Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha · Chapter 23

ity ākhyāya kathitau ca mithaḥ pravrajitau gatau
drutapravahaṇārūḍho gomukhaś ca parāgataḥ ||

mām avocat sa vanditvā prītidāsaḥ punarvasuḥ
sarvanāgarakaśreṇi grāmaṇīr dṛśyatām iti ||

atha praṇatam adrākṣam anulbaṇavibhūṣaṇam
yuvānam api vainītyāl lajjitasthaviraṃ naram ||

gomukhākhyātamāhātmyaṃ taṃ cāliṅgitavān aham
saṃbhāvitaguṇāḥ sadbhir arhanty eva ca satkriyām ||

atha yānaṃ samāruhya tat punarvasuvāhakam
sāṃyātrika ivāmbhodhiṃ tadāvāsam avātaram ||

sevitāhāraparyanta śarīrasthitisādhanaḥ
dinaśeṣaṃ nayāmi sma gītiśrutivinodanaḥ ||

tataḥ suptajane kāle pṛṣṭavān asmi gomukham
katham eṣa tvayā prāptaḥ suhṛd ity atha so 'bravīt ||

śrūyatām asty ahaṃ yuṣmān vanditvā punar āgataḥ
na ca kaṃcana paśyāmi yogyam āśrayadāyinam ||

tataś cintitavān asmi dhanavidyādidāyinām
saṃbhavaḥ sarvasādhūnāṃ nāsti rājakulād ṛte ||

yogakṣemaprayuktā hi prāyaḥ sajjanasaṃsadaḥ
rājadvāraṃ vigāhante samudram iva sindhavaḥ ||

rājadvāraṃ tato gatvā yāciṣye kaṃcid āśrayam
rājadvāraṃ hi kāryāṇāṃ dvāram uktaṃ budhair iti ||

nigrahānugrahaprāpta lokakolāhalākulam
tad gatvā smṛtavān asmi pretādhipadhanādhipau ||

mahāmanuṣyacaritaḥ puruṣo 'yaṃ vibhāvyate
āśrayaprārthanā tasmān nāsmin saṃpadyate mṛṣā ||

ayam anyaḥ suveṣo 'pi kīnāśavirasākṛtiḥ
tena saṃbhāvyate nāsmāt prārthanāphalam aṇv api ||

puruṣaṃ puruṣaṃ tatra ciram itthaṃ vicārayan
abhyantarāt pratīhāraṃ dṛṣṭavān asmi nirgatam ||

svastikāranamaskāra jyotkārān sa ca kāryiṇām
pratimānitavān sarvān sakṛn namitamastakaḥ ||

atha vijñāpanāmātraṃ paśyadbhiḥ kāryasādhanam
kāryibhir yugapat tatra kāryavijñāpanā kṛtā ||

tebhyas tenāpi sāmānyam ekam evottaraṃ kṛtam
bhavataḥ sumukho rājā mā tvariṣṭa bhavān iti ||

sa pratīhāraveṣaṃ ca vārabāṇādim aṅgataḥ
avatārya samīpasthe nyastavān paricārake ||

taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā samāptaiva samāśrayagaveṣaṇā
na hi dṛṣṭasuvarṇādriḥ tāmraṃ dhamati vātikaḥ ||

svastikṛtvā tatas tasmai svagṛhān pratigacchate
māṃ muhuḥ paśyatā prītyā tenaiva sahito 'gamam ||

gṛhe ca kṛtasatkāram asau mām anuyuktavān
āgacchati kutaḥ kiṃ vā mad icchati bhavān iti ||

mayoktaṃ bhrātarāv āvāṃ dvijau dvāv āgamārthinau
vidyāsthānam idaṃ śrutvā avantideśāt samāgatau ||

iha vāsitum icchāvo yuṣmatkṛtaparigrahau
balavattaragupto hi kṛśo 'pi balavān iti ||

tenoktaṃ tvādṛśām etad guṇagrahaṇakāṅkṣiṇām
agrāmyālāparūpāṇāṃ svagṛhaṃ bhavatām iti ||

muhūrtaṃ tatra cāsīnaḥ śrutavān aham utthitam
kṣubhitāmbhodhikallola kolāhalam iva kṣaṇam ||

māṃ tadākarṇanotkarṇam asau sasmitam uktavān
kiṃ tvam etan na vettheti na vedeti mayoditam ||

ayaṃ punarvasur nāma dātā vāṇijadārakaḥ
vṛtaḥ kitavasaṃghena dīvyati dyūtamaṇḍape ||

yadā vijayate dyūte sa sarvaṃ draviṇaṃ tadā
vitaraty arthivargāya tasyaiṣa tumulo dhvaniḥ ||

jīyamāne punas tasmiñ jānumūrdhasthamastakāḥ
viṣādamuṣitālāpā dhyāyanti śivam arthinaḥ ||

yadi kautūhalaṃ tatra tato 'sau dṛśyatām iti
pratīhāreṇa kathite tataś cintitavān aham ||

nītividyāvayovṛddhair amātyaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam
yeṣāṃ yantritavākkāyair agrato duḥkham āsyate ||

yaḥ samānavayaḥśīlo muktahastaḥ sakiṃcana
vyasanī ca svatantraś ca so 'smākam adhunā suhṛt ||

tasmād dyūtasabhām eva yāmi draṣṭuṃ punarvasum
nirdhāryeti tam āmantrya dyūtakārasabhām agām ||

sākīrṇā devanavyagraiḥ sabhā kitavacandrakaiḥ
sarasīvāmiṣāsvāda gṛddhair bakakadambakaiḥ ||

tatrānyatamayor akṣān dīvyator akṣadhūrtayoḥ
akṣaḥ koṇena patitaḥ saṃdigdhapadapañcakaḥ ||

pañcako 'yaṃ padaṃ nedaṃ padam etan na pañcakaḥ
iti jātā tayoḥ spardhā parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ ||

tayor ekatareṇoktaṃ madhyasthaḥ pṛcchyatām iti
pratyuktam itareṇāpi yathecchasi tathāstv iti ||

athaikaḥ puruṣaḥ prāṃśuḥ pṛṣṭas tābhyām anāgaraḥ
katarat paśyasi spaṣṭaṃ padapañcakayor iti ||

tatra cānyatamenoccair uktam utkṣiptapāṇinā
dīrghatvād eṣa nirbuddhir ato 'nyaḥ pṛcchyatām iti ||

tataḥ pṛṣṭo 'paro hrasvaḥ so 'pi tena nivāritaḥ
nedṛśāḥ praśnam arhanti bahudoṣā hi khaṭvakāḥ ||

atha māṃ dṛṣṭavantau tau pṛṣṭavantau ca sādaram
sādho yadi na doṣo 'sti tato nau chinddhi saṃśayam ||

tvaṃ na dīrgho na ca hrasvas tasmāt prājño na duṣṭadhīḥ
tena madhyapramāṇatvād gaccha madhyasthatām iti ||

cintitaṃ ca mayā kaṣṭaḥ khalasaṃdigdhanirṇayaḥ
pāradraviṇagṛddheṣu kitaveṣu viśeṣataḥ ||

avaśyaṃ tu kalājñānaṃ khyāpanīyaṃ kalāvidā
aprakāśaṃ hi vijñānaṃ kṛpaṇārthanirarthakam ||

na ca dyūtakalānyatra kitavebhyaḥ prakāśyate
na hi prayuñjate prājñāḥ veśād anyatra vaiśikam ||

dyūte jeṣyati yaś cātra sa me mitraṃ bhaviṣyati
dhanavanmitralābhaṃ hi nidhilābhādikaṃ viduḥ ||

ityādi bahu niścitya puras teṣāṃ savistaram
akṣāṣṭāpadaśārīṇām ākhyaṃ bhūmeś ca lakṣaṇam ||

tataḥ saṃdigdhapātasya tasyāhaṃ koṇapātinaḥ
supiṣṭamiṣṭakākṣodam akṣasyopari dattavān ||

athāsāv iṣṭakākṣodaḥ padasyopari yo 'patat
so 'patat sakalo bhūmau pañcakasyopari sthitaḥ ||

tatas tān uktavān asmi yo bhāgaḥ pañcakāṅkitaḥ
tasyottānatvam utkṛṣṭaṃ kṣodas tatra yataḥ sthitaḥ ||

etāvan mama vijñānam ity uktvāvasthite mayi
aho sādhv iti nirghoṣaḥ samantāt sahasotthitaḥ ||

tatas tatroditaṃ kaiścid ayam akṣaviśāradau
dhruvaṃ vijayate dūrān nalakuntīsutāv iti ||

te 'paraiḥ kupitair uktā jitau nalayudhiṣṭhirau
ayaṃ jayati jetārāv api puṣakarasaubalau ||

iti praśasyamānaṃ māṃ tiryag dṛṣṭvā samatsaraḥ
padavādī jito yo 'sāv asau mantharam uktavān ||

yeṣāṃ dyūtapaṇābhāvas te kim artham ihāsate
dyūtasthāne hi kiṃ kṛtyaṃ pravīṇaiḥ prāśnikair iti ||

āsīc ca mama kasmān māṃ kaulaṭeyaḥ kṣipaty ayam
yo 'haṃ trailokyasāreṇa paṇena paṇavān iti ||

atha nikṣipya sakrodhaṃ yauṣmākaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ bhuvi
ehi dīvyāva mitreti tam ahaṃ dhūrtam uktavān ||

sa ca dhūrtair alaṃkāraḥ prasarpadbahalaprabhaḥ
dṛṣṭas tṛṣṇāviśālākṣaiḥ pataṃgair iva pāvakaḥ ||

athāsau krodhalobhābhyām akṣadhūrtaḥ pratāritaḥ
mayā saha sasaṃrambham akṣān ārabdha devitum ||

tena cāhaṃ tribhiḥ pātair anakṣakuśalaḥ kila
prabuddhair gardhagṛddhena sahasratritayaṃ jitaḥ ||

tatas tat sakṛd unmocya sahasratritayaṃ mayā
lakṣam ekena pātena jitaḥ sa kitavādhamaḥ ||

vijayāj jṛmbhitotsāhaḥ śaṅkitaś ca parājayāt
na virantuṃ na vā rantum asāv aśakad ākulaḥ ||

dīvya vā dehi vā lakṣaṃ saumyeti ca mayoditaḥ
vailakṣyād ghaṭṭayann akṣān na kiṃcit pratipannavān ||

etasminn antare bhṛtyaṃ svam avocat punarvasuḥ
kitavo 'yam idaṃ lakṣam acalaṃ dāpyatām iti ||

māṃ cāyaṃ svaṃ gṛhaṃ nītvā harṣād ṛjutanūruhaḥ
tathā pūjitavān devaṃ haraṃ dattavaraṃ yathā ||

māṃ cāvocad dhanaṃ yat tad bhavadbhiḥ kitavārjitam
tad udgrāhyedam ānītaṃ lakṣaṃ te gṛhyatām iti ||

mayāpy uktam upānte yad draviṇaṃ tvatparigrahāt
sādhitaṃ bhavatā yac ca tasya svāmī bhavān iti ||

uktaṃ cānena yan nāma yuṣmābhiḥ svayam arjitam
svāmino yūyam evāsya dhanasyety atra kā kathā ||

yad apīdaṃ mayāvāptaṃ yuṣmatsvāmikam eva tat
adhigacchati yad dāso bhartur eva hi tad dhanam ||

yac ca pṛcchāmi tan mahyaṃ prasāde sati kathyatām
bhūtalaṃ yūyam āyātāḥ kiṃ nimittaṃ tripiṣṭapāt ||

manye saty api devatve bhavadbhiḥ krīḍayāhṛtaiḥ
ākārāntaranirmāṇaṃ nātyantam anuśīlitam ||

tathā ca varṇasaṃsthāna kalāvijñānasaṃpadaḥ
dṛṣṭāḥ kena manuṣyeṣu yādṛśo bhavatām iti ||

tena yat satyam ity ukte duḥkham āśitavān aham
dūreṇa hy atinindāyā duḥkhahetur atistutiḥ ||

vārāṇasīpraveśeṣu pratīhārāya pṛcchate
yan mayā kāryam ākhyātaṃ tad evāsmai niveditam ||

athānenoktam āścaryaṃ jyeṣṭhasya jagatāṃ guṇaiḥ
tvādṛśasyāpi yo jyeṣṭhaḥ kīdṛśaḥ sa bhaviṣyati ||

kiṃ vānena vimardena jyeṣṭhas tiṣṭhati yatra saḥ
sarvatīrthādhike deśe taṃ prāpayata mām iti ||

athainam aham ādāya gatavān bhavadantikam
yac cottaram atas tatra pratyakṣaṃ bhavatām api ||

iti kṣipram ayaṃ labdho mayā vaḥ paricārakaḥ
na hiṃsanti na sarvatra śriyaḥ puṇyavatām iti ||

tatas tam uktavān asmi vipadas tena durlabhāḥ
phalaṃ sucaritasyaiva hṛdayaṃ yasya gomukhaḥ ||

kiṃ tu saṃśrayamātreṇa pīḍanīyaḥ punarvasuḥ
parānnaṃ hi vṛthābhuktaṃ duḥkhāyaiva satām iti ||

evamādibhir ālāpair ardham ardhaṃ ca nidrayā
nītavān asmi yāminyāḥ prātaś cāgāt punarvasuḥ ||

taṃ ca vanditamatpādam avocad iti gomukhaḥ
ballavaḥ kuśalaḥ kaścit kutaścana gaveṣyatām ||

tvadanyasya gṛhe nānnam aryajyeṣṭhena sevitam
parapākanivṛttā hi sādhuvṛttā dvijātayaḥ ||

ādarārādhitaś cāyaṃ tvadīyaṃ paribhuktavān
ārādhanānurodho hi caritaṃ mahatām iti ||

pratyākhyānavicittas tu tam āha sma punarvasuḥ
yady evaṃ jagadīśānāṃ kiṃ nāsti bhavatām iti ||

acirāc ca tadānītau saṃbhāvyaguṇasaṃpadau
ākārakṣiptanāsatyāv apaśyaṃ puruṣau puraḥ ||

tau ca māṃ ciram ālokya vadanaṃ ca parasparam
prasārya sabhujān pādāñ jayety uktvā bhuvaṃ gatau ||

tau cāhūya mayāyātau spṛṣṭapṛṣṭhau sabhājitau
vanditvā punar abrūtāṃ brūta kiṃ kriyatām iti ||

tatas tau gomukhenoktau bhavantau kila ballavau
satyaṃ ced idam āryasya pākaḥ saṃsādhyatām iti ||

tau ca prītau pratijñāya nikartya nakhamūrdhajān
snātau soṣṇīṣamūrdhānau mahānasam agacchatām ||

atha vā tiṣṭhati vyāsaḥ samāsaḥ śrūyatām ayam
sarvā tābhyām apūrveva prakriyā saṃprasāritā ||

yāvatyā cāparaḥ sthālīm adhiśrayati ballavaḥ
tāvatyā velayā tābhyāṃ pāka eva samāpitaḥ ||

tato nirvartitasnāna devatānalatarpaṇaḥ
āhārasthānam adhyāsi viprapaṅktinirantaram ||

pañca tittirayaḥ pakvāś catvāraḥ kukkuṭā iti
āhāro yaiḥ praśastas tair aśitaṃ prākṛtāśanam ||

āhāraṃ yadi severan sakṛt tam amṛtāśanam
samutsṛṣṭāmṛtāhārā bhaveyur nāmarās tadā ||

tataḥ samāpitāhāraḥ karṇe gomukham abravam
sūdābhyāṃ bhuktabhaktābhyām ayutaṃ dīyatām iti ||

sa gatvā sahitas tābhyāṃ cirāc cāgatya kevalaḥ
smitasaṃsūcitaprītir upākramata bhāṣitum ||

mayā yāv uditāv etau na yūvām etad arhatha
avasthāsādṛśaṃ kiṃ tu yat kiṃcid gṛhyatām iti ||

tayor ekatareṇātha bhartur dauḥsthityavartinaḥ
na yuktaṃ dhanam ādātum āvābhyām iti bhāṣitam ||

sa kruddhenetareṇokto dhik tvāṃ dīnatarāśayam
jitatrailokyavitteśaṃ vitteśaṃ yo 'nukampase ||

mahāpadmasahasrāṇi yat prasādād vimāninām
susthitāni bhaviṣyanti dauḥsthityaṃ tasya kīdṛśam ||

prayacchaty ayutaṃ yaś ca pākasyaikasya niṣkrayam
duḥsthitas tādṛśo yasya susthitas tasya kīdṛśaḥ ||

evamādi bruvann eva sa mālyam iva tad dhanam
dhārayitvā kṣaṇaṃ mūrdhnā prasthāya prāptavān gṛham ||

athainaṃ pṛṣṭavān asmi paṭukautūhalākulaḥ
divyam aiśvaryam āgāmi kathaṃ veda bhavān iti ||

tatas tenoktam asyaiva brahmadattasya bhūpateḥ
śatayajñādhikaśrīkaḥ pañcayajñaḥ pitābhavat ||

cikitsāsūdaśāstrajñaḥ śilpitve 'py aśaṭho 'bhavat
dvitīya iva tasyātmā devavān iti ballavaḥ ||

śarīram etad āyattaṃ mameti kṛtabuddhinā
rājñā tasmai svarājyasya daśamo 'ṃśaḥ prakalpitaḥ ||

nandopanandanāmānau tasya sūdapateḥ sutau
īdṛśākāravijñānāv āvām eva ca viddhi tau ||

bālābhyām eva cāvābhyāṃ sūdaśāstracikitsite
sahajñānaprayogābhyāṃ kulavidyeti śikṣite ||

ekadā nau pitāvocat putrakau śṛṇutaṃ hitam
śrotāraṃ guruvākyānāṃ na spṛśanti vipattayaḥ ||

padavākyapramāṇāni kāvyāni vividhāni ca
bhavadbhyāṃ śikṣitavyāni citrādiś ca kalāgaṇaḥ ||

kadācid ajitaṃ jetuṃ yāto yātavyamaṇḍalam
śāstrakāvyakathālāpair vinodaṃ prabhur icchati ||

vijñāya tu tadāsthānam asaṃnihitapaṇḍitam
vinodaṃ tasya kuryātaṃ śāstrālāpādibhir yuvām ||

pragalbhāḥ pratibhāvanto bahuvṛttāntapaṇḍitāḥ
prakāśitamanovṛttair bhṛtyāḥ krīḍanti bhartṛbhiḥ ||

ekavidyaḥ punas tatra pragalbho 'pi tapasvikaḥ
svavidyālāpaparyāya khinnaś ciram udīkṣate ||

abhyastabahuvidyaś ca nirviparyāyamānasaḥ
gatasaṃśayaduḥkhatvāt sukhināṃ parameśvaraḥ ||

utsāhena ca śikṣethām āyuraiśvaryalakṣaṇam
dīrghāyur vittavanto hi saṃsevyāḥ sevakair iti ||

tac ca pitrājñayāśeṣam āvābhyām anuśīlitam
ramyāsvādaṃ ca pathyaṃ ca ko 'vamanyeta bheṣajam ||

tad vidyādharacakrasya cakravartī bhaviṣyati
jyaiṣṭhacandrasahasrāṃśu dīrghāyuś ceti nau matiḥ ||

tena prasāritāṅgābhyām āvābhyām eṣa vanditaḥ
na hi vandanasāmānyam arhanti bahuvanditāḥ ||

bahavo hīha tiṣṭhanti brāhmaṇās tīrthakukkuṭāḥ
śiraḥspandanamātreṇa tān āvāṃ pūjayāvahe ||

tasmād yasmād asaṅgena sarvatrāgamacakṣuṣā
jyeṣṭhasya dṛṣṭam aiśvaryam ataḥ śraddhīyatām iti ||

prajñaptikauśikasutapramukhair uktaṃ nandasya niścitataraṃ vacanāt tad āsīt
bhāvaṃ hi saṃśayatamaḥ paṭalāpinaddham udbhāvayanty avitathā vacanapradīpāḥ ||