Buddhacarita (another edition) · Chapter 2

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CANTO II
ā janmano janmajarāntakasya tasyātmajasyātmajitaḥ sa rājā /
ahanyahanyarthagajāśvamitrairvṛddhiṃ yayau sindhurivāmbuvegaiḥ

dhanasya ratnasya ca tasya tasya kṛtākṛtasyaiva ca kāñcanasya /
tadā hi naikānsa nidhīnavāpa manorathasyāpyatibhārabhūtān

ye padmakalpairapi ca dvipendrairna maṇḍalaṃ śakyamihābhinetum /
madotkaṭā haimavatā gajāste vināpi yatnādupatasthurenam

nānāṅkacinhairnavahemabhāṇḍairvibhūṣitairlambasaṭaistathānyaiḥ /
saṃcukṣubhe cāsya puraṃ turaṅgairbalena maitryā ca dhanena cāptaiḥ

puṣṭāśca tuṣṭāśca tathāsya rājye sādhvyo 'rajaskā guṇavatpayaskāḥ /
udagravatsaiḥ sahitā babhūvurbavhyo bahukṣīraduhaśca gāvaḥ

madhyasthatāṃ tasya ripurjagāma madhyasthabhāvaḥ prayayau suhṛttvam /
viśeṣato dārḍhyamiyāya mitraṃ dvāvasya pakṣāvaparastu nāsa

tathāsya mandānilameghaśabdaḥ saudāminīkuṇḍalamaṇḍitābhraḥ /
vināśmavarṣāśanipātadoṣaiḥ kāle ca deśe pravavarṣa devaḥ

ruroha sasyaṃ phalavadyathartu tadākṛtenāpi kṛṣiśrameṇa /
tā eva cāsyauṣadhayo rasena sāreṇa caivābhyadhikā babhūvuḥ

śarīrasaṃdehakare 'pi kāle saṃgrāmasaṃmarda iva pravṛte /
svasthāḥ sukhaṃ caiva nirāmayaṃ ca prajajñire kālavaśena nāryaḥ

pṛthagvratibhyo vibhave 'pi garhye na prārthayanti sma narāḥ parebhyaḥ /
abhyarthitaḥ sūkṣmadhano 'pi cāryastadā na kaścidvimukho babhūva

nāgauravo bandhuṣu nāpyadātā naivāvrato nānṛtiko na hiṃsraḥ /
āsīttadā kaścana tasya rājye rājño yayāteriva nāhuṣasya

udyānadevāyatanāśramāṇāṃ kūpaprapāpuṣkariṇīvanānām /
cakruḥ kriyāstatra ca dharmakāmāḥ pratyakṣataḥ svargīmavopalabhya

muktaśca durbhikṣabhayāmayebhyo hṛṣṭo janaḥ svarga ivābhireme /
patnīṃ patirvā mahiṣī patiṃ vā parasparaṃ na vyabhiceratuśca

kaścitsiṣeve rataye na kāmaṃ kāmārthamarthaṃ na jugopa kaścit /
kaściddhanārthaṃ na cacāra dharma dharmāya kaścinna cakāra hiṃsām

steyādibhiścāpyaribhiśca naṣṭaṃ svasthaṃ svacakraṃ paracakramuktam /
kṣemaṃ subhikṣaṃ ca babhūva tasya purānaraṇyasya yathaiva rāṣṭre

tadā hi tajjanmani tasya rājño manorivādityasutasya rājye /
cacāra harṣaḥ praṇanāśa pāpmā jajvāla dharmaḥ kaluṣaḥ śaśāma

evaṃvidhā rājakulasya saṃpatsarvārthasiddhiśca yato babhūva /
tato nṛpastasya sutasya nāma sarvārthasiddhi 'yamiti pracakre

devī tu māyā vibudharṣikalpaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśālaṃ tanayaprabhāvam /
jātaṃ praharṣa na śaśāka soḍhuṃ tato nivāsāya divaṃ jagāma

tataḥ kumāraṃ suragarbhakalpaṃ snehena bhāvena ca nirviśeṣam /
mātṛṣvasā mātṛsamaprabhāvā saṃvardhayāmātmajavadbabhūva

tataḥ sa bālārka ivodayasthaḥ samīrito vanhirivānilena /
krameṇa samyagvavṛdhe kumārastārādhipaḥ pakṣa ivātamaske

tato mahārhāṇi ca candanāni ratnāvalīścauṣadhibhiḥ sagarbhāḥ /
mṛgaprayuktān rathakāṃśca haimānācakrire 'smai suhṛdālayebhyaḥ

vayo 'nurūpāṇi ca bhūṣaṇāni hiraṇmayān hastimṛgāśvakāṃśca /
rathāṃśca goputrakasaṃprayuktān putrīśca cāmīkararūpyacitrāḥ

evaṃ sa taistairviṣayopacārairvayo 'nurūpairupacaryamāṇaḥ /
bālo 'pyabālapratimo babhūva dhṛtyā ca śaucena dhiyā śriyā ca

vayaśca kaumāramatītya samyak saṃprāpya kāle pratipattikarma /
alpairahobhirbahuvarṣagāmyā jagrāha vidyāḥ svakulānurūpāḥ

naiḥśreyasaṃ tasya tu bhavyamarthaṃ śrutvā purastādasitānmaharṣeḥ /
kāmeṣu saṅgaṃ janayāṃbabhūva vanāni yāyāditi śākyarājaḥ

kulāttato 'smai sthiraśīlayuktātsādhvīṃ vapurhrīvinayopapannām /
yaśodharāṃ nāma yaśoviśālāṃ vāmābhidhānāṃ śriyamājuhāva

vidyotamāno vapuṣā pareṇa sanatkumārapratimaḥ kumāraḥ /
sārdha tayā śākyanarendravadhvā śacyā sahasrākṣa ivābhireme

kiṃcinmanaḥkṣobhakaraṃ pratīpaṃ kathaṃ na paśyediti so 'nucintya /
vāsaṃ nṛpo vyādiśati sma tasmai harmyodareṣveva na bhūpracāram

tataḥ śarattoyadapāṇḍareṣu bhūmau vimāneṣviva rañjiteṣu /
harmyeṣu sarvartusukhāśrayeṣu strīṇāmudārairvijahāra tūryaiḥ

kalairhi cāmīkarabaddhakakṣairnārīkarāgrābhihatairmṛdaṅgaiḥ /
varāpsaronṛtyasamaiśca nṛtyaiḥ kailāsavattadbhavanaṃ rarāja

vāgbhiḥ kalābhirlīlataiśca hāvairmadaiḥ sakhelairmadhuraiśca hāsaiḥ /
taṃ tatra nāryo ramayāṃbabhūvurbhūvañcitairardhīnarīkṣitaiśca

tataḥ sa kāmāśrayapaṇḍitābhiḥ strībhirgṛhīto ratikarkaśābhiḥ /
vimānapṛṣṭhānna mahīṃ jagāma vimānapṛṣṭhādiva puṇyakarmā

nṛpastu tasyaiva vivṛddhihetostadbhāvinārthena ca codyamānaḥ /
śame 'bhireme virarāma pāpādbheje damaṃ saṃvibabhāja sādhūn

nādhīravatkāmasukhe sasañje na saṃrarañje viṣamaṃ jananyām /
dhṛtyendriyāśvāṃścapalānvijigye bandhūṃśca paurāṃśca guṇairjigāya

nādhyaiṣṭa duḥkhāya parasya vidyāṃ jñānaṃ śivaṃ yattu tadadhyagīṣṭa /
svābhyaḥ prajābhyo hi yathā tathaiva sarvaprajābhyaḥ śivamāśaśaṃse

bhaṃ bhāsuraṃ cāṅgirasādhidevaṃ yathāvadānarca tadāyuṣe saḥ /
juhāva havyānyakṛśe kṛśānau dadau dvijebhyaḥ kṛśanaṃ ca gāśca

sasnau śarīraṃ pavituṃ manaśca tīrthāmbubhiścaiva guṇāmbubhiśca /
vedopadiṣṭaṃ samamātmajaṃ ca somaṃ papau śāntisukhaṃ ca hārdam

sāntvaṃ babhāṣe na ca nārthavadyajjajalpa tattvaṃ na ca vipriyaṃ yat /
sāntvaṃ hyatattvaṃ paruṣaṃ ca tattvaṃ hriyāśakannātmana eva vaktum

iṣṭeṣvaniṣṭeṣu ca kāryavatsu na rāgadoṣāśrayatāṃ prapede /
śivaṃ siṣeve vyavahāraśuddhaṃ yajñaṃ hi mene na tathā yathā tat

āśāvate cāhigatāya sadyo deyāmbubhistarṣamacecchidiṣṭa /
yuddhādṛte vṛttaparaśvadhena dviḍdarpamudvṛttamabebhidiṣṭa

ekaṃ vininye sa jugopa sapta saptaiva tatyāja rarakṣa pañca /
prāpa trivarga bubudhe trivarga jajñe dvivarga prajahau dvivargam

kṛtāgaso 'pi pratipādya vadhyānnājīghanannāpi ruṣā dadarśa /
babandha sāntvena phalena caitāṃstyāgo 'pi teṣāṃ hyanayāya dṛṣṭaḥ

ārṣāṇyacārītparamavratāni vairāṇyahāsīccirasaṃbhṛtāni /
yaśāṃsi cāpadguṇagandhavanti rajāṃsyahārṣīnmalinīkarāṇi

na cājihīrṣidvalimapravṛttaṃ na cācikīrṣitparavastvabhidhyām /
na cāvivakṣīd dviṣatāmadharma na cāvivākṣīddhṛdayena manyum

tasmiṃstathā bhūmipatau pravṛtte bhṛtyāśca paurāśca tathaiva ceruḥ /
śamātmake cetasi viprasanne prayuktayogasya yathendriyāṇi

kāle tataścārupayodharāyāṃ yaśodharāyāṃ svayaśodharāyām /
śauddhodane rāhusapatnavaktro jajñe suto rāhula eva nāmnā

atheṣṭaputraḥ paramapratītaḥ kulasya vṛddhiṃ prati bhūmipālaḥ /
yathaiva putraprasave nananda tathaiva pautraprasave nananda

putrasya me putragato mameva snehaḥ kathaṃ syāditi jātaharṣaḥ /
kāle sa taṃ taṃ vidhimālalambe putrapriyaḥ svargamivārurukṣan

sthitvā pathi prāthamakalpikānāṃ rājavarṣabhāṇāṃ yaśasānvitānām /
śuklānyamuktvāpi tapāṃsyatapta yajñaiśca hiṃsārahitairayaṣṭa

ajājvaliṣṭātha sa puṇyakarmā nṛpaśriyā caiva tapaḥśriyā ca /
kulena vṛttena dhiyā ca dīptastejaḥ sahasrāṃśurivotsisṛkṣuḥ

svāyaṃbhuvaṃ cārcikamarcayitvā jajāpa putrasthitaye sthitaśrīḥ /
cakāra karmāṇi ca duṣkarāṇi prajāḥ sisṛkṣuḥ ka ivādikāle

tatyāja śastraṃ vimamarśa śāstraṃ śamaṃ siṣeve niyamaṃ viṣehe /
vaśīva kaṃcidviṣayaṃ na bheje piteva sarvānviṣayāndadarśa

babhāra rājyaṃ sa hi putrahetoḥ putraṃ kulārthaṃ yaśase kulaṃ tu /
svargāya śabdaṃ divamātmahetordharmārthamātmasthitimācakāṅkṣa

evaṃ sa dharma vividhaṃ cakāra sidbhirnipātaṃ śrutitaśca siddham /
dṛṣṭvā kathaṃ putramukhaṃ suto me vanaṃ na yāyāditi nāthamānaḥ

rirakṣiṣantaḥ śriyamātmasaṃsthāṃ rakṣanti putrān bhuvi bhūmipālāḥ /
putraṃ narendraḥ sa tu dharmakāmo rarakṣa dharmādviṣayeṣu muñcan

vanamanupamasattvā bodhisattvāstu sarve viṣayasukharasajñā jagmurutpannaputrāḥ /
ata upacitakarmā rūḍhamūle 'pi hetau sa ratimupasiṣeve bodhimāpanna yāvat