Jātakamālā · Verses 32-51

dine dvitīye dvātriṃśatkārṣāpaṇān upārjya saḥ |
dakṣiṇīyaviśeṣāya [!] mātre tān api dattavān

atha hairaṇyikāpaṇikāḥ puruṣāḥ sametyāgatya ca taṃ tasmāt karmaṇo vinivartanārtham āhuḥ |
śaraccandrāṃśudhavale labdhvā janma kule katham |
kṛpaṇāṃ jīvikāhetor vṛttim āśrayate bhavān

parbhañjanoddhūtaśikhākarāle hutāśane visphuritasphuliṅge |
vivartitaṃ ślāghyam ativa puṃsāṃ na tu svavṛtteś cyavanaṃ pravṛttam

mahoragaśvāsavighūrṇitograis taraṅgabhaṅgair viṣamān payodhīn |
agādhapātālavilagnamūlān pitā vigāhyārjitavān dhanaṃ te

yad āśritaṃ karma janānuvartinā tvayā vidagdhena dhanepsunādhunā |
kathaṃ na saṃprāpsyasi bhāgyasaṃpadaṃ pitur vyatīte 'pi viśālinīṃ śriyam

vitteśvaro 'py arthavibhūtivistarair nāsāsadarthā vibabhāra yasya |
tasyā [!] mahendrāmalatulyakīrteḥ sūnuḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ na bibharṣi lajjām

ye mṛtyuṃ gaṇayanti naiva vipadi grāmaṃ bhajante na ye
gehe bandhuṣu sūnuṣu vyapagatasnehātmanodyoginaḥ |
te tīrtvā jaladhīn agādhasalilān āvartabhīmān budhāḥ
prāpyārthān gajadantabhaṅgasitayā cinvanti kīrtyā jagat

atha maitrakanyako bodhisattvas tebhyo 'py tathānuguṇinīṃ kathām avadhārya samudrāvataraṇakṛtavyavasāyo mātaram upasṛtyovāca | amba sārthavāhaḥ kilāsmākaṃ pitā purā tad anujñāṃ prayaccha yad aham api mahāsamudram avatariṣyāmīti | sā pūrvam eva bhartṛmaraṇaduḥkhena vigatajīvitāśā svasya tanayasya tenāsaṃlakṣitadāruṇena viyogaśokaśastreṇa bhṛśataraṃ pravidāryamāṇahṛdayā svatanayam āha |
vatsa kena tavākhyātaṃ vinākāraṇaśatruṇā |
jīvitaṃ kasya te 'niṣṭaṃ tvayā krīḍāṃ karoti kaḥ

daivāt kathaṃ cit saṃprāptaṃ cakṣur ekaṃ tvam adya me |
putraka kleśabhāginyā mṛtyunā hriyase 'dhunā

na yāvad ekaṃ mama duḥkhaśalyaṃ prayāti nāśaṃ pravidārya śokam |
kathaṃ nu tasyopari me dvitīyaṃ nipātyate pāpamayair amitraiḥ

yeṣāṃ ceto vividhavirasāyāsaduḥkhāprakampyaṃ
yaiḥ saṃtyaktaṃ kṛpaṇahṛdayair jīvitaṃ bhogalubdhaiḥ |
te saṃtyaktvā [!] nayanagalitāśrupravāhārdravaktrān
bandhūn ajñā makaranilaye mṛtyave yānti nāśam

tan mām anāthāṃ pratipālanīyāṃ tvajjīvitāśaikanibandhajīvām |
saṃtyajya yātuṃ katham udyamas te mā sā kathā mānavaro madīyam

svaprāṇasaṃdehakarīm avasthāṃ praviśya naikāntasukhaṃ prasādhyam |
saṃpattayo yena vaṇigjanasya tato 'ham evaṃ suta vārayāmi

sa tasyā hitārthaṃ madhurāṇy api vacanakusumāni tṛṇam ivāvadhūya sapragalbhatayā samavalambitavikatthāśobhaṃ kiṃ cid īdṛśaṃ pratyāha |
varaṃ naiva tu jāyeran ye jātā nirdhanā janāḥ |
jātasya yadi duḥkhāni varaṃ mṛtyur na jīvitam

āśayā gṛham āgatya dīnadīnās tapasvinaḥ |
arthino mama pāpasya yānti niśvasya durmanāḥ [!]

ye śaktihīnā vibhavārjanādau te dehino duḥkhaśataṃ sahante |
lokaṃ punar duḥkhaśatopataptaṃ draṣṭuṃ na śaknomi cirāyamāṇaḥ

tasmād vilaṅghāmi vacas tavedaṃ yāsyāmi taṃ tvaṃ prajahīhi śokam |
tatraiva yāyāṃ nidhanaṃ samudre chinnaṃ mayā vā vyasanaṃ janasya

atha maitrakanyako bodhisattvo mātaram apramāṇīkṛtya nirgatya gṛhād vārāṇasyāṃ puryām ātmānaṃ sārthavāham ity udghoṣayām āsa |
asyām eva purā puraṃdarapurīpraspardhipuryāṃ vaṇiṅ
mitro nāma babhūva yaḥ suranaraprakhyātakīrtidhvajaḥ |
putras tasya mahāsamudram acirād yāsyaty amuṣmin dine
yātuṃ ye vaṇijaḥ kṛtopakaraṇās te santu sajjā iti

atha maitrakanyako bodhisattvo vividhopakaraṇasaṃbhārasādhanānāṃ samāgṛhītapuṇyāhaprasthānabhadrāṇām upahṛtamaṅgalavidhānānāṃ vaṇijāṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ kṛtaparivāraḥ prasasāra | mātā cainaṃ gacchatīti śrutvāha | mamaikaputraka kva yāsyasīti karuṇakaruṇākranditamātraparāyaṇā komalavimalakamalavilāsālasābhyāṃ pāṇikamalābhyāṃ rucirakanakaghaṭitaghaṭavikaṭapayodharavarorubhāsuram uraḥ pragāḍham abhitāḍayati | bāṣpasaliladhārāparaṃparodbhavoparudhyamānakaṇṭhī [!] anilabalākulitagalitasajalajaladapaṭalāvalīmalinakeśapāśā satvaratvaram abhigamya maitrakanyakasya bodhisattvasya pādayoḥ pariṣvajyaivam āha | mā māṃ putraka parityajya yāsīti |
anartharāgagrahamūḍhabuddhayo narā hi paśyanti na kevalaṃ hitam |
satāṃ hitādhānavidhānacetasāṃ giro 'pi śṛṇvanti na bhūtavādinām

maitrakanyako 'pi
dharaṇi tala nimagnāṃ mātaraṃ śokavaśyāṃ
śirasi kupitacittaḥ pādavajreṇa hatvā |
muhur upacitaśokaḥ karmaṇā preryamāṇas
tvaritamatir abhūt – saṃprayātuṃ vaṇigbhiḥ