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duṣkaraśatasamudānīto'yamasmadarthaṃ tena bhagavatā saddharma iti satkṛtya śrotavyaḥ| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavānaparimitakālābhyāsātsātmībhūtopacitapuṇyakarmā kadācicchibīnāṃ rājā babhūva| sa bālyātprabhṛtyeva bṛddhopāsanaratirvinayānurakto'nuraktaprakṛtiḥ prakṛtimedhāvitvādanekavidyādhigamavipulataramatirutsāhamaṃtraprabhāva[prabhutva]-śaktidaivasaṃpannaḥ svā iva prajāḥ prajāḥ pālayati sma|



tasmiṃstrivargānuguṇā guṇaughāḥ saṃharṣayogādiva saṃniviṣṭāḥ|

samastarūpā vibabhurna cāsurvirodhasaṃkṣobhavipannaśobhāḥ||1||



viḍambanevāvinayoddhatānāṃ durmedhasāmāpadivātikaṣṭā|

alpātmanāṃ yā madireva lakṣmīrbabhūva sā tatra yathārthanāmā||2||



udārabhāvātkaruṇāguṇācca vittādhipatyācca sa rājavaryaḥ|

reme'rthināmīpsitasiddhiharṣādakliṣṭaśobhāni mukhāni paśyan||3||



atha sa rājā dānapriyatvātsamantato nagarasya sarvopakaraṇadhanadhānyasamṛddhā dānaśālāḥ kārayitvā svamāhātmyānurūpaṃ yathābhiprāyasaṃpāditaṃ sopacāraṃ manoharamanatikrāntakālasubhagaṃ dānavarṣaṃ kṛtayugamegha iva vavarṣa| annamannārthibhyaḥ, pānaṃ pānārthibhyaḥ, śayanāsanavasanabhojanagandhamātyarajatasuvarṇādikaṃ tattadarthibhyaḥ| atha tasya rājñaḥ pradānaudāryaśravaṇādvismitapramuditahṛdayā nānādigabhilakṣitadeśanivāsinaḥ puruṣāstaṃ deśamupajagmuḥ|



parītya kṛtsnaṃ manasā nṛlokamanyeṣvalabdhapraṇayāvakāśāḥ|

tamarthinaḥ prītamukhāḥ samīyurmahāhradaṃ vanyagajā yathaiva||4||



atha sa rājā samantataḥ samāpatato lābhāśāpramuditamanasaḥ pathikajananepathyapracchāditaśobhasya vanīpakajanasya



viproṣitasyeva suhṛjjanasya saṃdarśanātprītivijṛmbhitākṣaḥ|

yācñāṃ priyākhyānamivābhyanandaddattvā ca tuṣṭayārthijanaṃ jigāya||5||



dānodbhavaḥ kīrtimayaḥ sugandhastasyārthināṃ vāganilaprakīrṇaḥ|

madaṃ jahārānyanarādhipānāṃ gandhadvipasyeva paradvipānām||6||



atha kadācitsa rājā dānaśālāḥ samanuvicaraṃstṛptatvādarthijanasya praviralaṃ yācakajanasaṃpātamabhisamīkṣya dānadharmasyānutsarpaṇānna tuṣṭimupajagāma|



tarṣa vininye'rthijanastametya na tvarthinaḥ prāpya sa dānaśauṇḍaḥ|

na hyasya dānavyavasāyamarthī yācñāpramāṇena śaśāka jetum||7||



tasya buddhirabhavat-atisabhāgyāste satpuruṣaviśeṣā ye visrambhaniryantraṇapraṇayamarthibhiḥ svagātrāṇyapi yācyante| mama punaḥ pratyākhyānarūkṣākṣaravacanasaṃtarjita ivārthijano dhanamātrake'pragalbhapraṇayaḥ saṃvṛtta iti|



atha kṣitīśasya tamatyudāraṃ gātreṣvapi sveṣu nivṛttasaṅgam|

vijñāya dānāśrayiṇaṃ vitarkaṃ patipriyā strīva mahī cakampe||8||



atha śakro devendraḥ kṣititalacalanādakampite vividharatnaprabhodbhāsini sumerau parvatarāje kimidamiti samutpatitavitarkastasya rājña imaṃ vitarkātiśayaṃ dharaṇītalacalananimittamavetya vismayāvarjitahṛdayaścintāmāpede|



dānātiharṣoddhatamānasena vitarkitaṃ kiṃ svididaṃ nṛpeṇa|

ābadhya dānavyavasāyakakṣyāṃ svagātradānasthiraniścayena||9||



tanmīmāṃsiṣye tāvadenamiti| atha tasya rājñaḥ paṣaṃdi niṣaṇṇasyāmātyagaṇaparivṛtasya samucitāyāṃ kṛtāyāmarthijanasya kaḥ kimicchatītyāhvānāvaghoṣaṇāyāmuddhāṭyamāneṣu kośādhyakṣādhisthiteṣu maṇikanakarajatadhananicayeṣu viśleṣyamāṇāsu puṭāsu vividhavasanaparipūrṇagarbhāsu samupāvartyamāneṣu vinītavividhavāhanaskandhapratiṣṭhitayugeṣu vicitreṣu yānaviśeṣeṣu pravṛttasaṃpāte'rthijane śakro devānāmindro vṛddhamandhaṃ brāhmaṇarūpamabhinirmāya rājñaścakṣuḥpathe prādurabhavat| atha tasya rājñaḥ kārūṇyamaitrīparibhāvitayā dhīraprasannasaumyayā pratyudgata iva pariṣvakta iva ca dṛṣṭyā kenārtha ityupanimantryamāṇaḥ kṣitipānucarairnṛpatisamopamupetya jayāśīrvacanapuraḥsaraṃ rājānamityuvāca-



dūrādapaśyansthaviro'bhyupetastvaccakṣuṣo'rthī kṣitipapradhāna|

ekekṣaṇenāpi hi paṅkajākṣa gamyeta lokādhipa lokayātrā||10||



atha sa bodhisattvaḥ samamilaṣitamanorathaprasiddhyā paraṃ prītyutsavamanubhavan kisvididaṃ satyamevoktaṃ brāhmaṇena syāduta vikalpābhyāsānmayaivamavadhāritamiti jātavimarśaścakṣuryācñāpriyavacanaśravaṇatṛṣitamatistaṃ cakṣuryācanakamuvāca-



kenānuśiṣṭastvamihābhyupeto māṃ yācituṃ brāhmaṇamukhya cakṣuḥ|

sudustyajaṃ cakṣuriti pravādaḥ saṃbhāvanā kasya mayi vyatītā||11||



atha sa brāhmaṇaveṣadhārī śakro devendrastasya rājña āśayaṃ viditvovāca-



śakrasya śakrapratimānuśiṣṭyā tvāṃ yācituṃ cakṣurihātago'smi|

saṃbhāvanāṃ tasya mamaiva cāśāṃ cakṣuḥpradānātsaphalīkuruṣva||12||



atha sa rājā śakrasaṃkīrtanānnunamasya brāhmaṇasya bhavitrī devatānubhāvādanena vidhinā cakṣuḥsaṃpaditi matvā pramodaviśadākṣaramenamuvāca-



yenābhyupeto'si manorathena tameṣa te brāhmaṇa pūrayāmi|

ākāṅkṣamāṇāya madekamakṣi dadāmi cakṣurdvayamapyahaṃ te||13||



sa tvaṃ vibuddhanayanotpalaśobhitāsyaḥ

saṃpaśyato vraja yathābhimataṃ janasya|

syāt kiṃ nu so'yamuta neti vicāradolā-

lolasya so'yamiti cotthitavismayasya||14||



atha tasya rājño'mātyāścakṣuḥpradānāvasāyamavetya sasaṃbhramāvegaviṣādavyathitamanaso rājānamūcuḥ-



dānātiharṣādanayamasamīkṣyāhitodayam|

prasīda deva mā maivaṃ na cakṣurdātumarhasi||15||



ekasyārthe dvijasyāsya mā naḥ sarvānparākṛthāḥ|

alaṃ śokāgninā dagdhuṃ sukhaṃ saṃvardhitāḥ prajāḥ||16||



dhanāni lakṣmīpratibodhanāni śrīmanti ratnāni payasvinīrgāḥ|

rathān vinītāśca yujaḥ prayaccha madorjitaśrīlalitān dvipānvā||17||



samuccarannūpuranisvanāni śaratpayodābhyadhikadyutīni|

gṛhāṇi sarvartusukhāni dehi mā dāḥ svacakṣurjagadekacakṣuḥ||18||



vimṛśyatāmapi ca tāvanmahārāja !

anyadīyaṃ kathaṃ nāma cakṣuranyatra yojyate|

atha devaprabhāvo'yaṃ tvaccakṣuḥ kimapekṣyate||19||



api ca deva !

cakṣuṣā kiṃ daridrasya parābhyudayasākṣiṇā|

dhanameva yato dehi deva mā sāhasaṃ kṛthāḥ||20||



atha sa rājā tānamātyānsānunayamadhurākṣaramityuvāca-

adāne kurute buddhiṃ dāsyāmītyabhidhāya yaḥ|

sa lobhapāśaṃ prabhraṣṭamātmani pratimuñcati||21||



dāsyāmīti pratijñāya yo'nyathā kurute manaḥ|

kārpaṇyāniścitamateḥ kaḥ syātpāpatarastataḥ||22||



sthirīkṛtyārthināmāśāṃ dāsyāmīti pratijñayā|

visaṃvādanarūkṣasya vacaso nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ||23||



yadapi ceṣṭaṃ devatānubhāvādeva cakṣurasya kiṃ na saṃbhavatītyatra śrūyatām-



naikakāraṇasādhyatvaṃ kāryāṇāṃ nanu dṛśyate|

kāraṇāntarasāpekṣaḥ syāddevo'pi vidhiryataḥ||24||



tanna me dānātiśayavyavasāye vidhnāya vyāyantumarhanti bhavanta iti|



amātyā ūcuḥ-dhanadhānyaratnāni devo dātumarhati na svacakṣuriti vijñāpitamasmābhiḥ| tanna devaṃ vayamatīrthe pratārayāmaḥ| rājovāca-



yadeva yācyeta tadeva dadyānnānīpsitaṃ prīṇayatīha dattam|

kimuhyamānasya jalena toyairdāsyāmyataḥ prārthitamarthamasmai||25||



atha tasya rājño dṛḍhataravisrambhapraṇayaḥ snehāvegādanapekṣitopacāro'mātyamukhyastaṃ rājānamityuvāca-mā tāvad bhoḥ !



yā nālpena tapaḥsamādhividhinā saṃprāpyate kenacid

yāmāsādya ca bhūribhirmakhaśataiḥ kīrti divaṃ cāpnuyāt|

saṃprāptāmatipatya tāṃ nṛpatitāṃ śakrarddhivispardhinīṃ

kiṃ dṛṣṭvā nayane praditsati bhavānko'yaṃ kutastyo vidhiḥ||26||



labdhāvakāśastridaśeṣu yajñaiḥ kīrtyā samantādavabhāsamānaḥ|

narendracūḍādyutirañjitāṅghriḥ kiṃ lipsamāno nu dadāsi cakṣuḥ||27||



atha sa rājā tamamātyaṃ sānunayamityuvāca-



nāyaṃ yatnaḥ sārvabhaumatvamāptuṃ naiva svargaṃ nāpavargaṃ na kīrtim|

trātuṃ lokānityayaṃ tvādaro me yācñākleśo mā ca bhūdasya moghaḥ||28||



atha sa rājā nīlotpaladalaśakalarucirakānti nayanamekaṃ vaidyaparidṛṣṭena vidhinā śanakairakṣatamutpāṭya parayā prītyā cakṣuryācanakāya prāyacchat| atha śakro devendrastādṛśamṛddhyabhisaṃskāraṃ cakre yathā dadarśa sa rājā saparijanastattasya cakṣuścakṣuḥsthāne pratiṣṭhitam| athonmiṣitaikacakṣuṣaṃ cakṣuryācanakamabhivīkṣya sa rājā parameṇa praharṣeṇa samāpūrṇahṛdayo dvitīyamapyasmai nayanaṃ prāyacchat|



tataḥ sa rājā nayane pradāya vipadmapadmākaratulyavaktraḥ|

paurairasādhāraṇatuṣṭirāsītsamagracakṣurdadṛśe dvijaiśca||29||



antaḥpure'tha manujādhipateḥ pure ca

śokāśrubhirvasumatī siṣice samantāt|

śakrastu vismayamavāpa parāṃ ca tuṣṭiṃ

saṃbodhaye nṛpamakampyamatiṃ samīkṣya||30||



atha śakrasya vismayāvarjitahṛdayasyaitadabhavat-

aho dhṛtiraho sattvamaho sattvahitaiṣitā|

pratyakṣamapi karmedaṃ karotīva vicāraṇām||31||



tannāyamāścaryasattvaściramimaṃ parikleśamanubhavitumarhati| yataḥ prayatiṣye cakṣurasyopāyapradarśanādutpādayitum|



atha tasya rājñaḥ kramātsaṃrūḍhanayanavraṇasyāvagītapratanūbhūtāntaḥpurapaurajānapadaśokasya pravivekakāmatvādudyānapuṣkariṇyāstīre kusumabharāvanatarucirataruvaranicite mṛdusurabhiśiśirasukhapavane madhukaragaṇopakūjite paryaṅkeṇa niṣaṇṇasya śakro devendraḥ purastātprādurabhavat| ka eṣa iti ca rājñā paryanuyukto'vravīt-



śakro'hamasmi devendrastvatsamīpamupāgataḥ|



rājovāca| svāgatam| ājñāpyatāṃ kenārtha iti| sa upacārapuraḥsaramukto rājānaṃ punaruvāca-



varaṃ vṛṇīṣva rājarṣe yadicchasi taducyatām||32||



atha sa rājā pradānasamucitatvādanabhyastayācñākārpaṇyamārgo vidhṛtya vismayaśauṭīryamenamuvāca-



prabhūtaṃ me dhanaṃ śakra śaktimacca mahad balam|

andhabhāvāttvidānīṃ me mṛtyurevābhirocate||33||



kṛtvāpi paryāptamanorathāni prītiprasādādhikalocanāni|

mukhāni paśyāmi na yācakānāṃ yattena mṛtyurdayito mamendra||34||



śakra uvāca-alamalamanena te vyavasāyena| satpuruṣā evedṛśānyanuprāpnuvanti| api ca pṛcchāmi tāvad bhavantam|



imāmavasthāṃ gamitasya yācakaiḥ kathaṃ nu te saṃprati teṣu mānasam|

pracakṣva tattāvadalaṃ nigūhituṃ vrajeśca saṃpratyapanīya tāṃ yathā||35||



rājovāca-ko'yamasmān vikatthayitumatrabhavato nirbandhaḥ? api ca devendra śrūyatām-



tadaiva caitarhi ca yācakānāṃ vacāṃsi yācñāniyatākṣarāṇi|

āśīrmayāṇīva mama priyāṇi yathā tathodetu mamaikamakṣi||36||



atha tasya rājñaḥ satyādhiṣṭhānabalāt puṇyopacayaviśeṣācca vacanasamanantaramevendranīlaśakalākrāntamadhyamiva nīlotpaladalasadṛśamekaṃ cakṣuḥ prādurabhavat| prādurbhūṃte ca tasminnayanāścarye pramuditamanāḥ sa rājā punarapi śakramuvāca-



yaścāpi māṃ cakṣurayācataikaṃ tasmai mudā dve nayane pradāya|

prītyutsavaikāgramatiryathāsaṃ dvitīyamapyakṣi tathā mamāstu||37||



athābhivyāhārasamanantarameva tasya rājño vispardhamānamiva tena nayanena dvitīyaṃ cakṣuḥ prādurabhavat|



tataścakampe sadharādharā dharā vyatītya velāṃ prasasāra sāgaraḥ|

prasaktagambhīramanojñanisvanāḥ prasasvanurduṃndubhayo divaukasām||38||



prasādaramyaṃ dadṛśe vapurdiśāṃ rarāja śuddhyā śaradīva bhāskaraḥ|

paribhramaccandanacūrṇarañjitaṃ papāta citraṃ kusumaṃ nabhastalāt||39||



samāyayurvismayaphullalocanā divaukasastatra sahāpsarogaṇāḥ|

vavau manojñātmaguṇaḥ samīraṇo manassu harṣo jagatāṃ vyajṛmbhata||40||



udīritā harṣaparītamānasairmaharddhibhirbhūṃtagaṇaiḥ savismayaiḥ|

nṛpasya karmātiśayastavāśrayāḥ samantataḥ śuśruvire giraḥ śubhāḥ||41||



aho bataudāryamaho kṛpālutā viśuddhatā paśya yathāsya cetasaḥ|

aho svasaukhyeṣu nirutsukā matirnamo'stu te'bhyudgatadhairyavikrama||42||



sanāthatāṃ sādhu jagadgataṃ tvayā punarvibuddhekṣaṇapaṅkajaśriyā|

amogharūpā bata puṇyasañcayāścirasya dharmeṇa khalūrjitaṃ jitam||43||



atha śakraḥ sādhu sādhvityenamabhisaṃrādhya punaruvāca-



na no na vidito rājaṃstava śuddhāśayāśayaḥ|

evaṃ nu pratidatte te mayeme nayane nṛpa||44||



samantādyojanaśataṃ śailairapi tiraskṛtam|

draṣṭumavyāhatā śaktirbhaviṣyatyanayośca te||45||



ityuktvā śakrastathaiva cāntardadhe|



atha bodhisattvo vismayapūrṇamanobhirmandamandanimeṣapravikasitanayanairamātyairanuyātaḥ pauraiścābhivīkṣyamāṇo jayāśīrvacanapuraḥsaraiśca brāhmaṇairabhinandyamānaḥ puravaramucchritadhvajavicitrapatākaṃ pravitanyamānābhyudayaśobhamabhigamya parṣadi niṣaṇṇaḥ sabhājanārthamabhigatasyāmātyapramukhasya brāhmaṇavṛddhapaurajānapadasyaivamātmopanāyikaṃ dharmaṃ deśayāmāsa-



ko nāma loke śithilādaraḥ syāt kartuṃ dhanenārthijanapriyāṇi|

divyaprabhāve nayane mameme pradānapuṇyopanate samīkṣya||46||



anekaśailāntaritaṃ yojanānāṃ śatādapi|

adūrasthitavispaṣṭaṃ dṛśyaṃ paśyāmi sarvataḥ||47||



parānukampāvinayābhijātāddānātparaḥ ko'bhyudayābhyupāyaḥ|

yanmānuṣaṃ cakṣurihaiva dattvā prāptaṃ mayā'mānuṣadivyacakṣuḥ||48||



etadviditvā śibayaḥ pradānairbhogena cārthān saphalīkurudhvam|

loke parasminniha caiṣa panthāḥ kīrtipradhānasya sukhodayasya||49||



dhanasya niḥsāralaghoḥ sa sāro yaddīyate lokahitonmukhena|

nidhānatāṃ yāti hi dīyamānamadīyamānaṃ nidhanaikaniṣṭham||50||



tadevaṃ duṣkaraśatasamudānīto'yamasmadarthaṃ tena bhagavatā saddharma iti satkṛtya śrotavyaḥ| tathāgatamāhātmye pūrvavacca karuṇāvarṇe'pi vācyam-ihaiva puṇyaphalapradarśane caivaṃ satkṛtyopacitāni puṇyānīhaiva puṣpamātramātmaprabhāvasya kīrtisaṃtatimanoharaṃ pradarśayantīti||



iti śibijātakaṃ dvitīyam|