Śvānastavakāvyam
śrīmān purā gautamabodhisattvo
nātho'bhavat kukkhurajanmajānām|
svajñātivargaṁ maraṇān mumoca
so'dīdapac cābhayadānam agaram||1||
vaṁśe jātaḥ paramaguṇino bodhisattvasya tasya
cchāyāvan me sthitigatiśaye sāhacaryaṁ dadhānaḥ|
śvāno nāthe sadayahṛdayaḥ ślāghanīyaḥ kṛtajñair
jīvyād dīrghaṁ muditamanasā jantuvargaṁ prarakṣan||2||
āhvāya saumyavacasāśanapānadānād
yaṁ poṣati sma bhaṣakaṁ sutavatsalena|
duḥkhe sukhe ca sa samaprakṛtiḥ kṛtajñaḥ
svaṁ svāminaṁ na vijahāti kadā cid eva ||3||
paśyaṁś ca durbalajarāturam eṣa nāthaṁ
śokābhibhūta iva jṛmbhata eva bhūyaḥ|
bhuḥ-bhuḥ-svaro vipadi tena vidhīyamānas
tasya svabhartari kṛpāṁ prakaṭīkaroti||4||
śrāntasya tasya vikalendriyavṛddhabhartur
jijñāsur eva kuśalaṁ sa nirāmayaṁ ca|
pucchaṁ vikampayati jighrati pādayugmaṁ
kū-kū-svaraṁ carikarīti ca mandamandam||5||
parṇoṭajābhimukha eva nipatya rātrau
bhartāram eṣa parirakṣati sāvadhānam|
uttiṣṭhate bhramati kauti ca nirnimittaṁ
nityaṁ nivārayati duṣṭajanapraveśam||6||
saṁsarpate patipuro gamanāvadhāno
dūraṁ nunutsati vihiṁsakasattvasaṁgham|
paryeṣate parisaraṁ vyasanaṁ niroddhuṁ
siṁhasya pota iva garjati dīrghadīrgham||7||
supto'pi kāṣṭhamayajarjarite kuṭīre
nidrāsukhaṁ na labhate svapatiṁ prarakṣan|
yāvat prabhātasamayāc chayanaṁ parīto
bambhramyate ca vimanā niśi jāgarūkaḥ||8||
vyājaprasupta uṣasi prathamaṁ prabuddhas
tandrāṁ vihartum asakṛt sa vijṛmbhya kāyam|
ākṛṣya nāthakaṭisaktadukūlakoṭiṁ
vijñāpayet ku-ku-rutena niśāvasānam||9||
svāmī yadā natavapuḥ karasaktayaṣṭir
vātābhighātakadalīva vikampamānaḥ|
gāḍhaṁ skhalan pathi mudhā gamanaṁ vidhatte
śvā syāt tadānugamamitravaro'pi bandhuḥ||10||
ākasmikaṁ nipatitaṁ taṭinīpravāhe
nāthaṁ pragalbhaśunakaḥ sahasāvagāhya|
ākṛṣya taṁ kaṭinibaddhapaṭena tīraṁ
nītvā kadā cid akarot sukhitaṁ śrameṇa||11||
bhogīva kuṇḍalitakāyanipanna eṣa
jñātvā pater upagatiṁ rabhasotthitaḥ san|
ūrdhvaṁ namet punar adho nipatec ca nāthaṁ
śliṣṭvā vicumbati virauti ca bhaktipūrvam||12||
nāthaḥ sakṛt pathi padaskhalanād visaṁjñam
āvartamānanayanordhvamukhaṁ nipatya|
ammāmma-vācam aniśaṁ karuṇaṁ bruvāṇa
ūrdhvaṁ punaḥ punar adhaḥ parivartate sma||
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ekatra yaṣṭir aparatra ca tasya bhikṣā-
pātraṁ paratra kaṭibandhanamuktakanthā|
anyatra dhūlihataśīrṣapaṭaccaraṁ ca
dūraṁ sasarja paritaḥ pathi tatra tatra|| 14||
tasyopakartum adhunā svajano hitaiṣī
naivāgataḥ parahito manujo'pi kaś cit|
śvāno muhar muhar itas tata eva dehe
cocumbyate sma vicarann abhitaḥ svanātham||15||
tat kampamānapatideham asau parīto
vāvrajyate sma jhaṭiti śvasanārtavakṣāḥ|
kokūyate sma śirasā bahudhā śarīram
utkṣiptum eva kurute sma guruprayatnam||16||
anyopakāram atha so'bhimuke cicīṣur
dādhāvyate sma purato janasaṁnikarṣam|
unnamya kandharaśiraṁ hy avikampya pucchaṁ
rorūyate sma na hi kaś cana saṁlalakṣa||17||
tasmān nirvartya sahasaiva mukhena yaṣṭim
āhṛtya pāṇinikaṭe'rpitavān sa bhartuḥ|
bhartāpi tāṁ samabhigṛhya nitāntakṛcchrād
utthāya kukkuraśiro'sakṛd āmamarśa||18||
durgandhitāṁ kuṇakulasya nivāsabhūtāṁ
prakṣālituṁ na hi śaśāka cireṇa kanthām|
prāyo mayāpi bhavatā ca jugupsitāṁ tāṁ
bho mā cucumbiṣasi samprati sārameya||19||
kaupīnakhaṇḍam api śirṣapaṭaṁ pragāḍham
ācchādya pātram api hastatale niveśya|
saṁvepamānacaraṇaṁ vinatordhvakāyam
āṭāṭyatādhvani punaḥ punar eṣa vṛddhaḥ||20||
bhikṣāṁ bubhukṣitajanaḥ sa gaveṣamāṇas
tasthau mahādhanavato bhavanāṅgaṇānte|
nirgaccha kiṁ cid api no'tra tadā nimīlya
sāvajñam eṣa dhaniko jagade saroṣam||21||
tasmān nirvartya dhaninaḥ paruṣaṁ niśamya
śokārditaḥ śunakam ity avadad daridraḥ|
mā sārameya bhavatād vimanāḥ kathaṁ cid
āḍhyo'pi ditsati na kiṁ cana matsarī- hā||22||
naivāsti saṁcitadhanaṁ bhavanaṁ ca vastuṁ
dāsopakārakajano jananī pitā vā|
kaupīnam eva vibhavo mama durgatasya
bandhuḥ sutaḥ parijanaś ca sakhā tvam eva||23||
sarvasvam asya hi lulopa paro nihīnaḥ
kārpaṇyam eva mama santakam adya jātam|
mitrāṇy amitrajanavad vimukhāny abhūvan
bhikṣākṛte pratidinaṁ hi tataś carāmi||24||
bhikṣāṭanādhigatanīrasam annajātaṁ
pīyuṣavad bhavati me kṣudhayārditasya|
sacchidrapātram api jīrṇakapālakhaṇḍaṁ
sarvasvam eva mama kukkura eva bandhuḥ||25||
ajñaḥ parair upakṛto'pi hiraṇyaratnaiś
cetaḥ pradūṣayati khādati puṣṭamāṁsam|
alpānnapānavidhinā puṣito bhavān hi
kauleyako bhavati satpuruṣaḥ kṛtajñaḥ||26||
duṣṭo'niśaṁ guṇagaṇair api sevyamāno
na syāt kadā cid api satpuruṣaḥ kathaṁ cit|
saṁvardhito'pi payasā praṇayena nityaṁ
sarpo na tṛpyati ca naiva bhavet kṛtajñaḥ||27||
jihvādvayaṁ bhavati jihmagatiṁ vidhatte
chidraṁ nirūpayati hanty upakāriṇaṁ ca|
māṁsaṁ bubhukṣati pipāsati śoṇitaṁ ca
hā- durjanasya bhujagasya ca ko viśeṣaḥ||28||
nīcā bhavanty abhimukhe priyabhaktamitrāṇy
ete parāṅmukhamahāripavo'kṛtajñāḥ|
duṣṭāvamānyaśaṭhadurjanamartyajātyā
bhoḥ śvan bhaved varatamā bhavato hi jātiḥ||29||
candro nihanti timiraṁ jagati prabhābhiḥ
sarvatra kundavipinaṁ vimalīkaroti|
tvaṁ me jahāsi hṛdi duḥkhatamaḥ prakṛtyā
prītipramodakumudaṁ vikacaṁ karoṣi||30||
mitrasvarūpaparapuṣṭabhujaḥ sakhāyo
ye vismaranty upakṛtiṁ hi yathā bhujaṅgāḥ|
jīvaṁ svakīyam api te vyasanaṁ nayanto
vandāravat taruṣu saṁparivarjanīyāḥ||31||
tṛṣṇābhibhūtamanasā vividhopacārair
vañcanti sajjanam asaccaritā varākāḥ|
vyājastutiṁ vidadhate madhurair vacobhir
garhanti te vimukhino vividhapralāpaiḥ||32||
abhiṣṭutaṁ satpuruṣair maṇīṣibhiḥ
kṛtopakāraṁ na karoti yo janaḥ|
manuṣyadharmāpagataḥ sa durjanaḥ
prayāty apāyaṁ nidhanād anantaram||33||
parānukampodakadhautacetasaḥ
prapitsavaḥ svargapadaṁ sukhāspadam|
titīrṣavo mṛtyujarābhavārṇavaṁ
kṛtopakāraṁ nitarāṁ prakurvate||34||
samastavidyāgamapāradarśibhiḥ
praśaṁsitāṁ nopakṛtiṁ karoti yaḥ|
piśācarūpo kṛpaṇo narādhamaḥ
sa varjaṇīyaḥ śamalasya piṇḍavat||35||
mitropadeśam adhigamya gato'bhivṛddhiṁ
yo vismaret kṛtaguṇaṁ guṇināṁ praśastam|
ātmambharir jaraśṛgālasamaḥ sa dīno
dagdhaśmaśānaśavavat parivarjanīyaḥ||36||
tadā sa siddhārthakumāragautamo
niṣedivān bodhitaror adhastale|
nihatya mārāribalaṁ samūlakaṁ
bubodha saṁbodhipadaṁ mahottamam||37||
tataḥ paraṁ saptadinaṁ munīśvaro
nimeṣamuktena viśuddhacakṣuṣā|
vilokayan bodhitaruṁ prapūjayann
adarśayal lokahitaṁ kṛtajñatām||38||
munipradiṣṭobhayavṛddhisādhanā
kṛtajñatā yasya bhaven na cetasi|
manuṣyarūpeṇa caran bhujaṅgamaḥ
sa varjanīyas tridivaṁ prapitsunā||39||
rogārdite nijapatau śayanīyapārśve
śvāno nihatya karuṇaṁ bhuvi pucchamūlam|
ūrdhvaṁ prasāritavapur hy animeṣacakṣuḥ
kū-kū-svaraṁ vitanute'bhimukhe niṣadya||40||
bho bhoḥ kṛtañasuta kukkura mā śuśoca
bhuktāmiṣaṁ na jaṭhare pariṇāmam eti|
kāsajvaro'pi vamathur varivarti me'dya
naivauṣadhaṁ parijano'pi cikitsako vā||41||
sakalāvayavaḥ prakampate
vapuṣaḥ śaktir abhāvatāṁ gatā|
varivarti rujāsthisandhiṣu
maraṇaṁ me nikaṭaṁ samāgatam||42||
niśiteṣuvivedhitā yathā
hṛdayāntar janitogravedanāḥ|
divi vā bhiṣajāṁ gaṇair api
na hi śakyāḥ śamituṁ kadā cana||43||
khananaṁ viṣasūcinā yathā
paripīḍā śirasi pravartate|
ghananiśvasitaṁ viśeṣato
varivarty antakamanyuvāyuvat||44||
asamāptavacaḥ sagadgadaṁ
bahir āgacchati mandam āsyataḥ|
kṣatadantamukhodare'dhunā
rasanā niṣkriyavat pravartate||45||
abhunā jarayā vimarditaṁ
śravaṇaṁ mudritam eva mṛtyunā|
kṣayapakṣagatendulīdhitis
amatām eti vilocanadvayam||46||
suta mā śucayārdito bhava
kṛtavedin bhuvi martyajanmiṣu|
apahāya bhavantam āśv ahaṁ
na cireṇāntakamandiraṁ bhaje||47||
bhavato guṇasaṁcayaḥ sadā
bhavatān martyajanasya darpaṇaḥ|
akṛtajñanarāṁś ca śikṣituṁ
bhavatāc chikṣakapuṁgavo bhavān||48||
tridaśe bhuvi vā kadā cana
na tu kiṁ cid dhruvam asti śāśvatam|
muninā jadagekabandhunā
viditā nirvṛtir eva susthirā||49||
'sattveṣv ahaṁ paramanīcapaśur bhavāmi'
mā mitra kukkura tathā vimanā bhava tvam|
ślāghyo bhavān bhavati sādhu kṛtopakāraṁ
hastastharatnam iva māṁ ca sadā rarakṣa||50||
dhīman kṛtajñaśunaka priyamitravarya
mā bhūt kadā cid api te manujeṣu janma|
nollaṅghya sadguṇagaṇaṁ tava vidyamānaṁ
jivyāt sukhena suciraṁ jagato hitāya|| 51||
tattvāvabuddhaśunakaḥ sapadi svabhartur
dādhāvyate sma savidhe bhiṣajo niketam|
leledhi tasya caraṇaṁ mukham īkṣamāṇaḥ
prāk pādayor nyapatad āśu viṣādapūrvam||52||
jajñe cikitsakavaro na hi kukkurasya
sūkṣmeṅgitaṁ sa ca na taṁ gaṇayāṁ babhūva|
śokābhibhūtaśunakaḥ sa punaḥ svanātham
āgamya deham asakṛt paritaś cucumba||53||
duḥsādhyarogavikalendriyanaṣṭabhāgyaḥ
prāṇān vihāya paralokam upāgataḥ saḥ|
bhartur viyogam asahiṣṇur aho- kṛtajñaḥ
śvāno vidīrya hṛdayaṁ ca tam anvagacchat||54||
duḥkhārṇave maraṇajātijarātaraṅge
jāto mayopacitakarmabalād bhave'smin|
mā bhūd asādhuṣa kadā cana janma martye
nirvāṇam eva bhavatād bhavato vimuktam||55||
davuldeṇagrāmajātajñāneśvarayatīśvaraḥ|
śvānastava iti khyātaprabandhaṁ kṛtavān imam||
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