Avadānakalpalatā · Chapter 28

iti kṣemendraviracitāyām bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatāyāṃ śroṇakoṭīviṃśāvadānaṃ saptaviṃśaḥ pallavaḥ //
28. dhanapālāvadānam /
daurjanyaduḥsahaviśālakhalāpakārairnaivāśaye vikṛtirasti mahāśayānām /
vyālolvaṇakṣitibhṛdākulito 'pi sindhurnaivotsasarja hṛdayādamṛtasvabhāvam

pure purā rājagṛhe bahgavān veṇukānane /
kalandakanivāsākhye vijahāra manohare

tatra vitrāsitānekaśatrinistriṃśabāndhavaḥ /
ajātaśatrunāmābhūd bimbisārasuto nṛpaḥ

śākyavaṃśyaḥ suhṛttasya devadattābhidho 'bhavat /
kṣudramantreṇa yasyāsīt sa vetāla ivotkaṭaḥ

sa kadācitsukhāsīnaṃ rahaḥ prāha mahīpatim /
na rājan phalito 'dyāpi mamāpi tvatsamāśrayaḥ

nithopacārarahitaḥ sukhaniryantratantrayoḥ /
mitho manorathatrāṇānmitraśabdaḥ pravartate

ya eṣa śākyaśramaṇaḥ sukhe veṇuvane sthitaḥ /
taṃ hatvā prāptumicchāmi tatpadaṃ devavanditam

kṣīyate na yayā śatrurlabhyate na yayā yaśaḥ /
vardhate na yayā mānaḥ kiṃ tayā mitrasaṃpadā

mahādhanābhidhānena tatpaureṇa nimantritaḥ /
sa puraṃ prātarāgantā dāmbhikaḥ saha bhikṣubhiḥ

rājamārgaṃ praviśataḥ sa tasya vyālakuñjaraḥ /
utsṛjyatāmabhimukhaḥ krodhāndho dhanapālakaḥ

ityukte devadattena nṛpatirmitravatsalaḥ /
buddhaprabhāvaṃ saṃcintya nāha kiṃcidavāṅbhukhaḥ

devadatto 'pi nirgatya rājasauhārdadurmadaḥ /
prāha hastimahāmātraṃ hāraṃ datvāsya toṣaṇam

śramaṇaḥ prātarāgantā puraṃ bhikṣuśatairvṛtaḥ /
preraṇīyastvayā tasmai gaja ityāha bhūpatiḥ

devadattavacaḥ śrutvā tathetyuce dvipādhipaḥ /
śreṇī hi meṣamūrkhāṇāmekayātānupātinī

jñātvāpi tamabhiprāyaṃ sarvajñaḥ pāpacetasām /
prātaḥ samāyayau sārdhaṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ pañcabhi śataiḥ

atha hastipakotsṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṭaprāsādapādapaḥ /
tamabhyadhāvadāviddhaḥ krodhāndhaḥ krūrakuñjaraḥ

anāyattaḥ paricayādaṅkuśasya gurorapi /
khalaviddhāniva dveṣī madena malinīkṛtaḥ

sevavyasanasaktānāmasakṛtkarṇacāpalāt /
prāṇāpahārī bhṛṅgāṇāṃ bhṛtyānāmiva duṣpatiḥ

mandaropadrave tasmin drumadrohiṇyabhidrute /
vidrute sahasā loke hāhākāro mahānabhūt

tasyāñcatkarṇatālānilatulitasaratsāndrasindūrapūraiḥ
saṃpūrṇe rājamārge cyutacakitavadhūraktavastrāsamānaiḥ /
uddaṇḍoccaṇḍaśuṇḍabhramaṇaravalasatsādhvasāyāsitāśā
vyālolālakābhabhramaramiladvibhramaḥ saṃbhramo 'bhūt

purapramāthavyathite jane kolāhalākule /
āruroha mahāharmyaṃ devadattaḥ pramattadhīḥ

bhagavadgrahaṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ so 'bhavadbhṛśamutsukaḥ /
unmūlanena guṇināṃ mātaṅgaḥ parituṣyati

vidruteṣu gajatrāsāt teṣu sarveṣu bhikṣuṣu /
ānanda eka evābhūd bhikṣurbhagavato 'ntike

tatra pañcānanāh pañca niryayurbhagavatkarāt /
karālakesarasaṭāstannakhāṃśucitā iva

dvipastadgandhamāgrāya pardāpasmāravāraṇam /
abhūt srutaśakṛnmūtraḥ sahasaiva parāṅmukhaḥ

javena vidrutastatra dantī darpadaridratām /
prāptaḥ pradīpadahanāḥ sa dadarśa diśo daśa

sa vilokya jālavahnijvalajjvālākulaṃ jagat /
pādapadmāntikaṃ śāstuḥ śītalaṃ samupāyayau

saṃkocābhiruceḥ sacintamanasaḥ pradhvastavaktradyuter dainyāpannavihīnadānamadhupaprārabdhakolāhalaḥ /
lobhāndhasya mahāvyayotsava iva kleśoṣmaniśvāsinas tasyābhūtparitāpaniślathagaterbhārāyamāṇaḥ karaḥ

taṃ pādamūlamāyāntaṃ bhītaṃ kāruṇyasāgaraḥ /
śāstā kareṇa pasparśa cakrasvastikalakṣmaṇā

kumbhavinyastahastastaṃ provāca bhagavān jinaḥ /
putra svakarmaṇainemāṃ prāpto 'si tvamimāṃ daśām

vivekālokahaladaḥ kāyo 'yaṃ māṃsabhūdharaḥ /
bhāraste mohasaṃbhāraḥ pāpādupanataḥ paraḥ

ityukte karuṇardreṇa bhito bhagavatā gajaḥ /
sa labdhaścāsamālānalīno niścalatām yayau

devadattasya saṃkalpe kuñjare ca mahotkaṭe /
bhagne nirvighnaharṣo 'bhūtsamudgatādbhuto janaḥ

tataḥ kṛtvā gṛhapatergṛhe bhojyapratigraham /
bhagavān bhikṣubhiḥ sārdhaṃ kānanaṃ gantumudyayau

abhisṛtya gajendro 'pi jinasya caraṇābjayoḥ /
kṛtvā kareṇa saṃsparśaṃ vapustatyāja kauñjaram

cāturmahārājikeṣu deveṣu viśadadyutiḥ /
upapannaḥ sa sahasā sugataṃ draṣṭumāyayau

svamāśramapadaṃ prāptaṃ bhagavantamupetya saḥ /
praṇanāmārkasaṃkāśaṃ pradīptamaṇikuṇḍalaḥ

tasya keyūramukuṭaprabhāpallavapūritāḥ /
śakracāpairiva vyāptā virejurghanarājayaḥ

vinayādupaviśyāgre sa śāstuḥ srastakalmaṣaḥ /
taṃ divyapuṣpairākīrya sattva śubhrairabhāṣataḥ

bhagavan bhavataḥ pādapadmasaṃsparśanena me /
durdaśāduḥkhasaṃtāpaḥ śāntaḥ saṃtoṣaśālinaḥ

śamaślāghyā kāpi vyasanaviṣadoṣoṣmaśamanī
sudhāvṛṣṭirdṛṣṭirbata bhagavataḥ snigdhamadhurā /
yayā spṛṣṭaspṛṣṭaṃ kharataravikāravyatikaraṃ
vimutyāntaḥśāntiṃ śrayati hatamoha paśurapi

iti tasya bruvāṇasya bhagavān bhavaśāntaye /
satyadarśanasaṃśuddhāṃ vidadhe dharmadeśanām

maulimuktāṃśuśubhreṇa śirasā caraṇadvayam /
sa śāstuḥ prayayau natvā hasanniva bhavabhramam

gate tasmin mukhaśaśiprakāśitanabhastale /
bhagavān bhikṣubhiḥ pṛṣṭastadvṛttāntamabhāṣata

pūrvakalpāntare śāstuḥ kāśyapākhyasya śāsane /
abhūtpravrajito 'pyeṣa śikṣāpadanirādaraḥ

anādarātkuñjaratābhogaḥ saṃghopasevanāt /
satyadṛṣṭibalenānte saṃprāptaḥ śāsanagrahaḥ

prāgjanmavihitaṃ karma kasyacinna nivartate /
karmopadiṣṭasaṃbandhabhaktibhogaiḥ sacetasaḥ

tasmin vyatikare ghore sarvaistyakro 'smi bhikṣibhiḥ /
na tvānandena tatrāpi śrūyatām pūrvasaṃgatiḥ

śaśāṅkaśītasarasi bhrātarau rucirau purā /
pūrṇamukhaḥ śukhaśceti rājahaṃsau babhūvatuḥ

kadācidbrahmadattasya vārāṇasyāṃ mahīpateḥ /
brahamamatīṃ puṣkariṇīṃ ramyāṃ pūrṇamukho yayau

sa tasyāṃ lolakamalakiñjalkaparipiñjaraḥ /
vijahāra sarojinyāṃ haṃsānāṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ

pūrvapuṇyānubhāvena taṃ rūpātiśayojjvalam /
dadarśaṃ kāryāṇyutsṛjya jano niścalalocanah

taṃ śrutvā bhūpatistatra sthitaṃ taddarśanotsukaḥ /
kuśalān grahaṇe tasya vyasṛjajjālajīvinaḥ

tasmin gṛhīte nalīnīlīlāsmitasitatviṣi /
śatāni pañca haṃsānāṃ tyaktvā taṃ prayayurjavāt

ekastu tasya saujanyādabaddho 'pi subaddhavat /
tadarthaṃ vyathitastasthau premapāśavaśīkṛtaḥ

tatastaiḥ prāpitaṃ rājā rājahaṃsaṃ vilokya tam /
snehabaddhaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca vismitastāvavalokayat

haṃsaḥ pūrṇamukhaḥ so 'hamānandastasya cānugaḥ /
gatāstadadya ca tyaktvā māṃ gaṃsā eva bhikṣavaḥ

pūrvasminnabahvatkāle vārāṇasyāṃ mahīpatiḥ /
tutturnāma manaḥpaṭṭe likhitaṃ yadyaśaḥ paraiḥ

sahasrayodhastasyābhūd dākṣiṇātyo niratyayaḥ /
karadaṇḍīti vikhyātaḥ saṃgrāmāgresaraḥ priyaḥ

kadācid ghorasamare pañcāmātyaśatāni tam /
nṛpaṃ tyaktvā yayurbhītyā karadaṇḍī tu nātyajat

ahameva sa bhūpālaḥ sacivāste ca bhikṣavaḥ /
karadaṇḍī sa evāyamānando na jahāti mām

janmāntare 'pi siṃho 'haṃ māsaṃ kūpe nipātitaḥ /
upekṣitaḥ kṣaṇādbhṛtyaiḥ śṛgālairye 'dya bhikṣavaḥ

ekena ca nakhaiḥ khātaṃ dīrghaṃ kṛtvāsmi mokṣitaḥ /
jambukena sa evāyamānando 'dya mamānugaḥ

kūṭapāśanibaddhasya mṛgayūthapateḥ purā /
lubdhakāgamane eva jagmustadanugā mṛgāḥ

anuraktā na tatyāja taṃ mṛgī sāśrulocanā /
prītiśṛṅkhalayā baddhā yātā nispandatāmiva

atha lubdhakamāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgavadhodyatam /
sāvadanmama bāṇena prathamaṃ hara jīvitam

iti spaṣṭagirā tasyāḥ snehena ca sa vismitaḥ /
mumoca lubdhakaḥ prītyā hariṇaṃ hariṇīsakham

mṝgayūthapatiḥ so 'hamānandaḥ sā kuraṅgikā /
ityeṣa prītisaṃbandhaḥ prāgvṛttamanuvartate

śrutveti vākyaṃ sugatasya sarve lajjānilīnā iva bhikṣavaste /
sānandamānandamukhāravindaṃ prabhābhirāmaṃ dadṛśuḥ spṛhārdrāḥ