Avadānakalpalatā · Chapter 30

iti kṣemendraviracitāyāṃ bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatāyāṃ kāśīsundarāvadānaṃ nāma ūnatriṃśaḥ pallavaḥ //
30. suvarṇapārśvāvadānam /
ślāṣyaḥ ko 'pi sa sattvasārasaralaḥ saujanyapuṇyasthitir
nindya ko 'pi sa dharmamārgagamane vighnaḥ kṛtaghnaḥ param /
citraṃ yaccaritaṃ vicārya suciraṃ romāñcacarcācitas
tulyaṃ yāti janaḥ sabāṣpanayanastadvarpane mūkatām

devadattaprasaṅgena bhikṣubhirbhagavān purā /
pṛṣṭaḥ kathāmakathayat pūrvavṛttāntasaṃśrayām

mahendrasenanāmābhūd vārāṇasyāṃ nareśvaraḥ /
yayuḥ kṣitīśvarāḥ sarve yasya lakṣmyā vilakṣatām

candraprabhābhavattasya divyakīrtiriva priyā /
yasyāḥ patyuḥ prabhāveṇa svapnāḥ satyatvamāyayuḥ

babhūva samaye tasmin mṛtayūthapatirvane /
suvarṇapārśva ityāptanāmā hemamayacchaviḥ

nīlaratnodarāspharamuktāhāranibhaprabhā /
abhūddṛṣṭicchaṭā yasya bhūṣaṇaṃ kānanaśriyaḥ

pravālavalliśṛṅgasya citraratnacitatvacaḥ /
tasyāścaryasudhāmbhodhilaharī ruruce ruciḥ

bodhisattvāvatārasya tasya kāntamabhūdvapuḥ /
pūrvaṃ sukṛtacitrasya lakṣaṇaṃ hi surūpatā

dīrghadṛṣṭirbabhūvāsya vayasyo vṛddhavāyasaḥ /
labdhakānveṣaṇatrāse digvilokanatatparaḥ

tau kathābhirmithaḥ prītyā vivikteṣu vijasratuḥ /
prākpuṇyairjāyate vāṇī tiraścāmapi māṇuṣī

sa kadācijjalānveṣī yathūnāthaḥ sahānugaiḥ /
taṭinyā veṇumālinyāḥ pulinaṃ samupāyayau

tasya tārataraṃ śrutvā dīrghamākrandaniśvanam /
hariṇā dudruvuḥ sarve grīvāvalanavibhramaiḥ

suvarṇapārśvastu tadā kṛpāpāśavaśīkṛtaḥ /
tatraiva niścalastasthau marmaviddha iveṣuṇā

taduddharaṇasaṃnaddhaṃ dīrghadṛṣṭiṃ vilokya tam /
kākaḥ provāca na sakhe yukto 'taṃ te samudyamaḥ

puṣpopamā vipatkāle kṛtārthāḥ kuliśopamāḥ /
kṛtamete na manyante svakāyasuhṛdaḥ khalāḥ

ityasau vāryamāṇo 'pi kākena karuṇākulaḥ /
avatīryāśu saritaṃ saralastamatārata(?)

vimucya bandhanānyasya sa śṛṅgābhyāmaśaṅkitaḥ /
taṃ pādapatitaṃ dīnamavadadgantumudyatam

na tvayā kathanīyo 'hamatrasthaḥ kasyacitsakhe /
prārthayante suvarṇaṃ māṃ carmalubdhā hi lubdhakāḥ

ityuktastena vinayāt tattathetyabhidhāya saḥ /
yayau kuṭilakākhyastaṃ praṇamya prastutastutiḥ

atrāntare narapateḥ patnī candraprabhā niśi /
svapne dadarśāsanasthaṃ mṛgaṃ saddharmavādinam

satysvapnātha sā devī prabuddhā nṛpamabravīt /
suvarṇahariṇaḥ svapne deva dṛṣṭo mayādbhutaḥ

tamahaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi sākṣādupagataṃ mṛgam /
aṅkādiva mṛgāṅkasya nirgataṃ rāhuśaṅkayā

ityuktaḥ praṇayātprīto devyā ca pṛthivīpatiḥ /
mṛgagrahāya vyasṛjat lubdhakān draviṇapradaḥ

tataḥ pratinivṛttāste vanamanviṣya lubdhakāḥ /
niṣphalāgamanakruddhaṃ sakampā jagadurnṛpam

iyatīṃ jagatī deva vicitā nicitācalaiḥ /
bhrāntā vayamaviśrāntā na labhyastadvidho mṛgaḥ

āścaryaracanākṛṣṭalocanaś cārulocanaḥ /
svapnasaṃpannarūpo 'sau hiraṇyahariṇaḥ kutaḥ

mano vinodane tasmin yadi deva prasīdati /
kurvantu kāñcanamṛgaṃ kuśalāḥ ke 'pi śilpinaḥ

iti śrutvā sa nṛpatirdadadbahutaraṃ dhanam /
mṛgānveṣaṇasaṃkalpe babhūvābhiniveśavān

tataḥ kuṭilako 'bhyetya nṛpaṃ śrutvā bahupradam /
uvāca draviṇādāne lubdhakebhyo 'pi lubdhadhīḥ

prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ deva mṛgaṃ saṃdarśayāmyamah /
dṛṣṭaḥ kanakasārāṅga sāraṅgaḥ samayā vane

ityākarṇya kṣitipatiḥ praharṣitphullalocanaḥ /
bhadra saṃdarśaya kkāsau kkāsāvityavadanmuhuḥ

tamevāgresaraṃ kṛtvā mṛgamārgapradarśakam /
sasainyaḥ sa yayau svacchacchatracandrodayācalaḥ

dīrghadṛṣṭirdadarśātha kākastaruśiraḥsthitaḥ /
gajavājivrajodīrṇareṇupravāraṇaṃ vanam

suvarṇapārśvamabhyetya jagāda mṛyayūthapam /
hitamuktaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ na śrutaṃ na kṛtaṃ tvayā

sa eṣa puruṣaḥ prāptaḥ saṃnaddhaiḥ saha dhanvibhiḥ /
mayā nivāritenāpi saṃhāreṇa na tṛpyate

adhunā kka nu gantavyaṃ kiṃ kartavyaṃ bhayodbhave /
hitaṃ kimanuvartavyaṃ tulyaṃ martavyameva vā

kṛtaghnaḥ krūracaritaḥ kṣudro 'yaṃ saṃghapātakah /
tvayaivātmavināśāya rakṣito viṣapādapaḥ

svaśarīrapradasyāpi saṃhāreṇa na tṛpyate /
sasattvasāgaragrāsī kṛtaghno vāḍavānalaḥ

upakāraḥ kṛtaghneṣu viśvāsaḥ kuṭulātmasu /
upadeśaśca mūrkheṣu karturdoṣāya kevalam

iti kākena kathite pratyāsanne ca pārthive /
acintayat prāptakālaṃ hitaṃ yūthasya yūthapah

subhaṭānāmiyaṃ senā vigāhedgahanaṃ mahat /
karoti matprasaṅgena muhūrtenaiva nirmṛgam

tasmātsainyapradhānasya gacchāmi svayamantikam /
ekasyaiva vadho me 'stu sarve jīvantvamī mṛgāḥ

iti niścitya sa yayau samīpaṃ bhūpatermṛgaḥ /
paraprāṇaparitrāṇe tṛṇaṃ prāṇāṃ mahātmanām

tamāyāntaṃ drutaṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭaḥ kuṭulakah puraḥ /
so 'yamityāśu pāṇibhyām rājñe dūre vyadarśayat

tatkṣaṇe droṇaśāpena vajreṇeva nipātinā /
karu paricyutau tasya pāpapādapapallavau

tadvṛttaṃ vismitaḥ śrutvā mṛgeṇa kathitaṃ nṛpaḥ /
abhūtkṛtaghnacarite dhikkāramukharānanaḥ

tataḥ kṣitipatiḥ prītyā parayā mṛgam /
tam nināya svanagarīṃ gauraveṇa garīyasā

rājadhānīmathāsādya tasmai ratnāsanaṃ nṛpaḥ /
datvā sāntaḥpurāmātyastasyāgre samupāviśat

sa bodhisattvo hariṇastasyāṃ parṣadi divyadhīḥ /
dharmaṃ dideśa yenābhūjjanaḥ śikṣāpadānvitaḥ

suvarṇapārśvaḥ sāraṅgaḥ so 'yamevābhavaṃ purā /
yo 'bhavat kuṭilaḥ krūro devadattaḥ sa cādhunā

iti sukṛtacitaṃ bhagavatā bhavabhītibhidā
kathitamudārasattvarucirasya tataścaritam /
praśamamayaṃ niśamya kuśalāya sa bhikṣugaṇaḥ
kimapi babhūva puṇyaparipākavivekaruciraḥ