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pravivekasukharasajñānāṃ viḍambaneva vihiṃseva ca kāmāḥ pratikūlā bhavanti| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kila kasmiṃścinmahati guṇaprakāśayaśasi vācyadoṣavirahite brāhmaṇakule janmaparigrahaṃ cakāra| tasya yatra kanīyāṃsaḥ ṣaḍapare bhrātarastadanurūpaguṇāḥ snehabahumānaguṇānnityānuguṇā babhūvuḥ, saptamī ca bhaginī| sa kṛtaśramaḥ sāṅgeṣu sopavedeṣu vedeṣu samadhigatavidyāyaśāḥ saṃmato jagati daivatavanmātāpitarau parayā bhaktyā paricarannācārya iva piteva tānbhrātṝnvidyāsu vinayannayavinayakuśalo gṛhamāvasati sma| sa kālakramānmātāpitroḥ kālakriyayā saṃvignahṛdayaḥ kṛtvā tayoḥ pretakṛtyāni vyatīteṣu śokamayeṣviva keṣucideva divaseṣu tānbhrātṝn saṃnipātyovāca-



eṣa lokasya niyataḥ śokātivirasaḥ kramaḥ|

saha sthitvāpi suciraṃ mṛtyunā yadviyojyate||1||



tatpravrajitumicchāmi śreyaḥślādhyena vartmanā|

purā mṛtyuripurhanti gṛhasaṃraktameva mām||2||



yataḥ sarvāneva bhavataḥ sambodhayāmi| astyatra brāhmaṇakule dharmeṇa yathādhigatā vibhavamātrā| śakyamanayā vartitum| tatsarvaireva bhavadbhiḥ parasparaṃ snehagauravābhimukhaiḥ śīlasamudācāreṣvaśithilādarairvedādhyayanaparairmitrātithisvajanapraṇayavatsalairdhamaparāyaṇairbhūtva samyaggṛhamadhyāvastavyam|



vinayaślāghibhirnityaṃ svādhyāyādhyayanodyataiḥ|

pradānābhirataiḥ samyakparipālyo gṛhāśramaḥ||3||



evaṃ hi vaḥ syādyaśasaḥ samṛddhirdharmasya cārthasya sukhāspadasya|

sukhāvagāhaśca paro'pi lokastadapramattā gṛhamāvaseta||4||



athāsya bhrātaraḥ pravrajyāsaṅkīrtanādviyogāśaṅkāvyathitamanasaḥ śokāśrudurdinamukhāḥ praṇamyainamūcuḥ--nārhatyatrabhavānpitṛviyogaśokaśalyavraṇamasaṃrūḍhameva no ghaṭṭayitumapareṇa duḥkhābhinipātakṣāreṇa|



adyāpi tāvatpitṛśokaśalyakṣatāni rohanti na no manāṃsi|

tatsādhvimāṃ saṃhara dhīra buddhiṃ mā naḥ kṣate kṣāramihopahārṣīḥ||5||



athākṣamaṃ vetsi gṛhānurāgaṃ śreyaḥpathaṃ vā vanavāsasaukhyam|

asmānanāthānapahāya gehe kasmādvanaṃ vāñchasi gantumekaḥ||6||



tadyātrabhavato gatiḥ sāsmākam| vayamapi pravrajāma iti|



bodhisattva uvāca-

anabhyāsādvivekasya kāmarāgānuvartinaḥ|

prapātamiva manyante pravrajyāṃ prāyaśo janāḥ||7||



iti mayā nigṛhya nābhihitāḥ stha pravrajyāśrayaṃ prati jānatāpi gṛhavanavāsaviśeṣam| tadetaccedabhirucitaṃ bhavatāmeva pravrajāma iti| te saptāpi bhrātaro bhaginyaṣṭamāḥ sphītaṃ gṛhavibhavāsāramaśrumukhaṃ ca mitrasvajanabandhuvargaṃ vihāya tāpasapravrajyayā pravrajitāḥ| tadanuraktahṛdayaścainānsahāya eko dāsī dāsaścānupravrajitāḥ|



te'nyatarasminmahatyaraṇyāyatane jvalitamiva vikasitakamalavanaśobhayā vihasadiva ca phullakumudavanairanibhṛtamadhukaragaṇamamalanīlasalilaṃ mahatsaraḥ saṃniśritya praviviktamanojñāsu cchayādrumasamupagūḍhāsvasaṃnikṛṣṭaviniviṣṭāsu pṛthakpṛthakparṇaśālāsu vrataniyamaparā dhyānānuyuktamanaso vijahnaḥ| pañcame pañcame divase bodhisattvasamīpaṃ dharmaśravaṇārthamupajagmuḥ| sa caiṣāṃ dhyānopadeśapravṛttāṃ kāmādīnavadarśanīṃ saṃvejanīyāṃ pravivekasantoṣavarṇabahulāṃ kuhanalapanakausīdyādidoṣavigarhaṇīmupaśamaprasādapaddhatiṃ tāṃ tāṃ dharmyāṃ kathāṃ cakāra|



sā cainān dāsī bahumānānurāgavaśā tathaiba paricacāra| sā tasmātsaraso bisānyuddhṛtya mahatsu padminīparṇeṣu śucau tīrapradeśe samānvinyasya ca bhāgānkāṣṭhasaṃghaṭṭanaśabdena kālaṃ nivedyāpakrāmati sma| tatasteṣāmṛṣīṇāṃ kṛtajapahomavidhīnāṃ yathāvṛddhamekaiko'bhigamya tato bisabhāgamekaikaṃ yathākramamādāya svasyāṃ svasyāṃ parṇaśālāyāṃ vidhivatparibhujya dhyānābhiyuktamatirvijahāra| ta evaṃ pravṛttā naiva parasparaṃ dadṛśuranyatra dharmaśravaṇakālāt|



teṣāmevaṃvidhena niravadyena śīlavṛttasamudācāreṇa pravivekābhiratyā dhyānapravaṇamānasatayā ca sarvatra yaśaḥ samupaśrutya śakro devānāmindrastatparīkṣānimittaṃ tatrābhijagāma| taccaiṣāṃ dhyānābhimukhatvaṃ kukāryeṣvaprasaṅgamanutkaṇṭhāṃ praśamābhirāmaṃ cāvasthānamavekṣya sthirataraguṇasambhāvanastatparīkṣānimittamavahitamanā babhūva|



anutsuko vanānteṣu vasañchamaparāyaṇaḥ|

āropayati sādhūnāṃ guṇasambhāvanāṃ hṛdi||8||



atha dvipakalabhadaśanapāṇḍukomalāni samuddhṛtya prakṣālya ca bisāni marakataharitaprabheṣu padminīpatreṣu kamaladalakesaropahārālaṃkṛtānviracayya samānbhāgānkāṣṭhasaṃghaṭṭanaśabdena nivedya kālaṃ teṣāmṛṣīṇāmapasṛtāyāṃ tasyāṃ dāsyāṃ bodhisattvaparīkṣārthaṃ śakro devānāmindraḥ prathamameva bisabhāgamantardhāpayāmāsa|



pravartane hi duḥkhasya tiraskāre sukhasya ca|

dhairyaprayāmaḥ sādhūnāṃ visphuranniva gṛhyate||9||



atha bodhisattvo'bhigataḥ prathame bisabhāgasthāne bisabhāgavirahitaṃ padminīpatraṃ parivyākulīkṛtopahāramabhisamīkṣya gṛhītaḥ kenāpi me bisapratyaṃśa ityavadhṛtamatirapetacetaḥsaṃkṣobhasaṃrambhastata eva pratinivṛtya praviśya parṇaśālāyāṃ yathocitaṃ dhyānavidhimārebhe| vaimanasyaparihārthaṃ cetareṣāmṛṣīṇāṃ tamarthaṃ na nivedayāmāsa| itare tvasya bhrātaro nūnamanena gṛhītaḥ pratyaṃśa iti manyamānā yathocitāneva svānsvānanukrameṇa bisabhāgānādāya yathāsvaṃ parṇaśālāsu paribhujya dhyāyanti sma| evaṃ dvitīye tṛtīye caturthe pañcame ca divase śakrastasya taṃ bisapratyaṃśamupanidadhe| bodhisattvo'pi ca mahāsattvastathaiva niḥsaṃkṣobhapraśāntacitto babhūva|



manaḥsaṃkṣobha eveṣṭo mṛtyurnāyuḥkṣayaḥ satām|

jīvitārthe'pi nāyānti manaḥkṣobhamato budhāḥ||10||



athāparāhṇasamaye dharmaśravaṇārthamṛṣayaste yathocittaṃ bodhisattvasya parṇaśālāṃ samabhigatā dadṛśvāṃsaścainaṃ kṛśataraśarīraṃ parikṣāmakapolanayanaṃ parimlānavadanaśobhamasampūrṇasvaragāmbhīryaṃ parikṣīṇamapyaparikṣīṇadhairyapraśamaguṇamabhinavendupriyadarśanamupetyopacārapuraḥsaraṃ sasambhramāḥ kimidamiti kārśyanimittamenamapṛcchan| tebhyo bodhisattvastamarthaṃ yathānubhūtaṃ nivedayāmāsa| atha te tāpasāḥ parasparamīdṛśamanācāramasambhāvayantastatpīḍayā ca samupajātasaṃvegāḥ kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭamityuktvā vrīḍāvanatavadanāḥ samatiṣṭhanta| śakraprabhāvācca samāvṛtajñānagativiṣayāḥ kuta idamiti na niścayamupajagmuḥ| atha bodhisattvasyānujo bhrātā svamāvegamātmaviśuddhiṃ ca pradarśayañchapathātiśayamimaṃ cakāra-



samṛddhicihnābharaṇaṃ sa gehaṃ prāpnotu bhāryāṃ ca mano'bhirāmām|

samagratāmetu ca putrapautrairbisāni te brāhmaṇa yo hyahārṣīt||11||



apara uvāca-

mālāḥ srajaścandanamaṃśukāni bibhradvibhūṣāśca sutābhimṛṣṭāḥ|

kāmeṣu tīvrāṃ sa karotvapekṣāṃ bisānyahārṣīddvijamukhya yaste||12||



apara uvāca-

kṛṣyāśrayāvāptadhanaḥ kuṭumbī pramodamānastanayapralāpaiḥ|

vayo'pyapaśyanramatāṃ sa gehe bisāni yaste sakṛdapyahārṣīt||13||



apara uvāca-

narādhipairbhṛtyavinītaceṣṭairabhyarcyamāno natalolacūḍaiḥ|

kṛtsnāṃ mahīṃ pātu sa rājavṛttyā lobhādahārṣīttava yo bisāni||14||



apara uvāca-

purohitaḥ so'stu narādhipasya mantrādinā svastyayayena yuktaḥ|

satkāramāpnotu tathā ca rājñastavāpi yo nāma bisānyahārṣīt||15||



apara uvāca-

adhyāpakaṃ samyagadhītavedaṃ tapasvisambhāvanayā mahatyā|

arcantu taṃ jānapadāḥ sametya biseṣu lubdho na guṇeṣu yaste||16||



sahāya uvāca-

catuḥśataṃ grāmavaraṃ samṛddhaṃ labdhvā narendrādupayātu bhoktum|

avītarāgo maraṇaṃ sa caitu lobhaṃ biseṣvapyajayanna yaste||17||



dāsa uvāca-

sa grāmaṇīrastu sahāyamadhye strīnṛttagītairupalāpyamānaḥ|

mā rājataśca vyasanāni labdha bisārthamātmārthamaśīśamadyaḥ||18||



bhaginyuvāca-

vidyotamānāṃ bapuṣā śriyā ca patnītvamānīya narādhipastām|

yoṣitsahasrāgrasarīṃ karotu yastvadvidhasyāpi bisānyahārṣīt||19||



dāsyuvāca-

ekākinī sā samatītya sādhūnsvādūpabhoge praṇayaṃ karotu|

satkāralabdhāṃ mudamudvahantī bisānyapaśyattava yā na dharmam||20||



atha tatra dharmaśravaṇārthaṃ samāgatāstadvanādhyuṣitā yakṣadviradavānarāstāṃ kathāmupaśrutya parāṃ vrīḍāṃ saṃvegaṃ copajagmuḥ| atha yakṣa ātmaviśuddhipradarśanārthamiti śapathameṣāṃ purataścakāra-



āvāsikaḥ so'stu mahāvihāre kacaṅgalāyāṃ navakarmikaśca|

ālokasandhiṃ divasaiḥ karotu yastvayyapi praskhalito bisārtham||21||



hastyuvāca-

ṣaḍbhirdṛḍhaiḥ pāśaśataiḥ sa bandhaṃ prāpnotu ramyācca vanājjanāntam|

tīkṣṇāṅkaśākarṣaṇajā rujaśca yaste muniśreṣṭha bisānyahārṣīt||22||



vānara uvāca--

sa puṣpamālī trapughṛṣṭakaṇṭho yaṣṭayā hataḥ sarpamukhaṃ paraitu|

vaikakṣyabaddhaśca vased gṛheṣu laulyādahārṣīttava yo bisāni||23||



atha bodhisattvastānsarvānevānunayavinītākṣaraṃ śāntigāmbhīryasūcakamityuvāca-

yo naṣṭamityāha na cāsya naṣṭamiṣṭānsa kāmānadhigamya kāmam|

upaitu gehāśrita eva mṛtyuṃ bhavatsu yaḥ śaṅkata īdṛśaṃ vā||24||



atha śakro devendrastena teṣāṃ kāmopabhogaprātikūlyasūcakena śapathātiśayena samutpāditavismayabahumānaḥ svenaiva vapuṣābhijvalatā tānṛṣīnabhigamya sāmarṣavaduvāca-mā tāvadbhoḥ|



yatprāptiparyutsukamānasānāṃ sukhārthināṃ naiti manāṃsi nidrā|

yānprāptumicchanti tapaḥśramaiśca tānkena kāmāniti kutsayadhve||25||



bodhisattva uvāca-anantādīnavā mārṣa kāmāḥ| saṃkṣepatastu śrūyatāṃ yadabhisamīkṣya kāmānna praśaṃsanti munayaḥ|



kāmeṣu bandhamupayāti vadhaṃ ca lokaḥ

śokaṃ klamaṃ bhayamanekavidhaṃ ca duḥkham|

kāmārthameva ca mahīpatayaḥ patanti

dharmopamardarabhasā narakaṃ paratra||26||



yatsauhṛdāni sahasā virasībhavanti

yannītiśāṭhyamalinena pathā prayānti|

kīrtyā viyogamasukhaiḥ parataśca yogaṃ

yatprāpnuvanti nanu kāraṇamatra kāmāḥ||27||



iti hīnavimadhyamottamānāmiha cāmutra ca yadvadhāya kāmāḥ|

kupitānbhujagānivātmakāmā munayastāniti śakra nāśrayante||28||



atha śakro devānāmindrastasya tadvacanaṃ yuktamityabhinandya tena caiteṣāmṛṣīṇāṃ māhātmyenābhiprasāditamanāstebhyaḥ svamaparādhamāviścakāra|



guṇasambhāvanāvyaktiryatparīkṣyopalabhyate|

mayā vinihitānyasmātparīkṣārthaṃ bisāni vaḥ||29||



tatsanāthaṃ jagaddiṣṭayā munibhistathyakīrtibhiḥ|

viśuddhiḥ sthiracāritre tadetāni bisāni te||30||



ityuktvā tāni bisāni bodhisattvasya samupajahāra| atha bodhisattvastadasyāsamudācāradhāṣṭaryaṃ tejasvinibhṛtena vacasā pratyātideśa--



na bāndhavā naiva vayaṃ sahāyā na te naṭā nāpi viḍambakāḥ smaḥ|

kasminnavaṣṭabhya nu devarāja krīḍāpathenaivamṛṣīnupaiṣi||31||



ityukte śakro devendraḥ sasambhramāpāstakuṇḍalakirīṭavidyudbhāsuravadanaḥ sabahumānamabhipraṇamyainaṃ kṣamayāmāsa--



uktaprayojanamidaṃ cāpalaṃ mama nirmama|

pitevācārya iva ca kṣantumarhati tadbhavān||32||



nimīlitajñānabilocanānāṃ svabhāva eṣa skhalituṃ same'pi|

kṣamāṃ ca tatrātmavatāṃ prapattumato'pyadaścetasi mā sma kārṣīḥ||33||



iti kṣamayitvā śakrastatraivāntardadhe|

tadevaṃ pravivekasukharasajñānāṃ viḍambaneva vihiṃseva ca kāmāḥ pratikūlā bhavanti|

[taccedaṃ jātakaṃ bhagavānvyākārṣīt-

ahaṃ śāradvatīputro maudgalyāyanakāśyapau|

pūrṇāniruddhāvānanda ityāsurbhrātarastadā||34||



bhaginyutpalavarṇāsīddāsī kubjottarābhavat|

citro gṛhapatirdāso yakṣaḥ sātāgiristadā||35||



pārileyo'bhavannāgo madhudātaiva vānaraḥ|

kālodāyī ca śakro'bhūddhāryatāmiti jātakam||36||]



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