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cittaprasādodgataṃ pātrātiśayapratipāditaṃ ca nālpakaṃ nāma dānamasti vipākamahattvāt| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavānkośalādhipatirbabhūva| tasyotsāhamantraprabhū [tvaśaktisampatprabhṛtīnāṃ prakarṣiṇāmapi rājaguṇānāṃ vibhūtimatiśiśye daivasampadguṇaśobhā|



guṇāstasyādhikaṃ rejurdaivasamapadvibhūṣaṇāḥ|

kiraṇā iva candrasya śaradunmīlitaśriyaḥ||1||



tatyāja dṛptānapi tasya śatrūn rakteva reme tadapāśriteṣu|

ityāsa tasyānyanarādhipeṣu kopaprasādānuvidhāyinī śrīḥ||2||



dharmātmakatvānna ca nāma tasya paropatāpāśivamāsa cetaḥ|

bhṛtyānurāgastu tathā jajṛmbhe dviṣatsu lakṣmīrna yathāsya reme||3||



so'nantarātītāṃ svajātimanusasmāra| tadanusmaraṇācca samupajātasaṃvego viśeṣavattaraṃ śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakebhyaḥ sukhahetunidānaṃ dānamadācchīlasaṃvaramanavarataṃ pupoṣa poṣadhaniyamaṃ ca parvadivaseṣu samādade| abhīkṣṇaṃ ca rājā parṣadi svasmiṃścāntaḥpure puṇyaprabhāvodbhāvanāllokaṃ śreyasi niyoktukāmaḥ pratītahṛdayo gāthādvayamiti niyatārthaṃ babhāṣe-



na sugataparicaryā vidyate svalpikāpi

pratanuphalavibhūtiryacchrutaṃ kevalaṃ prāk|

tadidamalavaṇāyāḥ śuṣkarūkṣārūṇāyāḥ

phalavibhavamahattvaṃ paśya kulmāṣapiṇḍyāḥ||4||



rathaturagavicitraṃ mattanāgendranīlaṃ

balamakṛśamidaṃ me medinī kevalā ca|

bahu dhanamanuraktā śrīrudārāśca dārāḥ

phalasamudayaśobhāṃ paśya kulmāṣapiṇḍyāḥ||5||



tamamātyā brāhmaṇavṛddhāḥ pauramukhyāśca kautūhalādhūrṇitamanaso'pi na prasahante sma paryanuyoktuṃ kimabhisamīkṣya mahārājo gāthādvayamidamabhīkṣṇaṃ bhāṣata iti| atha tasya rājño vāgnityatvādavyāhatatarapraṇayaprasarā devī samutpannakautūhalā saṃkathāprastāvāgataṃ parṣadi paryapṛcchadenam|



niyatamiti narendra bhāṣase hṛdayagatāṃ mudamudgiranniva|

bhavati mama kutūhalākulaṃ hṛdayamidaṃ kathitena tena te||6||



tadarhati śrotumayaṃ jano yadi pracakṣva tatkiṃ nviti bhāṣase nṛpa|

rahasyamevaṃ ca na kīrtyate kvacitprakāśamasmācca mayāpi pṛcchyate||7||



atha sa rājā prītyabhisnigdhayā dṛṣṭyā samabhivīkṣya devīṃ smitapravikasitavadana uvāca-



avibhāvya nimittārthaṃ śrutvodgāramimaṃ mama|

na kevalaṃ tavaivātra kautūhalacalaṃ manaḥ||8||



samantamapyetadamātyamaṇḍalaṃ kutūhalāghūrṇitalolamānasam|

puraṃ ca sāntaḥpuramatra tena me niśamyatāṃ yena mayaivamucyate||9||



suptaprabuddha iva jātimanusmarāmi

yasyāmihaiva nagare bhṛtako'hamāsam|

śīlānvito'pi dhanamātrasamucchritebhyaḥ

karmābhirādhanasamarjitadīnavṛttiḥ||10||



so'haṃ bhṛtiṃ paribhavaśramadainyaśālāṃ

trāṇāśayātsvayamavṛttibhayādvivikṣuḥ|

bhikṣārthinaśca caturaḥ śramaṇānapaśyaṃ

vaśyendriyānanugatāniva bhikṣulakṣmyā||11||



tebhyaḥ prasādamṛdunā manasā praṇamya

kulmāṣamātrakamadāṃ prayataḥ svagehe|

tasyāṅkarodaya ivaiṣa yadanyarāja-

cūḍāprabhāścaraṇareṇuṣu me niṣaktāḥ||12||



tadetadabhisandhāya mayaivaṃ devi kathyate|

puṇyena ca labhe tṛptimarhatāṃ darśanena ca||13||



atha sā devī praharṣavismayaviśālākṣī sabahumānamudīkṣamāṇā rājānamityuvāca| upapannarūpaḥ puṇyānāmayamevaṃvidho vipākābhyudayaviśeṣaḥ| puṇyaphalapratyakṣiṇaśca mahārājasya yadayaṃ puṇyeṣvādaraḥ| tadevameva pāpapravṛttivimukhaḥ piteva prajānāṃ samyakparipālanasumukhaḥ puṇyagaṇārjanābhimukhaḥ|



yaśaḥśriyā dānasamṛddhayā jvalanpratiṣṭhitājñaḥ pratirājamūrdhasu|

samīraṇākuñcitasāgarāmvarāṃ ciraṃ mahīṃ dharmanayena pālaya||14||



rājovāca-kiṃ hyetaddevi na syāt?



so'haṃ tameva punarāśrayituṃ yatiṣye

śreyaḥpathaṃ samabhilakṣitaramyacihnam|

lokaḥ praditsati hi dānaphalaṃ niśamya

dāsyāmyahaṃ kimiti nātmagataṃ niśamya||15||



atha sa rājā devīṃ devīmiva śriyā jvalantīmabhisnigdhamavekṣya śrīsampattihetukutūhalahṛdayaḥ punaruvāca-



candralekheva tārāṇāṃ strīṇāṃ madhye virājase|

akṛthāḥ kiṃ nu kalyāṇi! karmātimadhurodayam||16||



devyuvāca-asti deva kiñcidahamapi pūrvajanmavṛttiṃ samanusmarāmīti| kathaya kathayedānīmiti ca sādaraṃ rājñā paryanuyuktovāca-



bālye'nubhūtamiva tatsamanusmarāmi

dāsī satī yadahamuddhṛtabhaktamekam|

kṣīṇāsravāya munaye vinayena dattvā

supteva tatra samavāpamiha prabodham||17||



etatsmarāmi kuśalaṃ naradeva ! yena

tvannāthatāmupagatāsmi samaṃ pṛthivyā|

kṣīṇāsraveṣu na kṛtaṃ tanu nāma kiñci-

dityuktavānasi yathaiva munistathaiva||18||



atha sa rājā puṇyaphalapradarśanātpuṇyeṣu samutpāditabahumānāmabhiprasannamanasaṃ parṣadaṃ vismayaikāgrāmavetya niyatamīdṛśaṃ kiñcitsamanuśaśāsa-



alpasyāpi śubhasya vistaramimaṃ dṛṣṭvā vipākaśriyaḥ

syātko nāma na dānaśīlavidhinā puṇyakriyātatparaḥ|

naiva draṣṭumapi kṣamaḥ sa puruṣaḥ paryāptavitto'pi san

yaḥ kārpaṇyatamisrayāvṛtamatirnāpnoti dānairyaśaḥ||19||



tyaktavyaṃ vivaśena yanna ca tathā kasmaicidarthāya yat

tannyāyena dhanaṃ tyajanyadi guṇaṃ kañcitsamudbhāvayet|

ko'sau tatra bhajeta matsarapathaṃ jānanguṇānāṃ rasaṃ

prītyādyā vividhāśca kīrtyanusṛtā dānapratiṣṭhāguṇāḥ||20||



dānaṃ nāma mahānidhānamanugaṃ caurādyasādhāraṇaṃ

dānaṃ matsaralobhadoṣarajasaḥ prakṣālanaṃ cetasaḥ|

saṃsārādhvapariśramāpanayanaṃ dānaṃ sukhaṃ vāhanaṃ

dānaṃ naikasukhopadhānasumukhaṃ sanmitramātyantikam||21||



vibhavasamudayaṃ vā dīptamājñāguṇaṃ vā

tridaśapuranivāsaṃ rūpaśobhāguṇaṃ vā|

yadabhilaṣati sarvaṃ tatsamāpnoti dānā-

diti parigaṇitārthaḥ ko na dānāni dadyāt||22||



sārādānaṃ dānamāhurdhanānāmaiśvaryāṇāṃ dānamāhurnidānam|

dānaṃ śrīmatsajjanatvāvadānaṃ bālyaprajñaiḥ pāṃsudānaṃ sudānam||23||



atha sā parṣattasya rājñastadgrāhakaṃ vacanaṃ sabahumānamabhinandya pradānādipratipattyabhimukhī babhūva|



tadevaṃ cittaprasādodgataṃ pātrātiśayapratipāditaṃ ca nālpakaṃ nāma dānamasti vipākamahattvāditi prasannacittenānuttare puṇyakṣetra āryasaṃghe dānaṃ dadatā parā prītirutpādayitavyā| adūre mamāpyevaṃvidhā ato viśiṣṭatarāśca sampattaya iti|



iti kulmāṣapiṇḍī-jātakaṃ tṛtīyam|