Jātakamālā · Verses 22-41

bhavāvaśiṣṭāḥ kila sapta jātayo bhayaṃ na te yena punarbhavāśrayam |
bhavānuṣaṅgo 'py aśucer vivṛjyate narair vidagdhābharaṇānulepanaiḥ

kṛtaṃ tvayāpāyikaduḥkhalaṅghanaṃ pravṛttim anvicchasi yena janmanaḥ |
jijīviṣus tīvraviṣābhidūṣitaṃ praṇītam apy annam upādadīta kaḥ

api ca he bhavābhinandin
krimer ivāvaskarakardamāntar vivartamānasya yathākathaṃ cit |
narasya mātur jaṭharāntarāle kiṃ garbhavāso na mahān apāyaḥ

kaḍevarāvaskaranirjhareṇa subaddhasāsṛṅmaladurdinena |
prajāyamānasya narasya duḥkham apāyaduḥkhair api kiṃ na tulyam

davānalapluṣṭapalāśarūkṣaṃ vahan jarājarjaram asthiyantram |
kathaṃ cid āyāsanipītaharṣo na kiṃ samo 'pāyaśatair manuṣyaḥ

vidāhibhir niṣpratikāraghoraiḥ kṛtāntabāṇair iva saṃpatadbhiḥ |
vibhidyamānasvaviṣātmabhāvo gadair ihaivānubhavaty apāyān

pratyāvṛttasitākṣikośavikṛtavyāghrānano bhīṣaṇaḥ
śastreṇeva vidāryamāṇakaraṇo marmacchidā vāyunā |
bandhūnāṃ purataḥ kṛtāntamakareṇākramya nighno yadā
kruddheneva vitīryate 'dhikataraṃ kiṃ nāma duḥkhaṃ tataḥ

kiṃ cāyuṣman
karmāvedhasamuddhatasphuṭaśikhijvālāvalīpiṅgalo
naivāvīcir api vyathām upaharaty āryasya tāṃ dāruṇaḥ |
dhīdaurbalyakarāḥ samādhividhurāḥ sadvṛttavelābhido
yāṃ kurvanti manojvarāḥ paricayāḥ sphītāvalepā malāḥ

atha sa viṣayadaurātmyam ivodbhāvayaṃs taṃ maharṣim abravīt |
viṣayāsaṅginī buddhir duḥkhena prativāryate |
gaṅgeva kūlatoyormiparyastataṭapādapā

anye 'pi bahavaḥ śaikṣā bhavasaṃbhogalālasāḥ |
tarpayantīndriyagrāmaṃ viṣayair aviṣādinaḥ

sa cārhaṃs tais tadvacobhiḥ sutarām udvejitapratibhayas taṃ śaikṣam avocat |
pratisaṃkhyānamahatām akṛcchraś cittanigrahaḥ |
na cānuvartanīyās te viṣayair ye parājitāḥ

mayaiva viṣayoddāmaṃ nanu ceto nivāritam |
anyaiś ca vratibhir vīrais tat kasmān nānuvartase

viṣayeṣu yadi pramādam eṣe tvam anāryācariteṣu hanta naṣṭam |
atha te virajanti naiva cetas tava ko 'rtho vada tair anarthabhūtaiḥ

viṣayeṣu pariplutendriyāṇāṃ svamanovibhramamātrabhadrakeṣu |
nikaṭe nivasanti sarvaduḥkhāny aparijñātanipātadāruṇāni

viṣayāpacayānupātinīnām aparimlānasukhāmṛtapradānām |
chalitaḥ puruṣaḥ prasaṅgadoṣair na ca saṃvetti nirāmiṣaṃ ratīnām

paribhūtir upāntike narāṇāṃ bhavasaṃbhogaviṣaktamānasānām |
viṣayapratikuñcitaṃ ca ceto vinipātāyatanāni cāvṛtāni

pariṇāmaratām aśāntarūpāṃ viparītālpasukhānurāgaramyām |
paribhūya manasvino ramante kṛpaṇāṃ kāmaratiṃ tapovaneṣu

vinigṛhya manaḥ pramādadolācalam adhyātmarativyapāśrayeṇa |
anirākṛtayogino ramante bahurūpair atimānuṣair vihāraiḥ

vitathābhiniveṣamātraramyāḥ puruṣasyopanamanti nāma kāmāḥ |
gaticakracaravrataṃ narāṇāṃ viṣayā eva samādiśanty anāryāḥ

vyasanopanipātalakṣyavṛkṣe jagati kleśapiśācikābhibhūte |
udayā na tu sarvadā bhavanti prakṛtisvāsthyakṛtāṃ tathāgatānām