Dvāviṃśatyavadānakathā · Chapter 3

iti dvāviṃśatyavadānakathāyāṃ dharmaśravaṇaprotsāhanakathā dvitīyaḥ pariccheda ḥ //
III. manuṣyadurlabhakathā
yat prāpya janmajaladher api yānti pāram āropayanti śivam uttamabodhibījam /
cintāmaṇer api samabhyadhikaṃ guṇaughair mānuṣyakaṃ ka iha tad viphalīkaroti

yo mānuṣyaṃ kuśalavibhavaiḥ prāpya kalpair analpair
mohāt puṇyadraviṇam iha na svalpam apy ācinoti /
so 'smāl lokāt param upagatas tīvram abhyeti śokaṃ
ratnadvīpād vaṇig iva gataḥ svaṃ gṛhaṃ śūnyahastaḥ

nākuśalaiḥ karmapathair mānuṣyaṃ labhyate punaḥ /
alabhyamāne mānuṣye duḥkham eva kutaḥ sukham

nātaḥ paraṃ vañcanāsti na ca moho 'sty ataḥ param /
yad īdṛśaṃ kṣaṇaṃ prāpya na kuryāt kuśalaṃ bahu

ekakṣaṇakṛtāt pāpāt avīcau kalpam āsyate /
naikajanmakṛtāt pāpāt kā punaḥ sugatau kathā

ata evāha bhagavān mānuṣyam atidurlabham /
mahārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvārpaṇopamam