Jātakamālā · Verses 92-111

śabdāyamānavaranūpuramekhalābhir ādiśyamānabhavanaṃ pravarāpsarobhiḥ |
haimādriśṛṅgam iva tat puram āviśantaṃ nemuḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭā bahavo 'pi tatra

anyaiś [!] ca punaḥ
kiṃ dīptaraśmir vinigūḍharaśmiḥ kiṃ puṣpaketuḥ sahasāvatīrṇaḥ |
hā kiṃ vinikṣiptaharāgravajro nāthaḥ surāṇām iti tarkito 'bhūt

timiranikaralekhyā śyāmagopakṣmalekhyāḥ sphuṭitakanakahārā nyastaratnojjvalāṅgyaḥ |
vipulabhavanamālājālavātāyanasthāḥ pramuditamanaso 'nyāś cikṣipuḥ srastakāñcyaḥ

ratnapradīpaprahatāndhakāraṃ muktāphalapraruciroruharmyam |
calatpatākāgravibhinnameghaṃ gehaṃ viveśāpsarasāṃ hi tāsām

tāsāṃ vilāsair gamanaiḥ salīlair hāsaiḥ kaṭākṣair madhuraiḥ pralāpaiḥ |
krīḍan sa kālaṃ na viveda yātaṃ sarvātmanā rāgaparītacetāḥ

pratyahaṃ ca dakṣiṇena gamanaṃ vārayanti sma | so 'pi yathā yathā nivāryate tathā tathā tayā diśā gamanāyotsukamanā babhūva |
yatrāyaṃ vāryate loko janena hitabuddhinā |
viparyastamatis tatra janaḥ sa paridhāvati

yadi kuryād ayaṃ loke suhṛdāṃ vacanaṃ hitam |
paraiti svargaṃ pātālaśvabhre [!] ā svapnato 'pi na

atha maitrakanyako bodhisattvas tāsām apsarasām parijñātagamanaprayojano dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi padavīm āruhya vrajan sadāmattakaṃ nāma nagaraṃ dadarśa | tasmād api nagarād aṣṭāpsarasaḥ sasaṃbhramaṃ niḥsṛtya taṃ mahāsattvaṃ praveśayām āsuḥ | tatrāpy aciraṃ ratim anubhūya pratiṣidhyamānagamanakriyas tenaiva dakṣiṇena pathā gacchan nandanaṃ nāma nagaraṃ dadarśa | tasmād api ṣoḍaśāpsarobhir abhigamya satkṛtya praveśayām āse | tatrāpi ciraṃ krīḍāṃ sevitvā tasmād api brahmottaraṃ nāma nagaraṃ prayayau | tatrāpi dvātriṃśatāpsarobhir bhūyaḥ satkāraṃ viṣayasukham bhuktvā tāḥ prāha |
icchāmi gantum tad ahaṃ bhavantyo [!] mā matkṛte śokahrade śayidhvam |
saṃpātabhadrāṇi hi kasya nāma viśleṣaduḥkhāni na santi loke

sthitvāpi yenaiva ciraṃ viyogaḥ śatroḥ kṛtāntād bhavitāntakāle |
tenaiva netrāśrujalārdragaṇḍān [!] yuṣmān vihāyādya yiyāsur asmi

vātāhatāmbhodhitaraṅgalole ye jīvaloke bahuduḥkhabhīme |
viśleṣaduḥkhāya ratiṃ prayānti teṣāṃ paro nāsti vimūḍhacetāḥ

athāpsarasas tāḥ samastās tadgamanaviyogaśokaglapitaṛdayāḥ sasaṃbhramāḥ kamalakuvalayakuḍmalavilāsā nalinya iva śirasi viracitobhayakamalāñjalayaḥ prāhuḥ |
asmāsu te kartum aniṣṭam iṣṭaṃ kathaṃ hi bhaktipraṇayārpitāsu |
so 'nyena ekagrahaṇīyarūpaḥ śarīrakānena vayo grahīte

gatvā tan nagaratrayaṃ yad api he svāminn ihāpy āgataḥ
saṃprāptā viṣayopabhogamadhurāḥ saṃpattayas te ciram |
gantavyaṃ na punas tvayā subahunā proktena kiṃ yāsi cet
saṃsmartāsi vipatsamudrapatito vākyaṃ hi no duḥkhitaḥ

bodhisattvaḥ prāha |
yad abhyāsavaśān nṛṇām udayasaṃpadaḥ sthirāḥ |
kathaṃ te nu nivāryeran nivarteran kathaṃ nu vā

niyojanīyāḥ suhṛdaḥ suhṛdbhir yasmin hite karmaṇi nityakālam |
nivāraṇaṃ tatra tu ye prakurvate te śatravo 'mitratayā bhavanti

divyaṃ prāpya sukhaṃ pure ramaṇake saṃcoditaḥ karmaṇā [!]
āyāto 'smi niṣevaṇāya paramaṃ saukhyaṃ sadāmattakam |
saṃprāpto 'smi tataḥ svakarmakuśaleneṣṭaṃ puraṃ nandanaṃ
tasmād āgatakasya yūyam adhunā pronmūlitā bhūmayaḥ

tasmād ato me gamanaṃ bhavantyo [!] mā vārayadhvaṃ na hi no 'sty apāyaḥ |
asmād viśeṣāṇi sukhāni manye lapsye 'ham ity uccalito 'ham adya

ity atha mitrakanyako bodhisattvas tāsām apsarasāṃ hitam api vākyam ahitam ivāvajñayā tiraskṛtya tenaiva dakṣiṇena pathā gacchan dadarśa mahārgaḍapraṭitaprakaṭapuṭacaturdvāradāruṇaṃ sureśvareṇāpy abhedyottuṅgāyasaviśālaprākārapariveṣṭitam antarbhramaccakramaṇḍalālokapramuktadamadamāśabdagambhīrabhairavam āyasaṃ nagaraṃ tasya ca dvāradeśam upacakrāma |
saṃprāptamātrasya tu tatkṣaṇena dvāraṃ ca visphoṭakapāṭabhāram |
vajrāgradhārāparibhinnasānor vindhyācalasyeva nitambakukṣiḥ

tato maitrakanyako bodhisattvo 'tra viveśa |
praviṣṭamātrasya tu tatkṣaṇena dvāraṃ parikṣiptakapāṭayantram |
tatkarmavāyuprabhavair mahadbhiḥ kṣaṇād bhujāgrair iva saṃjaghāṭa

aśrauṣīc ca pragāḍhavedanāviklavahṛdayapuruṣasyāntaḥprākārāntaratiraskṛtaparamabhīṣaṇanirnādaṃ sakalajanottrāsanam uccarantaṃ śrutvā ca dvāradeśaṃ tvaritamatir lalaṅgha |
praviṣṭamātrasya tato dvitīyam āsphālitaṃ dvāram ivoparuddham |
paryantakālānilavegaviddhaṃ dvāraṃ surāṇām iva vajrakalpam

tato mitrakanyako bodhisattvaḥ praviveśa |
praviṣṭamātrasya punas tṛtīyaṃ dvāraṃ parikṣiptakapāṭayantram |
kṣaṇād abhūt tan nagaraṃ ca sarvaṃ bhrāntaṃ ca kṛtsnaṃ sa dadarśa bhītaḥ