Avadānakalpalatā · Chapter 31

iti kṣemendraviracitāyāṃ bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatāyāṃ suvarṇapārśvāvadānaṃ triṃśaḥ pallavaḥ //
31. kalyāṇakāryavadānam /
pratyakṣalakṣaṇaparīkṣita eṣa loke saṃlakṣyate sujanadurjanayorviśeṣaḥ /
arkaḥ prakāśaviśadaṃ vidadhāti viśvamandhīkaroti nikhilaṃ jagadandhakāraḥ

sarvajñaḥ pūrvavṛttāntamaśeṣamavalokayan /
asminneva kathārambhe bhagavān punarabravīt

nṛpaḥ pātaliputrākhye pure bhūmipuraṃdaraḥ /
abhūtpuraṃdaro nāma mandiraṃ puṇyasaṃpadaḥ

kalyāṇakārī tasyābhūt sūnurguṇagaṇonnataḥ /
akalyāṇābhidhānaścadvitīyo nirguṇaḥ sutaḥ

kalyāṇakārī sarvārthikaruṇākalpapādapaḥ /
chatrāvaśeṣāmakarod dāṇaśīlaḥ śriyaṃ pituḥ

tasmai manoramāṃ nāma puṇyaseno mahīpatiḥ /
dūtaṃ visṛjya lekhena svasutām v acasā dadau

pratyāsannavivāho 'tha nṛpaṃ rājasuto 'bhyadhāt /
prāptaḥ pariṇayastāta saṃpratyeṣa na me mataḥ

vātsalyapeśalatayā madāttāḥ prakṛtiśriyaḥ /
mayā dānavyasaninā koṣaste śuṣirīkṛtaḥ

tasmātpravahaṇenāhaṃ samuttīrya mahodadhim /
ratnadvīpaṃ vrahāmyeva divyaratnārjanodyataḥ

divyasaṃpadamāsādya kariṣye dārasaṃgraham /
kalatramakṛtārthasya trāsanaṃ sukhasaṃpadām

iyuktvā sa pituḥ prāpya śāsanaṃ caraṇānataḥ /
jagāhe jaladhiṃ lolakallolāliṅgitāmbaram

bhrātā tamanuvajrāja saujanyavyañjano 'nujaḥ /
nirguṇaḥ saguṇadveṣadrohamantarvicintayan

jyeṣṭhastamabravīdvatsa samudre karmaviplavāt /
ahaṃ grāhyastvayā skandhe jāte pravahaṇakṣaye

iti bhrātrā kṛtāśvāsastathetyūve sa taṃ śaṭhaḥ /
doṣodyataḥ praṇayitāṃ khalaḥ samavalambate

tataḥ pravāhaṇārūḍhaḥ pavanairanukūlatām /
yātaiḥ puṇyairiva prāpya ratnadvīpaṃ nṛpātmajaḥ

dovyaratnāni saṃprāpya pratyāvṛtte tataḥ śanaiḥ /
rājaputre pravahaṇaṃ drāgabhañjat prabhañjanaḥ

bhagne pravahaṇe tasmin bhrātaraṃ pūrvasaṃvidā /
sa jagrāha śaṭhaḥ kaṇṭhe taṃ bhujaṅga ivānujaḥ

karmavāteritastūrṇaṃ kūlaṃ prāpya nṛpātmajaḥ /
avāpa sahasā nidrāmāndhyaprathamadūtikām

tasya suptasya ratnāni dṛṣṭvā baddhānyathānujaḥ /
prahartuṃ vyasanacchidre krūraḥ samupacakrame

utpāṭya gāḍhabaddhasya sa tasya nayanāmbujam /
taṃ tārakaṃ bhayāmbhodhau cakāra gatatārakam

āttaratne gate tasmin vājasūnurgatadyutiḥ /
mātaṅgonmūlitāmbhoja ivābhūtkamalākaraḥ

sa babhūva nirālokaḥ śokatīvratamovṛtaḥ /
kṛṣṇapakṣakṣapārambha iva sūryenduvarjitaḥ

atrāntare samāyātastaṃ deśaṃ gokuśādhipaḥ /
rājaputraṃ vilokyāndhamabhūt saṃkrāntatadvyathah

sa taṃ nītvā svanilayaṃ paricaryāparaḥ pārḥ /
tasyāsīdguṇasaujanyasnehāveśavaśīkṛtaḥ

tatra śokasujāṃ śāntyai sadā cetovinodinīm /
vīṇāṃ svarapravīṇo 'sau pūrvābhyastamavādayat

satsaṃgamaḥ pṛthuvivekakathābhoyogaḥ
kāvyāsavaḥ priyasuhṛtpraṇayo vihāraḥ /
vīṇāsvanah kusumakāntavanāntavāsaḥ
śokāgnitaptamanasāmamṛtāvagāhaḥ

tasya gopapateḥ patnī tīgavīṇāvicakṣaṇā /
paśyantī rājatanayaṃ prayayau sābhilāṣatām

kṛtopadeśā satataṃ kuṭilā vīṇayeva sā /
mūrcchantī navarāgeṇa sotkaṇṭhā samacintayat

subhago 'yaṃ mamātīva dṛśi citte ca cartate /
nivartate na me tāpaḥ premṇi cenna pravartate

dhanyeyaṃ nakhasaṃpātaiḥ kkaṇantī rāgiṇīmuhuḥ /
yātāsya vallakī puṇyairaṅkārohaṇayogyatām

iti saṃcintya sā svairaṃ tamuvāca savibhamam /
spṛśantī tatkarāmbhojaṃ sakampakarapallavā

lalanāsulabhāṃ lajjāṃ mamedaṃ tvadgataṃ manaḥ /
akṛtajña iva prītiṃ na saṃsmarati mānada

na śīlaṃ na kulācāraṃ nābhimānaṃ na saṃśayam /
apekṣante smarakṣiptā vailakṣyarahitāḥ striyaḥ

praṇayānmama saṅkalpaṃ saphalaṃ kartumarhasi /
bhavanti mānitāḥ prītyai devatā iva yoṣitaḥ

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhinnasvaraviśṛṅkhalam /
capalāṃ rājaputrastāṃ trastāntaḥkarṇo 'vadat

neyaṃ mātaḥ samucitā sataḥ śīlaparicyutiḥ /
dhikkilbiṣaviṣaspṛṣṭaḥ naṣṭaśīlasya jīvitam

parāṅganāpariṣvaṅgamaṅgairaṅgīkaroti yaḥ /
āliṅgati pataṅgo 'yaṃ narakāgniśikhāṃ punah

paropakāraniratāh paradāranirādarāḥ /
ye 'pyahiṃsāvyasaninaste jīvanti mṛtāḥ pare

iti tenoktamākarṇya sābhūdbhagnamanorathā /
nidhanābhyadhikaḥ prītipratiṣedho hi yoṣitām

tataḥ svapatimabhyetya bhujaṅgī bhaṅgamāgate /
manorathe manyuviṣaṃ vamantīva jagāda sā

paravatsalatā sādho doṣāya saralasya te /
ko hyavijñātaśīlānāṃ svādhīnīkurute gṛham

pareṣu bhṛśamāśvāsaṃ spṛśataste na śobhanam /
guptaṃ cittaṃ ca vittaṃ ca jano jānāti kasya kaḥ

paradārasahasrākṣastvayāndhaḥ sa gṛhe dhṛtaḥ /
dīnāndhajanavātsalyāt paśya tasyocitaṃ phalam

adyāhaṃ tena vijane saṃgame bhṛśamarthitā /
yadyasya nayane syātāṃ syāt kathaṃ me palāyanam

ityuktaḥ sa tayā kopāttapto gopapatirbhṛśam /
dvare niṣkāsya taṃ cakre gehaṃ cittaṃ ca śītalam

pitā tyajati yatputraṃ suhṛnmitraṃ nihanti yat /
bandhucchedāsidhārāṇāṃ taddārāṇāṃ vijṛmbhitam

bhruvordṛśoryatkauṭilyaṃ yattaikṣṇyaṃ yacca cāpalam /
kucayoryacca kāṭhinyaṃ tatsarvaṃ hṛdi yoṣitām

kalyāṇakārisārthena pathaḥ saṃtāritaṃ śanaiḥ /
pitari tridivaṃ yāte śuśrāva bhrātaraṃ nṛpam

sa puraṃ puṇyasenasya śvaśurasya mahīpateḥ /
kālena prāppa dūrādhvakleśapraśamabāndhavam

atrāntare sutā tatra mahībharturmanoramā /
vācā dattā purā yasmai tasminnabdhicyute śrute

āhūteṣu narendreṣu niviṣṭeṣu yathākramam /
āruhya ratnaśibikāṃ svayaṃvarabhuvaṃ yayau

vilokayantī bhūpālān sā śanaiścalalocanā /
yadṛcchayāgataṃ tatra rājaputraṃ dadarśa tam

andho 'pi tasyāḥ sahas āsa yayau priyatāṃ dṛśoḥ /
grahamadhye kumudvatyā meghāndho 'pi priyaḥ śaśī

nṛpeṣu pratiyāteṣu vilakṣeṣvaphalāgamāt /
mahīpatisutāntastaṃ vavre guṇavinirgatam

sāpu hāraṃ parikṣipya kaṇṭhe tasyāyatekṣaṇā /
śanakaurmadhurālāpā tvadvaśāsmītyuvāca tam

strīvṛttacakitaḥ so 'pi vijane tāmabhāṣata /
prajñādaridrayā nedaṃ striyā yuktaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā

smarasauhārdamitreṣu padmanetreṣu rājasu /
sthiteṣu vandhyajanmāndhaḥ kasmādasmi vṛtastvayā

anyavakrkrāvalokinyo jāyāścakṣuṣmatāmapi /
vadhūḥ kiṃ punarandhasya dine 'pyanyābhisārikā

lalanābhirna me kṛtyaṃ pratyayastāsu nāsti me /
kulakūlanipātinyo nimnagāḥ kuṭilāḥ stiyaḥ

ityuktā tena paruṣaṃ lajjālolā nṛpātmajā /
tamūce nātha sar vatra na śaṅkāṃ kartumarhasi

dṛṣṭadoṣaḥ kkacinnāryām yadi tvamatiśaṅkitaḥ /
aduṣṭāpi tvayā nāma tadvyāptā kriyate katham

tvayyeva yadi me prītirananyaśaraṇam manaḥ /
tena satyena te netramekaṃ bhavatu nirmalam

ityuktamātre sudṛśā dakṣiṇaṃ tasya lecanam /
satyānubhāvenābhūttatpraphullakamalopamam

rājaputraḥ prahṛṣṭo 'tha tām prasādya silocanām /
uvāca tanmukhāmbhojalāvaṇyaguṇacismitḥ

kalyāṇakārī subhagaḥ sa evāhaṃ nṛpātmajaḥ /
yasmau purā tvaṃ guruṇā vacasā pratipāditā

sa evāhaṃ yadi paraṃ nirvairaḥ pāṭane dṛśaḥ /
tena satyena nayanaṃ svasthaṃ bhavatu me 'param

satyopayācaneneti sahasaivāsya locanam /
dvitīyamapi vaimalyamavāpa saha cetasā

tato viditavṛttena puṇyasenena bhūbhujā /
kṛtasāhāyyakaḥ prāpa svarājya sa priyāsakhaḥ

kalyāṇkārī yaḥ so 'haṃ devadattaḥ sa cānujaḥ /
tena pūrvānubhāvena tadvidho 'dyāpi vartate

ityudāramupakāranirmalaṃ bodhisattvacaritaṃ niśamya te /
bhikṣavaḥ khalviceṣṭitaṃ ca tattulyamapratimavismayaṃ yayuḥ