Darpadalana · Chapter 6
jagatyeko bhadradvirada iva dānārdrasaraṇir yaśasvī niḥsvānāmahamabhimatāśāphalataruḥ
iti tyāgodagraṃ vahati kila darpaṃ manasi yas tadudbhūtaṃ sarvaṃ sukṛtamapahāya vrajati saḥ //
svargādisaṃbhogaphalābhilāṣāt pātrāya pūjāṃ pratipadyate yaḥ
dharmārthapaṇyakrayavikrayo 'sau kastena dānaprabhavo 'bhimānaḥ //
yadvidyādiguṇotkarṣa viśeṣaparitoṣitaiḥ
dīyate prītidhanayoḥ sa paṇyakrayavikrayaḥ //
lokaprasiddhisiddhyai yaḥ prayacchati guṇastavaiḥ
karoti vittayaśasoḥ sa tadā krayavikrayam //
avamānahataṃ yacca dattamaśraddhayā dhanam
ūṣare niṣphalaṃ bījaṃ kṣiptamakṣiptameva tat //
tyāgino 'nyasya saṃgharṣe kīrtyutkarṣajigīṣayā
dattaṃ kāraṇabhūtasya tasyaivānte phalapradam //
parārtiśamanaṃ vittam ajñātamanudīritam
aphalākāṅkṣayā yuktaṃ prayātyalpamanalpatām //
kurukṣetrādideśeṣu kāleṣvarkagrahādiṣu
ātmopakāramātreṇa pātre dānena kiṃ madaḥ //
deśakālakriyāpātrāṇy avicāryaiva kevalam
pareṣāmārtiśamanaṃ dayārdraṃ dānamucyate //
rakṣāyai saṃpadāṃ putra kalatrasukhasiddhaye
dīyate yatprayatnena lobhadānena tena kim //
vāde khalaiḥ khalīkṛtya vedhadrutaparīkṣayā
dīyate yaccirakliṣṭaṃ kaṣṭadānena tena kim //
tyaktvāśāgatasatpātraṃ pūrṇāyābhyarthya dīyate
yattaducchvāsasaṃtaptaṃ dagdhadānena tena kim //
anyadābhāṣitaṃ pūrvaṃ dattamanyattato 'lpakam
yatsadoṣamayogyaṃ vā kūṭadānena tena kim //
cirasevānurodhena lobhakṛcchrādanicchayā
aprasādena yaddattaṃ balādānena tena kim //
yatpuṣpadhūpatilaka pratipattipradarśitam
dattamatyalpaniḥsāraṃ dambhadānena tena kim //
prabhūtabhārasaṃbhāraṃ rājacaurādiviplave
dattvā yadduṣṭamudghuṣṭaṃ śalyadānena tena kim //
anāsvādyamavikreyam anādeyamanīpsitam
dattaṃ nirupakāraṃ yad vandhyadānena tena kim //
ṛṇavaccirasaṃśodhyaṃ vacasā pratipāditam
yannityayācanadveṣaṃ yācyadānena tena kim //
ekasmai pūrṇamanyasmai kṛśaṃ tulyaguṇodaye
bhedādyadarpitaṃ rāga dveṣadānena tena kim //
ṛṇadaiḥ svajanaiḥ putrair labdhakṣāmapratigrahaḥ
nityamāyāsyate yena kalidānena tena kim //
na parasyārtiśanamaṃ nātmanaḥ puṇyakāraṇam
dattālpamūlyenāptaṃ yat svalpadānena tena kim //
durgraheṣu viruddheṣu daśāpāke 'tidāruṇe
dīyate doṣaśāntyai yad bhayadānena tena kim //
mumūrṣastyaktasarvāśaḥ śayanastho dadāti yat
mūrcchāsthānena manasā mohadānena tena kim //
dattaṃ priyaviyogogra śokaśalyārtacetasā
yatpaścāttāpajananaṃ bāṣpadānena tena kim //
purohitāya gurave śāntisvastividhāyine
dīyate yatprasaṅgena bhṛtidānena tena kim //
yatsaṃtyaktaphalaspṛhaṃ yaducitaṃ sarvasvabhūtaṃ ca yan nānyāyena yadarjitaṃ paradhanasparśena śaptaṃ na yat
dattvā duḥkhaśataṃ na yatsvavacasā paścānna yadgaṇyate taddānaṃ dhanabījavāpanipuṇaḥ śeṣaḥ prakāraḥ kṛṣeḥ //
prāptuṃ svargavarāṅganāstanataṭasparśātiriktaṃ sukhaṃ datto merurapi prayāti tṛṇatāmātmopakārecchayā
āpannārtivilokane karuṇayā śraddhāsudhāpūritaṃ sattvotsāhasamanvitaṃ tṛṇamapi trailokyadānādhikam //
yudhiṣṭhirasya bhūbhartuḥ purā kanakavarṣiṇaḥ
aśvamedhe vidhānena vartamāne mahākratau //
sajjāsu rājabhojyāsu vividhāsvannapāliṣu
aniśaṃ ratnapātreṣu bhuñjāneṣu dvijanmasu //
vipreṣu pūryamāṇeṣu maṇikāñcanaśāsanaiḥ
ucchiṣṭabhūmiṃ nakulaḥ svabilātsamupāyayau //
dīptakāñcanavarṇena pārśvenaikena śobhitaḥ
apareṇāsuvarṇena vitīrṇajanakautukaḥ //
so 'bhyetya tūrṇamucchiṣṭa hemapātracyute 'mbhasi
luloṭha śapharotphāla parivartavivartanaiḥ //
suvarṇapārśvaṃ nakulaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve kutūhalāt
majjantamucchiṣṭajale kṣitipāya nyavedayan //
prāptena bhūbhujā dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭyā pṛṣṭa iveṣṭayā
so 'vadadvismayabhuvā suspaṣṭākṣarayā girā //
rājannasyātidānasya na paśyāmyucitaṃ phalam
asmātprabhūtasaṃbhārāt saktupātraṃ varaṃ param //
pravṛtte 'sminmahādāne mahataste mahīpate
vitte vṛtte ca citte ca śuddhiṃ ko vetti tattvataḥ //
saṃbhāro 'yaṃ bhuvanabhavanavyāptiparyāptabhogaḥ sarvāśāsu pratatajanatāpūraṇe 'tyantatucchaḥ
āpannārtipraśamanavidhau sattvaśuddhipradāne saṃnaddhānāmapi tṛṇakaṇaḥ kāñcanādritvameti //
śrūyatām yanmayā dṛṣṭaṃ bhūpate svayamadbhutam
udetyudīrite yasmin kāye romāñcakañcukaḥ //
śiloñchavṛttinā pūrvaṃ vipreṇa kṣetracāriṇā
upavāsakṛśenāptaṃ yavastokaṃ kalatriṇā //
saktupātre tataḥ siddhe kṛtadevapitṛkriyaḥ
jāyāputravibhāgena svaṃ bhāgaṃ bhoktumudyayau //
sa prāṇāhutitoyārthī dadarśātithimāgatam
kṣutkṣāmakukṣiṃ saṃkṣipta sarvāṅgaśithilākṛtim //
tasmai vihitasatkāraḥ saprasādena cetasā
śraddhāsudhāvasiktaṃ tat sa dadau nijabhojanam //
nigīrṇo 'tithinā tasminn akṣīṇakṣudvikāriṇā
tadbhāryāpyādaravatī tasmai svamaśanaṃ dadau //
tenāpyatṛptimālokya tatsūnuḥ śraddhayātithim
svabhojanena vidadhe saṃpūrṇāśananirvṛttam //
gate bhuktvātithau tasminn upavāsakṛśo dvijaḥ
sattvotsāhayutastasthau klānto 'pi niśi nirvyathaḥ //
athāhaṃ saktugandhena nirgataḥ kṣudhito bilāt
prāptastatparṇakuṭikām utsṛṣṭocchiṣṭavartinīm //
tatrācamanatoyena spṛṣṭamātrasya me nṛpa
pasya me dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvaṃ jataṃ hemamayacchavi //
tato 'haṃ vāmapārśvasya hemacchāyāptaye sadā
nirnidraścintayā yātaḥ kṛśatāmeva kevalam //
yadyatprāpnoti puruṣaḥ karmayogātsamīhitam
tattatsaṃpūraṇāyaiva yāti cintāvidheyatām //
adhunā vartamāne 'sminn aśvamedhe tava kratau
hemapārśvāśayāyāto viprocchiṣṭāmahīmaham //
ratnakāñcanapātrāmbu siktasya luṭhataściram
mama kāntilavo 'pyaṅge na kaścidiha dṛśyate //
sarvathā sattvaśuddhāya dānāyātilaghīyase
namo mahāphalāyaiva na bhogāṅgaprasaṅgine //
ityuktvā nakule yāte tattatheti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
vicintya saṃtatocchvāsaḥ kṣaṇaṃ stimitatāṃ yayau //
tasmātsuvarṇāmbararatnabhūmi dānairna darpaḥ puruṣeṇa kāryaḥ
bhavatyudāraṃ karuṇārdrasattvaṃ dānaṃ sadā kasyacideva puṇyaiḥ //
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