Jātakamālā 1-15 · Chapter 15

tad evaṃ dharmāśrayaṃ satyavacanam apy āpadaṃ nudati prāg eva tatphalam iti dharmānuvartinā bhavitavyam //
kalyāṇamitrāśrayavarṇe 'pi vācyam evaṃ kalyāṇamitrāśritāḥ śreyaḥ prāpnuvantīti //
supāragajātakaṃ caturdaśam //
15. Matsyajātakam
śīlavatām ihaivābhiprāyāḥ kalyāṇāḥ samṛdhyanti prāg eva paratreti śīlaviśuddhau prayatitavyam //
tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila kasmiṃś cin nātimahati kahlāratāmarasakamalakuvalayavibhūṣitarucirasalile haṃsakāraṇḍavacakravākamithunopaśobhite tīrāntaruhatarukusumāvakīrṇe sarasi matsyādhipatir babhūva / svabhyastabhāvāc ca bahuṣu janmāntareṣu parārthacaryāyās tatrastho 'pi parahitasukhopapādanasavyāpāro babhūva /
abhyāsayogād dhi śubhāśubhāni karmāṇi sātmy eva bhavanti puṃsām /
tathāvidhāny eva yad aprayatnāj janmāntare svapna ivācaranti

iṣṭānām iva ca sveṣām apatyānām upari niviṣṭahārdo sa mahāsattvas teṣāṃ mīnānāṃ dānapriyavacanārthacaryādikramaiḥ param anugrahaṃ cakāra /
anyonyahiṃsāpraṇayaṃ niyacchan parasparaprema vivardhayaṃś ca /
yogād upāyajñatayā ca teṣāṃ vismārayām āsa sa matsyavṛttam

tat tena samyak paripālyamānaṃ vṛddhiṃ parāṃ mīnakulaṃ jagāma /
puraṃ vinirmuktam ivopasargair nyāyapravṛttena narādhipena

atha kadā cit sattvānāṃ bhāgyasaṃpadvaikalyāt pramādāc ca varṣādhikṛtānāṃ devaputrāṇāṃ na samyag devo vavarṣa / asamyag varṣiṇi ca deve tat saraḥ phullakadambakusumagaureṇa navasalilena na yathāpūrvam āpupūre / krameṇa copagate nidāghasamaye paṭutaradīptibhiḥ khedālasagatibhir iva ca dinakarakiraṇais tadabhitaptayā ca dharaṇyā jvālānugateneva ca hlādābhilāṣiṇā mārutena tarṣavaśād iva pratyaham āpīyamānaṃ tat saraḥ palvalībabhūva /
nidāghakālajvalito vivasvāñ jvālāvakarṣīva paṭuś ca vāyuḥ /
jvarāturevāśiśirā ca bhūmis toyāni roṣād iva śoṣayanti

atha bodhisattvo vāyasagaṇair api pratarkyamāṇaṃ prāg eva salilatīrāntacāribhiḥ pakṣigaṇair viṣādadainyavaśagaṃ vispanditamātraparāyaṇaṃ mīnakulam avekṣya karuṇāyamāṇaś cintām āpede / kaṣṭā bateyam āpad āpatitā mīnānām /
pratyahaṃ kṣīyate toyaṃ spardhamānam ivāyuṣā /
adyāpi ca cireṇaiva lakṣyate jaladāgamaḥ

apayānakramo nāsti netāpy anyatra ko bhavet /
asmadvyasanasaṃhṛṣṭāḥ samāyānti ca no dviṣaḥ

asya niḥsaṃśayam ime toyaśeṣasya saṃkṣayāt /
sphuranto bhakṣayiṣyante śatrubhir mama paśyataḥ

tat kim atra prāptakālaṃ syād iti vimṛśan sa mahātmā satyādhiṣṭhānam ekam ārtāyanaṃ dadarśa / karuṇayā ca samāpīḍyamānahṛdayo dīrgham uṣṇam abhiniśvasya nabhaḥ samullokayann uvāca /
smarāmi na prāṇivadhaṃ yathāhaṃ saṃcintya kṛcchre parame 'pi kartum /
anena satyena sarāṃsi toyair āpūrayan varṣatu devarājaḥ

atha tasya mahātmanaḥ puṇyopacayaguṇāt satyādhiṣṭhānabalāt tadabhiprasāditadevanāgayakṣānubhāvāc ca samantatas toyāvalambibimbā gambhīramadhuranirghoṣā vidyullatālaṃkṛtā nīlavipulaśikharā vijṛmbhamāṇā iva pravisarpibhiḥ śikharabhujaiḥ pariṣvajyamānā iva cānyonyam akālameghāḥ kālameghāḥ prādurabhavan /
diśāṃ pramiṇvanta iva prayāmaṃ śṛṅgair vitanvanta ivāndhakāram /
nabhastalādarśagatā virejuś chāyā girīṇām iva kālameghāḥ

saṃsaktakekaiḥ śikhibhiḥ prahṛṣṭaiḥ saṃstūyamānā iva nṛttacitraiḥ /
prasaktamandrastanitā virejur dhīraprahāsā iva te ghanaughāḥ

muktā vimuktā iva tair vimuktā dhārā nipetuḥ praśaśāma reṇuḥ /
gandhaś cacārānibhṛto dharaṇyāṃ vikīryamāṇo jaladānilena

nidāghasaṃparkavivardhito 'pi tirobabhūvārkakaraprabhāvaḥ /
phenāvalīvyākulamekhalāni toyāni nimnābhimukhāni sasruḥ

muhur muhuḥ kāñcanapiñjarābhir bhābhir digantān anurañjayantī /
payodatūryasvanalabdhaharṣā vidyullatā nṛttam ivācacāra

atha bodhisattvaḥ samantato 'bhiprasṛtair āpāṇḍubhiḥ salilapravāhair āpūryamāṇe sarasi dhārānipātasamakālam eva vidrute vāyasādye pakṣigaṇe pratilabdhajīvitāśe pramudite mīnagaṇe prītyābhisāryamāṇahṛdayo varṣanivṛttisāśaṅkaḥ punaḥ punaḥ parjanyam ābabhāṣe /
udgarja parjanya gabhīradhīraṃ pramodam udvāsaya vāyasānām /
ratnāyamānāni payāṃsi varṣan saṃsaktavidyujjvalitadyutīni

tad upaśrutya śakro devānām indraḥ paramavismitamanāḥ sākṣād abhigamyainam abhisaṃrādhayann uvāca /
tavaiva khalv eṣa mahānubhāva matsyendra satyātiśayaprabhāvaḥ /
āvarjitā yat kalaśā iveme kṣaranti ramyastanitāḥ payodāḥ

mahatpramādaskhalitaṃ tv idaṃ me yan nāma kṛtyeṣu bhavadvidhānām /
lokārtham abhyutthitamānasānāṃ vyāpārayogaṃ na samabhyupaimi

cintāṃ kṛthā mā tad ataḥ paraṃ tvaṃ satāṃ hi kṛtyodvahane 'smi dhuryaḥ /
deśo 'py ayaṃ tvadguṇasaṃśrayeṇa na bhūya evaṃ bhavitārtivaśyaḥ