Avadānakalpalatā · Chapter 8

iti kṣemendraviracitāyām bodhisattvāvadānakalpatāyāṃ muktālatāvadānaṃ nāma saptamaḥ pallavaḥ //
8. śrīguptāvadānam /
kṛtāpakāre 'pi kṛpākulāni krūre 'pyalaṃ pallavakomalāni /
dveṣoṣmatapte 'pyatiśītalāni bhavanti cittāni sadāśayānām

purā surapurodāre pure rājagṛhābhidhe /
śrīguptākhyo gṝhapatirbabhūva dhandopamaḥ

dṛptaḥ sujanavidveṣī guṇeṣu viratādaraḥ /
sadā dhanamadādhmātaḥ sā jahāsa matiṃ satām

kaṭhine 'ṣvativakreṣu śūnyeṣu mukhareṣu ca /
śankheṣviva khaleṣveva lakṣmīrdākṣiṇyamāśritā

taṃ kadācit gururjñātiputraḥ kṣapaṇakaḥ khalah /
mithaḥ svairakathāsaktaḥ puṇyadveṣādabhāṣata

ya eṣa gṛdhrakūṭākhye girau bhikṣuśatairvṛtaḥ /
sarvajñakīrtiḥ sugatāstrijagatpūjyatāṃ gataḥ

naivāsya pratibhāṃ kāṃcid bhavyāmupalabḥāmahe /
nītaḥ kiṃ tūnnatiṃ mūrkhairbahgavān bhagavāniti

avicāyava satataṃ paroktamanubhāṣate /
gatānugatikaḥ prāyaḥ prasiddhasaraṇau janaḥ

vratādiniyamastasya dambha eva vibhāvyate /
aśnāti maunakṛt matsyānekapādavrato bakaḥ

tasmaāt tasyopahāsāya kriyatām kāpi vajṇcanā /
māyāmohito dhūrtānām paro 'pi parituṣyati

iti tenoktamākarṇya śrīguptaḥ karkmamohitaḥ /
patituṃ pāpaśvabhreṣu yuktyā tadupadiṣṭayā

pradīptakhadirāṅgārapūrṇāṃ gūḍhāṃ khadāṃ gṛhe /
kṛtvā saviṣamannaṃ ca yayau bhagavato 'ntikam

tena mithyāvihitayā bhaktyā bhoktuṃ nimantritaḥ /
vijñāya sarvaṃ sarvajñastatheti prāha sasmitaḥ

viṣagniyogakupitām patnīṃ saddharmavādinīm /
gṛhe babandha śrīguptaḥ śaṅkito mantraviśravāt

atha vijñātavṛtto 'pi bhagavān svayamāyayau /
vandyamāno jagadvandyaiścaturmukhamukhaiḥ suraiḥ

śrīguptasya tamārambhaṃ vivedaṃ nagare janaḥ /
dikṣu dhāvati pāpānāṃ suguptamapi pātamak

tataḥ kaścit samabhyetya bhagavantamupāsakaḥ /
uvāca caraṇālīnāścintayan dahanaṃ viṣam

mithyānamrah priyālāpī guḍhavahniviṣānnadaḥ /
parihāryaḥ prayatnena bhagavanneṣa durjanah

kuryādanārye nāśvāsi kāryaṃ mādhuryamāśriye /
antracchedī vigīrṇo hi madhudigdhamukhaḥ kṣuraḥ

nānyastutiṃ guṇadveṣī sahate guṇinām khalaḥ /
santastuṣyanti yenaiva tenakupyanti durjanāḥ

tvayi lokatraye netraśatapatravikāśini /
asya rāhoḥ padaṃ prāpte nāndhībhavati kiṃ jagat

tacchrutvā bhagavānūce kiṃcit smitasitāṃśubhiḥ /
tannikārogratimiraṃ dūrāt pariharanniva

na mamāṅgaṃ spṛśatyagniḥ prabahvatyapi vā viṣam /
paradveṣadaridrāṇāṃ doṣo 'pi nirupadravaḥ

aroṣaśītalaṃ cetaḥ siktaṃ yasya śamāmṛtaiḥ /
kiṃ karotyanalastasya viṣaṃ vā viṣayadviṣaḥ

viṣāyate tu pīyūṣaṃ kusumaṃ kuliśāyate /
dveṣadoṣottarasyaiva candanaṃ dahanāyate

tiryagyonigatasyāpi bodhisattvapadāsthiteḥ /
kāruṇyamaitrīyuktasya nāgnirdahati vigraham

purā kaliṅganṛpatiḥ khaṇḍadvīpābhidhāvanīm /
dadāha mṛgasaṃghānām saṃkṣepe sa samudyataḥ

kānane jvalite tasminnekastittiriśāvakaḥ /
maitryā bodhiṃ samālambya dahanapraśamaṃ vyaghāt

tasmādadrohamanasāṃ na bhayaṃ vidyate kkacit /
śrūyatāṃ sattvasaṃpatteridamanyacca kautukam

avṛṣṭiviṣame kāle muneḥ kasyacidāśrame /
manuṣyasadṛśālāpaḥ śaśakaḥ suciraṃ sthitaḥ

kṣutkṣāmaṃ munimālokya phalamūlaparikṣayāt /
uvācācalasaṃkalpastadvyathāvyathitāśayaḥ

bhagavan mam māṃsānāṃ saṃprati prāṇavartanam /
kriyatāṃ rakṣaṇīyaṃ tat śarīraṃ dharmasādhanam

ityuktvā dāvaśeṣāgnau vikṣepa śahskastanum /
vāryamāṇo 'pi yatnena praṇayānmuninā muhyuḥ

tasya sattvaprabhāveṇa jvalajjvālākulo 'nalaḥ /
prayayau majṇjuśiñjānabhramarāmbhojakhaṇḍatām

so 'pi divyavapustatra kamale mahati sthitaḥ /
praṇamyamāno munirbhirvidadhe dharmadeśanām

iti bodhipravṛttānāṃ na vahnerna viṣādbhayam /
bhagavān kathayitveti śrīguptabhavanaṃ yayau

tatra tena praviśyaiva nikṣipte dakṣiṇe pade /
babhūvāgnikhadā mañjuguñjadbhṛṅgasarojinī

dṛṣṭvopaviṣṭaṃ śrīguptastaṃ sarorihavistare /
taddṛṣṭinaṣṭakāluṣyaḥ provācaḥ caraṇānataḥ

bhagavan mama pāpasya kṣantavyo 'yaṃ vyatikramaḥ /
mohāndhapatite rucyaṃ kāruṇyamadhikaṃ satām

mamākalyāṇamitreṇa yo 'yaṃ pāpapathe kṛtaḥ /
upadeśaḥ pramoheṇa tatra trāṇaṃ bhavatsmṛtiḥ

viṣadigdharasaṃ sarvaṃ bhojyaṃ te kalpitaṃ mayā /
aho mamaiva saṃkrāntaṃ paścāttapamayaṃ viṣam

iti bruvāṇaṃ śrīguptaṃ sāśrunetraṃ kṛpānidhiḥ /
dṛṣṭvā babhāṣe bhagavān bhikṣusaṃghasya śṛṇyavataḥ

viṣādaṃ mā kṛthāḥ sādho na vayaṃ vimukhāstvayi /
ghoravairaviṣatyāgānnaivāsmāstapate viṣam

vārāṇasyāṃ purā śrīmān brahmadatto 'bhavannṛpaḥ /
abhūdanupamā nāṃ atasya prāṇasamāśrayā

suvarṇabhāsasaṃjñasya tatpurāntavanasthiteḥ /
ravaṃ mayūrarājasya sā kadācidathāśṛṇot

sā tasya śadamākarṇya veṇuvīṇāsvanopamam /
kimetaditi papraccha naranāthaṃ sakautukā

rājovāca vanānte 'sminnasti ratnacchadaḥ śikhī /
madhuraṃyojanavyāpi yasyaitat kaṇṭhakūjitam

iti bruvāṇo nṛpatistatsaṃdarśanamarthitaḥ /
premaprayatnaiḥ preyasyā prahasan punarabravīt

darśanaṃ durlabhaṃ mugdhe tadvidhādbhutarūpiṇaḥ /
tathāpi yadi nirbandhaḥ kriyate tatpariśramaḥ

ityuktvā nṛpatistasya grahaṇe jālajīvinaḥ /
vyasṛjat tasya saṃrpāptyaiḥ vidhāya vadhasaṃvidam

vaśīkṛto na vettyeva mohādakṣiparīkṣayā /
anurāgāhataḥ strībhirakarmāṇyapi kāryate

prāptānām praṇayāt patnyāḥ prauḍhāyāḥ pādapīṭhatām /
īrṣyayaiva vinaśyanti dhīdhṛtismṛtikīrtayaḥ

tataḥ śākunikairnyastāḥ pāśabandhāḥ pade pade /
prabhāvādbarhirājasy vyaśīryantaiva saṃtatam

duḥkhitān yatnavaiphalyādbhītān nṛpatiśāsanāt /
mayūrarājastān dṛṣṭvā karuṇākulatāṃ yayau

so 'cintayadaho bhītāḥ kṣmāpateḥ śrūraśāsanāt /
madbandhane visaṃvādādvarākā jālajīvinah

saṃcintya kṛpayā spaṣṭagbhirvisṛjya tān /
nṛpamānāyya tadveśma tenaiva sahito yayau

sa tatrāntaḥpure nityaṃ sabhāryeṇa mahībhujā /
pūjyamānaḥ paricayāduvāsa vihitādaraḥ

snigdhaśyāmāmbudatviṣā sunīlamaṇiveśmasu /
citrapatrarucā cakre saṃsaktendrāyudhabhamam

atha digjayayātrāyām kadācidvasudhādhipaḥ /
yayau tadupacārāya devīmādiśya sādaraḥ

tataścānupamā devī patyau yāte pramādinī /
rūpayauvanadarpāndhā nāluloke kulasthitim

taruṇaṃ prekṣya rāgiṇyāstasyāḥ kandarpaviplave /
bhūyaḥ pralambhabhīteva lajjā dūrataraṃ yayau

malinaḥ kuṭilastīkṣṇaḥ karṇasaṃsparśanocitaḥ /
capalaścapalākṣīṇāṃ sudṛśāṃ sadṛśaḥ kramaḥ

vividhonmādakāriṇyaḥ saṃsāramakarākare /
caranti prāṇahāriṇyaḥ kālakūṭacchadāḥ striyaḥ

kusumāt sukumārasya krūrasya krakacādapi /
ko jānāti paricchedaṃ strīṇāṃ citrasya cetasaḥ

pracarantīṃ priyāṃ kaṇṭhe kṛtvā ye yānti nirvṛtim /
śītalāṃ vimalāṃ snigdhāṃ khaṅgadhārāṃ pibanti te

sācintayat sthitaḥ śalyamayamantaḥpure mama /
mayūrarājaḥ śīlajñaḥ puruṣālāpaveṣṭitaḥ

kathayiṣyatyavaśyaṃ me vṛttameṣa mahīpateḥ /
nindyaṃ karma kṛtaṃ tāvadadhunā kiṃ karomyaham

āstāṃ parijñātatattvo marmajño 'sau vidagdhadhīḥ /
jātā me kṛtapāpāyāḥ śaṅkā niścetaneṣvapi

iti saṃcintya sā t asya saviṣaṃ bhojanaṃ dadau /
rāgamattāḥ khalāyattāḥ kiṃ kiṃ kurvanti na striyaḥ

tayopācaryamāṇasya saviṣaiḥ pānabhojanaiḥ /
vivṛddhā barhirājasya ruruce rucirā ruciḥ

svasthamālokya taṃ devī rahasyodbhedaśaṅkitā /
śanaiḥ śokāmayagrasyā trasyā tatyāja jīvitam

evaṃ tasya viṣeṇāpi naiva glānirajāyata /
mahatāṃ cittavaimalyaṃ nirviṣaṃ kurute viṣam

rāgo viṣaṃ viṣaṃ moho dveṣaśca viṣamaṃ viṣam /
buddho dharmastathā saṃghaḥ satyaṃ ca paramāmṛtam

ghoraṃ viṣaṃ sṛjati mohamahāmburāśiḥ ghoraṃ viṣaṃ sṛjati rāgamahoragaśca /
ghoraṃ viṣaṃ sṛjati vairavanāvaniśca janmakramo 'sti viṣamasya viṣasya nānyaḥ

adharmakāmaḥ kṛtavānevamevānyajanmani /
śrīgupto 'gnikhadāṃ sāpi tasyābhūtsahadharmiṇī

ityuktvā bhagavān samyakkaruṇālokanāmbubhiḥ /
cakāra vītarajasaṃ śrīguptaṃ śāsanonmukham

kalitakuśalaḥ śrīgupto 'tha prakāśapadāptaye
śaraṇagamanānyeva trīṇi smaran vimalasmṛtiḥ /
jinaparicayāt puṇyaṃ lebhe satām hi vilokanaṃ
bhavati mahate kalyāṇāya pramodasukhāya ca

śrīguptasya nikārakilbiṣajuṣo 'pyajñānamohāpahaḥ
kṛtvāvaśyamanugraheṇa bhagavān kāruṇyapuṇyodyataḥ /
bhikṣūṇāṃ bhavasaṃkṣayāya vidadhe nirvairatāśāsanaṃ
yenaite na bhavanti bandhabhavane bhūyo bhavagranthaye