Bhallaṭaśataka · Verses 61-80

bhūyāṃsy asya mukhāni nāma viditaivāste mahāprāṇatā kadravāḥ satprasavo 'yam atra kupite cintyaṃ yathedaṃ jagat
trailokyādbhutam īdṛśaṃ tu caritaṃ śeṣasya yenāpi sā pronmṛjyeva nivartitā viṣadharajñāteyadurvṛttitā //

varṣe samasta ekaikaḥ ślāghyaḥ ko 'py eṣa vāsaraḥ
janair mahattayā nīto yo na pūrvair na cāparaḥ //

ābaddhakṛtrimasaṭājaṭilāṃsabhittir āropito mṛgapateḥ padavīṃ yadi śvā
mattebhakumbhataṭapāṭanalampaṭasya nādaṃ kariṣyati kathaṃ hariṇādhipasya //

kim idam ucitaṃ śuddheḥ śliṣṭaṃ svapakṣasamunnateḥ phalapariṇater yuktaṃ prāptaṃ guṇapraṇayasya vā
kṣaṇam upagataḥ karṇopāntaṃ parasya puraḥ sthitān viśikha nipatan krūraṃ dūrān nṛśaṃsa nihaṃsi yat //

amī ye dṛśyante nanu subhagarūpāḥ saphalatā bhavaty eṣāṃ yasya kṣaṇam upagatānāṃ viṣayatām
nirāloke loke katham idam aho cakṣur adhunā samaṃ jātaṃ sarvair na samam athavānyair avayavaiḥ //

āhūteṣu vihaṅgameṣu maśako nāyān puro vāryate madhevāridhi vā vasaṃs tṛṇamaṇir dhatte maṇīnāṃ rucam
khadyoto 'pi na kampate pracalituṃ madhye 'pi tejasvināṃ dhik sāmānyam acetanaṃ prabhum ivānāmṛṣṭatattvāntaram //

hemakāra sudhiye namo 'stu te dustareṣu bahuśaḥ parīkṣitum
kāñcanābharaṇam aśmanā samaṃ yat tvayaivam adhiropyate tulām //

vṛtta eva sa ghaṭo 'ndhakūpa yas tvatprasādam api netum akṣamah
mudritaṃ tv adhamaceṣṭitaṃ tvayā tanmukhāmbukaṇikāḥ pratīcchatā //

tṛṇamaṇer manujasya ca tattvataḥ kim ubhayor vipulāśayatocyate
tanutṛṇāgralavāvayavair yayor avasite grahaṇapratipādane //

śatapadī sati pādaśate kṣamā yadi na goṣpadam apy ativartitum
kim iyatā dvipadasya hanumato jalanidhikramaṇe vivadāmahe //

na guruvaṃśaparigrahaśauṇḍatā na ca mahāguṇasaṃgrahaṇādaraḥ
phalavidhānakathāpi na mārgaṇe kim iha lubdhakabālagṛhe 'dhunā //

tanutṛṇāgradhṛtena hṛtaś ciraṃ ka iva tena na mauktikaśaṅkayā
sa jalabindur aho viparītadṛg jagad idaṃ vayam atra sacetanāḥ //

budhyāmahe na bahudhāpi vikalpayantaḥ kair nāmabhir vyapadiśema mahāmatīṃs tān \testim{\cit Subhāṣitāvalī 982}*
yeṣām aśeṣabhuvanābharaṇasya hemnas tattvaṃ vivektum upalāḥ paramaṃ pramāṇam //

saṃrakṣituṃ kṛṣim akāri kṛṣīvalena paśyātmanaḥ pratikṛtis tṛṇapūruṣo 'yam
stabdhasya niṣkriyatayāstabhiyo 'sya nūnam aśnanti gomṛgagaṇāḥ pura eva sasyam //

kasyānimeṣanayane vidite divauko lokād ṛte jagati te api vai gṛhītvā
piṇḍaprasāritamukhena time kim etad dṛṣṭaṃ na bāliśa viśad baḍiśaṃ tvayāntaḥ //

puṃstvād api pravicaled yadi yady adho 'pi yāyād yadi praṇayane na mahān api syāt
abhyuddharet tad api viśvam itīdṛśīyaṃ kenāpi dik prakaṭitā puruṣottamena //

svālpāśayaḥ svakulaśilpavikalpam eva yaḥ kalpayan skhalati kācavaṇik piśācaḥ
grastaḥ sa kaustubhamaṇīndrasapatnaratna niryatnagumphanakavaikaṭikerṣyayāntaḥ //

tatpratyarthitayā vṛto na tu kṛtaḥ samyak svatantro bhayāt svasthas tān na nipātayed iti yathākāmaṃ na sampoṣitaḥ*
saṃśuṣyan pṛṣadaṃśa eṣa kurutāṃ mūkaḥ sthito 'py atra kiṃ gehe kiṃ bahunā 'dhunā gṛhapateś caurrāś caranty ākhavaḥ //

evaṃ cet sarasasvabhāvamahimā jāḍyaṃ kim etādṛśaṃ yady eṣā ca nisargataḥ sarasatā kiṃ granthimattedṛśī
mūlaṃ cec chucipaṅkajaśrutir iyaṃ kasmād guṇā yady amī kiṃ chidrāṇimṛṇāla bhavatas tattvaṃ na manyāmahe //

ye digdhveva kṛtā viṣeṇa kusṛtir yeṣāṃ kiyad bhaṇyate lokaṃ hantum anāgasaṃ dvirasanā randhreṣu ye jāgrati
vyālās te 'pi dadhaty amī sadasator mūḍhā maṇīn mūrdhabhir naucityād guṇaśalināṃ kva cid api bhraṃśo 'sty alaṃ cintayā //