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31. sutasoma-jātakam



śreyaḥ samādhatte yathātathāpyupanataḥ satsaṃgama iti sajjanāpāśrayeṇa śreyo'rthinā bhavitavyam| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavān yaśaḥprakāśavaṃśe guṇaparigrahaprasaṅgātsātmībhūtaprajānurāge pratāpānatadṛptasāmante śrīmati kauravyarājakule janma pratilebhe tasya| guṇaśatakiraṇamālinaḥ somapriyadarśanasya sutasya sutasoma ityevaṃ pitā nāma cakre| sa śuklapakṣacandramā iva pratidinamabhivardhamānakāntilāvaṇyaḥ kālakramādavāpya sāṅgeṣu sopavedeṣu ca vedeṣu vaicakṣaṇyaṃ dṛṣṭakramaḥ sottarakalānāṃ kalānāṃ lokyānāṃ lokapremabahumānaniketabhūtaḥ samyagabhyupapattisaumukhyādabhivardhamānādarātparipālananiyamācca bandhuriva guṇānāṃ babhūva|



śīlaśrutatyāgadayādamānāṃ tejaḥkṣamādhīdhṛtisaṃnatīnām|

anunnatihrīmatikāntikīrtidākṣiṇyamedhābalaśuklatānām||1||



teṣāṃ ca teṣāṃ sa guṇodayānāmalaṃkṛtānāmiva yauvanena|

viśuddhataudāryamanoharāṇāṃ candraḥ kalānāmiva saṃśrayo'bhūt||2||



ataścainaṃ sa rājā lokaparipālanasāmarthyādakṣudrabhadraprakṛtitvācca yauvarājyavibhūtyā saṃyojayāmāsa|



vidvattayā tvāsuratīva tasya priyāṇi dharmyāṇi subhāṣitāni|

ānarca pūjātiśayairatastaṃ subhāṣitairenamupāgamadyaḥ||3||



atha kadācitsa mahātmā kusumamāsaprabhāvaviracitakisalayalakṣmīmādhuryāṇi pravikasatkusumamanojñaprahasitāni pravitatanavaśādvalakuthāstaraṇasanāthadharaṇītalāni kamalotpaladalāstīrṇanirmalanīlasalilāni bhramadbhramaramadhukarīgaṇopagītānyanibhṛtaparabhṛtabarhigaṇāni mṛdusurabhiśiśirasukhapavanāni manaḥprasādodbhāvanāni nagaropavanānyanuvicaran anyatamamudyānavanaṃ nātimahatā balakāyena parivṛtaḥ krīḍārthamupanirjagāma|



sa tatra puṃskokilanādite vane manoharodyānavimānabhūṣite|

cacāra puṣpānatacitrapādape priyāsahāyaḥ sukṛtīva nandane||4||



gītasvanairmadhuratūryaravānuviddhai-

rnṛtyaiśca hāvacaturairlalitāṅgahāraiḥ|

strīṇāṃ madopahṛtayā ca vilāsalakṣmyā

reme sa tatra vanacārutayā tayā ca||5||



tatrasthaṃ cainamanyatamaḥ subhāṣitākhyāyī brāhmaṇaḥ samabhijagāma| kṛtopacārasatkāraśca tadrūpaśobhāpahṛtamanāstatropaviveśa| iti sa mahāsattvo yauvanānuvṛttyā puṇyasamṛddhiprabhāvopanataṃ krīḍāvidhimanubhavaṃstadāgamanādutpannabahumāna eva tasmin brāhmaṇe subhāṣitaśravaṇādanavāptāgamanaphale sahasaivotpatitaṃ gītavāditrasvanoparodhi kriḍāprasaṅgajanitapraharṣopahantṛ pramadājanabhayaviṣādajananaṃ kolāhalamupaśrutya jñāyatāṃ kimetamditi sādaramantaḥ purāvacarān samādideśa| athāsya dauvārikā bhayaviṣādadinavadanāḥ sasaṃbhramaṃ drutataramupetya nyavedayanta-eṣa sa deva puruṣādaḥ kalmāṣavādaḥ saudāsaḥ sākṣādivāntako naraśatakadanakaraṇaparicayādrākṣasādhikakrūrataramatiratimānuṣabalavīryadarpo rakṣaḥpratibhayaraudramūrtimūrtimāniva jagatsaṃtrāsa iti evābhivartate| vidrutaṃ ca nastatsaṃtrāsagrastadhairyamudbhrāntarathaturagadviradavyākulayodhaṃ balam| yataḥ pratiyatno bhavatu devaḥ, prāptakālaṃ vā saṃpradhāryatāmiti|



atha sutasomo jānāno'pi tānuvāca-bhoḥ ka eṣa saudāso nāma ? te taṃ procuḥ-kimetaddevasya na viditaṃ yathā sudāso nāma rājā babhūva| sa mṛgayānirgato'śvenāpahṛto vanagahanamanupraviṣṭaḥ siṃhyā sārdhaṃ yogamagamat| āpannasattvā ca sā siṃhī saṃvṛttā| kālāntareṇa ca kumāraṃ prasuṣuve| sa vanacarairgṛhītaḥ sudāsāyopanītaḥ| aputro'hamiti ca kṛtvā sudāsena saṃvardhitaḥ| pitari ca surapuramupagate svaṃ rājyaṃ pratilebhe| sa mātṛdoṣādāmiṣeṣvabhisaktaḥ| idamidaṃ rasavaraṃ māṃsamiti sa mānuṣaṃ māṃsamāsvādya svapaurāneva ca hatvā hatvā bhakṣayitumupacakrame| atha paurāstadvadhāyodyogaṃ cakruḥ| yato'sau bhītaḥ saudāso nararudhirapiśitabalibhugbhyo bhutebhya upaśuśrāva- asmātsaṃkaṭānmukto'haṃ rājñāṃ kumāraśatena bhūtayajñaṃ kariṣyāmīti| so'yaṃ tasmātsaṃkaṭānmuktaḥ| prasahya prasahya cānena rājakumārāpaharanaṃ kṛtam| so'yaṃ devamapyapahartuṃmāyātaḥ| śrutvā devaṃ pramāṇamiti|



atha sa bodhisattvaḥ pūrvameva viditaśīladoṣavibhramaḥ saudāsasya kāruṇyāttaccikitsāvahitamatirāśaṃsamānaścātmani tacchīlavikṛtapraśamanasāmarthyaṃ priyākhyāna iva ca saudāsābhiyānanivedane prītiṃ pratisaṃvedayanniyatamityuvāca-



rājyāccyute'sminnaramāṃsalobhādunmādavaktavya ivāsvatantre|

tyaktasvadharme hatapuṇyakīrtau śocyāṃ daśāmityanuvartamāne||6||



ko vikramasyātra mamāvakāśa evaṃgatādvā bhayasaṃbhramasya|

ayatnasaṃrambhaparākrameṇa pāpmānamasya prasabhaṃ nihanmi||7||



gatvāpi yo nāma mayānukampyo madgocaraṃ sa svayamabyupetaḥ|

yuktaṃ mayātithyamato'sya kartumevaṃ hi santo'tithiṣu pravṛttāḥ||8||



tadyathādhikāramatrāvahitā bhavanti bhavantaḥ| iti sa tānantaḥ purāvacarānanuśiṣya viṣādavipulatarapāriplavākṣamāgadgadavilulitakaṅṭhaṃ mārgāvaraṇasodyamamāśvāsanapūrvakaṃ vinivartya yuvatijanaṃ yatastatkolāhalaṃ tataḥ prasasāra| dṛṣṭvaiva ca vyāyatābaddhamalinavasanaparikaraṃ valkalapaṭṭaviniyataṃ reṇuparuṣapralambavyākulaśiroruhe praruḍhaśmaśrujālāvanaddhāndhakāravadanaṃ roṣasaṃrambhavyāvṛttaraudranayanamudyatāsimacarmāṇaṃ saudāsaṃ vidravadanupatantaṃ rājabalaṃ vigatabhayasādhvasaḥ samājuhāva-ayamahamare sutasomaḥ| ita eva nivartasva| kimanena kṛpaṇajanakadanakaraṇaprasaṅgeneti| tatsamāhvānaśabdākalitadarpastu saudāsaḥ siṃha iva tato nyavartata| nirāvaraṇapraharaṇamekākinaṃ prakṛtisaumyadarśanamabhivīkṣya ca bodhisattvamahamapi tvāmeva mṛgayāmītyuktvā niviśaṅka sahasā saṃrambhadrutataramabhisṛtyainaṃ skandhamāropya pradudrāva| bodhisattvo'pi cainaṃ saṃrambhadarpoddhatamānasaṃ sasaṃbhramākulitamatiṃ rājabalavidrāvaṇāduparūḍhapraharṣāvalepaṃ sābhiśaṅkamavetya nāyamasyānuśiṣṭikāla ityupekṣāṃcakre| saudāso'pyabhimatārthaprasiddhyā paramiva lābhabhadhigamya pramuditamanāḥ svamāvāsadurgaṃ praviveśa|



hatapuruṣakalevarākulaṃ rudhirasamukṣitaraudrabhūtalam|

puruṣamiva ruṣāvabhartsayatsphuṭadahanairaśivaiḥ śivārutaiḥ||9||



gṛdhradhvāṅkṣādhyāsanarūkṣāruṇaparṇaiḥ

kīrṇaṃ vṛkṣairnaikacitādhūmavivarṇaiḥ|

rakṣaḥpretānartanabibhatsamaśāntaṃ

dūrād dṛṣṭaṃ trāsajaḍaiḥ sārthikanetraiḥ||10||



samavatārya ca tatra bodhisattvaṃ tadrūpasaṃpadā vinibadhyamānanayanaḥ pratataṃ vīkṣamāṇo viśaśrāma| atha bodhisattvasya subhāṣitopāyanābhigataṃ brāhmaṇamakṛtasatkāraṃ tadudyānavinivartanapratīkṣiṇamāśāvabaddhahṛdayamanusmṛtya cintā prādurabhūt-kaṣṭaṃ bhoḥ !



ubhāṣitopāyanavānāśayā duramāgataḥ|

sa maṃ hṛtamupaśrutya vipraḥ kiṃ nu kariṣyati||11||



āśāvighātāgniparītacetā vaitānyatīvreṇa pariśrameṇa|

viniśvasiṣyatyanuśocya vā māṃ svabhāgyanindāṃ pratipatsyate vā||12||



iti vicintayatastasya mahāsattvasya tadīyaduḥkhābhitaptamanasaḥ kāruṇyaparicayādaśrūṇi prāvartanta| atha saudāsaḥ sāśrūnayanamabhivīkṣya bodhisattvaṃ samabhiprahasannuvācamā tavadbhoḥ|



dhīra ityasi vikhyātastaistaiśca bahubhirguṇaiḥ|

atha cāsmadvaśaṃ prāpya tvamapyaśrūṇi muñcasi||13||



suṣṭhu khalvidamucyate-

āpatsu viphalaṃ dhairyaṃ śoke śrutamapārthakam|

na hi tadvidyate bhūtamāhataṃ yuanna kampate||14|| iti|



tatsatyaṃ tāvad brūhi-

prāṇān priyānatha dhanaṃ sukhasādhanaṃ vā

bandhūnnarādhipatitāmathavānuśocan|

putrapriyaṃ pitaramaśrumukhān sutān vā

smṛtveti sāśrūnayanatvamupāgato'si||15||



bodhisattva uvāca-

na prāṇān pitarau na caiva tanayān bandhūnna dārānna ca

naivaiśvaryasukhāni saṃsmṛtavato bāṣpodgamo'yaṃ mama|

āśāvāṃstu subhāṣitairabhigataḥ śrutvā hṛtaṃ māṃ dvijo

nairāśyena sa dahyate dhruvamiti smṛtvāsmi sāsrekṣaṇaḥ||16||



tasmādvisarjayitumarhasi tasya yāva-

dāśāvighātamathitaṃ hṛdayaṃ dvijasya|

saṃmānanāmbupariṣekanavikaromi

tasmātsubhāṣitamadhūni ca saṃbibharmi||17||



prāpyaivamānṛṇyamahaṃ divjasya gantāsmi bhūyo'nṛṇatāṃ tavāpi|

ihāgamātprītikṛtakṣaṇābhyāṃ nirīkṣyamāṇo bhavadīkṣaṇābhyām||18||



mā cāpayātavyanayo'yamasyetyevaṃ viśaṅkākulamānaso bhūḥ|

anyo hi mārgo nṛpa madvidhānāmanyādṛśastvanyajanābhipannaḥ||19||



saudāsa uvāca-

idaṃ tvayā hyādṛtamucyamānaṃ śraddheyatāṃ naiva kathaṃcideti|

ko nāma mṛtyorvadanādvimuktaḥ svasthaḥ sthitastatpunarabhyupeyām||20||



duruttaraṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ vyatītya sukhe sthitaḥ śrīmati veśmani sve|

kiṃ nāma tatkāraṇamasti yena tvaṃ matsamīpaṃ punarabhyupeyāḥ||21||



bodhisattva uvāca-kathamevaṃ mahadapi mamāgamanakāraṇamatrabhavānnābabhudhyate ? nanu mayā pratipannamāgamiṣyāmīti| tadalaṃ māṃ khalajanasamatayaivaṃ pariśaṅkitum| sutasomaḥ khalvaham|



lobhena mṛtyośca bhayena satyaṃ satyaṃ yadeke tṛṇavattyajanti|

satāṃ tu satyaṃ vasu jīvitaṃ ca kṛcchre'pyatastanna parityajanti||22||



na jīvitaṃ yatsukhamaihikaṃ vā satyāccyutaṃ rakṣati durgatibhyaḥ|

satyaṃ vijahyāditi kastadarthaṃ yaccākaraḥ stutiyaśaḥsukhānām||23||



saṃdṛśyamānavyabhicāramārge tvadṛṣṭakalyāṇaparākrame vā|

śraddheyatāṃ naiti śubhaṃ tathā ca kiṃ vīkṣya śaṅkā tava mayyapīti||24||



tvatto bhayaṃ yadi ca nāma mamābhaviṣyat

saṅgaḥ sukheṣu karuṇāvikalaṃ mano vā|

vikhyātaraudracaritaṃ nanu vīramānī

tvāmudyatapraharaṇāvaraṇo'bhyupaiṣyam||25||



tvatsaṃstavastvayamabhīpsita eva me syāt

tasya dvijasya saphalaśramatāṃ vidhāya|

eṣyāmyahaṃ punarapi svayamantikaṃ te

nāsmadvidhā hi vitathāṃ giramudgiranti||26||



atha saudāsastad bodhisattvavacanaṃ vikalpitamivāmṛṣyamāṇaścintāmāpede-suṣṭhu khalvayaṃ satyavāditayā ca dharmikatayā ca vikatthate| tatpaśyāmi tāvadasya satyānurāgaṃ dharmapriyatāṃ ca | kiṃ ca tāvanmamānena naṣṭenāpi syāt ? asti hi me svabhujavīryapratāpādvaśīkṛtaṃ śatamātraṃ kṣatriyakumārāṇām| tairyathopayācitaṃ bhūtayajñaṃ kariṣyāmīti vicintya bodhisattvamuvāca-tena hi gaccha| drakṣyāmaste satyapratijñatāṃ dhārmikatāṃ ca|



gatvā kṛtvā ca tasya tvaṃ dvijasya yadabhīpsitam|

śīghramāyāhi yāvatte citāṃ sajjīkaromyaham||27||



atha bodhisattvastathetyasmai pratiśrutya svabhavanamabhigataḥ pratinandyamānaḥ svena janena tamāhūya brāhmaṇaṃ tasmād gāthācatuṣṭayaṃ śuśrāva| tacchrutvā subhāṣitābhiprasāditamanāḥ sa mahāsattvaḥ saṃrādhayan priyavacanasatkārapuraḥsaraṃ sāhasrikīṃ gāthāṃ kṛtvā samabhilaṣitenārthena taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ pratipūjayāmāsa| athainaṃ tasya pitā asthānātivyayanivāraṇodyatamatiḥ prastāvakramāgataṃ sānunayamityuvāca-tāta subhāṣitapratipūjane sādhu mātrāṃ jñātumarhasi| mahājanaḥ khalu te bhartavyaḥ, kośasaṃpadapekṣiṇī ca rājaśrīḥ| ataśca tvāṃ bravīmi-



śatena saṃpūjayituṃ subhāṣitaṃ paraṃ pramāṇaṃ na tataḥ paraṃ kṣamam|

atipradāturhi kiyacciraṃ bhaveddhaneśvarasyāpi dhaneśvaradyutiḥ||28||



samarthamarthaḥ paramaṃ hi sādhanaṃ na tadvirodhena yataścaretpriyam|

narādhipaṃ śrīrna hi kośasaṃpadā vivarjitaṃ veśavadhūrivekṣate||29||



bodhisattva uvāca-

arghapramāṇaṃ yadi nāmaṃ kartuṃ śakyaṃ bhaveddeva subhāṣitānām|

vyaktaṃ na te vācyapathaṃ vrajeya tanniṣkrayaṃ rājyamapi prayacchan||30||



śrutvaiva yannāma manaḥ prasādaṃ śreyo'nurāgaḥ sthiratāṃ ca yāti|

prajñā vivṛddhyā vitamaskatāṃ ca krayyaṃ nanu syādapi tatsvamāṃsaiḥ||31||



dīpaḥ śrutaṃ mohatamaḥpramāthī caurādyahāryaṃ paramaṃ dhanaṃ ca|

saṃmohaśatruvyathanāya śastraṃ nayopadeṣṭā paramaśca mantrī||32||



āpadgatasyāpyavikāri mitramapīḍanīśokarujaścikitsā|

balaṃ mahaddoṣabalāvamardi paraṃ nidhānaṃ yaśasaḥ śriyaśca||33||



satsaṃgame prābhṛtaśībharasya sabhāsu vidvajjanarañjanasya|

parapravādadyutibhāskarasya spardhāvatāṃ kīrtimadāpahasya||34||



prasannanetrānanavarṇarāgairasaṃskṛtairapyatiharṣalabdhaiḥ|

saṃrādnanavyagrakarāgradeśairvikhyāpyamānātiśayakramasya||35||



vispaṣṭahetvarthanidarśanasya vicitraśāstrāgamapeśalasya|

mādhuryasaṃskāramanoharatvādakliṣṭamālyaprakaropamasya||36||



vinītadīptapratibhojjvalasya prasahya kīrtipratibodhanasya|

vāksauṣṭhavasyāpi viśeṣaheturyogātprasannārthagatiḥ śrutaśrīḥ||37||



śrutvā ca vairodhikadoṣamuktaṃ trivagamārgaṃ samupāśrayante|

śrutānusārapratipattisārāstarantyakṛcchreṇa ca janmadurgam||38||



guṇairanekairiti viśrutāni prāptānyahaṃ prābhṛtavacchrutāni|

śaktaḥ kathaṃ nāma na pūjayamājñāṃ kathaṃ vā tava laṅghayeyam||38||



yāsyāmi saudāsasamīpamasmādartho na me rājyapariśrameṇa|

nivṛttasaṃketaguṇopamarde labhyaśca yo doṣapathānuvṛttyā||40||



athainaṃ pitā snehātsamutpatitasaṃbhramaḥ sādaramuvāca-tavaiva khalu tāta hitāvekṣiṇā mayaivamabhihitam| tadalamatra te manyuvaśamanubhavitum| dviṣantaste saudāsavarśaṃ gamiṣyanti| athāpi pratijñātaṃ tvayā tatsamīpopagamanam, ataḥ satyānurakṣī tatsaṃpādayitumicchasi, tadapi te nāhamanujñāsyāmi| apātakaṃ hi svaprāṇaparirakṣānimittaṃ gurujanārthaṃ cānṛtamārgo vedavihita iti| tatparihāraśrameṇa tava ko'rthaḥ ? arthakāmābhyāṃ ca virodhidṛṣṭaṃ dharmasaṃśrayamanayamiti vyasanamiti ca rājñāṃ pracakṣate nītikuśalāḥ| tadalamanenāsmanmanastāpinā svārthanirapekṣeṇa te nirbandhena| athāpyayaśasyaṃ mārṣa dharmavirodhi ceti pratijñāvisaṃvādanamanucitatvānna vyavasyati te matiḥ, evamapīdaṃ tvadvimokṣaṇārthaṃ samudyaktaṃ sajjameva no hastyaśvarathapattikāyaṃ saṃpannamanuraktaṃ kṛtāstraśūrapuruṣamanekasamaranīrājitaṃ mahanmahaughabhīmaṃ balam| tadanena parivṛtaḥ samabhigamyainaṃ vaśamānaya, antakavaśaṃ vā prāpaya| evamavyarthapratijñatā saṃpāditā syādātmarakṣā ceti|



bodhisattva uvāca-notsahe deva anyathā pratijñātumanyathā kartuṃ śocyeṣu vā vyasanapaṅkanimagneṣu narakābhimukheṣu suhṛtsu svajanapartiyakteṣvanātheṣu ca tadvidheṣu prahartum|



api ca,

dukṣaraṃ puruṣādo'sāvudāraṃ cākaronmayi|

madvacaḥpratyayādyo māṃ vyasṛjadvaśamāgatam||41||



labdhaṃ tatkāraṇāccedaṃ mayā tāta subhāṣitam|

upakārī viśeṣeṇa so'nukampyo mayā yataḥ||42||



alaṃ cātra devasya madatyayāśaṅkayā| kā hi tasya śaktirasti māmevamabhigataṃ vihiṃsitumiti| evamanunīya ca mahatmā pitaraṃ vinivāraṇasodyamaṃ ca vinivartya praṇayyijanamanuraktaṃ ca balakāyamekākī vigatabhayadainayaḥ satyānurakṣī lokahitārthaṃ saudāsamabhivineṣyaṃstanniketamabhijagāma|



dūrādevāvalokya saudāsastaṃ mahāsattvamativismayādabhivṛddhabahumānaprasādaścirābhyāsavirūḍhakruratāmalinamatirapi vyaktamiti cintāmāpede-ahahahaha !



āścaryāṇāṃ batāścaryamadbhutānāṃ tathādbhatam|

satyaudāryaṃ nṛpasyedamatimānuṣadaivatam||43||



mṛtyuraudrasvabhāvaṃ māṃ vinītabhayasaṃbhramaḥ|

iti svayamupeto'yaṃ hī dhairyaṃ sādhu satyatā||44||



sthāne khalvasya vikhyātaṃ satyavāditayā yaśaḥ|

iti prāṇān svarājyaṃ ca satyārthaṃ yo'yamatyajat||45||



atha bodhisattvaḥ samabhigamyainaṃ vismayabahumānāvarjitamānasamuvāca-



prāptaṃ subhāṣitadhanaṃ pratipūjito'rthī

prītiṃ manaśca gamitaṃ bhavataḥ prabhāvāt|

prāptastadasmyayamaśāna yathepsitaṃ māṃ

yajñāya vā mama paśuvratamādiśa tvam||46||



saudāsa uvāca-

nātyeti kālo mama khādituṃ tvāṃ dhūmākulā tāvadiyaṃ citāpi|

vidhūmapakvaṃ viśitaṃ ca hṛdyaṃ śṛṇmastadetāni subhāṣitāni||47||



bodhisattva uvāca kastavārtha itthaṃgatasya subhāṣitaśravanena ?

imāmavasthāmudarasya hetoḥ prāpto'si saṃtyaktaghṛṇaḥ prajāsu|

imāśca dharmaṃ pravadanti gāthāḥ sametyadharmeṇa yato na dharmaḥ||48||



rakṣovikṛtavṛttasya saṃtyaktāryapathasya te|

nāṣti satyaṃ kuto dharmaḥ kiṃ śrutena kariṣyasi||49||



atha saudāsastāmavasādanāmamṛṣyamāṇaḥ pratyuvāca-mā tāvadbhoḥ !



ko'sau nṛpaḥ kathaya yo na samudyatāstraḥ

krīḍāvane vanamṛgīdayitānnihanti|

tdvannihanmi manujān yadi vṛttiheto-

rādharmikaḥ kila tato'smi na te mṛgaghnāḥ||50||



bodhisattva uvāca-

dharme sthitā na khalu te'pi namanti yeṣāṃ

bhītadruteṣvapi mṛgeṣu śarāsanāni|

tebhyo'pi nindyatama eva narāśanastu

jātyucchritā hi puruṣā na ca bhakṣaṇīyāḥ||51||



atha saudāsaḥ parikarkaśākṣaramapyabhidhīyamāno bodhisattvena tanmaitrīguṇaprabhāvādabhibhūtaraudrasvabhāvaḥ sukhāyamāna eva tadvacanamabhiprahasannuvāca-bhoḥ sutasoma !



mukto mayā nāma sametya gehaṃ samantato rājyavibhūtiramyam|

yanmatsamīpaṃ punarāgatastvaṃ na nītimārge kuśalo'si tasmāt||52||



bodhisattva uvāca-naitadasti| ahameva tu kuśalo nītimārge yadenaṃ na pratipattumicchāmi|



yaṃ nāma pratipannasya dharmādaikāntikī cyutiḥ|

na tu prasiddhiḥ saukhyasya tatra kiṃ nāma kauśalam||53||



kiṃ ca bhūyaḥ,

ye nītimārgapratipattidhīrāḥ prāyeṇa te pretya patantyapāyān|

apāsya jihmāniti nītimārgān satyānurakṣī punarāgato'smi||54||



ataśca nītau kuśalo'hameva tyaktvānṛtaṃ yo'bhirato'smi satye|

na tatsunītaṃ hi vadanti rajjñā yannānubadhnanti yaśaḥsukhārthāḥ||55||



saudāsa uvāca-

prāṇān priyān svajanamaśrumukhaṃ ca hitvā

rājyāśrayāṇi ca sukhāni mahoharāṇi|

kāmarthasiddhimanupaśyasi satyavākye

tadrakṣaṇārthamapi māṃ yadupāgato'si||56||



bodhisattva uvāca-bahavaḥ satyavacanāśrayā guṇātiśayāḥ| saṃkṣepastu śrūyatām-

malyaśriyaṃ hṛdyatayātiśete sarvān rasān svādutayā ca satyam|

śramādṛte puṇyaguṇaprasiddhyā tapāṃsi tīrthābhigamaśramāṃśca||57||



kīrterjagadvyāptikṛtakṣaṇāyā mārgastrilokākramaṇāya satyam|

dvāraṃ praveśāya surālayasya saṃsāradurgottaraṇāya setuḥ||58||



atha saudāsaḥ sādhu yuktamityabhipraṇamyainaṃ savismayamabhivīkṣamāṇaḥ punaruvāca-

anye na rā madvaśagā bhavanti dainyārpaṇāttrāsaviluptadhairyaḥ|

saṃtyajyase tvaṃ tu na dhairyalakṣmyā manye na te mṛtyubhayaṃ narendra||59||



bodhisattva uvāca-

mahatāpi prayatnena yacchaktyaṃ nātivartitum|

pratīkārāsamarthena bhayaklaibyena tatra kim||60||



iti parigaṇitalokasthitayo'pi tu kāpuruṣāḥ

pāpaprasaṅgādanutapyamānāḥ śubheṣu karmasvakṛtaśramaśca|

āśaṅkamānāḥ paralokaduḥkhaṃ martavyasaṃtrāsajaḍā bhavanti||61||



tadeva kartuṃ na tu saṃsmarāmi bhavedyato me manaso'nutāpaḥ|

sātmīkṛtaṃ karma ca śuklamasmāddharmasthitaḥ ko maraṇādvibhīyāt||62||



na ca smarāmyarthijanopayānaṃ yanna praharṣāya mamārthināṃ vā|

iti pradānaiḥ samavāptatuṣṭirdharme sthitaḥ ko maraṇādbibhīyāt||63||



ciraṃ vicintyāpi ca naiva pāpe manaḥpadanyāsamapi smarāmi|

viśodhitasvargapatho'hamevaṃ mṛtyoḥ kimarthaṃ bhayamabhyupeyām||64||



vipreṣu bandhuṣu suhṛtsu samāṣriteṣu

dīne jane yadiṣu cāśramabhūṣaṇeṣu|

nyastaṃ mayā bahu dhanaṃ dadatā yathārhaṃ

kṛtyaṃ ca yasya yadabhūttadakāri tasya||65||



śrīmanti kīrtanaśatāni niveśitāni|

satrājirāśramapadāni sabhāḥ prapāśca|

mṛtyorna me bhayamatastadavāptatuṣṭe-

ryajñāya tatsamupaklpaya bhauṅkṣva vā mām||66||



tadupaśrutya saudāsaḥ prasādāśruvyāptanayanaḥ samudbhiyamānaromāñcapiṭako vismṛtapāpasvabhāvatāmisraḥ sabahumānamavekṣya bodhisattvamuvāca-śāntaṃ pāpam|



adyādviṣaṃ sa khalu hāhahalaṃ prajāna-

nnāśīviṣaṃ prakupitaṃ jvaladāyasaṃ vā|

mūrdhāpi tasya śatadhā hṛdayaṃ ca yāyād

yastvadvidhasya nṛpapuṃgava pāpamicchet||67||



tadarhati bhavāṃstānyapi me subhāṣitāni vaktum| anena hi te vacanakusumavarṣeṇābhiprasāditamanasaḥ suṣṭutaramabhivṛddhaṃ ca teṣu me kautūhalam| api ca bhoḥ|



dṛṣṭvā me caritacchāyāvairūpyaṃ dharmadarpaṇe|

api nāmāgatāvegaṃ syanme dharmotsukaṃ manaḥ||68||



athainaṃ bodhisattvaḥ patrīkṛtāśayaṃ dharmaśravaṇapravaṇamānasamavetyovāca-tena hi dharmārthinā tadanurūpasamudācārasauṣṭhavena dharmaḥ śrotuṃ yuktam| paśya|



nīcaistarāsanasthānadvibodhya vinayaśriyam|

prītyarpitābhyāṃ cakṣurbhyāṃ vāṅmadhvāsvādayannivi||69||



gauravāvarjitaikāgraprasannāmalamānasaḥ|

satkṛtya dharmaṃ śṛṇuyādbhiṣagvākyamivāturaḥ||70||



atha saudāsaḥ svenottarīyeṇa samāstīryoccaistaraṃ śilātalaṃ tatra cādhiropya bodhisattvaṃ svayamanāstaritāyamupaviśya bhūmau bodhisattvasya purastādānanodvīkṣaṇavyāpṛtanirīkṣaṇarataṃ mahāsattvamuvāca-brūhīdānīṃ mārṣeti| atha bodhisattvo navāmbhodharaninadamadhureṇa gambhīreṇāpūrayanniva tadvanaṃ vyāpinā svareṇovāca|



yadṛcchayāpyupānītaṃ sakṛtsajjanasaṃgatam|

bhavatyacalamatyantaṃ nābhyāsakramamīkṣate||71||



tadupaśrutya saudāsaḥ sādhu sādhviti svaśiraḥ prakampyāṅgalīvīkṣepaṃ bodhisattvamuvāca-tatastataḥ ?



atha bodhisattvo dvitīyāṃ gāthāmudājahāra-

na sajjanād duracaraḥ kvacidbhavedbhajeta sādhūn vinayakramānugaḥ|

spṛśantyayatnena hi tatsamīpagaṃ visarpiṇastadguṇapuṣpareṇavaḥ||72||



saudāsa uvāca-

subhāṣitānyarcayatā sādho sarvātmanā tvayā|

sthāne khalu niyukto'rthaḥ sthāne nāvekṣitaḥ śramaḥ||73||



tatastataḥ ? bodhisattva uvāca-

rathā nṛpāṇāṃ maṇihemabhūṣaṇā vrajanti dehāśca jarāvirūpatām|

satāṃ tu dharmaṃ na jarābhivartate sthirānurāgā hi guṇeṣu sādhavaḥ||74||



amṛtavarṣaṃ khalvidam| aho saṃtarpitāḥ smaḥ| tatastataḥ ? bodhisattva uvāca-



nabhaśca dure vasudhātalācca pārādavāraṃ ca mahārṇavasya|

astācalendrādudayastato'pi dharmaḥ satāṃ dūratare'satāṃ ca||75||



atha saudāsaḥ prasādavismayābhyāmāvarjitapremabahumāno bodhisattvamuvāca-

citrābhidhānātiśayojjvalārthā gāthāstvadetā madhurā niśamya|

ānanditastatpratipūjanārthaṃ varānahaṃ te caturo dadāmi||76||



tad vṛṇīṣva yadyanmatto'bhikāṅkṣasīti| athainaṃ bodhisattvaḥ savismayabahumāna uvāca kastvaṃ varapradānasya ?



yasyāsti nātmanayapi te prabhutvamakāryasaṃrāgaparājitasya|

sa tvaṃ varaṃ dāsyasi kaṃ parasmai śubhapravṛterapavṛttabhāvaḥ||77||



ahaṃ ca dehīti varaṃ vadeyaṃ manaśca ditsāthiśilaṃ tava syāt|

tamatyayaṃ kaḥ saghṛṇo'bhyupeyādetāvadevālamalaṃ yato naḥ||78||



atha saudāsaḥ kiṃcid vrīḍāvanatavadano bodhisattvamuvāca-alamatrabhavato māmevaṃ viśaṅkitum|



prāṇānapi parityajya dāsyāmyetānahaṃ varān|

visrabdhaṃ tad vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadyādicchasi bhūmipa||79||



bodhisattva uvāca-tena hi

satyavarato bhava visarjaya sattvahiṃsāṃ bandīkṛtaṃ janamaśeṣamimaṃ vimuñca|

adyā na caiva naravīra manuṣyamāṃsametān varānanavarāṃścaturaḥ prayaccha||80||



saudāsa uvāca-

dadāmi pūrvān bhavate varāṃstrīnanyaṃ caturthaṃ tu varaṃ vṛṇīṣva|

avaiṣi kiṃ na tvamidaṃ yathāhamīśo virantuṃ na manuṣyamāṃsāt||81||



bodhisattva uvāca-hanta tavaitatsaṃvṛttam| nanūktaṃ mayā kastvaṃ varapradānasyeti ? api ca bhoḥ ?



satyavratatvaṃ ca kathaṃ syadahiṃsakatā ca te|

aparityajato rājan manuṣyapaiśitāśitām||82||



āha-

nanūktaṃ bhavatā pūrvaṃ dāsyāmyetānahaṃ varān|

prāṇānapi parityajya tadidaṃ jāyate'nyathā||83||



ahiṃsakatvaṃ ca kuto māṃsārthaṃ te ghnato narān|

satyevaṃ katame dattā bhavatā syurvarāstrayaḥ||84||



saudāsa uvāca-

tyaktvā rājyaṃ vane kleśo yasya heturtādhṛto mayā|

hato dharmaḥ kṣatā kīrtistyakṣyāmi tadahaṃ katham||85||



bodhisattva uvāca-ata eva tadbhavāṃstyaktumarhati|



dharmādarthātsukhātkīrtebhraṣṭo yasya kṛte bhavān|

anarthāyatanaṃ tādṛkkathaṃ na tyaktumarhasi||86||



dattānuśayitā ceyamanaudāryahate jane|

nīcata sā kathaṃ nāma tvāmapyabhibhavediti||87||



tadalaṃ te pāpmānamevānubhrāmitum| avaboddhumarhasyātmānam| saudāsaḥ khalvatrabhavān|



vaidyekṣitāni kuśalairupakalpitāni

grāmyāṇyanūpajalajānyatha jāṅgalāni|

māṃsāni santi kuru tairhṛdayasya tuṣṭiṃ

nindāvahādvirama sādhu manuṣyamāṃsāt||88||



tūryasvanāna sajalatoyadanādadhīrān

gītasvanaṃ ca niśi rājyasukhaṃ ca tattat|

bandhūn sutān parijanaṃ ca manonukūlaṃ

hitvā kathaṃ nu ramase'tra vane vivikte||89||



cittasya nārhasi narendra vaśena gantuṃ

dharmārthayoranuparodhapathaṃ bhajasva|

eṃko nṛpān yudhi vijitya samastasainyān

mā cittavigrahavidhau parikātaro bhūḥ||80||



lokaḥ paro'pi manujādhipa nanvavekṣya-

stasmātpriyaṃ yadahitaṃ ca na tanniṣevyam|

yatsyāttu kīrtyanuparodhi manojñamārgaṃ

tadvipriyaṃ sadapi bheṣajavadbhajasva||91||



atha saudāsaḥ prasādāśruvyāptanayano gadgadāyamānakaṅṭhaḥ samabhisṛtyaiva bodhisattvaṃ pādayoḥ saṃpariṣvajyovāca-



guṇakusumarajobhiḥ puṇyagandhiḥ samantā-

jjagadidamavakīrṇaṃ kāraṇe tvadyaśobhiḥ|

iti vicarati pāpe mṛtyudūtogravṛttau

tvamiva hi ka ivānyaḥ sānukampo mayi syāt||92||



śastā guruśca mama daivatameva ca tvaṃ

mūrdhnā vacāṃsyahamamūni tavārcayāmi|

bhokṣye na caiva sutasoma manuṣyamāṃsaṃ

yanmāṃ yathā vadasi tacca tathā kariṣye||93||



nṛpātmajā yaṅanimittamāhṛtā mayā ca ye bandhanakhedapīḍitāḥ|

hatatviṣaḥ śokaparītamānasāstadehi muñcāva sahaiva tānapi||94||



atha bodhisattvastathetyasmai pratiśrutya yatra te nṛpasutāstenāvaruddhāstatraivābhijagāma| dṛṣṭai va ca te nṛpasutāḥ sutasomaṃ hanta muktā vayamiti paraṃ harṣamupajagmuḥ|



virejire te sutasomadarśanānnarendraputrāḥ sphuṭahāsakāntayaḥ|

śaranmukhe candrakaropabṛhitā vijṛmbhamāṇāḥ kumudākarā iva||95||



athainānabhigamya bodhisattvaḥ samāśvāsayan priyavacanapuraḥsaraṃ ca pratisaṃmodya saudāsasyādrohāya śapathaṃ kārayitvā bandhanādvimucya sārdhaṃ saudāsena taiśca nṛpatiputrairanugamyamānaḥ svaṃ rājyamupetya yathārhakṛtasaṃskārāṃstān rājaputrān saudāsaṃ ca sveṣu sveṣu rājyeṣu pratiṣṭhāpayāmāsa|



tadevaṃ śreyaḥ samādhatte yathātathāpyupanataḥ satsaṃgama iti śreyo'rthinā sajjanasamāśrayeṇa bhavitavyam| evamasaṃstutahṛtpūrvajanmasvapyupakāraparatvād buddho bhagavāniti tathāgatavarṇe'pi vācyam| evaṃ saddharmaśravaṇaṃ doṣāpacayāya guṇasamādhānāya ca bhavatīti saddharmaśravaṇe'pi vācyam| śrutapraśaṃsāyāmapi vācyam-evamanekānuśaṃsaṃ śrutamiti| satyakathāyāmapi vācyam-evaṃ sajjaneṣṭaṃ puṇyakīrtyākaraṃ satyavacanamityevaṃ svaprāṇasukheśvaryanirapekṣāḥ satyamanurakṣanti satpuruṣā iti| satyapraśaṃsāyāmapyupaneyaṃ karuṇāvarṇe'pi ceti|



||itisutasoma-jātakamekatriṃśattamam||