Jātakamālā · Verses 82-101

matihutabhujā dagdhvā skandhapravṛttiviṣadrumaṃ
sthitiṣu vaśitāṃ saṃprāpyāpi prakāśayaśotsavāḥ |
sakalabhuvanaśreyaḥ kṛtvā gatāḥ sugatāḥ śamaṃ
viṣayakṛpaṇāḥ kaṣṭaṃ naṣṭā vayaṃ bhavalubdhakāḥ

sthānāsthānavivekayogaviduṣā sthānena saṃvarṇitā
skandhānāṃ kṣaṇikāpy anuttaragirā nirvṛttir āyāsinī |
sthāne prajvalitāṃs tarūn iva khagās tyaktvā bhavān bhaṅgurān
nirvānti jvalanā ivāmbuvihatāś citteśvarā yoginaḥ

kṛtvābhiyogam api cāgamagahvareṣu svairapracāram anugṛhya mano manuṣyāḥ |
alpaśrutā iti jagaty upayānti saṃkhyāṃ cetovinigrahaphalaṃ śrutam āhur āryāḥ

sa sūcikāgrair iva tudyamānaḥ pipīlikair bhugnakarāladaṃṣṭraiḥ |
mahīrajodhūsarakomalāṅgo muhur muhuḥ saṃparivartate sma

sa makṣikāṇāṃ nayutaiḥ parīto mṛduḥ prayatnākulapāṇipādaḥ |
viceṣṭamānaḥ karuṇaṃ kathaṃ cid bhavān jagarhe manasānutāpī

krūrārāvaiḥ purabalibhujāṃ maṇḍalaiḥ saṃpatadbhir
vyādhūtāsyo vipadam aśivāṃ yo 'svatantraḥ prapede |
gomāyūnāṃ viṣamavirutair agnimālākarālair
āryasyāpi prakṛtimṛdukaṃ tasya cetaś cakampe

kravyāśināṃ paravadhapraṇayapragalbhaiḥ pūgair asau parivṛto vigatāsukalpaḥ |
prākhyāpayat sa bhavabhogalavābhilāṣaduḥkhāni tasya ca vaco vigatasravasya

tasya tathā kṛcchragatasya puradvāri parivartamānasya gavāṃ nirgacchantīnāṃ puraḥsaro vṛṣabhas tam āyuṣmantaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidhiyogasāmarthyāt pitevopagu tāvad avatasthe yāvad atikrāntaḥ sarvo gaugaṇaḥ | so 'titīvravedanāturatanur alpasthāmatayā kaṇṭhagataprāṇaḥ punar api mayā vyasanam evānubhavanīyaṃ maraṇād ūrdhvam ity abhiviṣādo 'pi mṛtyur eva tatkāladuḥkhapratīkāram ākārayatu | vanavihagapakṣapātoddhṛtadharaṇitalarajo'vakīrṇadeho nirākrando mandam aparispandakaracaraṇavadanakamala idānīṃ na bhaviṣyāmīti buddham eva bhagavantaṃ namaskartum ārabdhaḥ | tadbhāgyaśeṣopakṛṣṭā iva copāsakā buddhadharmasaṃghānuvādāśrayāḥ saṃkathāḥ kathayantas taṃ pradeśam upajagmuḥ | sa tān avalokya pratyujjīvita iva mṛdusphuṭakalena vacasā kamalapalāśakomalaṃ pāṇim abhiprasāryābravīt | bho bhoḥ satpuruṣā muhūrtakaṃ tāvad asmadanukampayāvatiṣṭhadhvam iti | atha te sahasā tacchabdaśravaṇasaṃbhrāntāḥ kim idaṃ kathaṃ cety utpannavimarśāḥ sthitā vayaṃ bhadramukhete taṃ mahāsattvam āśvāsayāṃ babhūvuḥ | kautūhalākulasamāsāś ca punar evam ūcuḥ |
avasthāṃś ca vayaś cedaṃ vāksauṣṭhavam idaṃ ca te |
matvā calati no buddhiḥ kautūhalasamākulā

tat saumya vada ko nāma tvaṃ devo 'py atha dānavaḥ |
kathaṃ cemāṃ daśāṃ prāptaḥ sajjanāyāsakāriṇīm

sa tān āha |
mānuṣo 'smi mahāsattvā nāhaṃ devo na dānavaḥ |
bhavasaṃbhogatarṣeṇa prāptas tv aham imāṃ daśām

atha te tadvacaḥ śrutvā saṃvignoddhatamānasāḥ |
anukampāmṛtasnigdhaṃ pratyabhāṣanta taṃ punaḥ

upāsakā vayaṃ sādho nityaṃ kiṃkuśalaiṣiṇaḥ |
vistaraṃ śrotum icchāmaḥ sa cet khedaṃ na manyase

sa tān ity avadad yūyaṃ dharmabhrātara eva me |
duḥkhāni tāvad vāryantāṃ paścād vakṣyāmi vistaram

tatheti ca pratiśrutya gṛhītvā pāṇibhiḥ śanaiḥ |
pramṛjyāstīrya vastrāṇi svāni teṣu nyaveśayan

prasvasthakāyaḥ sa samāhitātmā catvāri satyāni yathekṣitāni |
parīkṣamāṇo na cireṇa sādhur malān yathāsthūlamayāṃś cakāra

⏑ anuśayaviśeṣaṃ bhāvanāmārgaheyaṃ ⏑ ravir iva niśāntadhvāntam ullikhya bhābhiḥ |
svatanum atanupuṇyāpyāyitāntarviśeṣāṃ apahṛtagurubhārāyāsalaghvīṃ babhāra

atha sa mahātmā kṛtakaraṇīyaḥ kṣaṇam apy avasthāṃ tāṃ parityajya sabahumānaḥ kevalaṃ teṣām upāsakānāṃ kṛtajñatām anurakṣan paryaṅkaṃ gaganatale baddhvā taiḥ sabahumānam udīkṣyamāṇo vistareṇa tebhyo yathāvṛttaṃ vyāhṛtya punar api tān ābabhāṣe |
abhinandati yo janma sa duḥkham abhinandati |
duḥkhābhinandī duḥkhebhyo na jātu parimucyate

pakvagaṇḍāyamānasya yaḥ kāyasyāsya saṃbhavaḥ |
ītyupāyāsaduḥkhānām utpādaḥ sa vidāhinām

saṃsārāvacaraṃ kṛtsnaṃ sukham ekaghanīkṛtam |
narāṇāṃ janmaduḥkhena kṣaṇikenābhibhūyate

viṣopadigdhā niśitā ivāyasāḥ śikhā ivāgneḥ prabalānilākulāḥ |
sabhīmanādā iva cāśmavṛṣṭayaḥ pravṛttayo duṣprasahāḥ śarīriṇām