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23. mahābodhi-jātakam



asatkṛtānāmapi satpuruṣāṇāṃ pūrvopakāriṣvanukampā na śithilībhavati kṛtajñatvāt kṣamāsātmyācca| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavān mahābodhirnāma parivrājako babhūva| sa gṛhasthabhāva eva parividitakramavyāyāmo lokābhimatānāṃ vidyāsthānānāṃ kṛtajñānakautūhalaścitrāsu ca kalāsu pravrajyāśrayāllokahitodyogācca viśeṣavattaraṃ dharmaśāstreṣvavahitamatisteṣvācāryakaṃ padamavāpa| sa kṛtapuṇyatvājjñānamāhātmyāllokajñatayā pratipattiguṇasauṣṭhavācca yatra yatra gacchati sma tatra tatraiva viduṣāṃ vidvatpriyāṇāṃ ca rājñāṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāmanyatīrthikānāṃ ca pravrajitānāmabhigamanīyo bhāvanīyaśca babhūva|



guṇā hi puṇyāśrayalabdhadīptayo gatāḥ priyatvaṃ pratipattiśobhayā|

api dviṣadbhyaḥ svayaśonurakṣayā bhavanti satkāraviśeṣabhāginaḥ||1||



atha sa mahātmā lokānugrahārthamanuvicaran grāmanagaranigamajanapadarāṣṭrarājadhāṇīranyatamasya rājño viṣāyāntaramupajāgāma| śrutagunavistaraprabhavastu sa rājā tasyāgamanaṃ dūrata evopalabhya prītamanā ramaṇīye svasminnudyānavanapradeśe tasyāvasathaṃ kārayāmāsa| abhyudgamanādisatkārapuraḥsaraṃ cainaṃ praveśya svaviṣayaṃ śiṣya ivācāryaṃ paricaraṇaparyupāsanavidhinā saṃmānayāmāsa|



vibhūtiguṇasaṃpannamupetaḥ praṇayād gṛham|

gunapriyasya gunavānutsavātiśayo'tithiḥ||2||



bodhisattvo'pi cainaṃ śrutihṛdayahlādinībhirdharmyābhiḥ kathābhiḥ śreyomārgamanupratipādayamānaḥ pratyahamanujagrāha|



adṛṣṭabhaktiṣvapi dharmavatsalā

hitaṃ vivakṣanti parānukampinaḥ|

ka eva vādaḥ śucibhājanopame

hitārthini premaguṇotsuke jane||3||



atha tasya rājño'mātyā labdhavidvatsaṃbhāvanā labdhasaṃmānāśca sadasyāḥ pratyahamabhivardhamānasatkārāṃ bodhisattvasya guṇasamṛddhimīrṣyopahatabuddhitvānna sehire|



svaguṇātiśayoditairyaśobhirjagadāvarjanadṛṣṭaśaktiyogaḥ|

racanāgunamatrasatkṛteṣu jvalayatyeva pareṣvamarṣavahnim||4||



prasahya cainaṃ śāstrakathāsvabhibhavitumaśaktā dharmaprasaṅgamamṛṣyamāṇāśca rājñastena tena krameṇa rājānaṃ bodhisattvaṃ prati vigrāhayāmāsuḥ-nārhati devo bodhiparivrājake viśvāsamupagantum| vyaktamayaṃ devasya guṇapriyatāṃ dharmābhimukhatāṃ copalabhya vyasanapratāraṇaślakṣṇaṭhamadhuravacanaḥ pravṛttisaṃcāraṇaheturabhūtaḥ kasyāpi pratyarthino rājño nipuṇaḥ praṇidhiprayogaḥ| tathā hi dharmātmako nāma bhūtvā devamekāntena kāruṇyapravṛttau hrīdainye ca samanuśāsti, arthakāmoparodhiṣu ca kṣatradharmabāhyeṣvāsannāpanayeṣu dharmasamādāneṣu dayānuvṛttyā ca nāma te kṛtyapakṣamāśvāsanavidhinopagṛṇīte priyasaṃstavaścānyarājadūtaiḥ| na cāyamaviditavṛttānto rājaśāstrāṇām| ataḥ sāśaṅkānyatra no hṛdayānīti| atha tasya rājñaḥ punaḥ punarbhedopasaṃhitaṃ hitamiva bahubhirucyamānasya bodhisattvaṃ prati pariśaṅkāsaṃkocitasnehagauravaprasaramanyādṛśaṃ cittamabhavat|



paisunyavajrāśanisaṃnipāte bhīmasvane cāśanisaṃnipāte|

visrambhavānmānuṣamātradhairyaḥ syānnirvikāro yadi nāma kaścit||5||



atha sa rājā visrambhavirahanmandībhutapremabahumānastasmin mahāsattve na yathāpūrvaṃ satkāraprayogasumukho babhūva| bodhisattvo'pi śuddhasvabhāvatvāt bahukāryavyāsaṅgā rājāna iti tanmanasi cakāra| tatsamīpavartināṃ tu vinayopacāraśaithilyasaṃdarśanādviraktahṛdayamavetya rājānaṃ samādāya tridaṇḍāduṇḍikādyāṃ parivrājakabhāṇḍikāṃ prakramaṇasavyāpāraḥ samabhavat| tadupaśrutya sa rājā sāvaśeṣasnehatayā dākṣiṇyavinayanuvṛttyā cainamabhigamya pradarśitasaṃbhramo vinivartayitukāma iva tamuvāca-



asmanakasmādapahāya kasmādgantavya eva praṇatā matiste|

vyalīkaśaṅkājanakaṃ nu kiṃcid dṛṣṭaṃ pramādaskhalitaṃ tvayā naḥ||6||



athainaṃ bodhisattva uvāca-

nākasmiko'yaṃ gamanodyamo me nāsatkriyāmātrakarūkṣikatvāt|

abhajanatvaṃ tu gato'si śāṭhyāddharmasya tenāhamito vrajāmi||7||



athāsya sarabhasabhaṣitamativivṛtavadanamabhidravantaṃ vallabhaṃ śvānaṃ tatrāgatamabhipradarśayan punaruvāca-ayaṃ cātra mahārāja amānuṣaḥ sākṣinirdeśo dṛśyatām|



ayaṃ hi pūrvaṃ paṭucāṭukarmā bhūtvā mayi śvā bhavato'nuvṛttyā|

ākāraguptyajñatayā tvidānīṃ tvadbhāvasūcāṃ bhaṣitaiḥ karoti||8||



tvattaḥ śrutaṃ kiṃcidanena nūnaṃ madantare bhaktivipattirukṣam|

ato'nuvṛttaṃ dhruvamityanena tvatprītihetoranujīvivṛttam||9||



atha sa rājā tatpratyadeśād vrīḍāvanāmitavadanastena cāsya matinaipuṇyena samāvarjitamatirjātasaṃvego nedānīṃ śāṭhyānuvṛttikāla iti bodhisattvamabhipraṇamyovāca-



tvadāśrayā kacidabhūtkathaiṣā saṃprastutā naḥ sadasi pragalbhaiḥ|

upekṣitā kāryavaśānmayā ca tatkṣamyatāṃ tiṣṭha ca sādhu mā gāḥ||10||



bodhisattva uvāca-naiva khalvahaṃ mahārāja asatkāraprakṛtatvādakṣamayā vā praṇudyamāṇo gacchāmi| na tvayaṃ mahārāja avasthānakāla iti na tiṣṭhāmi| paśyatu bhavān|



vimadhyabhāvādapi hīnaśobhe yāyāṃ na satkāravidhau svayaṃ cet|

saṅgādagatyā jaḍatābalādvā nanvardhacandrābhinayottaraḥ syām||11||



prāptakramo'yaṃ vidhiratra tena yāsyāmi nāprītyabhitaptacittaḥ|

ekāvamānābhihatā hi satsu pūrvopakārā na samībhavanti||12||



asnigdhabhāvastu na paryupāsyastoyārthina śuṣka ivodapānaḥ|

prayatnasādhyāpi tato'rthasiddhiryasmādbhavedākaluṣā kṛśā ca||13||



prasanna eva tvabhigamyarūpaḥ śaradviśuddhāmbumahāhradābhaḥ|

sukhārthinaḥ kleśaparāṅmukhasya lokaprasiddhaḥ sphuṭa eṣa mārgaḥ||14||



bhaktyunmukhādyo'pi parāṅmukhaḥ syātparāṅmukhe cābhimukhatvadīnaḥ|

pūrvopakārasmaraṇālaso vā narākṛtiścintyaviniścayaḥ saḥ||15||



asevanā cātyupasevanā ca yācñābhiyogāśca dahanti maitrīm|

rakṣyaṃ yataḥ prītyavaśeṣametannivāsadoṣāditi yāmi tāvat||16||



rājovāca-yadyavaśyameva gantavyamiti niścitātrabhavato matiḥ, tatpunarapīdānīmihāgamanenāsmānanugrahītumarhati bhavān| asevanādapi hi prītiranurakṣitavyaiva| bodhisattva uvāca-bahvantarāyo mahārāja bahūpadravapratyarthikatvāllokasaṃniveśa iti na śakyametadavadhāraṇayā pratijñātumāgamiṣyāmīti| sati tvāgamanakāraṇasākalye'pi nāma punarbhavantaṃ paśyema| ityanunīya sa māhatmā taṃ rājānaṃ kṛtābhyanujñāsatkārastena rājñā tadviṣayātpracakrāma| sa tena gṛhijanasaṃstavenākulitahṛdayo'nyatamadaraṇyāyatanamupaśritya dhyānābhiyuktamatistatra viharannacireṇeva catvāri dhyānāni pañcābhijñāḥ pratilebhe|



tasya samasvāditapraśamasukharasasya smṛtiranukampanusāriṇī taṃ rājānaṃ prati prādurabhūt-kā nu khalu tasya rājño'vastheti| athainaṃ dadarśa tairamātyairyathābhiniviṣṭāni dṛṣṭigatāni prait pratāryamāṇam| kaścidenamamātyo durvibhāvyahetubhirnidarśanairahetuvādaṃ prati pracakarṣa-



kaḥ padmanāladalakesarakarṇikānāṃ

saṃsthānavarṇaracanāmṛdutādihetuḥ|

patrāṇi citrayati ko'tra patatriṇāṃ vā

svābhāvikaṃ jagadidaṃ niyataṃ tathaiva||17||



apara iśvarakāraṇamasmai svabuddhirucitamupavarṇayāmāsa-

nākasmikaṃ bhavitumarhati sarvameta-

dastyatra sarvamadhi kaścidananta ekaḥ|

svecchāviśeṣaniyamādya imaṃ vicitraṃ

lokaṃ karoti ca punaśca samīkaroti||18||



sarvamidaṃ pūrvakarmakṛtaṃ sukhāsukham| na prayatnasāmarthyamastītyevamanya enaṃ vigrāhayāmāsa-



evaṃ kariṣyati kathaṃ nu samānakālaṃ

bhinnāśrayān bahuvidhānamitāṃśca bhāvān|

sarvaṃ tu pūrvakṛtakarmanimittametat

saukhyaprayatnanipuṇo'pi hi duḥkhameti||19||



apara ucchedavādakathābhirenaṃ kāmabhogaprasaṅga eva pratārayāmāsa-

dārūṇi naikavidhavarṇaguṇākṛtīni

karmātmakāni na bhavanti bhavanti caiva|

naṣṭāni naiva ca yathā punarudbhavanti

lokastathāyamiti saukhyaparāyaṇaḥ syāt||20||



apara enaṃ kṣatravidyāparidṛṣṭeṣu nītikauṭilyaprasaṅgeṣu nairghṛṇyamalineṣu dharmavirodhiṣvapi rājadharmo'yamiti samanuśaśāsa-



chāyādrumeṣviva nareṣu kṛtāśrayeṣu

tāvatkṛtajñacaritaiḥ svayaśaḥ parīpset|

nārtho'ti yāvadupabhoganayena teṣāṃ

kṛtye tu yajña iva te paśavo niyojyāḥ||21||



iti te'mātyāstaṃ rājānaṃ tena tena dṛṣṭikṛtonmārgeṇa netumīṣuḥ|

atha bodhisattvaḥ pāpajanasaṃparkavaśātparapratyayaneyabuddhitvācca dṛṣṭikṛtaprapātābhimukhamavekṣya rājānaṃ tadanukampāsamāvarjitahṛdayastannivartanopāyaṃ vimamarśa|



guṇābhyāsena sādhūnāṃ kṛtaṃ tiṣṭhati cetasi|

bhraśyatyapakṛtaṃ tasmājjalaṃ padmadalādiva||22||



atha bodhisattvaḥ idamatra prāptakālamiti viniścitya svasminnāśramapade mahāntaṃ vānaramabhinirmāya ṛddhiprabhāvāttasya carmāpanīya śeṣamantardhāpayāmāsa| sa tannirmitaṃ mahadvānaracarma bibhrattasya nṛpaterbhavanadvāre prādurabhūt| niveditābhyāgamanaśca dauvārikairyathākramamāyudhīyaguptaparyantāmamātyadvijayodhadūpapauramukhyābhikīrṇāṃ vinītadhīrodāttaveṣajanāṃ sāsiyaṣṭibhiḥ pratihārairadhiṣṭhitapradvārāṃ siṃhāsanāvaśtitanarādhipāmanākulāṃ rājaparṣadamavajagāhe| pratyudgamanādividhinā cātithijanopacāreṇa pratipūjyamānaḥ kṛtapratisaṃmodanakathāsatkārāsanābhinirhāraśca tena rājñā kautūhalānuvṛttyā vānaracarmapratilambhaṃ pratyanuyuktaḥ-kenedamāryāya vānaracarmopanayatā mahatānugraheṇātmā saṃyojita iti|



bodhisattva uvāca-mayaivedaṃ mahārāja svayamadhigataṃ nānyena kenacidupahṛtam| kuśatṛṇamātrāstīrṇāyāṃ hi pṛthivyāṃ svabhāvakaṭhināyāṃ niṣaṇṇena svapatā vā pratapyamānaśarīreṇa na sukhaṃ dharmavidhiranuṣṭhiyate| ayaṃ ca mayāśramapade mahān vānaro dṛṣṭaḥ| tasya me buddhirabhavat-upapannaṃ bata me dharmasādhanamidamasya vānarasya carma| śakyamatra niṣaṇṇena svapatā vā parārdhyāstaraṇāstīrṇebhyo rājaśayanebhyo'pi nivṛttaspṛheṇa svadharmavidhiranuṣṭhātumiti mayā tasyedaṃ carma pragṛhītam| sa ca praśamita iti| tacchrutvā sa rājā dākṣiṇyavinayānuvṛttyā na bodhisattvaṃ kiṃcitpratyuvāca| savrīḍahṛdayastu kiṃcidavāṅmukho babhūva|



atha te'mātyāḥ pūrvamapi tasmin mahāsattve sāmarṣahṛdayā labdhavacanāvakāśatvātpravikasitavadanā rājānamūdīkṣya bodhisattvamupadarśayanta ūcuḥ-aho bhagavato dharmanurāgaikarasā matiḥ| aho dhairyam| aho vyavasāyasādhusāmarthyam| āśramapadamabhigata eva mahānnāma vānara ekākinā tapaḥkṣāmaśarīreṇa praśamita ityāścaryam| sarvathā tapaḥsiddhirastu| athainānasaṃrabdha eva bodhisattvaḥ pratyuvāca-nārhantyatrabhavantaḥ svavādaśobhānirapekṣamityasmān vigarhitum| na hyayaṃ kramo vidvadyaśaḥ samudbhābayitum| pahsyantvatrabhavantaḥ-



svavādaghnena vacasā yaḥ parān vijugupsate|

sa khalvātmavadheneva parasyākirtīmicchati||23||



iti sa mahātmā tānamātyān sāmānyenopālabhya pratyekaśaḥ punarupālabdhukāmastamahetuvādinamāmantryovāca-



svābhāvikaṃ jagaditi pravikathase tvaṃ

tattvaṃ ca tadyadi vikutsayasi kimasmān|

śākhāmṛge nidhanamāpatite svabhāvāt

pāpaṃ kṛto mama yataḥ suhato mayāyam||24||



atha pāpamasti mama tasya vadhānnanu hetutastaditi siddhamidam|

tadahetuvādamidamutsṛja vā vada vātra yattava na yuktamiva||25||



yadi padmanālaracanādi ca yattadahetukaṃ nanu sadaiva bhavet|

salilādībījakṛtameva tu tat sati tatra saṃbhavati na hyasati||26||



api cāyuṣman, samyagupadhāraya tāvat,

na heturastīti vadan sahetukaṃ nanu pratijñā svayameva hāpayet|

athāpi hetupraṇayālaso bhavet pratijñayā kevalayāsya kiṃ bhavet||27||



ekatra kvacidanavekṣya yaśca hetuṃ tenaiva pravadati sarvahetvabhāvam|

prtyakṣaṃ nanu tadavetya hetusāraṃ taddveṣī bhavati virodhaduṣṭavākyaḥ||28||



na lakṣyate yadi kuhacicca kāraṇaṃ kathaṃ nu tad dṛḍhamasadeva bhāṣase|

na dṛśyate sadapi hi kāraṇāntarāddinātyaye vimalavivārkamaṇḍalam||29||



nanu ca bhoḥ

sukhārthamiṣṭān viṣayān prapadyase niṣevituṃ necchasi tadvirodhinaḥ|

nṛpasya sevāṃ ca karoṣi tatkṛte na heturastīti ca nāma bhāṣase||30||



tadevamapi cedbhāvānanupaśyasyahetukān|

ahetorvānaravadhe siddhe kiṃ māṃ vigarhase||31||



iti sa mahātmā tamahetuvādinaṃ viśadairhetubhirniṣpratibhaṃ kṛtvā tamīśvakāraṇikamamantrayovāca-āyuṣmānapyasmān nārhatyeva vigarhitum| īśvaraḥ sarvasya hi te kāraṇamabhimataḥ| paśya-



kurute yadi sarvamīśvaro nanu tenaiva hataḥ sa vānaraḥ|

tava keyamamaitracittatā paradoṣān mayi yanniṣiñcasi||32||



atha vānaravīravaiśasaṃ na kṛtaṃ tena dayānurodhinā|

bṛhadityavaghuṣyate kathaṃ jagataḥ kāraṇamīśvarastvayā||33||



api ca bhadra sarvamīśvarakṛtamiti paśyataḥ-

īśvare prasādāśā kā stutipraṇāmādyaiḥ|

sa svayaṃ svayaṃbhūste yatkaroti tatkarma||34||



tvatkṛtātha yadījyā na tvasau tadakartā|

ātmano hi vibhūtyā yaḥ karoti sa karjā||35||



īśvaraḥ kurute cetpāpakānyakhilāni|

tatr abhaktiniveśaḥ kaṃ guṇaṃ nu samīkṣya||36||



tānyadharmabhayādvā yadyayaṃ na karoti|

tena vaktumayuktaṃ sarvamīśvarasṛṣṭam||37||



tasya ceśvaratā syāddharmataḥ parato vā|

dharmato yadi na prāgīśvaraḥ sa tato'bhūt||38||



dāsataiva ca sā syādyā kriyeta pareṇa|

syādathāpi na hetoḥ kasyaneśvaratā syat||39||



evamapi tu gate bhaktirāgādavigaṇitayuktāyuktasya-

yadi kāraṇamīśvara eva vibhurjagato nikhilasya tavābhimataḥ|

nanu nārhasi mayyadhiropayituṃ vihitaṃ vibhunā kapirājavadham||40||



iti sa mahātmā tamīśvakāraṇikaṃ suśliṣṭairhetubhirmūkatāmivopanīya taṃ pūrvakarmakṛtavādinamāmantraṇāsauṣṭhavenābhimukhīkṛtyovāca-bhavānapyasmānna śobhate vikutsayamānaḥ| sarvaṃ hi te pūrvakarmakṛtamityabhimānaḥ| tena ca tvāṃ bravīmi-



syātsarvameva yadi pūrvakṛtaprabhāvā-

cchākhāmṛgaḥ suhata eva mayaiṣa tasmāt|

dagdhe hi pūrvakṛtakarmadavāgnināsmin

pāpaṃ kimatra mama yena vigarhase mām||41||



athāsti pāpaṃ mama vānaraṃ ghnataḥ kṛtaṃ mayā tarhi na pūrvakarmaṇā|

yadiṣyate karma ca karmahetukaṃ na kaścidevaṃ sati mokṣameṣyati||42||



bhavecca saukhyaṃ yadi duḥkhahetuṣu sthitasya duḥkhaṃ sukhasādhaneṣu vā|

ato'numīyeta sukhāsukhaṃ dhruvaṃ pravartate pūrvakṛtaikahetukam||43||



na dṛṣṭamevaṃ ca yataḥ sukhāsukhaṃ na pūrvakarmaikamato'sya kāraṇam|

bhavedabhāvaśca navasya karmaṇastadaprasiddhau ca purātanaṃ kutaḥ||44||



pūrvakarmakṛtaṃ sarvamathaivamapi manyase|

vānarasya vadhaḥ kasmānmatkṛtaḥ parikalpyate||45||



iti sa mahātmā niranuyojyairhetubhistasya maunavratamivopadiśya tamucchedavādinaṃ smitapūrvakamuvāca-āyuṣmataḥ ko'yamatyādaro'smadvigarhāyāṃ yadi tattvamucchedavādaṃ manyase?



lokaḥ paro yadi na kaścana kiṃ vivarjyaṃ

pāpaṃ śubhaṃ prati ca kiṃ bahumānamohaḥ|

svacchandaramyacarito'tra vicakṣaṇaḥ syā-

devaṃ gate suhata eva ca vānaro'yam||46||



janavādabhayādathāśubhaṃ parivarjyaṃ śubhamārgasaṃśrayāt|

svavacaḥpratilomaceṣṭitairjanavādānapi nātiyātyayam||47||



svakṛtāntapathāgataṃ sukhaṃ na samāpnoti ca lokaśaṅkayā|

iti niṣphalavādavibhramaḥ paramo'yaṃ nanu bāliśādhamaḥ||48||



yadapi ca bhavānāha-

dārūṇi naikavidhavarṇaguṇākṛtīni

karmātmakāni na bhavanti bhavanti caiva|

naṣṭāni naiva ca yathā punarudbhavanti

lokastathāyamiti ko'tra ca nāma hetuḥ||49||



ucchedavādavātsalyaṃ syādevamapi te yadi|

vigarhaṇīyaḥ kiṃ hantā vānarasya narasya vā||50||



iti sa mahāsattvastamucchedavādinaṃ vispaṣṭaśobhenottarakrameṇa tūṣṇīṃbhāvaparāyaṇaṃ kṛtvā taṃ kṣatravidyāvidagdhamamātyamuvāca-bhavānapyasmān kasmāditi vikutsayate yadi nyāyyamarthaśāstraparidṛṣṭaṃ vidhiṃ manyase?



anuṣṭheyaṃ hi tatreṣṭamarthārthaṃ sādhvasādhu vā|

athoddhṛtya kilātmānamarthairdharmaṃ kariṣyate||51||



atastvāṃ bravīmi-

prayojanaṃ prāpya na cedavekṣyaṃ snigdheṣu bandhuṣvapi sādhuvṛttam|

hate mayā carmaṇi vānare'smin kā śāstradṛṣṭe'pi naye vigarhā||52||



dayāviyogādatha garhaṇīyaṃ karmedṛśaṃ dūḥkhaphalaṃ ca dṛṣṭam|

yatrābhyanujñātamidaṃ na tantre prapadyase kena mukhena tattvam||53||



iyaṃ vibhūtiśca nayasya yatra tatrānayaḥ kidṛśavibhramaḥ syāt|

aho pragalbhaiḥ paribhūya lokamunnīyate śāstrapathairadharmaḥ||54||



adṛṣṭamevātha tavaitadiṣṭaṃ śāstre kila spaṣṭapathopadiṣṭam|

śāstraprasiddhena nayena gacchan na garhaṇīyo'smi kapervadhena||55||



iti sa mahātmā jitaparṣatkān paricitaprāgalbhyānapi ca tānamātyān prasahyābhibhūya samāvarjitahṛdayāṃ ca sarājikāṃ parṣadamavetya teṣāṃ vānaravadhahṛllekhavinayanārthaṃ rājānamābabhāṣe-naiva ca khalvahaṃ mahārāja prāṇinaṃ vānaraṃ hatavān| nirmāṇavidhirayam| nirmitasya hi vānarasyedaṃ carma mayā gṛhītamasyaiva kathākramasya prastāvārtham| tadalaṃ māmanyathā pratigrahītum| ityuktvā tamṛddhyābhisaṃskāraṃ pratisaṃhṛtya parayā ca mātrayābhiprasāditamānasaṃ rājānaṃ saparṣatkamavetyovāca-



saṃpaśyan hetutaḥ siddhiṃ svatantraḥ paralokavit|

sādhupratijñaḥ saghṛṇaḥ prāṇinaṃ ko haniṣyati||56||



paśya mahārāja,

ahetuvādī paratantradṛṣṭiranāstikaḥ kṣatranayānugo vā|

kuryānna yannāma yaśolavārthaṃ tannyāyavādī kathamabhyupeyāt||57||



dṛṣṭirnaraśreṣṭha śubhāśubhā vā sabhāgakarmapratipattihetuḥ|

dṛṣṭyanvayaṃ hi pravikalpya tattadvāgbhiḥ kriyābhiśca vidarśayanti||58||



saddṛṣṭirasmācca niṣevitavyā tyājyā tvasaddṛṣṭiranarthavṛṣṭiḥ|

labhyaśca satsaṃśrayiṇā kramo'yamasajjanāddūracareṇa bhutvā||59||



asaṃyatāḥ saṃyataveṣadhāriṇaścaranti kāmaṃ bhuvi bhikṣurākṣasāḥ|

vinirdahantaḥ khalu bāliśaṃ janaṃ kudṛṣṭibhirdṛṣṭiviṣā ivoragāḥ||60||



ahetuvādādivirūkṣavāśitaṃ śṛgālavattatra viśeṣalakṣaṇam|

ato na tānarhati sevituṃ budhaścarettadarthaṃ tu parākrame sati||61||



loke virūḍhayaśasāpi tu naiva kāryā kāryārthamapyasadṛśena janena maitrī|

hemantadurdinasamāgamadūṣito hi saubhāgyahānimupayāti niśākaro'pi||62||



tadvarjanād guṇavivarjayiturjanasya saṃsevanācca guṇasevanapaṇḍitasya|

svāṃ kirtimujjvalaya saṃjanayan prajānāṃ doṣānurāgavilayaṃ guṇasauhṛdaṃ ca||63||



tvayi ca carati dharma bhūyasāyaṃ nṛlokaḥ

sucaritasumukhaḥ syātsvargamārgapratiṣṭhaḥ|

jagadidamanupālyaṃ caivamabhyudyamaste

vinayaruciramārgaṃ dharmamasmādbhajasva||64||



śīlaṃ viśodhaya samarjaya dātṛkīrtiṃ

maitraṃ manaḥ kuru jane svajane yathaiva|

dharmeṇa pālaya mahīṃ ciramapramādā-

devaṃ sameṣyasi sukhaṃ tridivaṃ yaśaśca||65||



kṛṣipradhānān paśupālanodyatān

mahīruhān puṣpaphalānvitāniva|

apālayañjānapadān balipradān

nṛpo hi sarvauṣadhibhirvirudhyate||66||



vicitrapaṇyakrayavikrayāśrayaṃ

vaṇigjanaṃ paurajanaṃ tathā nṛpaḥ|

na pāti yaḥ śulkapathopakāriṇaṃ

virodhamāyāti sa kośasaṃpadā||67||



adṛṣṭadoṣaṃ yudhi dṛṣṭavikramaṃ

tathā balaṃ yaḥ prathitāsrakauśalam|

vimānayed bhūpatiradhyupekṣayā

dhruvaṃ viruddhaḥ sa raṇe jayaśriyā||68||



tathaiva śīlaśrutayogasādhuṣu prakāśamāhātmyaguṇeṣu sādhuṣu|

carannavajñāmalinena vartmanā narādhipaḥ svargasukhervirudhyate||69||



drumadyathāmaṃ pracinoti yaḥ phalaṃ sa hanti bījaṃ na rasaṃ ca vindati|

adharmyamevaṃ balimuddharannṛpaḥ kṣiṇoti deśaṃ na ca tena nandati||70||



yathā tu saṃpūrṇaguṇo mahoruhaḥ phalodayaṃ pākavaśātprayacchati|

tathaiva deśaḥ kṣitipābhirakṣito yunakti dharmārthasukhairnarādhipam||71||



hitānamātyānnipuṇārthadarśinaḥ śucīni mitrāṇi janaṃ svameva ca|

badhāna cetassu tadiṣṭayā girā dhanaiśca saṃmānanayopapāditaiḥ||72||



tasmāddharmaṃ tvaṃ puraskṛtya nityaṃ śreyaḥprāptau yuktacetāḥ prajānām|

rāgadveṣonmuktayā daṇḍanītyā rakṣallokānātmano rakṣa lokān||73||



iti sa mahātmā taṃ rājānaṃ dṛṣṭikṛtakāpathādvivecya samavatārya ca sanmārgaṃ saparṣatkaṃ tata eva gaganatalaṃ samutpatya prāñjalinā tena janena sabahumānapraṇatena pratyarcyamānastadevāraṇyāyatanaṃ pratijagāma|



tadevamasatkṛtānāmapi satpuruṣāṇāṃ pūrvopakāriṣvanukampā na śithilībhavati kṛtajñatvātkṣamāsātmyācca| iti nāsatkāramātrakeṇa pūrvakṛtaṃ vismartavyam| evaṃ sa bhagavānanabhisaṃbuddho'pi paravādānabhibhūya sattvavinayaṃ kṛtavāniti buddhavarṇe'pi vācyam| evaṃ mithyādṛṣṭirananuyogakṣamānupāśrayatvādasevyā ceti mithyādṛṣṭivigarhāyāmapyupaneyam| viparyayeṇa samyagdṛṣṭipraśaṃsāyāmiti|



|| iti mahābodhi-jātakaṃ trayoviṃśatitamam|