Dvāviṃśatyavadānakathā · Chapter 2

iti dvāviṃśatyavadānakathāyāṃ puṇyaprotsāhanakathā prathama ḥ paricchedaḥ //
II. dharmaśravaṇaprotsāhanakathā
jalanidhikūrmakarṇayugarandhrasamāgamavat
kṣaṇam a na vāpyam adbhutam imaṃ samavetya calam /
praśamapuraikavarma vinipātabhayāpaharaṃ
śṛṇuta sudurlabhaṃ kṣaṇam apīha muner vacanam

yad durlabhaṃ kalpaśatair anekair mānuṣyam aṣṭākṣaṇadoṣamuktam /
tat sāmprataṃ prāptam ato bhavadbhiḥ kāryo hi dharmaśravaṇāya yatnaḥ

pallavāgrajalabinducañcale kleśajālapariveṣṭite bhave /
yo na cintayati karmasatpathaṃ tasya janma bhavatīha niṣphalam

na narakagataiḥ pretais tiryaggatair vikalendriyair
amaragurubhiḥ pratyantasthaiḥ kudṛkkaravikṣataiḥ /
munisavitari prajñāloke na cānudite jine
sanaravibudhaiḥ śakyam pātuṃ munīndravaco 'mṛtam

tasmāt kukāryaṃ vyapahāya sarvaṃ matvā svakāryaṃ paramāryadharmam /
śrotavya eva prayate na dharmo yasmād ataḥ sarvaguṇā bhavanti

maunīndraṃ vākyaratnaṃ janayati sudhiyām etad ādau pramodaṃ
śrotrāpāte tataś ca prabalagurughanadhvāntavṛndaṃ nihanti /
cintādhyānāvasāne sphuṭayati sakalaṃ janmacakraprabandhaṃ
niḥśeṣātaṅkapaṅktiṃ vighaṭayati sadā sarvasaṃpannidhānam

harati tīvrabhavaprabhavāpadaṃ diśati nirvṛtisaukhyam anuttaram /
tad idam evam avetya muner vacaḥ śṛṇuta saṃprati nirmalamānasāḥ