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11. śakra-jātakam



āpadapi mahātmanāmaiśvaryasampadvā sattveṣvanukampāṃ na śithilīkaroti| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kilānalpakālasvabhyastapuṇyakarmā sātmībhūtapradānadamasaṃyamakaruṇaḥ parahitaniyatakriyātiśayaḥ kadācicchakro devānāmindro babhūva|



surendralakṣmīradhikaṃ rarāja tatsaṃśrayātsphītataraprabhāvā|

harmye sudhāsekanavāṅgarāge niṣaktarūpā śaśinaḥ prabheva||1||



yasyāḥ kṛte ditisutā rabhasāgatāni

diṅnāgadantamusalānyurasābhijagmuḥ|

saubhāgyavistarasukhopanatāpi tasya

lakṣmīrna darpamalinaṃ hṛdayaṃ cakāra||2||



tasya divaspṛthivyoḥ samyakparipālanopārjitāṃ sarvalokānuvyāpinīṃ kīrtisampadaṃ tāṃ ca lakṣmīmatyadbhutāmamṛṣyamāṇā daityagaṇāḥ kalpanāṭopabhīṣaṇataradviradarathaturagapadātinā kṣubhitasāgaraghoranirghoṣeṇa jājvalyamānavividhapraharaṇāvaraṇadurnirīkṣyeṇa mahatā balakāyena yuddhāyainamabhijagmuḥ|



dharmātmano'pi tu sa tasya parābalepaḥ

krīḍāvighātavirasaṃ ca bhayaṃ janasya|

tejasvitā nayapathopanataḥ kramaśca

yuddhodbhavābhimukhatāṃ hṛdayasya cakruḥ||3||



atha sa mahāsattvasturagavarasahasrayuktamabhyucchritārhadvasanacihnaruciradhvajaṃ vividhamaṇiratnadīptivyavabhāsitamatijvaladvapuṣaṃ kalpanāvibhāgopaniyataniśitajvalitavividhāyudhavirājitobhayapārśvaṃ pāṇḍukambalinaṃ haimaṃ rathavaramabhiruhya mahatā hastyaśvarathapadātivicitreṇa devānīkena parivṛtastadasurasainyaṃ samudratīrānta eva pratyujjagāma|



atha pravavṛte tatra bhīrūṇāṃ dhṛtidāraṇaḥ|

anyonyāyudhaniṣpeṣajarjarāvaraṇo raṇaḥ||4||



tiṣṭha naivamitaḥ paśya kvedānīṃ manna mokṣyase|

praharāyaṃ na bhavasītyevaṃ te'nyonyamārdayan||5||



tataḥ pravṛtte tumule sphūrjatpraharaṇe raṇe|

paṭahadhvaninotkruṣṭaiḥ sphuṭatīva nabhastalam||6||



dānagandhoddhatāmarṣeṣvāpatatsu parasparam|

yugāntavātākalitaśailabhīmeṣu dantiṣu||7||



vidyullolapatākeṣu prasṛteṣu samantataḥ|

ratheṣu paṭunirghoṣeṣūtpātāmbudhareṣviva||8||



pātyamānadhvajacchatraśastrāvaraṇamauliṣu|

devadānavavīreṣu śitairanyonyasāyakaiḥ||9||



atha prataptāsuraśastrasāyakairbhayātpradudrāva surendravāhinī|

rathena viṣṭabhya balaṃ tu vidviṣāṃ surendra ekaḥ samare vyatiṣṭhata||10||



abhyudīrṇaṃ tvāsuraṃ balamatiharṣātpaṭutarotkruṣṭakṣveḍitasiṃhanādamabhipatitamabhisamīkṣya mātalirdevendrasārathiḥ svaṃ ca balaṃ palāyanaparamavetyāpayānamatra prāptakālamiti matvā devādhipateḥ syandanamāvartayāmāsa| atha śakro devendraḥ samutpatato ratheṣāgrābhimukhānyabhighātapathāgatāni śālmalīvṛkṣe garuḍanīḍānyapaśyat| dṛṣṭvaiva ca karuṇayā samālambyamānahṛdayo mātaliṃ saṃgrāhakamityuvāca-



ajātapakṣadvijapotasaṅkulā dvijālayāḥ śālmalipādapāśrayāḥ|

amī pateyurna yathā ratheṣayā vicūrṇitā vāhaya me rathaṃ tathā||11||



mātaliruvāca-amī tāvanmārṣa samabhiyānti no daityasaṃghā iti| śakra uvāca-tataḥ kim? pariharaitāni samyaggaruḍanīḍānīti| athainaṃ mātaliḥ punaruvāca-



nivartanādasya rathasya kevalaṃ śivaṃ bhavedamburuhākṣa pakṣiṇām|

cirasya labdhaprasarā sureṣvasāvabhidravatyeva tu no dviṣaccamūḥ||12||



atha śakro devendraḥ svamadhyāśayātiśayaṃ sattvaviśeṣaṃ ca kāruṇyaviśeṣāt prakāśayannuvāca-



tasmānnivartaya rathaṃ varameva mṛtyu-

rdaityādhipaprahitabhīmagadābhighātaiḥ|

dhigvādadagdhayaśaso na tu jīvitaṃ me

sattvānyamūni bhayadīnamukhāni hatvā||13||



atha mātalistatheti pratiśrutya turagasahasrayuktaṃ syandanamasya nivartayāmāsa|



dṛṣṭāvadānā ripavastu tasya yuddhe samālokya rathaṃ nivṛttam|

bhayadrutāḥ praskhalitāḥ praṇemurvātābhinunnā iva kālameghāḥ||14||



bhagne svasainye vinivartamānaḥ panthānamāvṛtya ripudhvajinyāḥ|

saṅkocayatyeva madāvalepameko'pyasambhāvyaparākramatvāt||15||



nirīkṣya bhagnaṃ tu tadāsuraṃ balaṃ surendrasenāpyatha sā nyavartata|

babhūva naiva praṇayaḥ suradviṣāṃ bhayadrutānāṃ vinivartituṃ yataḥ||16||



saharṣalajjaistridaśaiḥ surādhipaḥ sabhājyamāno'tha raṇājirācchanaiḥ|

abhijvalaccāruvapurjayaśriyā samutsukāntaḥpuramāgamat puram||17||



evaṃ sa eva tasya saṃgrāmasya vijayo babhūva| tasmāducyate-



pāpaṃ samācarati vītaghṛṇo jaghanyaḥ

prāpyāpadaṃ saghṛṇa eva tu madhyabuddhiḥ|

prāṇātyaye'pi tu na sādhujanaḥ svavṛttiṃ

velāṃ samudra iva laṅghayituṃ samarthaḥ||18||



tadevaṃ devarājyaṃ prāṇānapi parityajya dīrgharātraṃ paripālitāni bhagavatā sattvāni| teṣviha prājñasyāghāto na yuktarūpaḥ prāgeva vipratipattiriti prāṇiṣu dayāyattenāryeṇa bhavitavyam| tathā hi dharmo ha vai rakṣati dharmacāriṇamityatrāpyunneyam| tathāgatavarṇe satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe ceti|



iti śakra-jātakamekādaśam|