāsi|

imāmavasthāṃ hi tavekṣamāṇā dviṣo'pi bāṣpāpihitekṣaṇāḥ syuḥ||7||



tadehi pitryaṃ bhavanaṃ tavedaṃ śrutārthasāraṃ bhavatāpi nūnam|

saṃpādayethā nivasaṃstvamatra dharmaṃ ca satputramanorathaṃ ca||8||



lokapravādaḥ khalvapi caiṣaḥ-

parakarmakarasyāpi sve nipānasukhā gṛhāḥ|

kiṃ punaḥ sukhasaṃprāptāḥ samṛddhijvalitaśriyaḥ||9||



atha bodhisattvaḥ pravivekasukhāmṛtarasaparibhāvitamatistatpravaṇahṛdayaḥ samupalabdhaviśeṣo gṛhavanavāsayoḥ kāmopabhoganimantraṇāyāṃ tṛpta iva bhojanakathāyāmasukhāyamāna uvāca-



idaṃ snehodgatatvātte kāmamalpātyayaṃ vacaḥ|

sukhasaṃjñāṃ tu mā kārṣīḥ kadācidgṛhacārake||10||



gārhasthyaṃ mahadasvāsthyaṃ sadhanasyādhanasya vā|

ekasya rakṣaṇāyāsāditarasyārjanaśramāt||11||



yatra nāma sukhaṃ naiva sadhanasyādhanasya vā|

tatrābhiratisaṃmohaḥ pāpasyaiva phalodayaḥ||12||



yadapi ceṣṭaṃ gṛhasthenāpi śakyamayamārādhayituṃ dharma iti kāmamevametat| atiduṣkaraṃ tu me pratibhāti dharmapratipakṣasaṃbādhatvācchramabāhulyācca gṛhasya| paśyatu bhavān|



gṛhā nānīhamānasya na caivāvadato mṛṣā|

na cānikṣiptadaṇḍasya pareṣāmanikurvataḥ||13||



tadayaṃ gṛhasukhāvabaddhahṛdayastatsādhanodyatamatirjanaḥ|

yadi dharmamupaiti nāsti gehamatha gehābhimukhaḥ kuto'sya dharmaḥ|

praśamaikaraso hi dharmamārgo gṛhasiddhiśca parākramakrameṇa||14||



iti dharmavirodhadūṣitatvād gṛhavāsaṃ ka ivātmavān bhajeta|

paribhūya sukhāśayā hi dharmaṃ niyamo nāsti sukhodayaprasiddhau||15||



niyataṃ ca yaśaḥparābhavaḥ syādanutāpo manasaśca durgatiśca|

iti dharmavirodhinaṃ bhajante na sukhopāyamapāyavannayajñāḥ||16||



api ca, sukho gṛhavāsa iti śraddhāgamyamidaṃ me pratibhāti|

niyatārjanarakṣaṇādiduḥkhe vadhabandhavyasanaikalakṣyabhūte|

nṛpaterapi yatra nāsti tṛptirvibhavaistoyanidherivāmbuvarṣaiḥ||17||



sukhamatra kutaḥ kathaṃ kadā vā parikalpapraṇayaṃ na cedupaiti|

viṣayopaniveśane'pi mohād vraṇakaṇḍūyanavatsukhābhimānaḥ||18||



bāhulyena ca khalu bravīmi-

prāyaḥ samṛddhyā madameti gehe mānaṃ kulenāpi balena darpam|

duḥkhena roṣaṃ vyasanena dainyaṃ tasminkadā syātpraśamāvakāśaḥ||19||



ataśca khalvahamatrabhavantamanunayāmi-



madamānamohabhujagopalayaṃ praśamābhirāmasukhavipralayam|

ka ivāśrayedabhimukhaṃ vilayaṃ bahutīvraduḥkhanilayaṃ nilayam||20||



saṃtuṣṭajanagehe tu praviviktasukhe vane|

prasīdati yathā cetastridive'pi tathā kutaḥ||21||



paraprasādārjitavṛttirapyato rame vanānteṣu kucelasaṃvṛtaḥ|

adharmamiśraṃ tu sukhaṃ na kāmaye viṣeṇa saṃpṛktamivānnamātmavān||22||



ityavagamitamatiḥ sa tena pitṛvayasyo hṛdayagrāhakeṇa vacasā bahumānameva tasminmahāsattve satkāraprayogaviśeṣeṇa pravedayāmāsa|



tadevaṃ śīlapraśamapratipakṣasaṃbādhaṃ gārhasthyamityevamātmakāmāḥ parityajantīti| labdhāsvādāḥ praviveke, na kāmeṣvāvartanta iti pravivekaguṇakathāyāmapyupaneyam|



ityaputra-jātakamaṣṭādaśam|