Jātakamālā · Verses 11-31

karmāṇi nirmucya kathaṃ bhavebhyaḥ svargaukasas tuṣṭivaśād iheyuḥ |
ye yair vinā nātmabhavaṃ labhante te tair vinā janma kathaṃ bhajeran

ye sāṃsārikanaikaduḥkhadahanajvālālatāliṅgitās
te vāñchanti narāmaroragasukhaṃ prāyeṇa dānādibhiḥ |
tvaṃ kenāpi viḍambyase jaḍamatiḥ putrāśayonmattako
yas tvaṃ dyām adhigantum icchasi bṛhatsopānamālāśrayāt

vidhim aparam ahaṃ te bodhayāmi prasiddhyai
tvam api ca kuru tāvat saṃprasiddhyai kadā cit |
yadi bhavati sutas te kanyakānāma tasya
sakalajanapade 'smin khyāpayasva prasiddhyai

atha tasya kālāntare gaganatalam aṃśumālīva svakiraṇanikarair virājamānaṃ svavaṃśalakṣmīḥ putraṃ janayāṃ babhūva | sa ca
nirvāntāmalahemaśailaśikharapracchedagauradyutiḥ
saṃpūrṇāmalacandramaṇḍalasamacchattrorubhāsvacchirāḥ |
mattairāvaṇacārupuṣkarakaravyālambabāhudvayo
bhinnendīvaraphullapattranicayaśyāmāruṇāntekṣaṇaḥ

bhūyaḥ kalpasahasrasaṃcitamahāpuṇyaprabhāvodbhavaiḥ
pravyaktasphuritendracāparuciraiḥ prahlādibhir lakṣaṇaiḥ |
mūrtis tasya rarāja meruśikharād dhemaṃ yathā bhūcyutaṃ
prodgīrṇasvamayūkhajālajaṭilai ratnāṅkurair veṣṭitam

bhramaracamarapaṅktiśyāmakeśābhirāmaṃ
samavipulalalāṭaṃ śrīmaduttuṅganāsam |
tanayam uditacetā maitrakanyābhidhānaṃ
daśadivasapareṇa khyāpayām āsa loke

śarīriṇāṃ vṛddhikaraiḥ samṛddhair viśeṣayuktair vividhānnapānaiḥ |
sudhāvadātaiḥ sphuṭacandrapādaiḥ payodhiveleva yayau samṛddhim

dhātrībhiḥ sa samunnītaḥ kṣīraiś ca sarpimaṇḍakaiḥ |
pupoṣa sundaraṃ dehaṃ hradastham iva paṅkajam

atha tasya pitā mitraḥ sārthavāho vaṇigjanaiḥ |
dravyair vahanam āropya jagāhe toyadhiṃ mudā

timiṅgilakṣobhavivardhitormimahodadhau mīnavipannapātre |
pitur vyatīte jananīṃ jagāda cakāra kiṃ karma pitā mameti

tato 'sya jananī pativiyogaśokaglapitahṛdayā cintām āpede |
āśāpāśaśatākṛṣṭo jano mṛtyuṃ na paśyati |
viṣayāsvādakṛpaṇo vāraṇa iva bandhanam

yady api kathayiṣyāmi pitaraṃ yānapātrikam |
eṣo 'pi mama mandāyā nāśam eṣyati toyadhau

yāvac cāyaṃ janapadam imaṃ tasya vṛttiṃ na bhūtāṃ
pṛcchaty asmai kathayati na vā sarva evaiṣa lokaḥ |
tāvad yuktaṃ mama sutam imaṃ mṛtyuvaktrāntarālaṃ
nānāduḥkhavyasanagahanaṃ vyādhisaktaṃ niṣeddhum

paro 'pi yaḥ sādhujanānujuṣṭaṃ vihāya mārgaṃ śrayate vimārgam |
nivāraṇīyaḥ sa matāj janena prayatnataḥ kiṃ punar eva putraḥ

tato janāni kathayāṃ cakre |
putrakaukarikatvena pitā te mām apūpuṣat |
yady ahaṃ sukhitā kāryā kārayaukarikāpaṇam

atha maitrakanyako bodhisattvo mātur vacanaṃ kusumamālām iva śirasā samabhivadyānyasminn ahani [!] aukarikāpaṇaṃ prasasāra |
puṇyasaṃbhāramahatas tasya sattvadayāvataḥ |
prathame 'hani saṃpannaṃ catuṣkārṣāpaṇaṃ dhanam ||
svagarbhasaṃdhāraṇaduḥkhitāyai dadau sa tasyai mudito jananyai |
daridraduḥkhavyasanacchidāyai dhanaṃ mahābhogaphalaprasūtyai

atha ye tasmin puravare ciraṃtanā aukarikās te tasya tam abhivardhamānaṃ krayavikrayalokam aviṣamavyavahāranītyā prakṛtipremapeśalatayā cāvarjitamanasaṃ tasmin mahāsattve vyavahārārtham āpatantam avalokya taṃ tasmāt karmaṇo vinivartanārtham āhuḥ |
gāndhikāpaṇikaḥ śreṣṭhī pitā te 'smin pure purā |
sa tvaṃ tāṃ vṛttim ujjhitvā śrayase 'nyāṃ kayā dhiyā

atha bodhisattvas tām api jīvikām apahāya gāndhikāpaṇaṃ cakāra |
yasminn eva dine cakre sa sādhur gāndhikāpaṇam |
kārṣāpaṇāṣṭakaṃ tasya tasminn evopapadyate

tam [!] api mātre pratipāditavān | atha gāndhikāpaṇikāḥ puruṣāḥ sametyāgatya ca taṃ mahāsattvaṃ vicchandayām āsuḥ |
gāndhāpaṇaṃ klībajanābhipannaṃ pitā na vaimadyapure cakāra |
tatraiva hairaṇyikatāṃ sa kṛtvā dhanāni bhūyāṃsi samāpa sādho

atha maitrakanyako bodhisattvas tām api jīvikām apahāya hairaṇyikāpaṇaṃ cakāra |
tayāpi tasmin vyavahāranītyā hairaṇyikāṃs tān abhibhūya sarvān |
lebhe dine sa prathame mahārhaḥ kārṣāpaṇān ṣoḍaśa tān dadau ca