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27. mahākapi-jātakam



dviṣatāmapi mānasānyāvarjayanti sadvṛttānuvartinaḥ| tadyathānuśrūyate-

bodhisattvaḥ kila śrīmati himavatkukṣau vividharasaviryavipākaguṇairbahubhiroṣadhiviśeṣaiḥ parigṛhītabhūmibhāge nāṇāvidhapuṣpaphalapallavapatraviṭaparaparacanairmahīruhaśatairākīrṇe sphaṭikadalāmalasalilaprasravaṇe vividhapakṣigaṇanādanādite vānarayūthādhipatirbabhūva| tadavasthamapi cainaṃ tyāgakāruṇyābhyāsātpratipakṣasevāvirodhitānīverṣyāmātsaryakrauryāṇi nopajagmuḥ| sa tatra mahāntaṃ nyagrodhapādapaṃ parvataśikharamiva vyomollikhantamadhipatimiva tasya vanasya meghasaṃghātamiva pratyandhakāraviṭapamākīrṇaparṇatayā tālaphalādhikatarapramāṇaiḥ paramasvādubhirmanojñavarṇagandhaiḥ phalaviśeṣairānamyamānaśākhaṃ niśritya vijahāra|



tiryaggatānāmapi bhāgyaśeṣaṃ satāṃ bhavatyeva sukhāśrayāya|

kartavyasaṃbandhi suhṛjjanānāṃ videśagānāmiva vittaśeṣam||1||



tasya tu vanaspaterekā śākhā tatsamīpagāṃ nimnagāmabhi praṇatābhavat| atha bodhisattvo dīrghadarśitvāttadvānarayūthaṃ samanuśaśāsa - asyāṃ nyogrodhaśākhāyāmaphalāyāmakṛtāyāṃ na vaḥ kena cidanyataḥ phalamupabhoktavyamiti|



atha kadācittasyāṃ śākhāyāṃ pipīlikābhiḥ parṇapuṭāvacchāditaṃ taruṇatvānnātimahadekaṃ phalaṃ na te vānarā dadṛśuḥ| tatkrameṇābhivardhamānaṃ varṇagandharasamārdavopapannaṃ paripākavaśācchithilabandhanaṃ tasyāṃ nadyāṃ nipapāta| anupūrveṇa vāhyamāna nadīstrotasā'nyatamasya rājñaḥ sāntaḥpurasya tasyāṃ nadyāṃ salilakrīḍāmanubhavato jālakaraṇḍakapārśve vyāsajyata|



tatsnānamālyāsavavāsagandha saṃśleṣasaṃpiṇḍitamaṅganānām|

visarpiṇā svena tiraścakāra ghrāṇābhirāmeṇa guṇodayena||2||



tadgandhamattāḥ kṣāṇamaṅganāstā dīrghīkṛtocchvāsavikuñcitākṣyaḥ|

bhutvātha kautūhalacañcalāni vicikṣipurdikṣu vilocanāni||3||



kaūtuhalaprasṛtalolataranayanāstu tā yoṣitastannyagrodhaphalaṃ paripakvatālaphalādhikatarapramāṇaṃ jālakaraṇḍakapārśvato vilagnamavekṣya kimidamiti tadāvarjitanayanāḥ samapdyanta saha rājñā| atha sa rājā tatphalamānāyya prātyayikavaidyajanaparidṛṣṭaṃ svayamāsvādayāmāsa|



adbhūtena rasenātha nṛpastasya visiṣmiye|

adbhūtena raseneva prayogaguṇahāriṇā||4||



apūrvavarṇagandhābhyāṃ tasyākalitavismayaḥ|

yayau tadrasasaṃrāgātparāṃ vismayavikriyām||5||



atha tasya rājñaḥ svādurasabhojanasamucitasyāpi tadrasasaṃrāgavaśagasyaitada bhavat-



yo nāma nāmūni phalāni bhuṅkte sa kāni rājyasya phalāni bhuṅkte|

yasyānnametattu ca eva rājā vinaiva rājatvapariśrameṇa||6||



sa tatprabhavānveṣaṇakṛtamatiḥ svabuddhyā vimamarśa-vyaktamayaṃ taruvara ito nātidūre nadītīrasaṃniviṣṭaśca yasyedaṃ phalam ! tathā hyanupahatavarṇagandharasamadīrghakālasalilasaṃparkādaparikṣatamajarjaraṃ ca yataḥ śakyamasya prabhavo'dhigantumiti niścayamupetya tadrasatṛṣṇayā ākṛṣyamāṇo viramya jalakrīḍāyāḥ samyak puravare sve rakṣāvidhānaṃ saṃdiśya yātrāsajjena mahatā balakāyena parivṛtastāṃ nadīmanusasāra| krameṇa cotsādayan saśvāpadagaṇāni vanagahanāni samanubhavaṃ ścatrāṇi rasāntarāṇi paśyannakṛtrimaramaṇīyaśobhāni vanāntarāṇi saṃtrāsayan paṭaharasitairavanyagajamṛgān mānuṣajanadurgamaṃ tasya vanaspateḥ samīpamupajagāma|



taṃ meghavṛndamiva toyabharāvasannamāsannaśailamapi śailavadīkṣyamāṇam|

dūrāddadarśa nṛpatiḥ sa vanaspatīndramullokyamānamadhirājamivānyavṛkṣaiḥ||7||



paripakvasahakāraphalasurabhitareṇa ca nirhāriṇā atimanojñena gandhena pratyudgata iva tasya pādapasya ayaṃ sa vanaspatiriti niścayamupajagāma| samupetya cainaṃ dadarśa tatphalopabhogavyāpṛtairanekavānaraśatairākīrṇaviṭapam|



atha sa rājā samabhilaṣitārthavipralopinastān vānarān pratyabhikruddhamatiḥ-hata hataitān| vidhvaṃsayata vināśayata sarvān vānarajālmāniti saparuṣākṣaraṃ svān puruṣānādideśa| atha te rājapuruṣāḥ sajyacāpabāṇavyagrakarāgrā vānarāvabhartsanamukharāḥ samudyataloṣṭadaṇḍaśastrāścāpare paradurgamivābhiroddhukāmāstaṃ vanaspatimabhisasruḥ| atha bodhisattvastumulaṃ tadrājabalamanilajavākalitamivārṇavajalamanibhṛtakalakalārāvamabhipatadālokyāśanivarṣeṇeva samantato vikīryamāṇaṃ taruvaraṃ śaraloṣṭadaṇḍaśastravarṣeṇa bhayavirasavirāvamātraparāyaṇaṃ ca vikṛtadīnamukhamunmukhaṃ vānaragaṇamavekṣya mahatyā karuṇayā samākramyamāṇacetāstyaktaviṣādadainyasaṃtrāsaḥ samāśvāsya tadvānarayūthaṃ tatparitrāṇavyavasitamatirabhiruhya tasya vanaspateḥ śikharaṃ tatsamāsannaṃ giritaṭaṃ laṅghayitumiyeṣa| athānekapraskandanakramaprāpyamapi taṃ giritaṭaṃ sa mahāsattvaḥ svavīryātiśayātkhaga ivādhiruroha|



dvābhyāmapi laṅghanakramābhyāṃ gamyaṃ naiva tadanyavānarāṇām|

vegena yadantaraṃ tarasvī pratatārālpamivaikavikrameṇa || 8 ||



kṛpayābhivivardhitaḥ sa tasya vyavasāyaḥ paṭutāṃ jagāma śauryāt|

sa ca yatnaviśeṣamasya cakre manasaivātha jagāma yatnataikṣṇyāt||9||



adhiruhya ca gireruccataraṃ tātapradeśaṃ tadantarālādhikapramāṇayā mahatyā virūḍhayā'śithilamūlayā dṛḍhayā vetralatayā gāḍhamābadhya caraṇau punastaṃ vanaspatiṃ pracaskandaḥ| viprakṛṣṭatvāttu tasyāntarālasya caraṇabandhanavyākulatvācca sa mahāsattvaḥ kathaṃcittasya vanaspateragraśākhāṃ karābhyāṃ samāsasāda|



tataḥ samālambya dṛḍhaṃ sa śākhāmātatya tāṃ vetralatāṃ ca yatnāt|

svasaṃjñayā yūthamathādideśa drumādataḥ śighramabhirpayāyāt||10||



atha te vānarā bhayāturatvādapayānamārgamāsādya capalataragatayastadākramaṇanirviśaṅkāstayā svastyapacakramuḥ|



bhayāturaistasya tu vānaraistairākramyamāṇaṃ caraṇaiḥ prasaktam|

gātraṃ yayau svaiḥ piśitairviyogaṃ na tveva dhairyātiśayena cetaḥ||11||



taddṛṣṭvā sa rājā te ca rājapuruṣāḥ parāṃ vismayavaktavyatāmupajagmuḥ|

evaṃvidhā vikramabuddhisampadātmānapekṣā ca dayā pareṣu|

āścaryabuddhiṃ janayecchrutāpi pratyakṣataḥ kiṃ punarīkṣyamāṇā||12||



atha sa rājā tān puruṣān samādideśa-bhayodbhrāntavānaragaṇacaraṇakṣobhitakṣataśarīraściramekakramāvasthānācca dṛḍhaṃ pariśrānto vyaktamayaṃ vānarādhipatiḥ na cāya mataḥ śakṣyati svayamātmānaṃ saṃhartum, tacchrīghramasyādhaḥ paṭavitānaṃ vitatya vitralateyaṃ ca nyagrodhaśākhā śārābhyāṃ yugapatpracchidyetāmiti| te tathā cakruḥ| athainaṃ sa rājā śanakairvitānādavatārya murchayā vraṇavedanāklamopajātayā samākramyamāṇacetasaṃ mṛduni śayanīye saṃveśayāmāsa| sadyaḥkṣatapraśamanayogyaiśca sarpirādibhirasya vraṇānyabhyajya mandībhūtapariśramaṃ samāśvastamenamabhyupagamya sa rājā sakautūhalavismayabahumānaḥ kuśalaparipraśnapūrvakamuvāca-



gatvā svayaṃ saṃkramatāmamīṣāṃ svajīvite tyaktadayena bhutvā|

samuddhṛtā ye kapayastvayeme ko nu tvameṣāṃ tava vā ka ete||13||



śrotuṃ vayaṃ cedidamarharūpāstattāvadācakṣva kapipradhāna|

na hyalpasauhārdanibandhanānāmevaṃ manāṃsi prataranti kartum||14||



atha bodhisattvastasya rājñastadabhyupapattisaumukhyaṃ pratipūjayannātmanivedanamanuguṇena krameṇa cakāra-



ebhirmadājñāpratipattidakṣairāropito mayyadhipatvabhāraḥ|

putreṣvivaitesṣvavabaddhahārdastaṃ voḍhumevāhamabhiprapannaḥ||15||



iyaṃ mahārāja samaṃ mamaibhiḥ saṃbandhajātiścirakālarūḍhā|

samānajātitvamayī ca maitrī jñāteyajātā sahavāsayogāt||16||



tacchrutvā sa rājā paraṃ vismayamupetya punarenamuvāca-

adhipārthamamātyādi na tadarthaṃ mahīpatiḥ|

iti kasmātsvabhṛtyārthamātmānaṃ tyaktavān bhavān||17||



bodhisattva uvāca-kāmamevaṃ pravṛttā, mahārāja, rājanītiḥ| duranuvartyā tu māṃ pratibhāti|



asaṃstutasyāpyaviṣahyatīvramupekṣituṃ duḥkhamatīva duḥkham|

prāgeva bhaktyunmukhamānasamya gatasya bandhupriyatāṃ janasya||18||



idaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā vyasanārtidainyaṃ śākhāmṛgān pratyabhivardhamānam|

svakāryacintāvasaroparodhi prādudruvanmāṃ sahasaiva duḥkham||19||



ānamyamānāni dhanūṃsi dṛṣṭvā viniṣpataddīptaśilīmukhāni|

bhīmasvanajyānyavicintya vegādasmāttaroḥ śailamimaṃ gato'smi||20||



vaiśeṣikatrāsaparītacittairākṛṣyamāṇo'hamatha svayūthyaiḥ|

ālakṣitāyāmaguṇāṃ sumūlāṃ svapādayorvetralatāṃ nibadhya||21||



prāskandamasmātpunareva śailādimaṃ drumaṃ tārayituṃ svayūthyān|

tataḥ karābhyāṃ samavāpamasya prasāritaṃ prasāritaṃ pāṇimivāgraśākhām ||22||



samātatāṅgaṃ latayā tayā ca śākṣāgrahastena ca pādapasya|

amī madadhyākramaṇe viśaṅkā niśritya māṃ svasti gatāḥ svayūthyāḥ||23||



atha sa rājā pramodyajātaṃ tasyāmapyavasthāyāṃ taṃ mahāsattvamavekṣya paraṃ vismayamudvahan punarenamuvāca-



paribhūyātmanaḥ saukhyaṃ paravyasanamāpatat|

ityātmani samāropya prāptaḥ ko bhavatā guṇaḥ||24||



bodhisattva uvāca-

kāmaṃ śarīraṃ kṣitipa kṣataṃ me manaḥ parasvāsthyamupāgataṃ tu|

akāri yeṣāṃ ciramādhipatyaṃ teṣāṃ mayārtirvinivartiteti||25||



jitvāhave vidviṣataḥ sadarpān gātreṣvalaṃkāravadudvahanti|

vīrā yathā vikramacihnaśobhāṃ prītyā tathemāṃ rujamudvahāmi||26||



praṇāmasatkārapuraḥsarasya bhaktiprayuktasya samānajātyaiḥ|

eśvaryalabdhasya sukhakramasya saṃprāptāmānṛṇyamidaṃ mayādya||27||



tanmāṃ tapatyeṣa na duḥkhayogaḥ suhṛdviyogaḥ sukhaviplavo vā|

krameṇa cānena amabhyupeto mahotsavābhyāgama eṣa mṛtyuḥ||28||



pūrvopakārānṛṇatātmatuṣṭiḥ saṃtāpaśāntirvimalaṃ yaśaśca|

pūjā nṛpānnirbhayatā ca mṛtyoḥ kṛtajñabhāvād grahaṇaṃ ca satsu||29||



ete guṇāḥ sadguṇavāsavṛkṣa prāptā mayaitad vyasanaṃ prapadya|

eṣāṃ vipakṣāṃstu samabhyupaiti dayāvihīno nṛpatiḥ śriteṣu||30||



guṇairvihīnasya vipannakīrterdoṣodayairāvasathīkṛtasya|

gatirbhavettasya ca nama kānyā jvālākulebhyo narakānalebhyaḥ||31||



taddarśito'yaṃ guṇadoṣayoste mayā prabhāvaḥ prathitaprabhāva|

dharmeṇa tasmādanuśādhi rājyaṃ strīcañcalapremaguṇā hi lakṣmīḥ||32||



yugyaṃ balaṃ jānapadānamātyān paurānanāthāñchramaṇān dvijātīn|

sarvān sukhena prayateta yoktuṃ hitānukūlena piteva rājā||33||



evaṃ hi dharmārthayaśaḥsamṛddhiḥ syātte sukhāyeha paratra caiva|

prajānukampārjitayā tvamasmādrājarṣilakṣmyā nararāja rāja||34||



iti nṛpamanuśiṣya śisyavad bahumatavākprayatena tena saḥ|

rugabhibhavanasaṃhṛtakriyāṃ tanumapahāya yayau triviṣṭapam||35||



tedevaṃ dviṣatāmapi manāṃsyāvarjayanti sadvṛttānuvartinaḥ, iti lokaṃ samāvarjayitukāmena sadvṛttānuvartinā bhavitavyam| na samarthāstathā svārthamapi pratipattuṃ sattvā yathā parārthaṃ pratipannavān sa bhagavāniti tathāgatavarṇe'pi vācyam| satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe karuṇāvarṇe rājāvavāde ca| evaṃ rājñā prajāsu dayāpannena bhavitavyam| kṛtajñakathāyāmapyupaneyam| evaṃ kṛtajñāḥ santo bhavantīti|



||iti mahākapi-jātakaṃ saptaviṃśatitamam||