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21. cuḍḍabodhi-jātakam



krodhavinayācchatrūnupaśamayati, vardhayatyeva tvanyathā| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kila mahāsattvaḥ kasmiṃścinmahati brāhmaṇakule guṇābhyāsamāhātmyādativṛddhayaśasi pratiniyatasamṛddhiguṇe rājasatkṛte daivatasaṃmate lokasya janma pratileme| kālānāmatyayenābhivṛddhaḥ kṛtasaṃskārakarmā śrutaguṇābhyāsādacireṇaiva vidvatsadassu prakāśanāmā babhūva|



kītirvidvatsadassveva viduṣāṃ pravijṛmbhate|

ratnajñeṣviva ratnānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ samareṣviva||1||



atha sa mahātmā pravrajyākṛtaparicayatvātpūrvajanmasu svabhyastadharmasaṃjñatvātprajñāvadātamatitvacca na gehe ratimupalebhe| sa kāmān vigrahavivādamadavairasyaprācuryādrājacaurodakadahanavipriyadāyādasādhāraṇatvādatṛptijanakatvādanekadoṣāyatanatvācca saviṣamivānnamātmakāmaḥ parityajya saṃhṛtakeśaśmaśruśobhaḥ kāṣāyavivarṇavāsāḥ parityaktagṛhaveṣavibhramaḥ pravrajyāvinayaniyamaśriyamaśiśriyam| tadanurāgavaśagā cāsya patnī keśānavatāryāhāryavibhūṣaṇodvahananirvyāpāraśarīrā svarūpaguṇaśobhāvibhūṣitā kāṣāyavastrasaṃvītatanuranupravavrāja| atha bodhisattvastapovanānugamanavyavasāyamasya vidtvā tapovanādhyāsanāyogyatāṃ ca strīsaukumāryasyāvocadenāṃ-bhadre darśitastvayāyamasmadanurāgasvabhāvaḥ| tadalamasmadanugamanaṃ pratyanena vyavasāyena te| yatraiva tvanyāḥ pravrajitāḥ prativasanti tatra bhavatyāstābhireva sārdha pratirūpaṃ vastuṃ syāt| durabhisaṃbhavāni hyaraṇyāyatanāni| paśya-



śamaśānaśūnyālayaparvateṣu vaneṣu ca vyālamṛgākuleṣu|

niketahīnā yatayo vasanti yatraiva cāstaṃ ravirabhyupaiti||2||



dhyānodyamādekacarāśca nityaṃ stridarśanādapyapavṛttabhāvāḥ|

nivartituṃ tena matiṃ kuruṣva ko'rthastabānena paribhrameṇa||3||



sā niyatamenamanugamanakṛtaniścayā bāṣpoparudhyamānanayanā kiṃcidīdṛśaṃ pratyuvāca-



yadi me śramabuddhiḥ syattavānugamanotsave|

kimityevaṃ prapadyeya duḥkha tava ca vipriyam||4||



yattu naiva samarthāsmi vartituṃ rahitā tvayā|

ityājñātikramamimaṃ tvaṃ mama kṣantumarhasi||5||



iti sā dvitrirapyucyamānāyadā necchati sma nivartitum, tato bodhisattva upekṣānibhṛtamatirasyāṃ babhūva|



sa tayānugamyamānaścakravāka iva cakravākyā grāmanagaranigamānanuvicaran kadācitkṛtabhaktakṛtyaḥ kasmiṃścitpravivikte śrimati nānātarugahanopaśobhite ghanapracchāye kṛtopakāra iva kvacitkvaciddinakarakiraṇacandrakairnānukusumarajo'vakīrṇadharaṇitale śucau vanoddeśe dhyānavidhimanuṣṭhāya sāyānhasamaye vyutthāya samādheḥ pāṃsukūlāni sivyati sma| sāpi pravrajitā tasyaiva nātīdūre vṛkṣamūlamupaśobhayamānā devateva svena vapuṣaḥ prabhāveṇa virājamānā tadupadiṣṭena manaskāravidhinā dhyāyati sma|



atha tatratyo rājā vasantakālajanitābhyadhikakisalayaśobhāni bhramadbhramaramadhukarīgaṇopakūjitāni pramattakokilakulakilakilāni prahasitakamalakuvalayālaṃkṛtābhilaṣaṇiyajalāśayāni vividhakusumasaṃmodagandhādhivāsitasukhapavanānyupavanāni samanuvicaraṃstaṃ deśamupajagāma|



vicitrapuṣpastabakojjvalāni kṛtacchadānīva vasantalakṣmyā|

vācālapuṃskokilabarhiṇāni saroruhākīrṇajalāśayāni||6||



samudbhavatkomalaśādvalāni vanāni mattabhramarārutāni|

ākrīḍabhūtāni manobhavasya draṣṭuṃ bhavatyeva manaḥpraharṣaḥ||7||



atha sa rājā savinayamabhigamya bodhisattvaṃ kṛtapratisaṃmodanakathastatraikānte nvaṣidata| sa tāṃ pravrajitāmatimanoharadarśanāmabhivīkṣya tasyā rūpaśobhayā samākṣipyamāgahṛdayo nūnamasyeyaṃ sahadharmacāriṇītyavetya lolasvabhavatvāttadapaharaṇopāyaṃ vimamarśa|



śrutaprabhāvaḥ sa tapodhanānāṃ śāpārciṣaḥ kroṣahutāśanasya|

saṃkṣiptadhairyo'pi manobhavena nāsminnavajñārabhaso babhūva||8||



tasya buddhirabhavat-tapaḥprabhāvamasya jñātvā śakyamatra tadyuktaṃ pravartituṃ nānyathā| yadyayamasyāṃ saṃrāgavaktavyamatirvyaktamasminna tapaḥprabhāvo'sti| atha vītarāgaḥ syānmandāpekṣo vā tato'smin saṃbhāvyaṃ tapaḥprabhavamāhātmyam| iti vicintya sa rājā tapahprabhāvajijñāsayā bodhisattvaṃ hitaiṣivaduvāca-bhoḥ pravrajita pracuradhūrtasāhasikapuruṣe'smiṃlloke na yuktamatrabhavato nirākrandeṣu vaneṣvevaṃ pratirūpayānayā sahadharmacāriṇyā saha vicaritum| asyāṃ hi te kaścidaparādhyamāno niyatasmānapyupakrośabhājanīkuryāt| paśya



evaṃ vivikteṣu tapaḥkṛśaṃ tvāṃ dharmeṇa sārdhaṃ paribhūya kaścit|

imāṃ prasahyāpaharedyadā te śokātparaṃ kiṃ bata tatra kuryāḥ||9||



roṣaprasaṅgo hi manaḥprayāthī dharmopamardādyaśasaśca hantā|

vasatviyaṃ tena janānta eva strīsaṃnikarṣeṇa ca kiṃ yatīnām||10||



bodhisattva uvāca-yuktamāha mahārājaḥ| api tu śrūyatāṃ yadevaṃgate'rthe prapadyeya-



syādatra me yaḥ pratikūlavartī darpodbhavādapratisaṃkhyayā vā|

vyaktaṃ na mucyeta sa jīvato me dhārādhanasyeva dhanasya reṇuḥ||11||



atha sa rājā tīvrāpekṣo'yamasyāṃ tapaḥprabhāvahīna ityavajñāya taṃ mahāsattvaṃ tadapāyanirāśaṅkaḥ kāmarāgavaśagaḥ strīsaṃdarśanādhikṛtān puruṣān samādideśa-gacchataitāṃ pravrajitāmantaḥpuraṃ praveśayateti| tadupaśrutya sā pravrajitā vyālamṛgābhidruteva vanamṛgī bhayaviṣādaviklavamukhī bāṣpoparudhyamānanayanā gadgadāyamānakaṇṭhī tattadārtivaśādvilalāpa-



lokasya nāmārtiparājitasya parāyaṇaṃ bhūmipatiḥ piteva|

sa eva yasya tvanayābahuḥ syādākrandanaṃ kasya nu tena kāryam||12||



bhraṣṭādhikārā bata lokapālā na santi vā mṛtyuvaśaṃ gatā vā|

na trātumārtāniti ye sayatnā dharmo'pi manye śrutimātrameva||13||



kiṃ vā surairme bhagavān yadevaṃ madbhāgadheyairdhṛtamauna eva|

paro'pi tāvannau rakṣaṇīyaḥ pāpātmabhirvipratikṛṣyamāṇaḥ||14||



naśyeti śāpāśaninābhimṛṣṭaḥ syādyasya śailaḥ smaranīyamūrtiḥ|

itthaṃgatāyāmapi tasya maunaṃ tathāpi jīvāmi ca mandabhāgyā||15||



pāpā kṛpāpātatarā na vāhamevaṃbidhāmāpadamabhyupetā|

ārteṣu kārūṇyamayī pravṛttistapodhanānāṃ kimayaṃ na mārgaḥ||16||



śaṅke tavādyāpi tadeva citte nivartyamānāsmi na yannivṛttā|

tavāpriyeṇāpi mayepsitaṃ yadātmapriyaṃhā tadidaṃ kathaṃ me||17||



iti tāṃ pravrajitā karunavilāpākranditaruditamātraparāyaṇāṃ te rājasamādiṣṭāḥ puruṣā yānamāropya paśyata eva tasya mahasattvasyāntaḥpurāya ninyuḥ| bodhisattvo'pi pratisaṃkhyānabalātpratinudya krodhabalaṃ tathaiba pāṃsukūlāni niḥsaṃkṣobhaḥ praśāntacetāḥ sīvyati sma| athainaṃ sa rājovāca-



amarṣaroṣābhinipātitākṣaraṃ taduccakairgarjitamūrjitaṃ tvayā|

hṛtāṃ ca paśyannapi tāṃ varānanāmaśaktidīnapraśamo'syavasthitaḥ||18||



taddarśaya svāṃ bhujayo ruṣaṃ vā tejastapaḥsaṃśrayasaṃbhṛtaṃ vā|

ātmapramāṇagrahaṇānabhijño vyarthapratijño hyadhikaṃ na bhāti||19||



bodhisattva uvāca-avyarthapratijñameva māṃ viddhi mahārāja|

yo'bhūnmamātra pratikūlavartī vispandamāno'pi sa me na muktaḥ|

prasahya nītaḥ praśamaṃ mayā tu tasmādyathārthaiva mama pratijñā||20||



atha sa rājā tena bodhisattvasya dhairyātiśayavyañjakena praśamena samutpāditatapasviguṇasaṃbhāvanaścintāmāpede-anyadevānena brāhmaṇenābhisaṃdhāya bhāṣitam, tadaparijñāyāsmābhiścāpalakṛtamidamiti jātapratyavamarśo bodhisattvamuvāca-



ko'nyastavābhūtpratikūlavartī yo visphuranneva na te vimuktaḥ|

reṇuḥ samudyanniva toyadena kaścopanītaḥ praśamaṃ tvayātra||21||



bodhisattva uvāca-śrṛṇu mahārāja!

jāte na dṛśyate yasminnajāte sādhu dṛśyate|

abhūnme sa na muktaśca krodhaḥ svāśrayabādhanaḥ||22||



yena jātena nandanti narāṇāmahitaiṣiṇaḥ|

so'bhūnme na vimuktaśca krodhaḥ śātravanandanaḥ||23||



utpadyamāne yasmiṃśca sadarthaṃ na prapadyate|

tamandhīkaraṇaṃ rājannahaṃ krodhamaśīśamam||24||



yenābhibhūtaḥ kuśalaṃ jahāti prāptādapi bhraśyata eva cārthāt|

taṃ roṣamugragrahavaikṛtābhaṃ sphurantamevānayamantamantaḥ||25||



kāṣṭhādyathāgniḥ parimathyamānādudeti tasyaiva parābhavāya|

mithyāvikalpaiḥ samudīryamāṇastathā narasyātmavadhāya roṣaḥ||26||



dahanamiva vijṛmbhamāṇaraudraṃ śamayati yo hṛdayajvaraṃ na roṣam|

laghurayamiti hīyate'sya kīrtiḥ kumudasakhīva śaśiprabhā prabhāte||27||



parajanaduritānyacintayitvā ripumiva paśyati yastu roṣameva|

vikasati niyamena tasya kīrtiḥ śaśina ivābhinavasya maṇḍalaśrīḥ||28||



iyamaparā ca roṣasya mahādoṣatā-

na bhātyalaṃkāraguṇānvito'pi krodhāgninā saṃhṛtavarṇaśobhaḥ|

saroṣaśalye hṛdaye ca duḥkhaṃ mahārhaśayyāṅkagato'pi śete||29||



vismṛtya cātmakṣamasiddhipakṣaṃ roṣātprayātyeva tadutpathena|

nihīyate yena yaśo'rthasiddhyā tāmisrapakṣendurivātmalakṣmyā||30||



roṣeṇa gacchatyanayaprapātaṃ nivāryamāṇo'pi suhṛjjanena|

prāyeṇa vairasya jaḍatvameti hitāhitāvekṣaṇamandabuddhiḥ||31||



krodhācca sātmīkṛtapāpakarmā śocatyapāyeṣu samāśatāni|

ataḥ paraṃ kiṃ ripavaśca kuryustīvrāpakāroddhatamanyavo'pi||32||



antaḥsapatnaḥ kopo'yaṃ tadevaṃ viditaṃ mama|

tasyāvalepaprasaraṃ kaḥ pumān marṣayiṣyati||33||



ato na muktaḥ kopo me visphurannapi cetasi|

ityanarthakaraṃ śatruṃ ko hyupekṣitumarhati||34||



atha sa rājā tena tasyādbhutena praśamaguṇena hṛdayagrāhakeṇa ca vacasābhiprasāditamatiruvāca--



anurūpaḥ śamasyāsya tavāyaṃ vacanakramaḥ|

bahunā tu kimuktena vañcitāstvadadarśinaḥ||35||



ityabhipraśasyainamabhisṛtyaivāsya pādayonryapatat atyayadeśanāṃ ca cakre| tāṃ ca pravrajitāṃ kṣamayitvā vyavasarjayat, paricāraka cātmānaṃ bodhisattvasya niryātayāmāsa|



tadevaṃ krodhavinayācchatrūnupaśamayati, vardhayatyeva tvanyathā, iti krodhavinaye yatnaḥ kāryaḥ| evamavaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyanti, saṃyamataśca vairaṃ na cīyate| evaṃ cobhayorarthaṃ caratyakrodhana ityevamādiṣu kṣamānuśaṃsāpratisaṃyukteṣu sūtreṣu vācyam| krodhādīnavakathāyāṃ tathāgatamāhātmye ceti|



||iti caḍḍubodhi-jātakamekaviṃśatitamam||