Darpadalana · Chapter 2
dhanena darpaḥ kimayaṃ narāṇāṃ lakṣmīkaṭākṣāñcalacañcalena
yatkaṃdharābaddhamapi prayāti naikaṃ padaṃ kālagatasya paścāt //
surakṣitaṃ tiṣṭhati nirnimittam arakṣitaṃ tiṣṭhati daivayogāt
sthitaṃ kadaryasya ca copayuktam unmattanṛttopamameva vittam //
karmoktinarmanirmāṇaiḥ prātaḥ prātaḥ pradhāvatām
dhanaṃ dhanaṃ pralapatāṃ nidhanaṃ vismṛtaṃ nṛṇām //
vicchāyayornirvyayayoḥ kaṣṭakliṣṭakalatrayoḥ
viśeṣaḥ kleśadoṣasya kaḥ kadaryadaridrayoḥ //
ye dhanādānasaṃnaddhā nekṣante nidhanāvadhim
nindanto lubdhatāṃ teṣām ante 'nye bhuñjate dhanam //
uktaṃ parasyāmiṣatām anuktaṃ yātyadṛśyatām
hṛdaye śalyatāṃ dhatte nidhane dhanināṃ dhanam //
dhanena jīviteneva kaṇṭhasthena nirīkṣate
paryante 'pyaprakāśena bandhūnāṃ mukhamāturaḥ //
yadarjitaṃ parikleśair arjitaṃ yanna bhujyate
vibhajyate yadante 'nyaḥ kasyacinmāstu taddhanam //
vidyā vivādāya dhanaṃ madāya prajñāprakarṣaḥ paravañcanāya
atyunnatirlokaparābhavāya yeṣāṃ prakāśastimiraṃ hi teṣām //
aśāntāntastṛṣṇā dhanalavaṇavārivyatikarair gatacchāyaḥ kāyaściravirasarūkṣāśanatayā
anidrā mando 'gnirnṛpasalilacaurānalabhayāt kadaryāṇāṃ kaṣṭaṃ sphuṭamadhanakaṣṭādapi param //
śrāvastyāṃ sārthavāho 'bhūd arthanātha ivāparaḥ
nando nāma nirānandaḥ kīrtanenārthināmapi //
sa kadaryaḥ sadā sarva janasyodvegaduḥsahaḥ
mūrdhaśāyī nidhānānāṃ kālavyāla ivābhavat //
kṛtvā samastaṃ divasaṃ dhanānāṃ nidhānakumbhīgaṇanāvidhānam
sa lājapeyāpalamānaśīlam aśnāti rātrāvudaraṃ saśūlam (?) //
nirvyañjanaṃ nirlavaṇaṃ vinaṣṭam amṛṣṭapākaṃ viniviṣṭakaṣṭam
adṛṣṭahāsaṃ vyayasaṃnirodhāt tasyābhavadveśma saśokamūkam //
vicchāyaṃ niḥsukhānandaṃ nirdīpaṃ jalavarjitam
tasya kaṣṭaṃ kadaryasya paralokamabhūdgṛham //
sa bhaktasaṃcaye nityam abhaktaḥ saṃtatāmayaiḥ
suvarṇavānvivarṇo 'bhūt saṃpūrṇaścintayā kṛśaḥ //
puṇyaprāpyā matirnāma dhanarddhiriva rūpiṇī
bhāryābhūttadayogyasya tasya daivaviparyayāt //
sadā pracchādya sā bhartuś cakārātithisatkriyām
tena vyayavivādeṣu śoṣitā kalahāgninā //
tasyāṃ tasyābhavatsūnuḥ saguṇaścandanābhidhaḥ
pitrā lobhāndhakāreṇa nītaḥ padma ivānyatām //
kadācitsvagṛhadvāri dṛṣṭvā labdhānnamarthinam
cakāra kalahaṃ nandaḥ patnyā śoṇitapātanam //
so 'vadatkopadaṣṭauṣṭhaḥ śvasanbhāryāmadhomukhīm
tatsparsapāpaṃ stanayoḥ kṣālayantīmivāśrubhiḥ //
mama dāsyati ko bhikṣāṃ tvatpāṇikṣīṇasaṃpadaḥ
dāridryajananī yasya sthitā tvaṃ durbhagā gṛhe //
striyo yatra pragalbhante bharturācchādya kartṛtām
gṛhaṃ bhavatyavaśyaṃ tad āspadaṃ paramāpadām //
gṛhamekaṃ gṛhasthasya gṛhāṇāṃ śatamarthinaḥ
bhāryābharjitavittasya naṣṭā gṛhapatergatiḥ //
tṛptidaṃ darśanenāpi jantorjīvitajīvitam
draviṇaṃ yena rakṣanti svakāyaṃ bhakṣayanti te //
jīvannapyakriyo niḥsvaḥ śavo 'pyarthena sakriyaḥ
dāridryaṃ maraṇaṃ loke dhanamāyuḥ śarīriṇām //
etadevārthasāmarthyaṃ pratyakṣeṇopalakṣyate
yatskandhabandhe jīvadbhiḥ śavaḥ śibikayohyate //
prayacchasi kimarthibhyas tvamannaṃ kleśasaṃcitam
dīyate yatkila prāptyai tatprāptaṃ kiṃ na rakṣyate //
putradārādisaṃbandhaḥ puṃsāṃ dhananibandhanaḥ
kṣīṇātputrāḥ palāyante dārā gacchanti cānyataḥ //
paṇḍitāḥ kavayaḥ śūrāḥ kalāvantastapasvinaḥ
vaidyasyeva savittasya vīkṣante mukhamāturāḥ //
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṛpaṇasyārthaniṣkṛpam
sā tamūce samucitaṃ sattvasyābhijanasya ca //
santaḥ kurvanti yatnena dharmasyārthe dhanārjanam
dharmācāravinīnānāṃ draviṇaṃ malasaṃcayaḥ //
yatkarotyaruciṃ kleśaṃ tṛṣṇaṃ mohaṃ prajāgaram
na taddhanaṃ kadaryāṇāṃ hṛdayavyādhireva tat //
vardhate yo dhanavyādhiḥ sukhabhogaviyogakṛt
tasyāśu śamanaṃ pathaṃ rājavaidyacikitsayā //
lobhānnābhūdgṛhe yasya kadācitkaścidutsavaḥ
nṛtyanti paṭahaistasya nidhane dhanabhāginaḥ //
kaṇācāmatuṣāṅgārān yatnena parirakṣasi
mūṣakāpahṛtaṃ koṣe ratnarāśiṃ na paśyasi //
dhanena darpaḥ ko nāma yatkṣaṇena vinaśyati
rakṣyamāṇaṃ vyayenaiva bhakṣyamāṇamupaplavaiḥ //
vicāryamāṇastattvena daivādhīnatayā nṛṇām
na kasyāṃcidavasthāyāṃ dhanalobhaḥ praśasyate //
kalau kāle khale mitre putre durvyasanānvite
taskareṣu pravṛddheṣu lubdhe rājñi dhanena kim //
ṛṇikaiḥ kalahairnityam acchinnaguṇanāgateḥ
dānadviṣo 'napatyasya mandāgneśca dhanena kim //
sahasāsāditārthasya rājadrohādipātakaiḥ
bhayādavyayaśīlasya śalyeneva dhanena kim //
ghorapratigrahagrāma grastodagraguṇaujasaḥ
tadvibhāgānabhijñasya dhūrtāptasya dhanena kim //
rātrisevāvasannasya śītavātātapasthiteḥ
prabhudṛṣṭiprahṛṣṭasya kaṣṭārhasya dhanena kim //
prabhūtalābhalobhena prayuktārthasya sarvataḥ
bhūrjadṛṣṭena tuṣṭasya naṣṭabuddherdhanena kim //
malaśīlasya vaṇija sthūtkṛtasya jugupsayā
laśunasyāśuceḥ pāka gandheneva dhanena kim //
kāṅkṣitenāpyalabdhena bhogārhe navayauvane
jarājīrṇaśarīrasya bhāreṇeva dhanena kim //
pravrajyātyaktagehasya janagauravapūjayā
dhanasaṃghaṭitārthasya bandheneva dhanena kim //
śiśoraṅkuśaśūnyasya pātitasyāpathe viṭaiḥ
kṣaṇakṣayopayogena svapneneva dhanena kim //
bhāryayā svairacāriṇyā grāmasthasya niyoginaḥ
prasabhaṃ bhujyamānena pāpāptena dhanena kim //
śiṣyasaṃpāditāśeṣa bhogavastrādisaṃpadaḥ
gurordambhena siddhasya saṃcitena dhanena kim //
rājakoṣaniyuktasya cauryacihnena kevalam
vyayena śaṅkanīyasya vadheneva dhanena kim //
ajñātabhāvicaurādi doṣairnityavināśinā
hāsyaikahetunā loke gaṇakasya dhanena kim //
piṭakasyeva pūrṇasya pīḍanīyasya bhūbhujā
niṣpākaśākabhojyasya grāmīṇasya dhanena kim //
kalamākrāntaviśvasya maṣīkṛṣṇasya bhoginaḥ
āsannabandhanasyānte divirasya dhanena kim //
gṛhiṇīvigrahograsya muhustṛṇa upekṣayā (?)
kopopavāsaniḥśvāsa saṃtaptasya dhanena ki //
malinasya kuvastrasya svalpāśanaparasya ca
dāridryādhikakaṣṭasya kadaryasya dhanena kim //
nirdhanāḥ sukhino dṛṣṭāḥ sadhanāścātiduḥkhitāḥ
sukhaduḥkhodaye jāntor daivādhīne dhanena kim //
samāneṣu vyatīteṣu svajane śūnyacetasaḥ
virasāsārasaṃsāra viraktasya dhanena kim //
yathāvāptopayuktārtha niścintasya vipaścitaḥ
atyalpaparituṣṭasya saṃtuṣṭasya dhanena kim //
bālastṛṇe ca kanake ca samānadṛṣṭir iṣṭaṃ na vetti viṣayeṣvaviśeṣabuddhiḥ
vittena koṣaparipoṣasahena tasmin kāle vivekavikalo vada kiṃ karoti //
prāṇādhikasya suhṛdastaruṇījanasya putrasya vā guṇanidheḥ sahasā viyoge
śokena śocati yadā vivaśaḥ śarīrī ratnācalairapi tadā vada kiṃ karoti //
nārthaṃ śṛṇoti na punaḥ sthitimīhate vā sparśaṃ na vetti na rasaṃ na tathādhivāsam
vṛddhaḥ prayāti pavanena yadā jaḍatvaṃ bhogairdhanena ca tadā vada kiṃ karoti //
rogārditaḥ spṛśati naiva dṛśāpi bhojyaṃ tīvravyathaḥ spṛhayate maraṇāya jantuḥ
sarvauṣadheṣu viphaleṣu yadā virauti dhānyairdhanena ca tadā vada kiṃ karoti //
nidrācchedasakhedabāndhavajanaḥ sodvegavaidyojjhitaḥ pākakvāthakadarthitaḥ parijanaistandrībhayātkṣobhitaḥ
bhagnasvāsthyamanorathaḥ priyatamāvaṣṭabdhapādadvayaḥ paryante vapuṣaḥ karoti puruṣaḥ kiṃ śalyatulyairdhanaiḥ //
alaṃkṛtaḥ kāñcanakoṭimūlyair mahārharatnairgajavājivāhaiḥ
nimeṣamātraṃ labhate na jīvaṃ kālena kāle śikhayā gṛhītaḥ //
niścetanaḥ kāṣṭhasamānakāyas tyaktaḥ kṣaṇātputrakalatramitraiḥ
bhubhāśubhaprāktanakarmabhāgī yatnāptaratnairvada kiṃ karoti //
tasmātprabhūtavibhavodbhavavibhrameṇa bhūtābhibhūta iva mā bhava sābhimānaḥ
etāḥ śriyaḥ prabalalobhaghanāndhakāra vidyullatāparicitāḥ sahasaiva yānti //
naṣṭe lajjitavittanāthavibhave sāmrājyabhoge purā śrūyante nalarāmapāṇḍutanayāḥ kaṣṭaṃ praviṣṭā vanam
śakraḥ śrīvirahe viveśa nalinīnālāntaralaṃ hriyā kasyāsthā vividhāvadhānavidhinā niḥsaṃnidhāne dhane //
ityukto 'pyasakṛtpatnyā svalobhānna cacāla saḥ
svabhāvaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sahajaḥ kena vāryate //
tataḥ sa kāle lobhena bhiṣagbhaiṣajyavarjitaḥ
koṣe nidhānakumbheṣu līnapṛṣṭo vyapadyata //
adattabhuktamutsṛjya dhanaṃ sucirarakṣitam
mūṣakā iva gacchanti kadaryāḥ svakṣaye kṣayam //
tasya yātasya nirayaṃ nināya nṛpatirdhanam
paryante rājagāminyo lubdhānāṃ dhanasaṃpadaḥ //
tatsūnoścandanasyātha śeṣārthenāpi bhūyasā
babhūva bhūrisaṃbhāra bhogavyayamahotsavaḥ //
mā kaścinnāma nandasya mandāgneriha bhāṣatām
bhogabhaṅgabhayeneti prātastatrābavījjanaḥ //
dhigdhigdhanaṃ kunidhanaṃ nandasyevātmabādhanam
dīyatāṃ bhujyatāṃ sarvam ityūcuḥ puravāsinaḥ //
tataḥ kāle mate bāhya koṣṭhadvārāntavāsinī
vṛddhāndhā suṣuve putraṃ caṇḍālī khaṇḍikābhidhā //
andhaḥ kubjaḥ kṛśaḥ khañjaḥ kuṣṭhī sthūlagalagrahaḥ
samūha iva duḥkhānāṃ sa tasyāstanayo 'bhavat //
tadapuṇyaiḥ parikṣīṇe mātuḥ kṣīre sa niścalaḥ
kṛpayā bāndhavastrībhiḥ śunīkṣīreṇa vardhitaḥ //
etadeva viruddhānāṃ vaicitryaṃ pūrvakarmāṇām
kṛcchrāvasannā jīvantiṃ vipadyante yadīśvarāḥ //
vraṇaiḥ sa pūtikalila klāmyatkṛmikulairvṛtaḥ
pakvaṇe kuṇapākāras tasthau klinnatṛṇāstare //
tasminnapyativātsalyāt putrāsthāṃ jananī sthirām
babandha vāsanālīnaḥ snehamoho hi duḥsahaḥ //
sa vardhamānaḥ śanakaiḥ smaśānāṅgāradhūsaraḥ
pakvaṇograpiśācānām apyudvegakaro 'bhavat //
yaṣṭīniṣaṇṇagamanaḥ kuṣṭakledajugupsitaḥ
sa jagāma pathā yena prayayau tena nāparaḥ //
atrāntare candanasya pituḥ śrāddhadine mahān
babhūvārthisamūhānna dāne kalakalasvanaḥ //
tataḥ karparamādāya sa caṇḍālaśiśuḥ śanaiḥ
ācāmayācakaḥ kṛcchrād dvārāgrabhuvamāyayau //
taṃ dṛṣṭvā candanaḥ saudhād viprāṇāṃ mārgadūṣaṇam
nivāryatāmayaṃ prāptas tūrṇamityavadatkrudhā //
prabhubhrūbhaṅgabhītena laguḍenāhatastataḥ
dvārapālena sāvartaḥ sa kapota ivābhavat //
sa nirbhinnalalāṭāsthi prakṣaratkṣatajokṣitaḥ
kṣaṇaṃ saṃmūrcchitaḥ prāpa kleśabhogāya jīvitam //
adūravartinī śrutvā caṇḍālī tadyathāravam
upasṛtya śuśocārtā spṛśantī tasya śoṇitam //
kena niṣkaruṇenedaṃ darśitaṃ bata pauruṣam
praklinnakāyavikale yenāsminsubhaṭāyitam //
kāyāpāpamayīṃ duḥkha daśāṃ dṛṣṭvāsya duḥsahām
vairāgyāvasare kena krauryamevaṃvidhaṃ kṛtam //
ārtimevaṃvidhāmasya hṛdayakledinīmimām
vilokya kuryātkaḥ pāpaṃ pāpaṃ hi padamāpadām //
yadyanena mahatpāpaṃ na kṛtaṃ pūrvajanmani
taducyatāṃ sphuratkaṣṭā dṛṣṭā kasyedṛśī daśā //
ye dṛśyante vipatkleśa viśeṣaviṣamavyathāḥ
ta eva guravaḥ pāpa vāpasya (?) karaṇe nṛṇām //
karuṇārheṣu śūrāṇām upakāriṣu vairiṇām
vañcakānāmapāpeṣu pāpasaṃkhyāṃ karoti kaḥ //
tāraṃ rodiṣi kiṃ putra sahasvāghātajāṃ rujam
aśarmakarmanirmāṇaṃ marmacchedi śarīriṇām //
iti tasyāṃ pralāpinyāṃ prekṣavāpte jane jinaḥ
anāthabandhuḥ karuṇā sindhustenāyayau pathā //
bhavabhramāsaktapariśramāṇāṃ rāgādidoṣairupatāpitānām
āśvāsanenāmṛtasodareṇa limpanniva dyāṃ dyuticandanena //
dṛṣṭvā tamāpadgatamugraroga bhagnaṃ nimagnaṃ vyasane vivignam
vyalambatārdraḥ karuṇārasena tattāpaśāntyai bhagavāñjinendraḥ //
tatsaṃnidhānena muhūrtamātraṃ sa nirvyathaḥ svāsthyamivāsasāda
nihanti pāpaṃ kuśalaṃ prasūte saṃdarśanaṃ sattvahitāśayānām //
jñātvātha candanaḥ prāptaṃ bhagavantaṃ tathāgatam
vikasatkusumasmeraṃ pūjāmādāya niryayau //
bhagavānapi sāścarya prabhāvādudgataṃ bhuvaḥ
haimaṃ kamalamāruhya tasthau paryaṅkalīlayā //
praṇataṃ caraṇālīnaṃ pūjāvyagrakaraṃ puraḥ
babhāṣe bhagavānprīto bhikṣusaṃsadi candanam //
kimayaṃ yācamāno 'pi varākastāḍitaḥ krudhā
kṛtaṃ na kṛpaṇe kasmāt karuṇākomalaṃ manaḥ //
dayārdrāḥ sarvasattveṣu bhavanti vimalāśayāḥ
evaṃvidhānāṃ duḥkhānāṃ kāraṇaṃ kaluṣaṃ manaḥ //
kṛtakrūrāpakāreṣu vidveṣaparuṣeṣvapi
bhavanti santaḥ kleśoṣma śoṣiteṣu na karkaśāḥ //
kliṣṭaḥ kaṣṭaṃ kadaryo 'yaṃ lobhenāparajanmani
apradānodyatenādya kāyakleśena pīḍitaḥ //
eṣa nandastava pitā pūrṇārthamalasaṃcayāt
āvṛtaḥ pāparogeṇa caṇḍālatvamupāgataḥ //
janmāntare 'pyato 'nyasmin rogayogānmumūrṣaṇā
suvarṇaṃ dattametena tenāyaṃ sadhano 'bhavat //
antyakleśadaśāyāṃ yan mumūrṣuḥ saṃprayacchati
taccābhogyaṃ bhavatyasya lobhādanyeṣu janmasu (?) //
datta na vittaṃ karuṇānimittaṃ lobhapravṛttaṃ kṛtameva cittam
yaiḥ saṃcayosāharasaiḥ pranṛttaṃ śocanti te pātakamātmavṛttam //
ityuktvā bhagavānpuṇyāṃ vidadhe dharmadeśanām
yayā kleśaprahāṇārham arhattvaṃ prāpa candanaḥ //
tasmānna darpaḥ puruṣeṇa kāryaḥ pravardhamānena dhanodayena
adānabhogopahataṃ hi vittaṃ puṃsāṃ paratreha ca durnimittam //
Original text: Darpadalana · Edition: Durgaparasad and Kashinath Pandurang Parab, Bombay 1890, Kâvyamâlâ : a Collection of Old and Rare Sanskrit Kâvyas ... [= 'collective' Kavyamala series], Part VI, pp. 66-118. · Data entry members of the Rasala team · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0