Buddhacarita (another edition) · Chapter 7

iti buddhacarite mahākāvye chandakanivartano nāma ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ // 6 //
CANTO VII
tato visṛjyāśrumukhaṃ rudantaṃ chandaṃ vanacchandatayā nirāsthaḥ /
sarvārthasiddho vapuṣābhibhūya tamāśramaṃ siddha iva prapede

sa rājasūnurmṛgarājagāmī mṛgājiraṃ tanmṛgavatpraviṣṭaḥ /
lakṣmīviyukto 'pi śarīralakṣmyā cakṣūṃṣi sarvāśramiṇāṃ jahāra

sthitā hi hastasthayugāstathaiva kautūhalāccakradharāḥ sadārāḥ /
tamindrakalpaṃ dadṛśurna jagmurdhuryā ivārdhāvanataiḥ śirobhiḥ

viprāśca gatvā bahiridhmahetoḥ prāptāḥ samitpuṣpavitrahastāḥ /
tapaḥpradhānāḥ kṛtabuddhayo 'pi taṃ draṣṭumīyurna maṭhānabhīyuḥ

hṛṣṭāśca kekā mumucurmayūrā dṛṣṭvāmbudaṃ nīlamivonnamantaḥ /
śaṣpāṇi hitvābhimukhāśca tasthurmṛgāścalākṣā mṛgacāriṇaśca

dṛṣṭvā tamikṣvākukulapradīpaṃ jvalantamudyantamivāṃśumantam /
kṛte 'pi dohe janitapramodāḥ prasusruvurhomaduhaśca gāvaḥ

kaścidvasūnāmayamaṣṭamaḥ syātsyādāviśvanoranyataraścyuto vā /
ucceruruccairiti tatra vācastaddarśanādvismayajā munīnām

lekharṣabhasyeva vapurdvitīyaṃ dhāmeva lokasya carācarasya /
sa dyotayāmāsa vanaṃ hi kṛtsnaṃ yadṛcchayā sūrya ivāvatīrṇaḥ

tataḥ sa tairāśramibhiryathāvadabhyarcitaścopanimantritaśca /
pratyarcayāṃ dharmabhṛto babhūva svareṇa sāmbho 'mbudharopamena

kīrṇaṃ tathā puṇyakṛtā janena svargābhikāmena vimokṣakāmaḥ /
tamāśramaṃ so 'nucacāra dhirastapāṃsi citrāṇi nirīkṣamāṇaḥ

tapovikārāṃśca nirīkṣya saumyastapovane tatra tapodhanānām /
tapasvinaṃ kaṃcidanuvrajantaṃ tattvaṃ vijijñāsuridaṃ babhāṣe

tatpūrvamadyāśramadarśanaṃ me yāsmādimaṃ dharmavidhiṃ na jāne /
tasmādbhavānarhati bhāṣituṃ me yo niścayo yatprati vaḥ pravṛttaḥ

tato dvijātiḥ sa tapovihāraḥ śākyarṣabhāyarṣabhavikramāya /
krameṇa tasmai kathayāṃcakāra tapoviśeṣāṃstapasaḥ phalaṃ ca

agrāmyamannaṃ salile prarūḍhaṃ parṇīna toyaṃ phalamūlameva /
yathāgamaṃ vṛttiriyaṃ munīnāṃ bhinnāstu te te tapasāṃ vikalpāḥ

uñchena jīvanti khagā ivānye tṛṇāni kecinmṛgavaccaranti /
kecidbhujaṅgaiḥ saha vartayanti valmīkabhūtā vanamārutena

āśmaprayatnārjitavṛttayo 'nye kecitsvadantāpahatānnabhakṣāḥ /
kṛtvā parārtha śrapaṇaṃ tathānye kurvanti kāryaṃ yadi śeṣamasti

kecijjalaklinnajaṭākalāpā dviḥ pāvakaṃ juvhati mantrapūrvam /
mīnaiḥ samaṃ kecidapo vigāhya vasanti kūrmollikhitaiḥ śarīraiḥ

evaṃvidhaiḥ kālacitaistapobhiḥ parairdivaṃ yāntyaparairnṛlokam /
duḥkhena mārgeṇa sukhaṃ hyupaiti sukhaṃ hi dharmasya vadanti mūlam

ityevamādi dvipadendravatsaḥ śrutvā vacastasya tapodhanasya /
adṛṣṭatattvo 'pi na saṃtutoṣa / śanairidaṃ cātmagataṃ babhāṣe

duḥkhātmakaṃ naikavidhaṃ tapaśca svargapradhānaṃ tapasaḥ phalaṃ ca /
lokāśca sarve pariṇāmavantaḥ svalpe śramaḥ khalvayamāśramāṇām

priyāṃśca bandhūnviṣayāṃśca hitvā ye svargahetorniyamaṃ caranti /
te viprayuktāḥ khalu gantukāmā mahattaraṃ bandhanameva bhūyaḥ

kāyaklamairyaśca tapo 'bhidhānaiḥ pravṛttimakāṅkṣati kāmahetoḥ /
saṃsāradoṣānaparīkṣamāṇo duḥkhena so 'nvicchati duḥkhameva

trāsaśca nityaṃ maraṇātprajānāṃ yatnena cecchanti punaḥprasūtim /
satyāṃ pravṛttau niyataśca mṛtyustatraiva magnā yata eva bhītāḥ

ihārthameke praviśanti khedaṃ svargārthamanye śramamāpnuvanti /
sukhārthamāśākṛpaṇo 'kṛtārthaḥ patatyanarthe khalu jīvalokaḥ

na khalvayaṃ garhita eva yatno yo hīnamṛtsṛjya viśeṣagāmi /
prājñaiḥ samānena pariśrameṇa kāryaṃ tu tadyatra punarna kāryam

śarīrapīḍā tu yadīha dharmaḥ sukhaṃ śarīrasya bhavatyadharmaḥ /
dharmeṇa cāpnoti sukhaṃ paratra tasmādadharma phalatīha dharmaḥ

yataḥ śarīraṃ manaso vaśena pravartate cāpi nivartate ca /
yukto damaścetasa eva tasmāccittādṛte kāṣṭhasamaṃ śarīram

āhāraśuddhyā yadi puṇyamiṣṭaṃ tasmānmṛgānāmapi puṇyamasti /
ye cāpi bāhyāḥ puruṣāḥ phalebhyo bhāgyāparādhena parāṅmukhārthāḥ

duḥkhe 'bhisaṃdhistvatha puṇyahetuḥ sukhe 'pi kāryo nanu so 'bhisaṃdhiḥ /
atha pramāṇaṃ na sukhe 'bhisaṃdhirduḥkhe pramāṇaṃ nanu nābhisaṃdhiḥ

tathaiva ye karmaviśuddhihetoḥ spṛśantyapastīrthamiti pravṛttāḥ /
tatrāpi toṣo hṛdi kevalo 'yaṃ na pāvayiṣyanti hi pāpamāpaḥ

spṛṣṭaṃ hi yadyadguṇavadbhirambhastattatpṛthivyāṃ yadi tīrthamiṣṭam /
tasmādguṇāneva paraimi tīrthamāpastu niḥsaṃśayamāpa eva

iti sma tattadbahuyuktiyuktaṃ jagāda cāstaṃ ca yayau vivasvān /
tato havirdhūmavivarṇavṛkṣaṃ tapaḥpraśāntaṃ sa vanaṃ viveśa

abhyuddhṛtaprajvalitāgnihotraṃ kṛtābhiṣekarṣijanāvakirṇam /
jāpyasvanākūjitadevakoṣṭhaṃ dharmasya karmāntamiva pravṛttam

kāścinniśāstatra niśākarābhaḥ parīkṣamāṇaśca tapāṃsyuvāsa /
sarva parikṣepya tapaśca matvā tasmāttapaḥkṣetratalājjagāma

anvavrajannāśramiṇastatastaṃ tadrūpamāhātmyagatairmanobhiḥ /
deśādanāryairabhibhūyamānānmaharṣayo dharmamivāpayāntam

tato jaṭāvalkalacīrakhelāṃstapodhanāṃścaiva sa tāndadarśa /
tapāṃsi caiṣāmanurudhyamānastasthau śive śrīmati vṛkṣamūle

athopasṛtyāśramavāsinastaṃ manuṣyavarya parivārya tasthuḥ /
vṛddhaśca teṣāṃ bahumānapūrvaṃ kalena sāmnā giramityuvāca

tvayyāgate pūrṇa ivāśramo 'bhūtsaṃpadyate śūnya eva prayāte /
tasmādimaṃ nārhasi tāta hātuṃ jijīviṣordehamiveṣṭamāyuḥ

brahmarṣirājarṣisurarṣijuṣṭaḥ puṇyaḥ samīpe himavān hi śailaḥ /
tapāṃsi tānyeva tapodhanānāṃ yatsaṃnikarṣādbahulībhavanti

tīrthāni puṇyāyānyabhitastathaiva sopānabhūtāni nabhastalasya
juṣṭāni dharmātmabhirātmavadbhirdevarṣibhiścaiva maharṣibhiśca

itaśca bhūyaḥ kṣamamuttaraiva diksevituṃ dharmīvaśeṣahetoḥ /
na tu kṣamaṃ dakṣiṇato budhena padaṃ bhavedekamapi prayātum

tapovane 'sminnatha niṣkriyo vā saṃkīrṇadharmāpatito 'śucirvā /
dṛṣṭastvayā yena na te vivatsā tadbrūhi yāvadrucito 'stu vāsaḥ

ime hi vāñchanti tapaḥsahāyaṃ taponidhānapratīmaṃ bhavantam /
vāsastvayā hīndrasamena sārdha bṛhaspaterabhyudayāvahaḥ syāt

ityevamukte sa tapasvimadhye tapasvimukhyena manīṣimukhyaḥ /
bhavapraṇāśāya kṛtapratijñaḥ svaṃ bhāvāmantargatamācacakṣe

ṛjvātmanāṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ munīnāmiṣṭātithitvātsvajanopamānām /
evaṃvidhairmā prati bhāvajātaiḥ prītiḥ parā me janitaśca mānaḥ

snigdhābhirābhirhṛdayaṃgamābhiḥ samāsataḥ snāta ivāsmi vāgbhiḥ /
ratiśca me dharmanavagrahasya vispanditā saṃprati bhūya eva

evaṃ pravṛttān bhavataḥ śaraṇyānatīva saṃdarśitapakṣapātān /
yāsyāmi hitveti mamāpi duḥkhaṃ yathaiva bandhūṃstyajatastathaiva

svargāya yuṣmākamayaṃ tu dharmo mamābhilāṣastvapunarbhavāya /
asminvane yena na me vivatsā bhinnaḥ pravṛttyā hi nivṛttidharmaḥ

tannāratirme na parāpacāro vanādito yena parivrajāmi /
dharme sthitāḥ pūrvayugānurūpe sarve bhavanto hi maharṣikalpāḥ

tato vacaḥ sūnṛtamarthavacca suślakṣṇamojasvi ca garvita ca /
śrutvā kumārasya tapasvinaste viśeṣayuktaṃ bahumānamīyuḥ

kaściddvijastatra tu bhasmaśāyī prāṃśuḥ śikhī dāravacīravāsāḥ /
āpiṅgalākṣastanudīrghaghoṇaḥ kuṇḍaikahasto giramityuvāca

dhīmannudāraḥ khalu niścayaste yastvaṃ yuvā janmani dṛṣṭadoṣaḥ /
svargāpavargau hi vicārya samyagyasyāpavarge matirasti so 'sti

yajñaistapobhirniyamaiśca taistaiḥ svarga yiyāsanti hi rāgavantaḥ /
rāgeṇa sārdha ripuṇeva yuddhvā mokṣaṃ parīpsanti tu sattvavantaḥ

tadbuddhireṣā yadi niścitā te tūrṇaṃ bhavān gacchatu vindhyakoṣṭham /
asau munistatra vasatyarāḍo yo naiṣṭhike śreyasi labdhacakṣuḥ

tasmādbhavāñcchroṣyati tattvamārga satyāṃ rucau saṃpratipatsyate ca /
yathā tu paśyāmi matistathaiṣā tasyāpi yāsyatyavadhūya buddhim

spaṣṭoccaghoṇaṃ vipulāyatākṣaṃ / tāmrādharauṣṭhaṃ sitatīkṣaṇadaṃṣṭram /
idaṃ hi vaktuṃ tanuraktajivhaṃ jñeyārṇavaṃ pāsyati kṛtsnameva

gambhīratā yā bhavatastvagādhā yā dīptatā yāni ca lakṣaṇāni /
ācāryakaṃ prāpsyasi tatpṛthivyāṃ yannarṣibhiḥ pūrvayuge 'pyavāptam

paramamiti tato nṛpātmajastamṛṣijanaṃ pratinandya niryayau /
vidhivadanuvidhāya te 'pi taṃ praviviśurāśramiṇastapovanam