Buddhacarita (another edition) · Chapter 8

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CANTO VIII
tatasturaṅgāvacaraḥ sa durmanāstathā vanaṃ bhartari nirmame gate /
cakāra yatnaṃ pathi śokanigrahe tathāpi caivāśru na tasya cikṣiye

yamekarātreṇa tu bharturājñayā jagāma mārga saha tena vājinā /
iyāya bharturvirahaṃ vicintayaṃstameva panthānamahobhiraṣṭabhiḥ

hayaśca saujā vicacāra kanthakastatāma bhāvena babhūva nirmadaḥ /
alaṃkṛtaścāpi tathaiva bhūṣaṇairabhūdgataśrīriva tena varjitaḥ

nivṛtya caivābhimukhastapovanaṃ bhṛśaṃ jiheṣe karuṇaṃ muhurmuhuḥ /
kṣudhānvito 'pyadhvani śaṣpamambu vā yathā purā nābhinanda nādade

tato vihīnaṃ kapilāvhayaṃ puraṃ mahātmanā tena jagaddhitātmanā /
krameṇa tau śūnyamivopajagmaturdivākareṇeva vinākṛtaṃ nabhaḥ

sapuṇḍarīkairapi śobhitaṃ jalairalaṃkṛtaṃ puṣpadharairnagairapi /
tadeva tasyopavanaṃ vanopamaṃ gatapraharṣairna rarāja nāgaraiḥ

tato bhramadbhirdiśi dīnamānasairanujjvalairbāṣpahatekṣaṇairnaraiḥ /
nirvāyamāṇāviva tāvubhau puraṃ śanairapasnātamivābhijagmatuḥ

niśāmya ca srastaśarīragāminau vināgatau śākyakularṣabheṇa tau /
mumoca bāṣpaṃ pathi nāgaro janaḥ pura rathe dāśaratherivāgate

atha bruvantaḥ samupetamanyavo janāḥ pathi cchandakamāgatāśravaḥ /
kva rājaputraḥ purarāṣṭranandano hṛtastvayāsāviti pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ

tataḥ sa tān bhaktimato 'bravījjanānnarendraputraṃ na parityajāmyaham /
rudannahaṃ tena tu nirjane vane gṛhasthaveśaśca visarjitāviti

idaṃ vacastasya niśamya te janāḥ suduṣkaraṃ khalviti niścayaṃ yayuḥ /
pataddhi jahruḥ salilaṃ na netrajaṃ mano nininduśca phalotthamātmanaḥ

athocuradyaiva viśāma tadvanaṃ gataḥ sa yatra dviparājavikramaḥ /
jijīviṣā nāsti hi tena no vinā yathendriyāṇāṃ vigame śarīriṇām

idaṃ puraṃ tena vivarjitaṃ vanaṃ vanaṃ ca tattena samanvitaṃ puram /
na śobhate tena hi no vinā puraṃ marutvatā vṛtravadhe yathā divam

punaḥ kumāro vinivṛtta ityatho gavākṣamālāḥ pratipedire 'ṅganāḥ /
viviktapṛṣṭhaṃ ca niśāmya vājinaṃ punargavākṣāṇi pidhāya cukruśuḥ

praviṣṭadīkṣastu sutopalabdhaye vratena śokena ca khinnamānasaḥ /
jajāpa devāyatane narādhipaścakāra tāstāśca yathāśayāḥ kriyāḥ

tataḥ sa bāṣpapratipūrṇalocanasturaṅgamādāya turaṅgamānugaḥ /
viveśa śokābhihato nṛpakṣayaṃ yudhāpinīte ripuṇeva bhartari

vigāhamānaśca narendramandiraṃ vilokayannaśruvahena cakṣuṣā /
svareṇa puṣṭena rurāva kanthako janāya duḥkhaṃ prativedayanniva

tataḥ khagāśca kṣayamadhyagocarāḥ samīpabaddhāsturagāśca satkṛtāḥ /
hayasya tasya pratisasvanuḥ svanaṃ narendrasūnorupayānaśaṅkinaḥ

janāśca harṣatiśayena vañcitā janādhipāntaḥpurasaṃnikarṣagāḥ /
yathā hayaḥ kanthaka eṣa heṣate dhruvaṃ kumāro viśatīti menire

atipraharṣādatha śokamūrchitāḥ kumārasaṃdarśanalolalocanāḥ /
gṛhādviniścakramurāśayā striyaḥ śaratpayodādiva vidyutaścalāḥ

vilambakeśyo malināṃśukāmbarā nirañjanairbāṣpahatekṣaṇairmukhaiḥ /
striyo na rejurmṛjayā vinākṛtā divīva tārā rajanīkṣayāruṇāḥ

araktatāmraiścaraṇairanūpurairakuṇḍalairārjavakandharairmukhaiḥ /
svabhāvapīnairjaghanairamekhalairahārayoktrairmuṣitairiva stanaiḥ

nirīkṣya tā bāṣpaparītalocanā nirāśrayaṃ chandakamaśvameva ca /
viṣaṇṇavaktrā rurudurvarāṅganā vanāntare gāva ivarṣabhojjhitāḥ

tataḥ sabāṣpā mahīṣī mahīpateḥ pranaṣṭavatsā mahiṣīva vatsalā /
pragṛhya bāhū nipapāta gautamī vilolaparṇā kadalīva kāñcanī

hatatviṣo 'nyāḥ śithilāṃsabāhavaḥ striyo viṣādena vicetanā iva /
na cukruśurnāśru jahurna śaśvasurna celurāsurlikhitā iva sthitāḥ

adhīramanyāḥ patiśokamūrcchitā vilocanaprasravaṇairmukhaiḥ striyaḥ /
siṣiñcire proṣitacandanān stanāndharādharaḥ prasravaṇairivopalān

mukhaiśca tāsāṃ nāyanāmbutāḍitaiṃ rarāja tadrājaniveśanaṃ tadā /
navāmbukāle 'mbudavṛṣṭitāḍitaiḥ sravajjalaistāmarasairyathā saraḥ

suvṛttapiṇāḍagulibhirnirantarairabhūṣaṇairgūḍhasirairvarāṅganāḥ /
urāṃsi jaghnuḥ kamalopamaiḥ karaiḥ svapallavairvātacalā latā iva

karaprahārapracalaiśca tā babhustathāpi nāryaḥ sahitonnataiḥ stanaiḥ /
vanānilāghūrṇitapadmakampitai rathāṅganāmnāṃ mithunairivāpagāḥ

yathā ca vakṣāṃsi karairapīḍayaṃstathaiva vakṣobhirapīḍayan karān /
akārayaṃstatra parasparaṃ vyathāḥ karāgravakṣāṃsyabalā dayālasāḥ

tatastu roṣapraviraktalocanā viṣādasaṃbandhikaṣāyagadgadam /
uvāca niśvāsacalatpayodharā vigāḍhaśokāśrudharā yaśodharā

niśi prasuptāmavaśāṃ vihāya māṃ gataḥ kva sa chandaka manmanorathaḥ /
upāgate ca tvayi kanthake ca me samaṃ gateṣu triṣu kampate manaḥ

anāryamasnigdhamamitrakarma me nṛśaṃsa kṛtvā kimihādya rodiṣi /
niyaccha bāṣpaṃ bhava tuṣṭamānaso na saṃvadatyaśru ca tacca karma te

priyeṇa vaśyena hitena sādhunā tvayā sahāyena yathārthakāriṇā /
gato 'ryaputro hyapunarnivṛttaye ramasva diṣṭyā saphalaḥ śramastava

varaṃ manuṣyasya vicakṣaṇo ripurna mitramaprājñamayogapeśalam /
suhṛdbruveṇa hyavipaścitā tvayā kṛtaḥ kulasyāsya mahānupaplavaḥ

imā hi śocyā vyavamuktabhūṣaṇāḥ prasaktabāṣpāvilaraktalocanāḥ /
sthite 'pi patyau himavanmahīsame pranaṣṭaśobhā vidhavā iva striyaḥ

imāśca vikṣiptaviṭaṅkabāhavaḥ prasaktapārāvatadīrghanisvanāḥ /
vinākṛtāstena sahāvarodhanairbhṛśaṃ rudantīva vimānapaṅktayaḥ

anarthakāmo 'sya janasya sarvathā turaṅgamo 'pi dhruvameṣa kanthakaḥ /
jahāra sarvasvamitastathā hi me jane prasupte niśi ratnacauravat

yadā samarthaḥ khalu soḍhumāgatāniṣuprahārānapi kiṃ punaḥ kaśāḥ /
gataḥ kaśāpātabhayātkathaṃ nvayaṃ śriyaṃ gṛhītvā hṛdayaṃ ca me samam

anāryakarmā bhṛśamadya heṣate narendradhiṣṇyaṃ pratipūrayanniva /
yadā tu nirvāhayati sma me priyaṃ tadā hi mūkasturagādhamo 'bhavat

yadi hyaheṣiṣyata bodhayan janaṃ khuraiḥ kṣitau vāpyakariṣyata dhvanim /
hanusvanaṃ vājanayiṣyaduttamaṃ na cābhaviṣyanmama duḥkhamīdṛśam

itīha devyāḥ paridevitāśrayaṃ niśamya bāṣpagrathitākṣaraṃ vacaḥ /
adhomukhaḥ sāśrukalaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ śanairidaṃ chandaka uttaraṃ jagau

vigarhituṃ nārhasi devi kanthakaṃ na cāpi roṣaṃ mayi kartumarhasi /
anāgasau svaḥ samavehi sarvaśo gato nṛdevaḥ sa hi devi devavat

ahaṃ hi jānannapi rājaśāsanaṃ balātkṛtaḥ kairapi daivatairiva /
upānayaṃ tūrṇamimaṃ turaṅgamaṃ tathānvagacchaṃ vigataśramo 'dhvani

vrajannayaṃ vajivaro 'pi nāspṛśanmahī khurāgrairvidhṛtairivāntarā /
tathaiva daivādiva saṃyatānano hanusvanaṃ nākṛta nāpyaheṣata

yato bahirgacchati pārthivātmaje tadābhavaddvāramapāvṛtaṃ svayam /
tamaśca naiśaṃ raviṇeva pāṭitaṃ tapo 'pi daivo vidhireṣa gṛhyatām

yadapramatto 'pi narendraśāsanād gṛhe pure civa sahasraśo janaḥ /
tadā sa nābudhyata nidrayā hṛtastato 'pi daivo vidhireṣa gṛhyatām

yataśca vāso vanavāsasaṃmataṃ nisṛṣṭamasmai samaye divaukasā /
divi praviddhaṃ mukuṭaṃ ca taddhṛtaṃ tato 'pi daivo vidhireṣa gṛhyatām

tadevamāvāṃ naradevi doṣato na tatprayātaṃ prati gantumarhasi /
na kāmakāro mama nāsya vājinaḥ kṛtānuyātraḥ sa hi daivatairgataḥ

iti prayāṇaṃ bahudevamadbhūtaṃ niśamya tāstasya mahātmanaḥ striyaḥ /
pranaṣṭaśokā iva vismayaṃ yayurmanojvaraṃ pravrajanāttu lebhire

viṣādapāriplavalocanā tataḥ pranaṣṭapotā kurarīva duḥkhitā /
vihāya dhairya virurāva gautamī tatāma caivāśrumukhī jagāda ca

mahormimanto mṛdavo 'sitāḥ śubhāḥ pṛthakpṛthaṅmūlaruhāḥ samudgatāḥ /
praveritāste bhuvi tasya murdhajā narendramaulīpariveṣṭanakṣamāḥ

pralambabāhurmṛgarājavikramo maharṣabhākṣaḥ kanakojjvaladyutiḥ /
viśālavakṣā ghanadundubhisvanastathāvidho 'pyāśramavāsamarhati

abhāginī nūnamiyaṃ vasuṃdharā tamāryakarmāṇamanuttamaṃ patim /
gatastato 'sau guṇavān hi tādṛśo nṛpaḥ prajābhāgyaguṇaiḥ prasūyate

sujātajālāvatatāṅgulī mṛdū nigūḍhagulphau bisapuṣpakomalau /
vanāntabhūmiṃ kaṭhināṃ kathaṃ nu tau sacakramadhyau caraṇau gamiṣyataḥ

vimānapṛṣṭhe śayanāsanocitaṃ mahārhavastrāgurucandanārcitam /
kathaṃ nu śītoṣṇajalāgameṣu taccharīramojasvi vane bhaviṣyati

kulena sattvena balena varcasā śrutena lakṣmyā vayasā ca garvitaḥ /
pradātumevābhyucito na yācituṃ kathaṃ sa bhikṣāṃ parataścariṣyati

śucau śayitvā śayane hiraṇmaye prabodhyamāno niśi tūryanisvanaiḥ /
kathaṃ bata svapsyati so 'dya me vratī paṭaikadeśāntarite mahītale

imaṃ pralāpaṃ karuṇaṃ niśamya tā bhujaiḥ pariṣvajya parasparaṃ striyaḥ /
vilocanebhyaḥ salilāni tatyajurmadhūni puṣpebhya iveritā latāḥ

tato dharāyāmapatadyaśodharā vicakravākeva rathāṅgasāvhayā /
śanaiśca tattadvilalāpa viklavā muhurmuhurgadgadaruddhayā girā

sa māmanāthāṃ sahadharmacāriṇīmapāsya dharma yadi kartumicchati /
kuto 'sya dharmaḥ sahadharmacāriṇī vinā tapo yaḥ paribhoktumicchati

śṛṇoti nūnaṃ sa na pūrvapārthivānmahāsudarśaprabhṛtīn pitāmahān /
vanāni patnīsahitānupeyuṣastathā hi dharma madṛte cikīrṣīte

makheṣu vā vedavidhānasaṃskṛtau na daṃpatī paśyati dīkṣitābubhau /
samaṃ bubhukṣū parato 'pi tatphalaṃ tato 'sya jāto mayi dharmamatsaraḥ

dhruvaṃ sa jānanmama dharmavallabho manaḥ priyerṣyākalahaṃ muhurmithaḥ /
sukhaṃ vibhīrmāmapahāya roṣaṇāṃ mahendraloke 'psaraso jighṛkṣati

iyaṃ tu cintā mama kīdṛśaṃ nu tā vapurguṇaṃ bibhrati tatra yoṣitaḥ /
vane yadartha sa tapāṃsi tapyate śriyaṃ ca hitvā mama bhaktimeva ca

na khalviyaṃ svargasukhāya me spṛhā na tajjanasyātmavato 'pi durlabham /
sa tu priyo māmiha vā paratra vā kathaṃ na jahyāditi me manorathaḥ

abhāginī yadyahamāyatekṣaṇaṃ śucismitaṃ bharturudīkṣituṃ mukham /
na mandabhāgyo 'rhati rāhulo 'pyayaṃ kadācidaṅke parivartituṃ pituḥ

aho nṛśaṃsaṃ sukumāravarcasaḥ sudāruṇaṃ tasya manasvino manaḥ /
kalapralāpaṃ dviṣato 'pi harṣaṇaṃ śiśuṃ sutaṃ yastyajatīdṛśaṃ bata

mamāpi kāmaṃ hṛdayaṃ sudāruṇaṃ śilāmayaṃ vāpyayaso 'pi vā kṛtam /
anāthavacchrīrahite sukhocite vanaṃ gate bhartari yanna dīryate

itīha devī patiśokamūrchitā ruroda dadhyau vilalāpa cāsakṛt /
svabhāvadhīrāpi hi sā satī śucā dhṛtiṃ na sasmāra cakāra no hriyam

tatastathā śokavilāpaviklavāṃ yaśodharāṃ prekṣya vasuṃdharāgatām /
mahāravindairiva vṛṣṭitāḍitairmukhaiḥ sabāṣpairvanitā vicukruśuḥ

samāptajāpyaḥ kṛtahomamaṅgalo nṛpastu devāyatanādviniryayau /
janasya tejārtaraveṇa cāhataścacāla vajradhvanineva vāraṇaḥ

niśāmya ca cchandakakanthakāvubhau sutasya saṃśrutya ca niścayaṃ sthiram /
papāta śokābhihato mahīpatiḥ śacīpatervṛtta ivotsave dhvajaḥ

tato muhūrta sutaśokamohito janena tulyābhijanena dhāritaḥ /
nirīkṣya dṛṣṭyā jalapūrṇayā hayaṃ mahītalastho vilalāpa pārthivaḥ

bahūni kṛtvā samare priyāṇi me mahattvayā kanthaka vipriyaṃ kṛtam /
guṇapriyo yena vane sa me priyaḥ priyo 'pi sannapriyavatpraveritaḥ

tadadya māṃ vā naya tatra yatra sa vraja drutaṃ vā punarenamānaya /
ṛte hi tasmānmama nāsti jīvitaṃ vigāḍharogasya sadauṣadhādiva

suvarṇaniṣṭhīvini mṛtyunā hṛte suduṣkaraṃ yanna mamāra saṃjayaḥ /
ahaṃ punardharmaratau sute gate mumukṣurātmānamanātmavāniva

vibhordaśakṣatrakṛtaḥ prajāpateḥ parāparajñasya vivasvadātmanaḥ /
priyeṇa putreṇa satā vinākṛtaṃ kathaṃ na muhyeddhi mano manorapi

ajasya rājñastanayāya dhīmate narādhipāyendrasakhāya me spṛhā /
gate vanaṃ yastanaye divaṃ gato na moghabāṣpaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ jijīva ha

pracakṣva me bhadra tadāśramājiraṃ hṛtastvayā yatra sa me jalāñjaliḥ /
ime parīpsanti hi taṃ pipāsavo mamāsavaḥ pretagatiṃ yiyāsavaḥ

iti tanayaviyogajātaduḥkha kṣitisadṛśaṃ sahajaṃ vihāya dhairyam /
daśaratha iva rāmaśokavaśyo bahu vilalāpa nṛpo visaṃjñakalpaḥ

śrutavinayaguṇānvitastatastaṃ matisacivaḥ pravayā purohitaśca /
samadhṛtamidamūcaturyathāvanna ca pariptamukhau na cāpyaśokau

tyaja naravara śokamehi dhairya kudhṛtirivārhasi dhīra nāśru moktum /
srajamiva mṛditāmapāsya lakṣmīṃ bhuvi bahavo hi nṛpā vanānyabhīyuḥ

api ca niyata eṣa tasya bhāvaḥ smara vacanaṃ tadṛṣeḥ purāsitasya /
na hi sa divi na cakravartirājye kṣaṇamapi vāsayituṃ sukhena śakyaḥ

yadi tu nṛvara kārya eva yatnastvaritamudāhara yāvadatra yāvaḥ /
bahuvidhimiha yuddhamastu tāvattava tanayasya vidheśca tasya tasya

narapatiratha tau śaśāsa tasmād drutamita eva yuvāmabhiprayātam /
na hi mama hṛdayaṃ prayāti śāntiṃ vanaśakuneriva putralālasasya

paramamiti narendraśāsanāttau yayaturamātyapurohitau vanaṃ tat /
kṛtamiti savadhūjanaḥ sadāro nṛpatirapi pracakāra śeṣakāryam