Avadānakalpalatā · Chapter 9

iti kṣemendraviracitāyāṃ bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatāyāṃ śrīguptāvadānaṃ nāma aṣṭamaḥ pallavaḥ //
9. jyotiṣkāvadānam /
dhanyānāmaśivaṃ bibharti śubhatāṃ bhavyasvabhāvodbhavaṃ
mūrkhāṇāṃ kuśalaṃ prayātyahitatāmityeṣa lakṣyaḥ kramaḥ /
niśīthatimirāndhyamauṣadhivanasyātyantakāntipradaṃ
etaccaulukakūladṛṣṭahataye sarvatra maitraṃ mahaḥ

purā rājagṛhābhikhye bimbisārasya bhūpateḥ /
abhūt pauraḥ subhadrākhyaḥ paripūrṇagṛhasthiteḥ

maurkhyānmohaprapannasya sarvadarśanavidviṣaḥ /
tasya kṣapaṇakeṣveva babhūvābhyadhikādaraḥ

tasya satyavatī nāma jāyābhijanaśālinī /
garbhamādhatta pūrṇendubimbaṃ pauradarīva dik

kalandakanivāsākhyo veṇukānanasaṃśrayaḥ /
kadācit bhagavāt buddhaḥ prāptaḥ piṇḍāya targṛham

pūjāṃ sabhāryaḥ kṛtvātmai taṃ sa papraccha sādaraḥ /
garbhasthitamapatyaṃ yat kiṃrūpaṃ tadbhaviṣyati

so 'vadat saṃpadaṃ bhuktvā putraste divyamānuṣīm /
pravrajyayā śāsane me saṃyukto muktimeṣyati

yāte bhagavati spaṣṭamityādiśya nijāśrayam /
abhyāyayau gṛhapaterbhūrikaḥ kṣapaṇo gṛham

bhagavadbhāṣitaṃ tattu subhadreṇa niveditam /
śrutvā kṣapaṇakah kṣipramabhūddeṣaviṣākulaḥ

gaṇayitvā sa suciraṃ grahajñānakṛtaśramaḥ /
yadevoktaṃ bhagavatā praśne 'paśyattathāvidham

so 'cintayadayo satyamuktaṃ tena na saṃśayaḥ /
tatprabhāvopamādāya kiṃ svasatyaṃ vadāmyaham

tasya sarvajñatāṃ vetti subhadro yadi madgirā /
tadeṣa kṣapaṇaśraddhāṃ tyakṣyati śramaṇādarāt

iti saṃcintya sāmarṣaḥ sa subhadramabhāṣata /
asatyemetat kathitaṃ tena sarvajñamāninā

manuṣyaḥ kathamāpnoti devārhāṃ divyasaṃpadam /
pravrajyā kiṃ tu satyeva kathaṃ tenāsya cintitā

kṣīṇaḥ kṣudupasaṃtapto yasya nāstyanyato gatiḥ /
tasya tasya subhikṣārhaṃ śaraṇaṃ śramaṇavratam

paśyāmyahaṃ gṛhapate pramāṇaṃ yadi madvacaḥ /
pratyutāyaṃ śiśurjātaḥ kulaṃ saṃtāpayiṣyati

ityudīrya kṣapaṇake yāte gṛhapatiściram /
vicārya vidadhe tāṃ tām yuktiṃ garbhanipātane

yadā dravyaprayoge 'pi naiva garbhah paricyutaḥ /
tadāsya patnīmavadhīdekānte haṭhamardanaiḥ

tataḥ śītavanaṃ tasyāṃ śmaśānaṃ tena pāpinā /
prāpitāyām kṣapaṇakāstadvārtānanditā jaguḥ

aho batāho sarvajñaḥ śiśoḥ satyaṃ taduktavān /
seyaṃ sūnāvajāte 'sya jananī pañcatāṃ gatā

iyaṃ sā śrīḥ śiśordivyā soktā divyamanuṣyatā /
iyaṃ ca sāsya pravrajyā yat kukṣau nidhanaṃ gataḥ

iti teṣāṃ pravādena sopahāsena sarvataḥ /
śmaśānadarśanāyaiva babhūva janasaṃgamaḥ

atrāntare divyadṛśā bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ /
sarvaṃ vijñāya tadbuddhaḥ pradadhyau sasmitaḥ kṣaṇam

aho mohānubandhena dūrasthairapi dehinām /
ālokaśchādyate mūrkhairmeghairiva vikāribhiḥ

śubhaṃ kṣapayatā tena kṣapaṇena sa mugdhadhīḥ /
aho gṛhapatiḥ pāpādakāryamapi kāritaḥ

iti saṃcintya bahgavān svayaṃ bhikṣugaṇairvṛtaḥ /
yayau śītavanaṃ kṣipraṃ śmaśānaṃ karuṇākulaḥ

śmaśānacārikāṃ jñātvā rājā bhagavataḥ svayam /
bimbisāraḥ sahāmātyaistāmeva bhivamāyayau

tataḥ subhadrajāyāyāṃ prakṣiptāyāṃ citānale /
kukṣiṃ bhittvāmbujāsīnaḥ śiśuḥ sūrya ivodyayau

jvālitāṇalamadhyasthaṃ taṃ kaścinnāgrahīdyadā /
tadā janasamūhasya hāhākāro mahānabhūt

tatastaṃ saṃbhramāvṛddhagatiḥ sugataśāsanāt /
kumārabhṛtyo jagrāha jīvakākhyaḥ kumārakam

jināvalokanenaiva bālakagrahaṇakṣaṇe /
abhūccitānalastasya haricandanaśītalaḥ

jīvantaṃ jvalanānmuktaṃ ruciram vīkṣya dārakam /
vailakṣyeṇa kṣapaṇakāḥ kṣaṇaṃ tasthurmṛtā iva

tataḥ subhadraṃ bhagavān sarvabhūtahite rataḥ /
babhāṣe vismayodbhāntaṃ putro 'yaṃ gṛhyatāmiti

sa tu dolākulamatiḥ kiṃ karomīti saṃśayāt /
kṣapanānāṃ mukhānyeva śikṣāyai kṣaṇamaikṣata

te tamūcurna bālo 'yaṃ grāhyaḥ śmāśānavahnijaḥ /
yatrāyaṃ tiṣṭhati vyaktaṃ na bhavatyeva tadgṛham

iti teṣāṃ girā mūrkhaḥ sa jagrāha na taṃ yadā /
tadā kṣitipatirbālamādade jinaśāsanāt

jyotirmadhyādavāptasya jyotiṣkasadṛśatviṣaḥ /
jyotiṣka iti nāmāsya cakāra bhagavān svayam

tasya pravardhamānasya bhūpālabahvane śiśoḥ /
deśāntaragataḥ kāle mātulaḥ samupāyayau

sa viditvā svasurvṛttaṃ nidhanaṃ putrajanmani /
kopāt subhadramabhyetya kampamānaḥ samabhyaghāt

mūrkha kṣapaṇabhaktena tadgirā hatayoṣitā /
tvayā tyaktasvaputreṇa kiṃ nāma sukṛtā kṛtam

niścetanāḥ svabhāvena paramantrasamutthitāḥ /
sahanto 'pi vinighnanti vetālā iva durjanāḥ

adhunaiva na gṛhṇāsi yadi rājagṝhāt sutam /
tatte strīvadhamuddhuṣya kārayāmyarthanigraham

ityuktastena tadbhītyā sa bhūpatigṛhāt sutam /
ānināya cirānmuktamakāmena mahībhujā

tataḥ subhadre kālena kālasya vaśamāgate /
abhūnnirdirvibhūtīnāṃ jyotiṣko 'rka iva tviṣām

arthikalpadrumaḥ prāya saṃpadaṃ divyamānuṣīm /
sa buddhadharmasaṃgheṣu śaraṇyeṣvakaronmatim

tadbhaktyupanataṃ divyaratnasaṃcayamadbhutam /
pradadau bhikṣusaṃghebhyaḥ puṇyaratnārjanodyataḥ

tasya devanikāyebhyaḥ sāścaryā vividharddhayaḥ /
svayamevāyayurveśma mahodadhimivāpagāḥ

tṛṇe ratne ca samadhīrbhavagānapi tadgṛhe /
cakre tadanurodhena ratnapātraparigraham

sa divyavastrayugalaṃ yaśasāmupamākṣamam /
prāpa puṇyapaṇakrītaṃ nijaṃ gṛhamivāmalam

kadācidatha tadvastraṃsnānārdraṃ nyastamātape /
samīraṇenāpahṛtaṃ nyapatanmūrdhi bhūpateḥ

vilokyāpūrvaruciram jyotiṣkasya tadaṃśukam /
vidyaśrīvismito rājā tṛṇaṃ mene nijaśriyam

bhoktuṃ nimantritaḥ prāpya tasya ratnamayaṃ gṛham /
nṛpatiḥ svargamajñāsīt jyotiṣkabhavanasthitaḥ

atha kālena bhūpālaḥ putreṇājātaśatruṇā /
chadmanā rājyalubdhena dharmaśīlo nipātitaḥ

atīte sadguṇe rājñi tasmin kṛtayugopame /
adharma iva sa prāpa rājyaṃ rājavarātmajaḥ

sa bhūbhṛddurlabhāṃ dṛṣṭvā jyotiṣkasya gṛhe śriyam /
tamuvāca samabhyetya matpitrā tvaṃ vivardhitaḥ

bhrātā tavāhaṃ dharmeṇa vibhavārdhaṃ prayaccha me /
na cedbhāgadhandrohāt kalireva prajāyate

ityuktastena kauṭilyāt jyotiṣkaḥ krūrakāriṇā /
ratnapūrṇaṃ gṛhaṃ tasmai datvā prāyāt paraṃ gṛham

sā divyaratnarucirasphītā lokopakāriṇī /
hyotiṣkamevānuyayau śrīḥ prabheva divākaram

punastyaktāpi sā saṃpat saptakṛtvaḥ prabhāvatī /
jyotiṣkamaspṛṣṭanṛpā sādhvī parimivāyayau

sarvasvāharaṇodyuktaṃ dasyucaurādiyuktibhiḥ /
jyotiṣkaḥ kupitaṃ jñātvā nirviṇṇaḥ samacintayat

apuṇyaparipākeṇa prajānāṃ janakopamaḥ /
saṃyātaḥ smṛtiśeṣatvaṃ rājā vātsalyapeśalaḥ

ko 'nyastatsadṛśo yasmin nirvyājasarale prajāḥ /
pitarīva kṛtāśvāsāḥ sukhaṃ rātriṣu śerate

dhaninastṛṇavatprāpyāḥ prāpyante ratnavadbudhāḥ /
amṛtādapi duṣprāpyaḥ saujanyasaralo janah

nirvyājavaidagdhyajuṣāmamugdhasaralātmanām /
anuddhatonnatānāṃ ca viralaṃ janma tādṛśām

adhunā dveṣadurvṛttaḥ pravṛttanikṛtirnṛpaḥ /
pāpapākena lokānāmakāle kalirāgataḥ

mitre jagati yāte 'staṃ tasmin bhāsvati bhūpatau /
doṣodayaḥ pravṛddho 'yamandhakārāya tatsutaḥ

nūnaṃ satāmatītānāṃ niṣkāraṇasuhṛt khalaḥ /
yadvṛttaparabhāgeṇa yaśasteṣāṃ prakāśate

tasmādiyaṃ parityājyā nṛpatyadhiṣṭhitā mahī /
kāle k alau kṣitīśe ca janānāṃ jīvitaṃ kutaḥ

varaparicayodārā dārāh satāṃ guṇinām guṇāḥ
kulamavikalaṃ bhavyā bhūtiryaśaḥ śaśisaṃnibham /
sthitisamucitaṃ vṛttaṃ vittamanimittamanāpadaṃ
guṇavati nṛpe sarvaṃ bhavatyapāṃśulaṃ prajākulam

dharmadrumasya dhanamūlasamudgatasya nirdoṣakāmakusumapravarojjvalasya /
lokaḥ sukhāni kila puṇyaphalāni bhuṅkte hato na cet kunṛpatervinipātavātaiḥ

kaliḥ kālaḥ patirbālastatpratāpaścitānalah /
akālaviplavottālakhalavetālasaṃkulaḥ

prītirviṣaṇṇā khinnā dhīḥ sukhaśrīrgatayauvanā /
adhunā vibhavābhoge bhogayoge na me ruciḥ

dhanaṃ bhūmirgṛhaḥ dārāḥ sutā bhṛtyāḥ paricchadāḥ /
aho niravadhiḥ puṃsāmādhivyādhiparigrahaḥ

yathā yathā vivardhante grīṣmoṣmaviṣamāḥ śriyaḥ /
tathā tathā jvalatyeva tṛṣṇātāpaḥ śarīriṇām

pravṛddhairapi vittaughe rājanyopārjitairnṛṇām /
lavaṇābdheriva jalairvitṛṣṇā naiva jāyate

nāsti nāstītyasaṃtoṣād ya eva dhanināṃ japaḥ /
pubarbhave bhavet ko vā sa eva praśamo yadi

kiṃ vittairdurnimittaiḥ kalikalahamohalobhānuvṛttaiḥ kiṃ bhogairviprayogairvyasanaśatapatanābhyāsasaṃsaktarogaiḥ /
kiṃ vā mithyābhimānairnarapatisadanaprātasevāvamānaiḥ
asmin vairāgyameva kṣayasamayabhaye bhogyamārogyayogyam

atikrānte kāle svajanasuhṛdālokavimale
samāpanne mohaprabala (tara) kāluṣyamaline /
sukhāśvāsah puṃsāṃ praśamasalilasnātamanasāṃ
parityaktāyāse vijanavanavāse parivayaḥ

iti saṃcintya sa ciraṃ paraṃ vairāgyamāyayau /
duḥkhaṃ mohāya mūrkhāṇāṃ vivekāya ca dhīmatām

sa datvā sarvamarthibhyaḥ prayayauḥ sugatāśramam /
śrīśṛṅkhalākṛṣṭamatirna hi satyasukhonmukhaḥ

yadaiva rājhaṃsena smaryate śuci mānasam /
tadaivāsmai vasumatī sarasīva na rocate

yāte duḥsahamohadhūmamaline bhogānurāgānale
saṃtoṣāmṛtanirjhareṇa manasi prāte śanaiḥ śītatām /
naitāḥ pānamadottaraṅgavicaladvārāṅgarāṅganābhaṅgura-
bhrūbhaṅgakṣaṇasaṃgamāḥ śamavatāṃ kurvanti vighnaṃ śriyaḥ

sarvajñaśāsanavinaṣṭabhavādhvakaṣṭaḥ pravrajyayā vimalameva padaṃ praviṣṭaḥ /
saṃprāpya sarvasamatāmasamaprakāśaḥ nirlakṣyamokṣagamanāya munirbabhūva

tām bodhisiddhimālokya jyotiṣkasya savismayaiḥ /
bhikṣubhirbhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ prāgvṛttāntamabhāṣataḥ

janmakṣetraśatoptānāṃ bījānāmiva karmaṇām /
bhujyate phalasaṃpattiravisaṃvādinī janaiḥ

rājño bandhumataḥ puryāṃ bandhumatyām mahāyaśāḥ /
abhūdanaṅgano nāma śrīmān gṛhapatiḥ purā

śāstātha samyaksaṃbyddho viaśvī nāma tā purīm /
janacārikayā prātaḥ kadācit sukṛtaiḥ satām

dvāṣaṣṭibhiḥ sa bhikṣūṇāṃ sahasaiḥ parivāritaḥ /
śraddhayānaṅganenaitya praṇamyopanimantritaḥ

sarvopakaraṇaistena traimāsaṃ paricāritaḥ /
yathā tathaiva rājñāpi praṇipatya nimantritaḥ

bhogaiḥ spardhānubandhena sa tābhyāmadhivāsitaḥ /
anaṅganena paurārhairbhūpālārhaiśca bhūbhujā

gajadhvajamaṇicchatracāmarodārayā śriyā /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjitaṃ rājña cintārto 'bhūdanaṅganaḥ

tasya sattvāvadātasya pakṣapātī śatakratuḥ /
cakāra divyayā lakṣmyā sāhāyyāṃ jinapūjane

sa tayā divyayā bhūtyā bhagavantamapūjayat /
yadagre cakravartidhrīrlajjābhājanatām yayau

ratnairnyakṣatacandrasūryabhānarākaṃkīraṇairāvaṇabhair (?)
amlānāmbaragandhamālyaśabalaiḥ kampadrumāṇāṃ phalaiḥ /
bhaktiprahvaścīvilāsacanāhelocchasaccāmaraṃ
tenābhyarcitamākalayya sugataṃ lajjānato 'bhūnnṛpaḥ

iti bahutaraṃ bhaktyā śāstuḥ phalaṃ tadanaṅganaḥ
śubhapariṇateḥ puṇyodāraḥ purā samavāptavān /
vimalamanasastasyaivāsau kṣaṇapraṇidhānataḥ para
iva ravijyotiṣko 'bhūt sa eva padāśritaḥ

ityāha vimalajñānaprakāśitagatrtrayaḥ /
praṇīdhānopadeśāya bhikṣūṇāṃ bhagavān jinaḥ