Buddhacarita (another edition) · Chapter 12

iti buddhacarite mahākāvye kāmavigarhaṇo nāmaikādaśa sargaḥ // 11 //
CANTO XII
tataḥ śamavihārasya munerikṣvākucandramāḥ /
arāḍasyāśramaṃ bheje vapuṣā pūrayanniva

sa kālāmasagotreṇa tenālokyaiva dūrataḥ /
uccaiḥ svāgatamityuktaḥ samīpamupajagmivān

tāvubhau nyāyataḥ pṛṣṭvā dhātusāmyaṃ parasparam /
dāravyormedhyayorvṛṣyoḥ śucau deśe niṣedatuḥ

tamāsīnaṃ nṛpasutaṃ so 'bravīnmunisattamaḥ /
bahumānaviśālābhyāṃ darśanābhyāṃ pibanniva

viditaṃ me yathā saumya niṣkrānto bhavanādasi /
chittvā snehamayaṃ pāśaṃ pāśaṃ dṛpta iva dvipaḥ

sarvathā dhṛtimaccaiva prājñaṃ caiva manastava /
yastvaṃ prāptaḥ śriyaṃ tyaktvā latāṃ viṣaphalāmiva

nāścarya jīrṇavayaso yajjagmuḥ pārthivā vanam /
apatyebhyaḥ śriyaṃ dattvā bhuktocchiṣṭāmiva srajam

idaṃ me matamāścaryaṃ nave vayasi yadbhavān /
abhuktvaiva śriyaṃ prāptaḥ sthito viṣayagocare

tadvijñātumimaṃ dharma paramaṃ bhājanaṃ bhavān /
jñānaplamavadhiṣṭhāya śīghraṃ duḥkhārṇavaṃ tara

śiṣye yadyapi vijñāte śāstraṃ kālena varṇyate /
gāmbhīryādvyavasāyācca na parīkṣyo bhavānmama

iti vākyamarāḍasya vijñāya sa nararṣabhaḥ /
babhūva paramaprītaḥ provācottarameva ca

viraktasyāpi yadidaṃ saumukhyaṃ bhavataḥ param /
akṛtārtho 'pyanenāsmi kṛtārtha iva saṃprati

didṛkṣuriva hi jyotiryiyāsuriva daiśikam /
tvaddarśanamahaṃ manye titīrṣuriva ca plavam

tasmādarhasi tadvaktuṃ vaktavyaṃ yadi manyase /
jarāmaraṇarogebhyo yathāyaṃ parimucyate

ityarāḍaḥ kumārasya māhātmyādeva coditaḥ /
saṃkṣiptaṃ kathayāṃcakre svasya śāstrasya niścayam

śrūyatāmayamasmākaṃ siddhāntaḥ śṛṇvatāṃ vara /
yathā bhavati saṃsāro yathā caiva nivartate

prakṛtiśca vikāraśca janma mṛtyurjareva ca /
tattāvatsattvamituktaṃ sthirasattva parehi tat

tatra tu prakṛtiṃ nāma viddhiṃ prakṛtikovida /
pañca bhūtānyahaṃkāraṃ buddhimavyaktameva ca

vikāra iti budhyasva viṣayānindriyāṇi ca /
pāṇipādaṃ ca vādaṃ ca pāyūpasthaṃ tathā manaḥ

asya kṣetrasya vijñānātkṣetrajña iti saṃjñi ca /
kṣetrajña iti cātmānaṃ kathayantyātmacintakāḥ

saśiṣyaḥ kapilaśceha pratibuddha iti smṛtiḥ /
saputro 'pratibuddhastu prajāpatirihocyate

jāyate jīryate caiva bādhyate mriyate ca yat /
tadvyaktamiti vijñeyamavyaktaṃ tu viparyayāt

ajñānaṃ karma tṛṣṇā ca jñeyāḥ saṃsārahetavaḥ /
sthito 'smiṃstritaye jantustatsattvaṃ nātivartate

vipratyayādahaṃkārātsaṃdehādabhisaṃplavāt /
aviśeṣānupāyābhyāṃ saṅgādabhyavapātataḥ

tatra vipratyayo nāma viparītaṃ pravartate /
anyathā kurute kāryaṃ mantavyaṃ manyate 'nyathā

bravīmyahamahaṃ vedmi gacchāmyahamahaṃ sthitaḥ /
itīhaivamahaṃkārastvanahaṃkāra vartate

yastu bhāvānasaṃdigdhānekībhāvena paśyati /
mṛtpiṇḍavadasaṃdeha saṃdehaḥ sa ihocyate

ya evāhaṃ sa evedaṃ mano buddhiśca karma ca /
yaścaivaiṣa gaṇaḥ so 'hamiti yaḥ so 'bhisaṃplavaḥ

aviśeṣaṃ viśeṣajña pratibuddhāprabuddhayoḥ /
prakṛtīnāṃ ca yo veda so 'viśeṣa iti smṛtaḥ

namaskāravaṣaṭkārau prokṣaṇābhyukṣaṇādayaḥ /
anupāya iti prājñairupāyajña praveditaḥ

sajjate yena durmedhā manovāgbuddhikarmabhiḥ /
viṣayeṣvanabhiṣvaṅga so 'bhiṣvaṅga iti smṛtaḥ

mamedamahamasyeti yadduḥkhamabhimanyate /
vijñeyo 'bhyavapātaḥ sa saṃsāre yena pātyate

ityavidyāṃ hi vidvānsa pañcaparvā samīhate /
tamo mohaṃ mahāmohaṃ tāmisradvayameva ca

tatrālasyaṃ tamo viddhi mohaṃ mṛtyuṃ ca janma ca /
mahāmohastvasaṃmoha kāma ityeva gamyatām

yasmādatra ca bhūtāni pramuhyanti mahāntyapi /
tasmādeṣa mahābāho mahāmoha iti smṛtaḥ

tāmisramiti cākrodha krodhamevādhikurvate /
viṣādaṃ cāndhatāmisramaviṣāda pracakṣate

anayāvidyayā bālaḥ saṃyuktaḥ pañcaparvayā /
saṃsāre duḥkhabhūyiṣṭhe janmasvabhiniṣicyate

draṣṭā śrotā ca mantā ca kāryakaraṇameva ca /
ahamityevamāgamya saṃsāre parivartate

ihaibhirhetubhirdhīman janmastrotaḥ pravartate /
hetvabhāvātphalābhāva iti vijñātumarhasi

tatra samyaṅmatirvidyānmokṣakāma catuṣṭayam /
pratibuddhāprabuddhau ca vyaktamavyaktameva ca

yathāvadetadvijñāya kṣetrajño hi catuṣṭayam /
ājavaṃjavatāṃ hitvā prāpnoti padamakṣaram

ityartha brāhmaṇā loke paramabrahmavādinaḥ /
brahmacarya carantīha brāhmaṇānvāsayanti ca

iti vākyamidaṃ śrutvā munestasya nṛpātmajaḥ /
abhyupāyaṃ ca papraccha padameva ca naiṣṭhikam

brahmacaryamidaṃ caryaṃ yathā yāvacca yatra ca /
dharmasyāsya ca paryantaṃ bhavānvyākhyātumarhati

ityarāḍo yathāśāstraṃ vispaṣṭārtha samāsataḥ /
tamevānyena kalpena dharmamasmai vyabhāṣata

ayamādau gṛhānmuktvā bhaikṣākaṃ liṅgamāśritaḥ /
samudācāravistīrṇa śīlamādāya vartate

saṃtoṣaṃ paramāsthāya yena tena yatastataḥ /
viviktaṃ sevate vāsaṃ nirdvandvaḥ śāstravitkṛtī

tato rāgādbhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vairāgyācca paraṃ śivam /
nigṛhṇannindriyagrāmaṃ yatate manasaḥ śame

atho viviktaṃ kāmebhyo vyāpādādibhya eva ca /
vivekajamavāpnoti pūrvadhyānaṃ vitarkavat

tacca dhyānasukhaṃ prāpya tattadeva vitarkayān /
apūrvasukhalābhena hriyate bāliśo janaḥ

śamenaivaṃvidhenāyaṃ kāmadveṣavigarhiṇā /
brahmalokamavāpnoti paritoṣeṇa vañcitaḥ

jñātvā vidvānvitarkāstu manaḥsaṃkṣobhakārakān /
tadviyuktamavāpnoti dhyānaṃ prītisukhānvitam

hriyamāṇastayā prītyā yo viśeṣaṃ na paśyati /
sthānaṃ bhāsvaramāpnoti deveṣvābhāsvareṣu saḥ

yastu prītisukhāttasmādvivecayati mānasam /
tṛtīyaṃ labhate dhyānaṃ sukhaṃ prītivivarjitam

yastu tasminsukhe magno na viśeṣāya yatnavān /
śubhakṛtsnaiḥ sa sāmānyaṃ sukhaṃ prāpnoti daivataiḥ

tādṛśaṃ sukhāmāsādya yo na rajyatyupekṣakaḥ
caturtha dhyānamāpnoti sukhaduḥkhavivarjitam

tatra kecidvyavasyanti mokṣa ityabhimāninaḥ /
sukhaduḥkhaparityāgādavyāpārācca cetasaḥ

asya dhyānasya tu phalaṃ samaṃ devairbṛhatphalaiḥ /
kathayanti bṛhatkālaṃ bṛhatprajñāparīkṣakāḥ

samādhervyutthitastasmād dṛṣtvā doṣāṃścharīriṇām /
jñānamārohati prājñaḥ śarīravinivṛttaye

tatastaddhyānamutsṛjya viśeṣe kṛtaniścayaḥ /
kāmebhya iva sa prājño rūpādapi virajyate

śarīre khāni yānyasmintānyādau parikalpayan /
ghaneṣvapi tato dravyeṣvākāśamadhimucyate

ākāśagatamātmānaṃ saṃkṣipya tvaparo budhaḥ /
tadevānantataḥ paśyanviśeṣamadhigacchati

adhyātmakuśalastvanyo nivartyātmānamātmanā /
kiṃcinnāstīti saṃpaśyannākiṃcanya iti smṛtaḥ

tato muñjādiṣīkeva śakuniḥ pañjarādiva /
kṣetrajño niḥsṛto dehānmukta ityabhidhīyate

etattatparamaṃ brahma nirliṅga dhruvamakṣaram /
yanmokṣa iti tattvajñāḥ kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ

ityupāyaṃśca mokṣaśca mayā saṃdarśitastava /
yadi jñātaṃ yadi ruciryathāvatpratipadyatām

jaigīṣavyo 'tha janako vṛddhaścaiva parāśaraḥ /
imaṃ panthānamāsādya muktā hyanye ca mokṣiṇaḥ

iti tasya sa tadvākyaṃ gṛhītvā tu vicārya ca /
pūrvahetubalaprāptaḥ pratyuttaramuvāca ha

śrutaṃ jñānamidaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parataḥ parataḥ śivam /
kṣetrajñasyāparityāgādavaimyetadanaiṣṭhikam

vikāraprakṛtibhyo hi kṣetrajñaṃ muktamapyaham /
manye prasavadharmāṇaṃ bījadharmāṇameva ca

viśuddho yadyapi hyātmā nirmukta iti kalpyate /
bhūyaḥ pratyayasadbhāvādamuktaḥ sa bhaviṣyati

ṛtubhūmyambuvirahādyathā bījaṃ na rohati /
rohati pratyayaistaistaistadvatso 'pi mato mama

yatkarmājñānatṛṣṇānāṃ tyāgānmokṣaśca kalpyate /
atyantastatparityāgaḥ satyātmani na vidyate

hitvā hitvā trayamidaṃ viśeṣastūpalabhyate /
ātmanastu sthitiryatra tatra sūkṣmamidaṃ trayam

sūkṣmatvāccaiva doṣāṇāmavyāpārācca cetasaḥ /
dīrghatvādāyuṣaścaiva mokṣastu parikalpyate

ahaṃkāraparityāgo yaścaiṣa parikalpyate /
satyātmani parityāgo nāhaṃkārasya vidyate

saṃkhyādibhiramuktaśca nirguṇo na bhavatyayam /
tasmādasati nairguṇye nāsya mokṣo 'bhidhīyate

guṇino hi guṇānāṃ ca vyatireko na vidyate /
rūpoṣṇābhyāṃ virahito na hyagnirupalabhyate

prāgdehānna bhaveddehī prāgguṇebhyastathā guṇī /
tasmādādau vimuktaḥ san śarīrī badhyate punaḥ

kṣetrajño viśarīraśca jño vā syādajña eva vā /
yadi jño jñeyamasyāsti jñeye sati na mucyate

athājña iti siddho vaḥ kalpitena kimātmanā /
vināpi hyātmanājñānaṃ prasiddhaṃ kāṣṭhakuḍyavat

parataḥ paratastyāgo yasmāttu guṇavān smṛtaḥ /
tasmātsarvaparityāgānmanye kṛtsnāṃ kṛtārthatām

iti dharmamarāḍasya viditvā na tutoṣa saḥ /
akṛtsnamiti vijñāya tataḥ pratijagāma ha

viśeṣamatha śuśrūṣurudrakasyāśramaṃ yayau /
ātmagrāhācca tasyāpi jagṛhe na sa darśanam

saṃjñāsaṃjñitvayordoṣaṃ jñātvā hi munirudrakaḥ /
ākiṃcanyātparaṃ lebhe'saṃjñāsaṃjñātmikāṃ gatim

yasmāccālambane sūkṣme saṃjñāsaṃjñe tataḥ param /
nāsaṃjñī naiva saṃjñīti tasmāttatragataspṛhaḥ

yataśca buddhistatraiva sthitānyatrāpracāriṇī /
sūkṣmāpaṭvī tatastatra nāsaṃjñitvaṃ na saṃjñitā

yasmācca tadapi prāpya punarāvartate jagat /
bodhisattvaḥ paraṃ prepsustasmādudrakamatyajat

tato hitvāśramaṃ tasya śreyo 'rthī kṛtaniścayaḥ /
bheje gayasya rājarṣernagarīsaṃjñamāśramam

atha nairañjanātīre śucau śuciparākramaḥ /
cakāra vāsamekāntavihārābhiratirmuniḥ

āgatān tatra tatpūrvapañcendriyavaśoddhatān /
tapaḥpravṛttān vratino bhikṣūn pañca niraikṣata

te copatastthurdṛṣṭvātra bhikṣavastaṃ mumukṣavaḥ /
puṇyārjitadhanārogyamindriyārthā iveśvaram

saṃpūjyamānastaiḥ pravhairvinayādanuvartibhiḥ /
tadvaśasthāyibhiḥ śiṣyairlolairmana ivendriyaiḥ

mṛtyujanmāntakaraṇe syādupāyo 'yamityatha /
duṣkarāṇi samārebhe tapāṃsyanaśanena saḥ

upavāsavidhīnnaikān kurvannaradurācarān /
varṣāṇi ṣaṭ śamaprepsurakarotkārśyamātmanaḥ

annakāleṣu caikaikaiḥ sa kolatilataṇḍulaiḥ /
apārapārasaṃsārapāraṃ prepsurapārayat

dehādapacayastena tapasā tasya yaḥ kṛtaḥ /
sa evopacayo bhūyastejasāsya kṛto 'bhavat

kṛśo 'pyakṛśakīrtiśrīrlhādaṃ cakre 'nyacakṣuṣām /
kumudānāmiva śaracchuklapakṣādicandramāḥ

tvagasthiśeṣo niḥśeṣairmedaḥpiśitaśoṇitaiḥ /
kṣīṇo 'pyakṣīṇagāmbhīryaḥ samudra iva sa vyabhāt

atha kaṣṭatapaḥspaṣṭavyarthakliṣṭatanurmuniḥ /
bhavabhīrurimāṃ cakre buddhiṃ buddhatvakāṅkṣayā

nāyaṃ dharmo virāgāya na bodhāya na muktaye /
jambumūle mayā prāpto yastadā sa vidhirdhruvaḥ

na cāsau durbalenāptuṃ śakyamityāgatādaraḥ /
śarīrabalavṛddhyarthamidaṃ bhūyo 'nvacintayat

kṣutpipāsāśramaklāntaḥ śramādasvasthamānasaḥ /
prāpnuyānmanasāvāpyaṃ phalaṃ kathamanirvṛtaḥ

nirvṛtiḥ prāpyate samyak satatendriyatarpaṇāt /
saṃtarpitendriyatayā manaḥsvāsthyamavāpyate

svasthaprasannamanasaḥ samādhirupapadyate /
samādhiyuktacittasya dhyānayogaḥ pravartate

dhyānapravartanāddharmāḥ prāpyante yairavāpyate /
durlabhaṃ śāntamajaraṃ paraṃ tadamṛtaṃ padam

tasmādāhāramūlo 'yamupāya itiniścayaḥ /
āhārakaraṇe dhīraḥ kṛtvāmitamatirmatim

snāto nairañjanātīrāduttatāra śanaiḥ kṛśaḥ /
bhaktyāvanataśākhāgrairdattahastastaṭadrumaiḥ

atha gopādhipasutā daivatairabhicoditā /
udbhutahṛdayānandā tatra nandabalāgamat

sitaśaṅkhojjvalabhujā nīlakambalavāsinī /
saphenamālānīlāmburyamuneva saridvarā

sā śraddhāvardhitaprītirvikasallocanotpalā /
śirasā praṇipatyainaṃ grāhayāmāsa pāyasam

kṛtvā tadupabhogena prāptajanmaphalāṃ sa tām /
bodhiprāptau samartho 'bhūtsaṃtarpitaṣaḍindriyaḥ

paryāptāpyānamūrtiśca sārdha svayaśasā muniḥ /
kāntidhairye babhāraikaḥ śaśāṅkārṇavayordvayoḥ

āvṛtta iti vijñāya taṃ jahuḥ pañca bhikṣavaḥ /
manīṣiṇamivātmānaṃ nirmuktaṃ pañca dhātavaḥ

vyavasāyadvitīyo 'tha śādvalāstīrṇabhūtalam /
so 'śvatthamūlaṃ prayayau bodhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ

tatastadānīṃ gajarājavikramaḥ padasvanenānupamena bodhitaḥ /
mahāmunerāgatabodhiniścayo jagāda kālo bhujagottamaḥ stutim

yathā mune tvaccaraṇāvapīḍitā muhurmuhurniṣṭanatīva medinī /
yathā ca te rājati sūryavatprabhā dhrūvaṃ tvamiṣṭaṃ phalamadya bhokṣyase

yathā bhramantyo divi cāṣapaṅktayaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ tvāṃ kamalākṣa kurvate /
yathā ca saumyā divi vānti vāyavastvamadya buddho niyataṃ bhaviṣyasi

tato bhujaṅgapravareṇa saṃstutastṛṇānyupādāya śucīni lāvakāt /
kṛtapratijño niṣasāda bodhaye mahātarormūlamupāśritaḥ śuceḥ

tataḥ sa paryaṅkamakampyamuttamaṃ babandha suptoragabhogapiṇḍitam /
bhinadmi tāvadbhuvi naitadāsanaṃ na yāmi yāvatkutakṛtyatāmiti

tato yayurmadamatulāṃ divaukaso vavāśire na mṛgagaṇā na pakṣiṇaḥ /
na sasvanurvanataravo 'nilāhatāḥ kṛtāsane bhagavati niścitātmani