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sati kṣantavye kṣamā syānnāsatītyapakāriṇāmapi sādhavo lābhamiva bahu manyante| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kilānyatamasminnaraṇyapradeśe paṅkasaṃparkātparuṣavapurṇīlameghaviccheda iva pādacārī vanamahiṣavṛṣo babhūva| sa tasyāṃ durlabhadharmasaṃjñāyāṃ saṃmohabahulāyāmapi tiryaggatau vartamānaḥ paṭuvijñānatvānna dharmacaryānirudyogamatirbabhūva|



cirānuvṛttyevaḥ nibaddhabhāvā na taṃ kadācitkaruṇā mumoca|

ko'pi prabhāva sa tu karmaṇo vā tasyaiva vā yatsa tathā babhūva||1||



ataśca nūnaṃ bhagavānavocadacintyatāṃ karmavipākayukteḥ|

kṛpātmakaḥ sannapi yatsa bheje tiryaggatiṃ tatra ca dharmasaṃjñām||2||



vinā na karmāsti gatiprabandhaḥ śubhaṃ na cāniṣṭavipākamasti|

sa dharmasaṃjñīpi tu karmaleśāṃstāṃstān samāsādya tathā tathāsīt||3||



athānyatamo duṣṭavānarastasya kālāntarābhivyaktāṃ prakṛtibhadratāṃ dayānuvṛttyā ca vigatakrodhasaṃrambhatāmavetya nāsmādbhayamastīti taṃ mahāsattvaṃ tena tena vihiṃsākrameṇa bhṛśataramabādhata|



dayāmṛduṣu durjanaḥ paṭutarāvalepodbhavaḥ

parāṃ vrajati vikriyāṃ na hi bhayaṃ tataḥ paśyati|

yatastu bhayaśaṅkayā sukṛśayāpi saṃspṛśyate

vinīta iva nīcakaiścarati tatra śāntoddhavaḥ||4||



sa kadācittasya mahāsattvasya visrabdhaprasuptasya nidrāvaśādvā pracalāyataḥ sahasaivopari nipatati sma| drumamiva kadācidenamadhiruhya bhṛśaṃ saṃcālayāmāsa| kṣudhitasyāpi kadācidasya mārgamāvṛtya vyatiṣṭhata| kāṣtheṇāpyenamekadā śravaṇayorghaṭṭayāmāsa| salilāvagāhanasamutsukasyāpyasya kadācicchiraḥ samabhiruhya pāṇibhyāṃ nayane samāvavre| apyenamadhiruhya samudyatadaṇḍaḥ prasahyaiva vāhayan yamasya līlāmanucakāra| bodhisattvo'pi mahasattvaḥ sarvaṃ tadasyāvinayaceṣṭitamupakāramiva manyamāno niḥsaṃkṣobhasaṃrambhamanyurmarṣayāmāsa|



svabhāva eva pāpānāṃ vinayonmārgasaṃśrayaḥ|

abhyāsāttatra ca satāmupakāra iva kṣamā|| 5||



atha kilānyatamo yakṣastamasya paribhavamamṛṣyamāno bhāvaṃ vā jijñāsamānastasya mahāsattvasya tena duṣṭakapinā vāhyamānaṃ taṃ mahiṣavṛṣabhaṃ mārge sthitvedamuvācamā tāvadbhoḥ ! kiṃ parikrīto'syanena duṣṭakapinā ? atha dyūte parājitaḥ ? utāho bhayamasmātkiṃcidāśaṅkase ? utāho balamātmagataṃ nāveṣi yadevamanena paribhūya vāhyase ? nanu bhoḥ !



vegāviddhaṃ tvadviṣāṇāgravajraṃ vajraṃ bhindyādvajravadvā nagendrān|

pādāśceme roṣasaṃrambhamuktā majjeyuste paṅkavacchailapṛṣṭhe||6||



idaṃ ca śailopamasaṃhatasthiraṃ samagraśobhaṃ balasaṃpadā vapuḥ|

svabhāvasaujaskanirīkṣitorjitaṃ durāsadaṃ kesariṇo'pi te bhavet||7||



mathāna dhṛtvā tadimaṃ kṣureṇa vā viṣāṇakoṭyā madamasya voddhara|

kimasya jālamasya kaperaśaktavatprabādhanāduḥkhamidaṃ titikṣase||8||



asajjanaḥ kutra yathā cikitsyate guṇānuvṛttyā sukhaśīlasaumyayā|

kaṭuṣṇarūkṣākṣi hi yatra siddhaye kaphātmako roga iva prasarpati||9||



atha bodhisattvastaṃ yakṣamavekṣamāṇaḥ kṣamāpakṣapatitamarūkṣākṣaramityuvāca-



avaimyenaṃ calaṃ nūnaṃ sadā cāvinaye ratam|

ata eva mayā tvasya yuktaṃ marṣayituṃ nanu||10||



pratikartumaśaktasya kṣamā kā hi balīyasi|

vinayācāraśīreṣu kṣantavyaṃ kiṃ ca sādhuṣu||11||



śakta eva titikṣate durbalaskhalitaṃ yataḥ|

varaṃ paribhavastasmānna guṇānāṃ parābhavaḥ||12||



asatkriyā hīnabalāścca nāma nirdeśakālaḥ paramo guṇānām|

guṇapriyastatra kimityapekṣya svadhairyabhedāya parākrameta||13||



nityaṃ kṣamāyāśca nanu kṣamāyāḥ kālaḥ parāyattayā durāpaḥ|

pareṇa tasminnupapādite ca tatraiva kopapraṇa kopapraṇakramaḥ kaḥ||14||



svāṃ dharmapīḍāmavicintya yo'yaṃ matpāpaśuddhyarthimiva pravṛttaḥ|

na cetkṣamāmapyahamatra kuryāmanya kṛtaghno bata kīdṛśaḥ syāt||15||



yakṣa uvāca-tena hi na tvamasyāḥ kacācitprabādhanāyā mokṣyase-



guṇeṣvabahumānasya durjanasyāvinītatām|

kṣamānairbhṛtyamatyaktvā kaḥ saṃkocayituṃ prabhuḥ||16||



bodhisattva uvāca-

parasya pīḍāpraṇayena yatsukhaṃ nivāraṇaṃ syādasukhodayasya vā|

sukhārthinastanna niṣevituṃ kṣamaṃ na tadvipāko hi sukhaprasiddhaye||17||



kśamāśrayādevamasau mayarthataḥ prabodhyamāno yadi nāvagacchati|

nivārayiṣyanti ta enamutpathādamarṣiṇo yānayamabhyupaiṣyati||18||



asatkriyāṃ prāpya ca tadvidhājjanānna mādṛśe'pyevamasau kariṣyati|

na labdhadoṣo hi punastathācaredataśca muktirmama sā bhaviṣayti||19||



atha yakṣastaṃ mahāsattvaṃ prasādavismayabahumānāvarjitamatiḥ sādhu sādhviti saśiraḥprakampāṅgalivikṣepamabhisaṃrādhya tattatpriyamuvāca-



kutastiraścāmiyamīdṛśī sthitirguṇeṣvasau cādaravistaraḥ kutaḥ|

kayāpi buddhyā tvidamāsthito vapustapovane ko'pi bhavāṃstapasyati||20||



ityenamabhipraśasya taṃ cāsya duṣṭavānaraṃ pṛṣṭhādavadhūya samādiśya cāsya rakṣāvidhānaṃ tatraivāntardadhe|



tadevaṃ sati kṣantavye kṣamā syānnāsatītyapakāriṇamapi sādhavo lābhamiva bahu manyante iti kṣāntikathāyāṃ vācyam| evaṃ tiryaggatānāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ pratisaṃkhyānasauṣṭhavaṃ dṛṣṭam| ko nāma manuṣyabhūtaḥ pravrajitapratijño vā tadvikalaḥ śobheta ? ityevamapi vācyam| tathagatavarṇe satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe ceti|



||iti mahiṣajātakaṃ trayastriṃśattamam||