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15. matsya-jātakam



śīlavatāmihaivābhiprāyāḥ kalyāṇāḥ samṛdhyanti prāgeva paratreti śīlaviśuddhau prayatitavyam| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kila kasmiṃścinnātimahati kahlāra-tāmarasa-kamala-kuvalayavibhūṣitarucirasalile haṃsa-kāraṇḍava-cakravāka-mithunopaśobhite tīrāntaruhatarukusumāvakīrṇe sarasi matsyādhipatirbabhūva| svabhyastabhāvācca bahuṣu janmāntareṣu parārthacaryāyāstatrastho'pi parahitasukhapratipādanavyāpāro babhūva|



abhyāsayogāddhi śubhāśubhāni karmāṇi sātmyena bhavanti puṃsām|

tathāvidhānyeva yadaprayatnājjanmāntare svapna ivācaranti||1||



iṣṭānāmiva ca sveṣāmapatyānāmupari niviṣṭahārdo mahāsattvasteṣāṃ mīnānāṃ dānapriyavacanārthacaryādikramaiḥ paramanugrahaṃ cakāra|



anyonyahiṃsāpraṇayaṃ niyacchanparasparaprema vivardhayaṃśca|

yogādupāyajñatayā ca teṣāṃ vismārayāmāsa sa matsyavṛttam||2||



tattena samyakparipālyamānaṃ vṛddhiṃ parāṃ mīnakulaṃ jagāma|

puraṃ vinirmuktamivopasargairnyāyapravṛttena narādhipena||3||



atha kadācitsattvānāṃ bhāgyasampadvaikalyātpramādācca varṣādhikṛtānāṃ devaputrāṇāṃ na samyagdevo vavarṣa| athāsamyagvarṣiṇi deve tatsaraḥ phullakadambakusumagaureṇa navasalilena na yathāpuramāpupūre| krameṇa copagate nidāghakālasamaye paṭutaradīptibhiḥ khedālasagatibhiriva ca dinakarakiraṇaistadabhitaptayā ca dharaṇyā jvālānugateneva ca hlādābhi lāṣiṇā mārutena tarṣavaśādiva pratyahamāpīyamānaṃ tatsaraḥ palvalībabhūva|



nidāghakāle jvalito vivasvāñjvālābhivarṣīva paṭuśca vāyuḥ|

jvarāturevāśiśirā ca bhūmistoyāni roṣādiva śoṣayanti||4||



atha bodhisattvo vāyasagaṇairapi paritarkyamāṇaṃ prāgeva salilatīrāntacāribhiḥ pakṣigaṇairviṣādadainyavaśagaṃ vispanditamātraparāyaṇaṃ mīnakulamavekṣya karuṇāyamānaścintāmāpede| kaṣṭā bateyamāpadāpatitā mīnānām|



pratyahaṃ kṣīyate toyaṃ spardhamānamivāyuṣā|

adyāpi ca cireṇaiva lakṣyate jaladāgamaḥ||5||



apayānakramo nāsti netāpyanyatra ko bhavet|

asmadvyasanasaṃkṛṣṭāḥ samāyānti ca no dviṣaḥ||6||



asya niḥsaṃśayamime toyaśeṣasya saṃkṣayāt|

sphuranto bhakṣayiṣyante śatrubhirmama paśyataḥ||7||



tatkimatra prāptakālaṃ syāditi vimṛśansa mahātmā satyādhiṣṭhānamekamārtāyanaṃ dadarśa| karuṇayā ca samāpīḍyamānahṛdayo dīrghamuṣṇamabhiniśvasya nabhaḥ samullokayannavāca-



smarāmi na prāṇivadhaṃ yathāhaṃ sañcintya kṛcchre parame'pi kartum|

anena satyena sarāṃsi toyairāpūrayanvarṣatu devarājaḥ||8||



atha tasya mahātmanaḥ puṇyopacayaguṇātsatyādhiṣṭhānabalāttadabhiprasāditadevanāgayakṣānubhāvācca samantatastoyābalambibimbā gambhīramadhuranirghoṣā vidyullatālaṅkṛtanīlavipulaśikharā vijṛmbhamāṇā iva pravisarpibhiḥ śikharabhujaiḥ pariṣvajamānā iva cānyonyamakālameghāḥ kālameghāḥ prādurabhavan|



diśāṃ pramiṇvanta iva prayāmaṃ śṛṅgairvitanvanta ivāndhakāram|

nabhastalādarśagatā virejuśchāyā girīṇāmiva kālameghāḥ||9||



saṃsaktakekaiḥ śikhibhiḥ prahṛṣṭaiḥ saṃstūyamānā iva nṛttacitraiḥ|

prasaktamandrastanitā virejurdhīraprahāsādiva te ghanaughāḥ||10||



muktā vimuktā iva tairvimuktā dhārā nipetuḥ praśaśāma reṇuḥ|

gandhaścacārānibhṛto dharaṇyāṃ vikīryamāṇo jaladānilena||11||



nidāghasamparkavivardhito'pi tirobabhūvārkakaraprabhāvaḥ|

phenāvalīvyākulamekhalāni toyāni nimnābhimukhāni sasruḥ||12||



muhurmuhuḥ kāñcanapiñjarābhirbhābhirdigantānanurañjayantī|

payodatūryasvanalabdhaharṣā vidyullatā nṛttamivācacāra||13||



atha bodhisattvaḥ samantato'bhiprasṛtairāpāṇḍubhiḥ salilapravāhairāpūryamāṇe sarasi dhārānipātasamakālameva vidrute vāyasādye pakṣigaṇe pratilabdhajīvitāśe ca pramudite mīnagaṇe prītyābhisāryamāṇahṛdayo varṣanivṛttisāśaṅkaḥ punaḥ punaḥ parjanyamābabhāṣe-



udgarja parjanya gabhīradhīraṃ pramodamudvāsaya vāyasānām|

ratnāyamānāni payāṃsi varṣansaṃsaktavidyujjvalitadyutīni||14||



tadupaśrutya śakro devānāmindraḥ paramavismitamanāḥ sākṣādabhigamyainamabhisaṃrādhayannuvāca-



tavaiva khalveṣa mahānubhāva matsyendra satyātiśayaprabhāvaḥ|

āvarjitā yatkalaśā iveme kṣaranti ramyastanitāḥ payodāḥ||15||



mahatpramādaskhalitaṃ tvidaṃ me yannāma kṛtyeṣu bhavadvidhānām|

lokārthamabhyudyatamānasānāṃ vyāpārayogaṃ na samabhyupaimi||16||



cintāṃ kṛthā mā tadataḥ paraṃ tvaṃ satāṃ hi kṛtyodvahane'smi dhuryaḥ|

deśo'pyayaṃ tvadguṇasaṃśrayeṇa bhūyaśca naivaṃ bhavitārtivaśyaḥ||17||



ityevaṃ priyavacanaiḥ saṃrādhya tatraivāntardadhe| tacca saraḥ parāṃ toyasamṛddhimavāpa|



tadevaṃ śīlavatāmihaivābhiprāyāḥ kalyāṇāḥ samṛdhyanti prāgeva paratreti śīlaviśuddhau prayatitavyam|



iti matsya-jātakaṃ pañcadaśam|