Dharmasamuccaya · Chapter 17

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(17) pretavargaḥ
adānasya kutaḥ sukham?
adāntasya kutaḥ śāntiranuptasya kutaḥ phalam? /
adīpikā prabhā nāsti adānasya kutaḥ sukham

hṛcchāntirhi tathā nāsti nayanārthasya dehinaḥ /
dānena virahāt tadvat sukhaṃ pretairna labhyate

kukarmī pretalokaṃ gacchati
yaṃ pretya pretalokasya triloke ca yathādhamāḥ /
bhrameṇa paramodvignāstanmātsaryakṛtaṃ phalam

na dātrā labhyate kiñcit kṛtanāśo na vidyate /
svakarmaphalabhoktāraḥ prāṇinaḥ karmabhoginaḥ

tava yatkukṛtaṃ dagdhāḥ pretyalokeṣvavasthitāḥ /
kṣutpipāsāmayeneha vahninā paridīpitāḥ

kadā tu viṣayo 'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati sukhodayaḥ /
paridāhāt kadā cāsmāt parimokṣo bhaviṣyati

mārgāmārgavihīno duḥkhita eva jīvati
mārgāmārgavivikto 'haṃ na jñātaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam /
kṣutpipāsāmayo vahnirajñātaḥ prakaṭodayaḥ

kleśāndhakāravadanā nirāśāstyaktajīvikāḥ /
tvaksnāyujālabaddhāḥ sma jīvāmo bata duḥkhitāḥ

na trātā sarvato 'smākaṃ hanta kṛcchragatā vayam /
utpanneṣu manuṣyeṣu khaṇḍitāḥ svena karmaṇā

kasmānna carito dharmo ratnadīpeṣu sañcitaḥ /
yaḥ karoti śubhaṃ nityamaśubhaṃ na ca sarvadā

samadṛṣṭipathenaiti svargasopānamāśritaḥ /
yeṣāmarthe kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kleśayan mānasaṃ bahu

anena te gatāḥ sarve bhavānāṃ trāsane sthitaḥ /
baddho 'si bandhanaistīvrairyamadattairadhiṣṭhitaḥ

pāparajjvākṛṣyamāṇaḥ svakṛtaṃ bhunakti
prāpto 'si tamaso ghoraṃ yamalokaṃ durāsadam /
ihopabhokṣyase karma yattvayā kukṛtaṃ kṛtam

svakṛtaṃ bhujyate bāla! pareṣāṃ naiva bhujyate /
ākṛṣyamāṇa eṣo 'tra pāparajjvā sughorayā

analaḥ pretalokasya kṣutpipāsāmayo mahān
nāgniśastraviṣāṇāṃ hi nipātastādṛśaḥ kaṭuḥ

kṣutpipāsāmayāgneśca nipāto yādṛśaḥ (kaṭuḥ) /
na kṣaṇo nāpi hi lavo na muhūrto na śarvarī

duḥkhānvitā vayam
yatra saukhyaṃ bhavenmṛtyurnityaṃ duḥkhāvṛtā vayam /
duḥkhād duḥkhataraṃ prāpto duḥkhaheturniṣevitaḥ

duḥkhāt kadācinmokṣaḥ syād bhaviṣyati sukhodayaḥ /
notsave dṛśyate toyaṃ taḍāgeṣu ca śuṣyati

karmaphalasvarūpanirūpaṇam
sarito nāśamāyāsuḥ kathaṃ dhāvāmahe cayam /
te vayaṃ śuṣkasalilāḥ saśailavanakānanāḥ

paridhāvāmahe bhūmau nityaṃ salilakāṃkṣiṇaḥ /
te vayaṃ dagdhatanavaḥ kṣutpipāsāhatā narāḥ

śaraṇaṃ nādhigacchāmaḥ kaṣṭaṃ vyasanamāgatāḥ /
vajradaṃṣṭrairmahātīkṣṇaiḥ kākolūkaiśca sammataḥ

abhidruto na paśyāmi śaraṇaṃ saukhyadāyakam /
pratibimbamidaṃ tasya karmaṇaḥ samupasthitam

kṛtaṃ karma yathāsmābhistathedaṃ phalamāgatam /
karmavāyuragā baddhāḥ karmasūtreṇa pācitāḥ

karmakṣayādṛte na muktiḥ
palāyanaṃ na paśyāma ṛte karmakṣayāditi /
yasya pāpānyaniṣṭāni vahnivat tāni paśyati

kīdṛśaṃ pretabhavanam?
sa naiti pretabhavanaṃ kṣutpipāsānalāvṛtam /
muhurmuhuḥ pravardhante vedanā narakodbhavāḥ

jvālāmālākulasyaiva śailasya sadṛśā vayam /
jvalitaḥ śāmyate śailaḥ salilenaiva sarvathā

sa samudropamo vahnirammākaṃ naiva śāmyati /
kasmin kṣaṇe samudbhūtastṛṣṇāvāyusahāyavān

karmāgnirnirdahatyasmān parivāryasamantataḥ /
te vayaṃ pāpakarmāṇaḥ śukladharmavivarjitāḥ

pretalokamimaṃ prāptāḥ svargasya phalamohitāḥ /
kṣutpipāsāmayo vahnirdvitīyaścāgnisambhavaḥ

kukarmaṇaiva mudgarāśimayā janāḥ pretabhavanaṃ gacchanti
mudgarāśimayā(dārāḥ) na putrāḥ na ca bāndhavāḥ /
vañcito 'smi svacittena karmaṇā parivañcitā

prāpto 'smi pretabhavanaṃ mitrajñātinirākṛtaḥ /
na dārāḥ nāpi mitrāṇi na putrāḥ nāpi bāndhavāḥ

kukṛtaphalanirūpaṇam
trāyate karmapāśena nīyamānaṃ balīyasā /
nānyastrātā yathā karma trividhaṃ bhujyate mayā

dānaṃ śīlaṃ śrutaṃ cāpi trividhaṃ parikīrtitam /
mohajālavṛteneha yanmayā kukṛtaṃ kṛtam

śubhakarmaṇaiva pretalokāt muktirbhavati
karmaṇo hetubhūtasya yatkṛtaṃ phalamāgatam /
yadi mucyāmahe pāpāt pretalokād durāsadāt

aśubhāni kukarmāṇi vivarjayet
na bhūyaḥ pāpakaṃ karma kariṣyāmi kathañcana /
uṣṇānyuṣṇavipākāni mahāpīḍākarāṇi ca /
kukarmāṇyaśubhānīha tasmāttāni vivarjayet