Jātakamālā · Verses 33-52

arthāya netravyasanaṃ tu jātam asyā na māṃ drakṣyati māryamāṇam |
yad asya tīkṣṇena durādhareṇa vyādhaprayuktena śilīmukhena

kṛtvā ca yat pāpam ayaṃ tapasvī duḥkhāni saṃprāpsyati dāruṇāni |
etan mano nirdahatīva mahyaṃ prāṇoparodhaṃ svam acintayitvā

dhig astu saṃkleśapiśācavaiśasaṃ pṛthagjanatvaṃ dhig anarthapaṇḍitam |
vipattipātālatale duruttare vṛthaiva yal lokam imaṃ vimuñcati

atha sa prakṛtiśuddhasattvas tadavastho 'py anabhijātaviṣādadainyasaṃbhramamanās taṃ vyādham abravīt |
amogho yad ayaṃ bāṇas tvayā tāta samudyataḥ |
mayi prahara niḥśaṅkaṃ mā kārṣīr mṛtamārikām

atha sā vṛddhā vānarī taṃ bodhisattvasyātiduṣkaraṃ hṛdayasaṃtāpakaraṃ vyavasāyam avetya pāṇibhyāṃ hṛdayam abhighnantī sāśrukaṇṭhā gadgadāyamānavacanā bodhisattvam āha |
putra mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīr mayy eva praharatv ayam |
mṛtayāpi mayā kiṃ syāj jarayāpītasārayā

yad ahaṃ tāta jīvāmi durmanā duḥkhabhāginī |
tvatsaṅgamasukhābhyāsaṃ rasāgraṃ na varaṃ hi tat

tvayi jīvati jīvanti bahavo dharmajīvinaḥ |
nimīlite tvayi vyaktaṃ diśaḥ sarvā nimīlitāḥ

jarājanitasaṃvegā viproṣitavilocanā |
mṛtyum evābhikāṅkṣāmi niśvāsaikaparāyaṇā

tvaṃ me hṛdayasarvasvaṃ putrakocchvasimi tvayā |
tvayi jīvati jīvantīṃ mām avehi mṛtām api

upāyāsi prapannāyā jarākāntāram āyatam |
viśrambhasthānavan mṛtyur bhāgyenaiva mamāgataḥ

atha bodhisattvo 'bhipraṇamyānuneṣyann anukampāśītalair api nirdahann iva vacobhir jananīṃ praty āha |
kṣudrajantor api kṛte jahyāṃ dehaśatāny api |
mātur arthe tyajed deham itaro 'pi gatavyathaḥ

kāyavraṇam imaṃ tīvravyasanāpātakātaram |
tavaiva paricaryāyai mātaḥ pariharāmy aham

na ca me kāyikaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā janayati vyathām |
mānasenaiva duḥkhena yathā pīḍye vidāhinā

svakāyaparirakṣārtham adhyupekṣya vadhaṃ tava |
duḥkhaṃ manomayaṃ soḍhuṃ kathaṃ śakṣyāmi duḥsaham

api cāmba |
ucchrāyā vinipātinaḥ priyajanaśleṣā visaṃyoginaḥ
sarve saṃnicayāḥ kṣayāntavirasā dīpāḥ prabhāteṣv iva |
mṛtyor aprativāryavīryamahataḥ krīḍāmṛgāḥ prāṇinaḥ
saṃsārādhvani dehināṃ vicaratāṃ dharmānukṛtyaṃ param

atha sā bodhisattvajananī śītair ananyasattvasadṛśaiḥ karuṇāniṣyandabhūtaiḥ snehātiśayodgāribhiḥ svajīvitanirapekṣair aparimlāyamānagauravaprasādapeśalais tadvacobhiḥ sutarām ākleditahṛdayā vyāpinā svareṇa tad vanam āpūrayantī sakaruṇaṃ virurāva |
amūni tava vākyāni śītāny api dahanti mām |
himāpātā iva latāṃ pākapāṇḍupalāśinīm

hā mātṛvatsala ripuṣv api maitracitta
kṣudreṣv api prakṛtibhadra mṛdusvabhāva |
putrāpahāya kṛpaṇāṃ kva nu yāsyasi tvaṃ
mām adya duḥkhaśatabāṇaśaravyabhūtām

hā hā hatāsmi kṛpaṇā cyutabhāgadheyā daivena sādhujananirdayapauruṣeṇa |
saṃrakṣa māṃ suciram ekapade jahāsi kiṃ putrakādya nanu saiva tavāsmi mātā

yātāḥ kva te 'dya munayo jvalitaprabhāvāḥ
sakhyaḥ kva tāḥ pratigatā vanadevatās te |
dharmāya rakṣati jagat kila dharmajīvī
kasmāj jagan mama nimīlati putraśūnyam

śailā nirjhariṇaḥ kadambakakubhaśreṇīniruddhātapā
nadyaś ca sphuṭapadmareṇuharitakṣāmormimālādharāḥ |
saṃśāntā vanarājayaś ca śikhinā sudyotitāś candrakair
bhānor aṃśukarālitāś ca divasā rakṣantu me putrakam

iti sā rurāva kurarīva viklavā nayanāmbudurdinamukhī tapasvinī |
vasudhātale galitahāramekhalā bhujagāṅganā pativiyogaśaṅkinī

atha sumanā nāma yoṣid bodhisattvam anveṣamānā vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm anuprāptā dadarśa cainaṃ mahāsattvaṃ paramadāruṇām avasthām upagataṃ dṛṣṭvā ca tīvraśokāyāsavyathitahṛdayā provāca |
sphuritakiraṇacchāyāramyāḥ śiromaṇayaḥ kva te
kva dayita gatās tās tā daṃṣṭrā bisāṅkuradhūsarāḥ |
vapur upahataṃ daṇḍāghātair navotpalakomalaṃ
vigalitahṛdayā (?) krūreṇaitat kṛpātmaka kena te

kiṃ dharmo 'stam itaḥ prajāhitakaraḥ kiṃ lokapālā mṛtāḥ
tejaḥ kopaviṣātisaṅgarabhasaṃ kiṃ proṣitaṃ bhoginām |
śūnyaṃ kiṃ nu patiprabhābhir adhunā niḥśuklamūlaṃ jagad
yena tvaṃ vyasanaṃ duruttaram idaṃ prāpto vināśāya te

nāsīt kasya dayā tvayi praharato 'nāryasya śāntātmani
krauryaṃ tvayy api nāma sādhucarite pāpātmanāṃ jāyate |
tvām āyāsayataḥ kathaṃ na patitau tasya prakoṣṭhāt karau
nāthānātha ivāpadaṃ katham imāṃ prāptas tvam āyāsinīm

bodhisattvas tu pratyagrakopaśokakaluṣitādhyāśayātmanām avetya tūṣṇīm eva babhūva || sā punar abravīt ||
kasyāpriyaṃ jīvitam ādyajātaṃ kālena kelī ṃ saha kaḥ karoti |
tvadapriyāriṣṭaniviṣṭaceṣṭo lokāntaraṃ ko 'bhyanugantukāmaḥ

śītābhilāṣī pravivikṣur agniṃ ko mārutoddhataśikhākalāpam |
āditsate krūraviṣaṃ bhujaṅgaṃ kaḥ puṣpadāmākṛtivipralabdhaḥ

udadhiparikhām adyaivaināṃ dahāmi vasundharāṃ
sanaganagaragrāmārāmāṃ svadṛṣṭihutāśanaiḥ |
na mama hṛdayaṃ śānti ṃ yāti tvadapriyatāḍitaṃ
dahati yadi na krodhāgnir māṃ purā niravagrahaḥ

atha bodhisattvas tāṃ tapasvinīm aviṣahyakopāgnipradīptamānasā ṃ hlādayann iva tadāmṛtaśiśirābhir vāgbhir ity abravīt ||
alam alaṃ mā gā bhadre vai kopasya cetovidāhinaḥ |
prakṛtiduḥkheṣu ko bhūyaḥ sattveṣu duḥkhāni cintayet

duḥkhahetau vartamāneṣu śocyeṣu saṃkleśabhāgiṣu kaḥ parākramet || duḥkhāya svahitakramārteṣu dehiṣu na mama daṃṣṭrotpāṭanād duḥkhaṃ na ca daṇḍasaṃpātajā rujāḥ || duḥkhayanti mānasaṃ caṇḍi tvadvākkarkaśās tudanti mām || api ca kānte ||
bodhisaṃprāptaye cittaṃ yadaivotpāditaṃ purā |
vayaṃ tadaiva lokānām ādheyakriyatāṃ gatāḥ

kopavahnimlāyamānā punaḥ saiva tvam anyeva lakṣyase ||
candralekheva cāmbare vikasadghanadhūmasaṃbādhadhūsare

kiṃ ca ||
karmāparādhajanitaṃ yadi duḥkham etat kopāvakāśa iha ko nu mama dvijātau |
karmendhanoddhataśikhāśakalākulebhyaḥ kupyet kathaṃ na matimān narakānalebhyaḥ

tad alaṃ kopadainyena tava cetovidāhinā |
svagṛhān eva gacchasva saṃtyāgaṃ ca kuruṣva me

sā bhartur abhiprāyaṃ saṃpādayantī tadvacanāpyāyitahṛdayā vigatakopasaṃrambhā babhūva ||
kopoparāgavigame vivṛto 'dhimātraḥ snehaḥ priye viṣamavartini nāgavadhvā |
udghāṭitābhrapaṭalasphuṭadigvibhāge khe niḥsapatna iva candramasaḥ prakāśaḥ

śokāśrunayanapariplutā ceti bodhisattvam abravīt ||
kuto me duḥkhabhāginyā gehaṃ ārya tvayā vinā |
ihaiva śoṣam eṣyāmi yā gatis tava sā mama

viṣamasthaṃ parityajya tvām anātha sukhaidhitam |
kānta kena sukhenāhaṃ drakṣyāmi svajanaṃ punaḥ

sukhe samānatāṃ gatvā duḥkhe jahyāṃ yadi priyam |
anāryām akṛtajñāṃ māṃ dhārayiṣyati bhūḥ katham

pratibhāti jagac chūnyaṃ tvayā virahitaṃ mama |
tvaṃ me jīvitasarvasvaṃ tvaṃ bandhus tvaṃ parāyaṇam

bodhisattvo 'tha tāṃ sādhvīṃ bahalasnehaviklavām |
anukampāvaśāt sādhur īdṛśaṃ pratyabhāṣata

adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanā sukhasaṃvardhitā priye |
parikleśam imaṃ soḍhum akṣamā tvam anindite

mayi sneho 'sti yadi te duḥkhaṃ me yadi necchasi |
adṛṣṭam adya māṃ kṛtvā tad gaccha tvaṃ svam ālayam