24 mahākapi-jātakam
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24. mahākapi-jātakam
nātmaduḥkhena tathā santaḥ saṃtapyante yathāpakāriṇāṃ kuśalapakṣahānyā| tadyathānuśrūyate-
bodhisattvaḥ kila śrīmati himavatpārśve vividhadhāturuciracitrāṅgarāge nīlakauśeyaprāvārakṛtottarāsaṅga iva vanagahanalakṣmyā prayatnaracitairivānekavarṇasaṃsthānavikalpairvaiṣamyabhakticitrairvibhūṣitataṭāntadeśe pravisṛtanaikaprasravaṇajale gambhīrakandarāntaraprapātasaṃkule paṭutaramadhukaranināde manojñamārutopavījyamānavicitrapuṣpaphalapādape vidyādharākrīḍabhute mahākāyaḥ kapirekacaro babhuva| tadavasthamapi cainamapariluptadharmasaṃjñaṃ kṛtajñamakṣudrasvabhāvaṃ dhṛtyā mahatyā samanvitamanurāgavaśādiva karuṇā naiva mumoca|
sakānanā sādrivarā sasāgarā gatā vināśaṃ śataśo vasuṃdharā|
yugāntakāle salilānalānilairna bodhisattvasya mahākṛpālutā||1||
atha sa mahātmā tāpasa iva vanaruparṇaphalamātravṛttiranukampamānastena tena vidhinā gocarapatitān prāṇinastamaraṇyapradeśamadhyavasati sma|
athānyatamaḥ puruṣo gāṃ pranaṣṭāmanveṣituṃ kṛtodyogaḥ samantato'nuvicaran mārgāpranaṣṭo digbhāgasaṃmūḍhamatiḥ paribhramaṃstaṃ deśamupajagāma| sa kṣutpipāsādharmaśramaparimlānatanurdaurmanasyavahninā cāntaḥpradīpyamāno viṣādātibhārādivānyatamasmin vṛkṣamūle niṣaṇṇo dadarśa paripākavaśādvicyutāni paripiñjarāṇi katicittindukīphalāni| sa tānyāsvādya kṣutparikṣāmatayā paramasvādūni manyamānastatprabhavānveṣaṇaṃ pratyabhivṛddhotsāhaḥ samantato'nuvilokayan dadarśa prapātataṭāntavirūḍhaṃ paripakkaphalānamitapiñjarāgraśākhaṃ tindukīvṛkṣam| sa tatphalatṛṣṇayākṛṣyamāṇastaṃ giritaṭamadhiruhya tasya tindukīvṛkṣasya phaliniṃ śākhāṃ prapātābhinatāmadhyāruroha phalalobhena cāsyāḥ prāntamupajagāma|
śākhātha sā tasya mahīruhasya bhārātiyogānnamitā kṛśatvāt|
paraśvadheneva nikṛttamūlā saśabdabhaṅgaṃ sahasā papāta||2||
sa tayā sārdhaṃ mahati giridurge samantataḥ śailabhittiparikṣipte kūpa iva nyapatat| parṇasaṃcayaguṇāttvasya gāmbhīryācca salilasya na kiṃcidaṅgamabhajyata| sa tasmāduttīrya salilātsamantataḥ parisarpanna kutaściduttaraṇamārgaṃ dadarśa| sa nispratīkāraṃ martavyamiha mayā nacirāditi visrasyamānajīvitāśaḥ śokāśrupariṣiktadīnavadanastrīvreṇa daurmanasyaśalyena pratudyamānaḥ kātarahṛdayastattadārtivaśād vilalāp|
kāntāre durge'smijanasaṃpātarahite nipatitaṃ mām|
yatnādapi parimṛgayan mṛtyoranyaḥ ka iva paśyet||3||
bandhujanamitravarjitamekanipānīkṛtaṃ maśakasaṃghaiḥ|
avapātānanamagnaṃ mṛgamiva ko'bhyuddhariṣyati mām||4||
udyānakānanavimānasaridvicitraṃ
tārāvikīrṇamaṇiratnavirājitābhram|
tāmisrapakṣarajanīva ghanāndhakārā
kaṣṭaṃ jaganmama tiraskurute'ntarātriḥ||5||
iti sa puruṣastattadvilapaṃstena salilena taiśca sahanipatitaistindukaphalairvartayamānaḥ katiciddināni tatrāvasat|
atha sa mahākapirāhārahetostadvanamanuvicarannāhūyamān iva mārutākampitābhistasya tindukīvṛkṣasyāgraśākhābhistaṃ pradeśamabhijagāma| abhiruhya cainaṃ tatprapātamavalokayan dadarśa taṃ puruṣaṃ kṣutparikṣāmanayanavadanaṃ paripāṇḍukṛśadīnagātraṃ paryutsukaṃ tatra viceṣṭamānam| sa tasya paridyūnatayā samāvajitānukampo mahākapirnikṣiptāhāravyāpārastaṃ puruṣaṃ pratataṃ bikṣamāṇo mānuṣīṃ vācamuvāca-
mānuṣāṇāmagamye'smin prapāte parivartase|
vaktumahaṃsi tatsādhu ko bhavāhina vā kutaḥ||6||
atha sa puruṣastaṃ mahākapimārtatayā samabhipraṇamyodvīkṣamāṇaḥ sāñjaliruvāca-
mānuṣo'smi mahābhāga pranaṣṭo vicaran vane|
phalārthī pādapādasmādimāmāpadamāgamam||7||
tatsuhṛdvandhuhīnasya prāptasya vyasanaṃ mahat|
nātha vānarayūthānāṃ mamāpi śaraṇaṃ bhava||8||
tacchrattvā sa mahāsattvaḥ parāṃ karuṇāmupajagāma|
āpadgato bandhusuhṛdvihīnaḥ kṛtāñjalirdīnamudīkṣamāṇaḥ|
karoti śatrūnapi sānukampānākampayatyeva tu sānukampān||9||
athainaṃ bodhisattvaḥ karuṇāyamāṇastatkāladurlabhena snigdhena vacasā samāśvāsayāmāsa-
prapātasaṃkṣiptaparākramo'hamabāndhavo veti kṛthāḥ śucaṃ mā|
yadvandhukṛtyaṃ tava kiṃcidatra kartāsmi tatsarvamalaṃ bhayena||10||
iti sa mahāsattvastaṃ puruṣamāśvāsya tataścāsmai tindukānyaparāṇi ca phalāni samupahṛtya taduddharaṇayogyayā puruṣabhāragurvyā śilayānyatra yogyāṃ cakāra| tataścātmano balapramāṇamavagamya śakto'hamenametasmātprapātādurddhartumiti niścitamatiravatīrya prapātaṃ karuṇayā paricodyamānastaṃ puruṣamuvāca-
ehi pṛṣṭhaṃ mamāruhya sulagno'stu bhavān mayi|
yāvadabhyuddharāmi tvāṃ svadehātsārameva ca||11||
asārasya śarīrasya sāro hyeṣa mataḥ satām|
yatpareṣāṃ hitārtheṣu sādhanīkriyate budhaiḥ||12||
sa tatheti pratiśrutyābhipraṇasya cainamadhyāruroha|
athābhirūḍhaḥ sa nareṇa tena bharātiyogena vihanyamānaḥ|
sattvaprakarṣādaviprannadhairyaḥ pareṇa duḥkhena tamujjahāra||13||
uddhṛtya cainaṃ paramapratītaḥ khedātparivyākulakhelagāmī|
śilātalaṃ toyadharābhinīlaṃ viśrāmahetoḥ śayanīcakāra||14||
atha bodhisattvaḥ śuddhasvabhāvatayā kṛtopakāratvācca tasmātpuruṣādapāyanirāśaṅko visrambhādenamuvāca-
avyāhatavyālamṛgapraveśe vanapradeśe'tra samantamārge|
khedaprasuptaṃ sahasā nihanti kaścitpurā māṃ svahitodayaṃ ca||15||
yato bhavān dikṣuṃ vikīrṇacakṣuḥ karotu rakṣāṃ mama cātmanaśca|
dṛḍhaṃ śrameṇāsmi parītamūrtistatsvaptumicchāmi muhūrtamātram||16||
atha sa mithyāvinayapragalbhaḥ-svapitu bhavān yathākāmaṃ sukhaprabodhāya, sthito'haṃ tvatsaṃrakṣaṇāyetyasmai pratiśuśrāva| atha sa puruṣastasmin mahāsattve śramabalānnidrāvaśamupagate cintāmaśivāmāpede-
mūlaiḥ prayatnātiśayādhigamyairvanyairyadṛcchādhigataiḥ phalairvā|
evaṃ parikṣīṇatanoḥ kathaṃ syādyātrāpi tāvatkuta eva puṣṭiḥ||17||
idaṃ ca kāntāramasupratāraṃ kathaṃ tariṣyāmi balena hīnaḥ|
paryāptarūpaṃ tvidamasya māṃsaṃ kāntāradurgottaraṇāya me syāt||18||
kṛtopakāro'pi ca bhakṣya eva nisargayogaḥ sa hi tādṛśo'sya|
āpatprasiddhaśca kilaiṣa dharmaḥ pātheyatāmityupaneya eṣaḥ||19||
yāvacca visrambhasukhaprasuptastāvanmayā śakyamayaṃ nihantum|
imaṃ hi yuddhābhimukhaṃ sametya siṃho'pi saṃbhāvyaparājayaḥ syāt||20||
tannāyaṃ vilambituṃ me kāla iti viniścitya sa durātmā lobhadoṣavyāmohitamatirakṛtajño vipannadharmasaṃjñaḥ pranaṣṭakāruṇyasaumyasvabhāvaḥ paridurbalo'pyakāryātirāgānmahatīṃ śilāmudyamya tasya mahākapeḥ śirasi mumoca|
śilātha sā durbalavihvalena kāryātirāgāttvaritena tena|
atyantanidropagamāya muktā nidrāpravāsāya kaperbabhūva||21||
sarvātmanā sā na samāsasāda mūrdhānamasmānna vinispipeṣa|
koṭyekadeśena tu taṃ rujantī śīlā tale sāśanivatpapāta||22||
śīlābhighātādavabhinnamūrdhā vegādavaplutya ca bodhisattvaḥ|
kenāhato'smīti dadarśa nānyaṃ tameva tu hrītamukhaṃ dadarśa||23||
vailakṣyapītaprabhamapragalbhaṃ viṣādadainyātparibhinnavarṇam|
trāsodayādāgatakaṅṭhaśoṣaṃ svedārdramudvīkṣitumapyaśaktam||24||
atha sa mahākapirasyaiva tatkarmeti niscitamatiḥ svamabhighātaduḥkhamacintayitvā tena tasyātmahitanirapekṣeṇātikaṣṭena karmaṇā samupajātasaṃvegakāruṇyaḥ parityattakrodhasaṃrambhadoṣaḥ sabāspayanayanastaṃ puruṣamavekṣya samanuśocannuvāca-
mānuṣeṇa satā bhadra tvayedaṃ kṛtamīdṛśam|
kathaṃ nāma vyavasitaṃ prārabdhaṃ kathameva vā||25||
madabhidrohasaṃrabdhaṃ tvaṃ nāmāpatitaṃ param|
vinivāraṇaśauṭīravikramo roddhumarhasi||26||
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavānasmītyabhūnmānonnatirmama|
tvayāpaviddhā sā duramatiduṣkarakāriṇā||27||
paralokādivānīto mṛtyorvaktrāntarādiva|
prapātāduddhṛto'nyasmādanyatra patito hyasi||28||
dhigaho bata durvṛttamajñānamatidāruṇam|
yatpātayati duḥkheṣu sukhāśākṛpaṇaṃ jagat||29||
pātito durgatāvātmā kṣiptaḥ śokānalo mayi|
nimīlitā yaśolakṣmīrguṇamaitrī virodhitā||30||
gatvā dhigvādalakṣatvaṃ hatā viśvasanīyatā|
kā nu khalvarthanispattirevamākāṅkṣitā tvayā||31||
dunoti māṃ naiva tathā tviyaṃ rujā
yathaitadevātra manaḥ kṣiṇoti mām|
gato'smi pāpe tava yannimittatāṃ
na cāhamenastadapohituṃ prabhuḥ||32||
saṃdṛśyamānavapureva tu pārśvato māṃ
tatsādhvanuvraja dṛḍhaṃ hyasi śaṅkanīyaḥ|
yāvadbahupratibhayādgahanāditastvāṃ
grāmāntapaddhatimanupratipādayāmi||33||
ekākinaṃ kṣāmaśarīrakaṃ tvāṃ mārganabhijñaṃ hi vane bhramantam|
kaścitsamāsādya purā karoti tvatpīḍaṇādvyarthapariśramaṃ mām||34||
iti sa mahātmā taṃ puruṣamanuśocañjanāntamānīya pratipādya cainaṃ tanmārgaṃ punaruvāca-
prāpto janāntamasi kānta vanāntametat
kāntāradurgabhayamutsṛja gaccha sādhu|
pāpaṃ ca karma parivarjayituṃ yatethā
duḥkho hi tasya niyamena vipākakālaḥ||35||
iti sa mahākapistaṃ puruṣamanukampayā śiṣyamivānuśiṣya tameva vanapradeśaṃ pratijagāma|
atha sa puruṣastadatikasṭaṃ pāpaṃ kṛtvā paścāttāpavahninā saṃpradīpyamānacetāmahatā kuṣṭhavyādhinā rūpāntaramupanītaḥ kilāsacitracchaviḥ prabhidyamānavraṇavisravārdragātraḥ paramadurgandhaśarīraḥ sadyaḥ samapadyata| sa yaṃ yaṃ deśamabhijagāma tatastata evainamatibībhatsavikṛtataradarśanaṃ mānuṣa ityaśraddheyarūpaṃ bhinnadīnasvaramabhivīkṣya puruṣāḥ sākṣadayaṃ pāṣmeti manyamānāḥ samudyataloṣṭadaṇḍā nirbhartsanaparuṣavacasaḥ pravāsayāmāsuḥ| athainamanyatamo rājā mṛgayāmanuvicaran pretamivāraṇye paribhramantaṃ prakṣīṇamalinavasanaṃ nātipracchannakaupīnamatidurdaśanamabhivīkṣya sasādhvasakautūhalaḥ papraccha-
virūpitatanuḥ kuṣṭhaiḥ kilāsaśabalacchaviḥ|
pāṇḍuḥ kṛśatanurdīno rajorūkṣaśiroruhaḥ||36||
kastvaṃ pretaḥ piśāco vā mūrtaḥ pāṣmātha pūtanaḥ|
anekarogasaṃghātaḥ katamo vāsi yakṣmaṇām||37||
sa taṃ dīnena kaṇṭhena samabhipraṇamannuvāca-mānuso'smi mahārāja, nāmānuṣa iti| tatkathamimāmavasthāmanuprāpto'sīti ca paryanuyukto rājñā tadasmai svaṃ duścaritamāviṣkṛtyovāca-
mitradrohasya tasyedaṃ puṣpaṃ tāvadupasthitam|
ataḥ kaṣṭhataraṃ vyaktaṃ phalamanyadbhaviṣyati||38||
tasmānmitreṣvabhidrohaṃ śatruvad draṣṭumarhasi|
bhāvasnigdhamavekṣasva bhāvasnigdhaṃ suhṛjjanam||39||
mitreṣvamitracaritaṃ parigṛhya vṛtta-
mevaṃbidhāṃ samupayānti daśāmihaiva|
lobhādidoṣamalinīkṛtamānasānāṃ
mitradruhāṃ gatirataḥ parato'numeyā||40||
vātsalyasaumyahṛdayastu suhṛtsu kīrtiṃ
viśvāsabhāvamupakārasukhaṃ ca tebhyaḥ|
prāpnoti saṃnatiguṇaṃ manasaḥ praharṣaṃ
durdharṣatāṃ ca pirubhistridaśālayaṃ ca||41||
imaṃ viditvā nṛpa mitrapakṣe prabhāvasiddhī sadasatpravṛttyoḥ|
bhajasva mārga sujanābhipannaṃ tena prayātamanuyāti bhūtiḥ||42||
tadevaṃ nātmaduḥkhena tathā santaḥ saṃtapyante yathāpakāriṇāṃ kuśalapakṣahānyā| iti tathāgatamāhātmye vācyam| satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe kṣāntikathāyāṃ mitrānabhidrohe pāpakarmādinavapradarśane ceti|
iti mahākapi-jātakaṃ catuviṃśatitamam|