Buddhacarita (another edition) · Chapter 5

iti buddhacarite mahākāvye strīvighātano nāma caturthaḥ sargaḥ // 4 //
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sa tathā viṣayairvilobhyamānaḥ paramārhairapi śākyarājasūnuḥ /
na jagāma dhṛtiṃ na śarma lebhe hṛdaye siṃha ivātidigdhaviddhaḥ

atha mantisutaiḥ kṣamaiḥ kadācitsakhibhiścitrakathaiḥ kṛtānuyātraḥ /
vanabhūmididṛkṣayā śamepsurnaradevānumato bahiḥ pratasthe

navarukmakhalīnakiṅkiṇīkaṃ pracalaccāramaracāruhemabhāṇḍam /
abhiruhya sa kanthakaṃ sadaśvaṃ prayayau ketumiva drumābjaketuḥ

sa vikṛṣṭatarāṃ vanāntabhūmiṃ vanalobhācca yayau mahīguṇācca /
salilormivikārasīramārgāṃ vasudhāṃ caiva dadarśa kṛṣyamāṇām

halabhinnavikīrṇaśaṣpadarbhā hatasūkṣmakrimikīṭajantukīrṇām /
samavekṣya rasāṃ tathāvidhāṃ tāṃ svajanasyeva vadhe bhṛśaṃ śuśoca

kṛṣataḥ puruṣāṃśca vīkṣamāṇaḥ pavanārkāśurajovibhinnavarṇān /
vahanaklamaviklavāṃśca dhuryān paramāryaḥ paramāṃ kṛpāṃ cakāra

avatīrya tatasturaṅgapṛṣṭhācchanakairgā vyacaracchucā parītaḥ /
jagato jananavyayaṃ vicinvan kṛpaṇaṃ khalvidamityuvāca cārtaḥ

manasā ca viviktatāmabhīpsuḥ suhṛdastānanuyāyino nivārya /
abhitaścalacāruparṇavatyā vijane mūlamupeyivān sa jambvāḥ

niṣasāda sa yatra śaucavatyāṃ bhuvi vaidūryanikāśaśādvalāyām /
jagataḥ prabhavavyayau vicinvanmanasaśca sthitimārgamālalambe

samavāptamanaḥsthitiśca sadyo viṣayecchādibhirādhibhiśca muktaḥ /
savitarkavicāramāpa śāntaṃ prathamaṃ dhyānamanāsravaprakāram

adhigamya tato vivekajaṃ tu paramaprītisukhaṃ manaḥsamādhim /
idameva tataḥ paraṃ pradadhyau manasā lokagatiṃ niśāmya samyak

kṛpaṇaṃ bata yajjanaḥ svayaṃ sannavaśo vyādhijarāvināśadharmā /
jarayārditamāturaṃ mṛtaṃ vā paramajño vijugupsate madāndhaḥ

iha cedahamīdṛśaḥ svayaṃ sanvijugupseya paraṃ tathāsvabhāvam /
na bhavetsadṛśaṃ hi tatkṣamaṃ vā paramaṃ dharmamimaṃ vijānato me

iti tasya vipaśyato yathāvajjagato vyādhijarāvipattidoṣān /
balayauvanajīvitapravṛtto vijagāmātmagato madaḥ kṣaṇena

na jaharṣa na cāpi cānutepe vicikitsāṃ na yayau na tandrinidre /
na ca kāmaguṇeṣu saṃrarañje na vididveṣa paraṃ na cāvamene

iti buddhiriyaṃ ca nīrajaskā vavṛdhe tasya mahātmano viśuddhā /
puruṣairaparairadṛśyamānaḥ puruṣaścopasasarpa bhikṣuveṣaḥ

naradevasutastamabhyapṛcchadvada ko 'sīti śaśaṃsa so 'tha tasmai /
narapuṃgava janmamṛtyubhītaḥ śramaṇaḥ pravrajito 'smi mokṣahetoḥ

jagati kṣayadharmake mumukṣarmṛgaye 'haṃ śivamakṣayaṃ padaṃ tat /
svajane 'nyajane ca tulyabuddhirviṣayebhyo vinivṛttarāgadoṣaḥ

nivasan kvacideva vṛkṣamūle vijane vāyatane girau vane vā /
vicarāmyaparigraho nirāśaḥ paramārthāya yathopapannabhaikṣaḥ

iti paśyata eva rājasūnoridamuktvā sa nabhaḥ samutpapāta /
sa hi tadvapuranyabuddhadarśī smṛtaye tasya sameyivāndivaukāḥ

gaganaṃ khagavadgate ca tasminṛvaraḥ saṃjahṛṣe visismiye ca /
upalabhya tataśca dharmasaṃjñāmabhiniryāṇavidhau matiṃ cakāra

tata indrasamo jitendriyāśvaḥ pravivikṣuḥ puramaśvamāruroha /
parivārajanaṃ tvavekṣamāṇastata evābhimataṃ vanaṃ na bheje

sa jarāmaraṇakṣayaṃ cikīrṣurvanavāsāya matiṃ smṛtau nidhāya /
praviveśa punaḥ puraṃ na kāmādvanabhūmeriva maṇḍalaṃ dvipendraḥ

sukhitā bata nirvṛtā ca sā strī patirīdṛkṣa ihāyatākṣa yasyāḥ /
iti taṃ samudīkṣya rājakanyā praviśantaṃ pathi sāñjalirjagāda

atha ghoṣamimaṃ mahābhraghoṣaḥ pariśuśrāva śamaṃ paraṃ ca lebhe /
śrutavānsa hi nirvṛteti śabdaṃ parinirvāṇavidhau matiṃ cakāra

atha kāñcanaśailaśṛṅgavarṣmā gajamegharṣabhabāhunisvanākṣaḥ /
kṣayamakṣayadharmajātarāgaḥ śaśisiṃhānanavikramaḥ prapede

mṛgarājagatistato 'bhyagacchannṛpatiṃ mantrigaṇairupāsyamānam /
samitau marutāmiva jvalantaṃ maghavantaṃ tridive sanatkumāraḥ

praṇipatya ca sāñjalirbabhāṣe diśa mahyaṃ naradeva sādhvanujñām /
parivivrajiṣāmi mokṣahetorniyato hyasya janasya viprayogaḥ

iti tasya vaco niśamya rājā kariṇevābhihato drumaścacāla /
kamalapratime 'ñjalau gṛhītvā vacanaṃ cedamuvāca bāṣpakaṇṭhaḥ

pratisaṃhara tāt buddhimetāṃ na hi kālastava dharmasaṃśrayasya /
vayasi prathame matau calāyāṃ bahudoṣāṃ hi vadanti dharmacaryām

viṣayeṣu kutūhalendriyasya vratakhedeṣvasamarthīniścayasya /
taruṇasya manaścalatyaraṇyādanabhijñaśca viśeṣato viveke

mama tu priyadharma dharmakālastvayi lakṣmīmavasṛjya lakṣmabhūte /
sthiravikrama vikrameṇa dharmastava hitvā tu guruṃ bhavedadharmaḥ

tadimaṃ vyavasāyamutsṛja tvaṃ bhava tāvannirato gṛhasthadharme /
puruṣasya vayaḥsukhāni bhuktvā ramaṇīyo hi tapovanapraveśaḥ

iti vākyamidaṃ niśamya rājñaḥ kalaviṅkasvara uttaraṃ babhāṣe /
yadi me pratibhūtaścaturṣu rājan bhavasi tvaṃ na tapovanaṃ śrayiṣye

na bhavenmaraṇāya jīvitaṃ me viharetsvāsthyamidaṃ ca me na rogaḥ /
na ca yauvanamākṣipejjarā me na ca saṃpattimimāṃ haredvipattiḥ

iti durlabhamarthamūcivāṃsaṃ tanayaṃ vākyamuvāca śākyarājaḥ /
tyaja buddhimimāmatipravṛttāmavahāsyo 'timanoratho 'kramaśca

atha merugururguruṃ babhāṣe yadi nāsti krama eṣa nāsmi vāryaḥ /
śaraṇājjvalanena dahyamānānna hi niścikramiṣuḥ kṣamaṃ grahītum

jagataśca yadā dhruvo viyogo nanu dharmāya varaṃ svayaviyogaḥ /
avaśaṃ nanu viprayojayenmāmakṛtasvārthamatṛptameva mṛtyuḥ

iti bhūmipatirniśamya tasya vyavasāyaṃ tanayasya nirmumukṣoḥ /
abhidhāya na yāsyatīti bhūyo vidadhe rakṣaṇamuttamāṃśca kāmān

sacivaistu nidarśito yathāvad bahumānātpraṇayācca śāstrapūrvam /
guruṇā ca nivārito 'śrupātaiḥ praviveśāvasathaṃ tataḥ sa śocan

calakuṇḍalacumbitānanābhirghananiśvāsavikampitastanībhiḥ /
vanitābhiradhīralocanābhimṛrgaśāvābhirivābhyudīkṣyamāṇaḥ

sa hi kāñcanaparvatāvadāto hṛdayenmādakaro varāṅganānām /
śravaṇāṅgavilocanātmabhāvānvacanasparśavapurguṇairjahāra

vigate divase tato vimānaṃ vapuṣā sūrya iva pradīpyamānaḥ /
timiraṃ vijighāṃsurātmabhāsā ravirudyanniva merumāruroha

kanakojjvaladīptadīpavṛkṣaṃ varakālāgurudhūpapūrṇagarbham /
adhiruhya sa vajrabhakticitraṃ pravaraṃ kāñcanamāsanaṃ siṣeve

tata uttamamuttamāṅganāstaṃ niśi tūryairupatasthurindrakalpam /
himavacchirasīva candragaure draviṇendrātmajamapsarogaṇaughāḥ

paramairapi divyatūryakalpaiḥ sa tu tairnaiva ratiṃ yayau na harṣam /
paramārthasukhāya tasya sādhorabhiniścikramiṣā yato na reme

atha tatra suraistapovariṣṭhairakaniṣṭhairvyavasāyamasya buddhvā /
yugapatpramadājanasya nidrā vihitāsīdvikṛtāśca gātraceṣṭāḥ

abhavacchayitā hi tatra kācidviniveśya pracale kare kapolam /
dayitāmapi rukmapattracitrāṃ kupitevāṅkagatāṃ vihāya vīṇām

vibabhau karalagnaveṇuranyā stanavisrastasitāṃśukā śayānā /
ṛjuṣaṭpadapaṅktijuṣṭapadmā jalaphenaprahasattaṭā nadīva

navapuṣkaragarbhakomalābhyāṃ tapanīyojjvalasaṃgatāṅgadābhyām /
svapiti sma tathāparā bhujābhyāṃ parirabhya priyavanmṛdaṅgameva

navahāṭakabhūṣaṇāstathānyā vasanaṃ pītamanuttamaṃ vasānāḥ /
avaśā ghananidrayā nipeturgajabhagnā iva karṇikāraśākhāḥ

avalambya gavākṣapārśvamanyā śayitā cāpavibhugnagātrayaṣṭiḥ /
virarāja vilambicāruhārā racitā toraṇāśālabhañjikeva

maṇikuṇḍaladaṣṭapattralekhaṃ mukhapadmaṃ vinataṃ tathāparasyāḥ /
śatapattramivārdhavakranāḍaṃ sthitakāraṇḍavaghaṭṭitaṃ cakāśe

aparāḥ śayitā yathopaviṣṭāḥ stanabhārairavanamyamānagātrāḥ /
upaguhya parasparaṃ virejurbhujapāśaistapanīyaparihāryaiḥ

mahatī parivādinī ca kācidvanitāliṅgya sakhīmiva prasuptā /
vijughūrṇa calatsuvarṇasūtrā vadanenākulakarṇikojjvalena

paṇavaṃ yuvatirbhujāṃsadeśādavavisraṃsitacārūpāśamanyā /
savilāsaratāntatāntamūrvorvivare kāntamivābhinīya śiśye

aparā babhūvurnimīlitākṣyo vipulākṣyo 'pi śubhabhruvo 'pi satyaḥ /
pratisaṃkucitāravindakośāḥ savitaryastamite yathā nalinyaḥ

śithilākulamūrdhajā tathānyā jaghanasrastavibhūṣaṇāṃśukāntā /
aśayiṣṭa vikīrṇakaṇṭhasūtrā gajabhagnā pratiyātanāṅganeva

aparāstvavaśā hriyā viyuktā dhṛtimatyo 'pi vapurguṇairupetāḥ /
viniśaśvasurulbaṇaṃ śayānā vikṛtāḥ kṣiptabhūjā jajṛmbhire ca

vyapaviddhavibhūṣaṇasrajo 'nyā visṛtāgranthanavāsaso visaṃjñāḥ /
animīlitaśuklaniścalākṣyo na virejuḥ śayitā gatāsukalpāḥ

vivṛtāsyapuṭā vivṛddhagātrī prapatadvaktrajalā prakāśaguhyā /
aparā madaghūrṇiteva śiśye na babhāse vikṛtaṃ vapuḥ pupoṣa

iti sattvakulānvayānurūpaṃ vividhaṃ sa pramadājanaḥ śayānaḥ /
sarasaḥ sadṛśaṃ babhāra rūpaṃ pavanāvarjitarugnapuṣkarasya

samavekṣya tathā tathā śayānā vikṛtāstā yuvatīradhīraceṣṭāḥ /
guṇavadvapuṣo 'pi valgubhāṣā nṛpasūnuḥ sa vigarhayāṃbabhūva

aśucirvikṛtaśca jīvaloke vanitānāmayamīdṛśaḥ svabhāvaḥ /
vasanābharaṇaistu vañcyamānaḥ puruṣaḥ strīviṣayeṣu rāgameti

vimṛśedyadi yoṣitāṃ manuṣyaḥ prakṛtiṃ svapnavikāramīdṛśaṃ ca /
dhruvamatra na vardhayetpramādaṃ guṇasaṃkalpahatastu rāgameti

iti tasya tadantaraṃ viditvā niśi niścikramiṣā samudbabhūva /
avagamya manastato 'sya devairbhavanadvāramapāvṛtaṃ babhūva

atha so 'vatatāra harmyapṛṣṭhādyuvatīstāḥ śayitā vigarhamāṇaḥ /
avatīrya tataśca nirviśaṅko gṛhakakṣyāṃ prathamāṃ vinirjagāma

turagāvacaraṃ sa bodhayitvā javinaṃ chandakamitthamityuvāca /
hayamānaya kanthakaṃ tvarāvānamṛtaṃ prāptumito 'dya me yiyāsā

hṛdi yā mama tuṣṭiradya jātā vyavasāyaśca yathā matau niviṣṭaḥ /
vijane 'pi ca nāthavānivāsmi dhruvamartho 'bhimukhaḥ sameta iṣṭaḥ

hriyameva ca saṃnatiṃ ca hitvā śayitā matpramukhe yathā yuvatyaḥ /
vivṛte ca yathā svayaṃ kapāṭe niyataṃ yātumato mamādya kālaḥ

pratigṛhya tataḥ sa bharturājñāṃ viditārtho 'pi narendraśāsanasya /
manasīva pareṇa codyamānasturagasyānayane matiṃ cakāra

atha hemakhalīnapūrṇavaktraṃ laghuśayyāstaraṇopagūḍhapṛṣṭham /
balasattvajavānvayopapannaṃ sa varāśvaṃ tamupānināya bhartre

pratatrikapucchamūlapārṣṇi nibhṛtahṛsvatanūjapucchakarṇam /
vinatonnatapṛṣṭhakukṣipārśva vipulaprothalalāṭakaṭyuraskam

upaguhya sa taṃ viśālavakṣāḥ kamalābhena ca sāntvayan kareṇa /
madhurākṣarayā girā śaśāsa dhvajinīmadhyamiva praveṣṭukāmaḥ

bahuśaḥ kila śatravo nirastāḥ samare tvāmadhiruhya pārthivena /
ahamapyamṛtaṃ padaṃ yathāvatturagaśreṣṭha labheya tatkuruṣva

sulabhāḥ khalu saṃyuge sahāyā viṣayāvāptasukhe dhanārjane vā /
puruṣasya tu durlabhāḥ sahāyāḥ patitasyāpadi dharmasaṃśraye vā

iha caiva bhavanti ye sahāyāḥ kaluṣe karmaṇi dharmasaṃśraye vā /
avagacchati me yathāntarātmā niyataṃ te 'pi janāstadaṃśabhājaḥ

tadidaṃ parigamya dharmayuktaṃ mama niryāṇamito jagaddhitāya /
turagottama vegavikramābhyāṃ prayatasvātmahite jagaddhite ca

iti suhṛdamivānuśiṣya kṛtye turagavaraṃ nṛvaro vanaṃ yiyāsuḥ /
sitamasitagatidyutirvapuṣmān raviriva śāradamabhramāruroha

atha sa pariharanniśīthacaṇḍaṃ parijanabodhakaraṃ dhvanīṃ sadaśvaḥ /
vigatahanuravaḥ praśāntaheṣaścakitavimuktapadakramo jagāma

kanakavalayabhūṣitaprakoṣṭhaiḥ kamalanibhaiḥ kamalāniva pravidhya /
avanatatanavastato 'sya yakṣāścakitagatairdīdhare khurān karāgraiḥ

guruparighakapāṭasaṃvṛtā yā na sukhamapi dviradairapāvriyante /
vrajati nṛpasute gatasvanāstāḥ svayamabhavanvivṛtāḥ puraḥ pratolyaḥ

pitaramabhimukhaṃ sutaṃ ca bālaṃ janamanuraktamanuttamāṃ ca lakṣmīm /
kṛtamatirapahāya nirvyapekṣaḥ pitṛnagarātsa tato vinirjagāma

atha sa vimalapaṅkajāyatākṣaḥ puramavalokya nanāda siṃhanādam /
jananamaraṇayoradṛṣṭapāro na puramahaṃ kapilāvhayaṃ praveṣṭā

iti vacanamidaṃ niśamya tasya draviṇapateḥ pariṣadgaṇā nananduḥ /
pramuditamanasaśca devasaṅghā vyavasitapāraṇamāśaśaṃsire 'smai

hutavahavapuṣoḥ divaukaso 'nye vyavasitamasya suduṣkaraṃ viditvā /
akṛṣata tuhine pathi prakāśaṃ ghanavivaraprasṛtā ivendupādāḥ

harituragaturaṅgavatturaṅgaḥ sa tu vicaranmanasīva codyamānaḥ /
aruṇaparuṣatāramantarikṣaṃ sa ca subahūni jagāma yojanāni