Buddhacarita (another edition) · Chapter 6

iti buddhacarite mahākāvye 'bhiniṣkramaṇo nāma pañcamaḥ sargaḥ // 5 //
CANTO VI
tato muhūrtābhyudite jagaccakṣuṣi bhāskare /
bhārgavasyāśramapadaṃ sa dadarśa nṛṇāṃ varaḥ

suptaviśvastahariṇaṃ svasthasthitavihaṅgamam /
viśrānta iva yaddṛṣṭvā kṛtārtha iva cābhavat

sa vismayanivṛttyartha tapaḥpūjārthameva ca /
svāṃ cānuvartitā rakṣannaśvapṛṣṭhādavatārat

avatīrya ca pasparśa nistīrṇamiti vājinam /
chandakaṃ cāvravītprītaḥ snāpayanniva cakṣuṣā

imaṃ tārkṣyopamajavaṃ turaṅgamanugacchatā /
darśitā saumya madbhaktirvikramaścāyamātmanaḥ

sarvathāsmyanyakāryo 'pi gṛhīto bhavatā hṛdi /
bhartusnehaśca yasyāyamīdṛśaḥ śaktireva ca

asnigdho 'pi samartho 'sti niḥsāmarthyo 'pi bhaktimān /
bhaktimāṃścaiva śaktaśca durlabhastvadvidho bhuvi

tatprīto 'smi tavānena mahābhāgena karmaṇā /
yasya te mayi bhāvo 'yaṃ phalebhyo 'pi parāṅmukhaḥ

ko janasya phalasthasya na syādabhimukho janaḥ /
janībhavati bhūyiṣṭhaṃ svajano 'pi viparyaye

kulārtha dhāryate putraḥ poṣārtha sevyate pitā /
āśayācchilaṣyati jagannāsti niṣkāraṇā svatā

kimuktvā bahu saṃkṣepātkṛtaṃ me sumahatpriyam /
nivartasvāśvamādāya saṃprāpto 'smīpsitaṃ padam

ityuktvā sa mahābāhuranuśaṃsacikīrṣayā /
bhūṣaṇānyavamucyāsmai saṃtaptamanase dadau

mukuṭāddīpakarmāṇaṃ maṇīmādāya bhāsvaram /
bruvanvākyamidaṃ tasthau sāṃditya iva mandaraḥ

anena maṇinā chanda praṇamya bahuśo nṛpaḥ /
vijñāpyo 'muktaviśrambhaṃ saṃtāpavinivṛttaye

janmamaraṇanāśārtha praviṣṭo 'smi tapovanam /
na khalu svargatarṣeṇa nāsnehena na manyunā

tadevamabhiniṣkrāntaṃ na māṃ śocitumarhasi /
bhūtvāpi hi ciraṃ śleṣaḥ kālena na bhaviṣyati

dhruvo yasmācca viśleṣastasmānmokṣāya me matiḥ /
viprayogaḥ kathaṃ na syād bhūyo 'pi svajanāditi

śokatyāgāya niṣkrāntaṃ na māṃ śocitumarhasi /
śokahetuṣu kāmeṣu saktāḥ śocyāstu rāgiṇaḥ

ayaṃ ca kila pūrveṣāmasmākaṃ niścayaḥ sthiraḥ /
iti dāyādyabhūtena na śocyo 'smi pathā vrajan

bhavanti hyarthadāyādāḥ puruṣasya viparyaye /
pṛthivyāṃ dharmadāyādāḥ durlabhāstu na santi vā

yadapi syādasamaye yāto vanamasāviti /
akālo nāsti dharmasya jīvite cañcale sati

tasmādadyaiva me śreyaścetavyamiti niścayaḥ /
jīvite ko hi viśrambho mṛtyau pratyarthini sthite

evamādi tvayā saumya vijñāpyo vasudhādhipaḥ /
prayatethāstathā caiva yathā māṃ na smaredāpi

api nairguṇyamasmākaṃ vācyaṃ narapatau tvayā /
nairguṇyāttyajyate snehaḥ snehatyāgānna śocyate

iti vākyamidaṃ śrutvā chandaḥ saṃtāpaviklavaḥ /
bāṣpagrathitayā vācā pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ

anena ta va bhāvena bāndhavāyāsadāyinā /
bhartaḥ sīdati me ceto nadīpaṅka iva dvipaḥ

kasya notpādayedbāṣpaṃ niścayaste 'yamīdṛśaḥ /
ayomaye 'pi hṛdaye kiṃ punaḥ snehaviklave

vimānaśayanārhaṃ hi saukumāryamidaṃ kva ca /
kharadarbhāṅkuravatī tapovanamahī kva ca

śrutvā tu vyavasāyaṃ te yadaśvo 'yaṃ mayāhṛtaḥ /
balātkāreṇa tannātha daivenaivāsmi kāritaḥ

kathaṃ hyātmavaśo jānan vyavasāyamimaṃ tava /
upānayeyaṃ turagaṃ śokaṃ kapilavāstunaḥ

tannārhasi mahābāho vihātuṃ putralālasam /
snigdhaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca rājānaṃ saddharmamiva nāstikaḥ

saṃvardhanapariśrāntāṃ dvitīyāṃ tāṃ ca mātaram /
devīṃ nārhasi vismartu kṛtaghna iva satkriyām

bālaputrāṃ guṇavartī kulaślādhyāṃ pativratām /
devīmarhasi na tyaktuṃ klībaḥ prāptāmiva śriyam

putraṃ yāśodharaṃ ślādhyaṃ yaśodharmabhṛtāṃ varam /
bālamarhasi na tyaktuṃ vyasanīvottamaṃ yaśaḥ

atha bandhuṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tyaktumeva kṛtā matiḥ /
māṃ nārhasi vibho tyaktuṃ tvatpādau hi gatirmama

nāsmi yātuṃ puraṃ śakto dahyamānena cetasā /
tvāmaraṇye parityajya sumantra iva rāghavam

kiṃ hi vakṣyati māṃ rājā tvadṛte nagaraṃ gatam /
vakṣyāmyucitadarśitvātkiṃ tavāntaḥpurāṇi vā

yadapyātthāpi nairguṇyaṃ vācyaṃ narapatāviti /
kiṃ tadvakṣyāmyabhūtaṃ te nirdoṣasya muneriva

hṛdayena salajjena jivhayā sajjamānayā /
ahaṃ yadapi vā brūyāṃ kastacchraddhātumarhati

yo hi candramasastaikṣṇyaṃ kathayecchraddadhīta vā /
sa doṣāṃstava doṣajña kathayecchraddadhīta vā

sānukrośasya satataṃ nityaṃ karuṇavedinaḥ /
snigdhatyāgo na sadṛśo nivartasva prasīda me

iti śokābhibhūtasya śrutvā chandasya bhāṣitam /
svasthaḥ paramayā dhṛtyā jagāda vadatāṃ varaḥ

madviyogaṃ prati cchanda saṃtāpastyajyatāmayam /
nānābhāvo hi niyataṃ pṛthagjātiṣu dehiṣu

svajanaṃ yadyapi snehānna tyajeyamahaṃ svayam /
mṛtyuranyonyamavaśānasmān saṃtyājayiṣyati

mahatyā tṛṣṇayā duḥkhairgarbheṇāsmi yayā dhṛtaḥ /
tasyā niṣphalayatnāyāḥ kvāhaṃ mātuḥ kva sā mama

vāsavṛkṣe samāgamya vigacchanti yathāṇḍajāḥ /
niyataṃ viprayogāntastathā bhūtasamāgamaḥ

sametya ca yathā bhūyo vyapayānti balāhakāḥ /
saṃyogo viprayogaśca tathā me prāṇināṃ mataḥ

yasmādyāti ca loko 'yaṃ vipralabhya paraṃparam /
mamattvaṃ na kṣamaṃ tasmātsvapnabhūte samāgame

sahajena viyujyante parṇarāgeṇa pādapāḥ /
anyenānyasya viśleṣaḥ kiṃ punarna bhaviṣyati

tadevaṃ sati saṃtāpaṃ mā kārṣī saumya gamyatām /
lambate yadi tu sneho gatvāpi punarāvraja

brūyāścāsmatkṛtāpekṣaṃ janaṃ kapilavāstuni /
tyajyatāṃ tagdataḥ snehaḥ śrūyatāṃ cāsya niścayaḥ

kṣiprameṣyati vā kṛtvā janmamṛtyukṣayaṃ kila /
akṛtārtho nirārambho nidhanaṃ yāsyatīti vā

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kanthakasturagottamaḥ /
jivhayā lilihe pādau bāṣpamuṣṇaṃ mumoca ca

jālinā svastikāṅkena cakramadhyena pāṇinā /
āmamarśa kumārastaṃ babhāṣe ca vayasyavat

muñca kanthaka mā bāṣpaṃ darśiteyaṃ sadaśvatā /
mṛṣyatāṃ saphalaḥ śīghraṃ śramaste 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati

maṇitsaruṃ chandakahastasaṃsthaṃ tataḥ sa dhīro niśitaṃ gṛhītvā
kośādasiṃ kañcanabhakticitraṃ bilādivaśīviṣamudbabarha

niṣkāsya taṃ cotpalapattranīlaṃ ciccheda citraṃ mukuṭaṃ sakeśam /
vikīryamāṇāṃśukamantarīkṣe cikṣepa cainaṃ sarasīva haṃsam

pūjābhilāṣeṇa ca bāhumānyāddivaukasastaṃ jagṛhuḥ praviddham /
yathāvadenaṃ divi devasaṅghā divyairviśeṣairmahayāṃ ca cakruḥ

muktvā tvalaṃkārakalatravattāṃ śrīvipravāsaṃ śirasaśca kṛtvā /
dṛṣṭvāṃśukaṃ kāñcanahaṃsacinhaṃ vanyaṃ sa dhīro 'bhicakāṅkṣa vāsaḥ

tato mṛgavyādhanapurdivaukā bhāvaṃ viditvāsya viśuddhabhāvaḥ /
kāṣāyavastro 'bhiyayau samīpaṃ taṃ śākyarājaprabhavo 'bhyuvāca

śivaṃ ca kāṣāyamṛṣidhvajaste na yujyate hiṃsramidaṃ dhanuśca /
tatsaumya yadyasti na saktiratra mahyaṃ prayacchedamidaṃ gṛhāṇa

vyādho 'bravītkāmada kāmamārādanena viśvāsya mṛgāgnihanmi /
arthastu śakropama yadyanena hanta pratīcchānaya śuklametat

pareṇa harṣeṇa tataḥ sa vanyaṃ jagrāha vāso 'śukamutsasarja /
vyādhastu divyaṃ vapureva bibhrattacchuklamādāya divaṃ jagāma

tataḥ kumāraśca sa cāśvagopastasmiṃstathā yāti visismiyāte /
āraṇyake vāsasi caiva bhūyastasminnakārṣṭā bahumānamāśu

chandaṃ tataḥ sāśrumukhaṃ visṛjya kāṣāyasaṃbhṛddhṛtikīrtibhṛtsaḥ /
yenāśramastena yayau mahātmā saṃdhyābhrasaṃvīta ivoḍurājaḥ

tatastathā bhartari rājyaniḥspṛhe tapovanaṃ yāti vivarṇavāsasi /
bhujau samutkṣipya tataḥ sa vājibhṛd bhṛśaṃ vicukrośa papāta ca kṣitau

vilokya bhūyaśca ruroda sasvaraṃ hayaṃ bhujābhyāmupaguhya kanthakam /
tato nirāśo vilapananmuhurmuhuryayau śarīreṇa puraṃ na cetasā

kvacitpradadhyau vilalāpa ca kvacit kvacitpracaskhāla papāta ca kvacit /
ato vrajan bhaktivaśena duḥkhitaścacāra bavhīravaśaḥ pathi kriyāḥ