Nāgānanda · Chapter 4

iti tṛtīyo 'ṅka /
caturtho 'ṅkaḥ
kañcukī-
antaḥpurāṇāṃ vihitavyavasthaḥ pade pade 'haṃ skhalanāni rakṣan /
jarāturaḥ samprati daṇḍanītyā sarvāṃ nṛpasyānukaromi vṛttim

śayyā śādvalamāsanaṃ śuciśilā sadma drumāṇāmadhaḥ
śītaṃ nirjharavāri pānamaśanaṃ kandāḥ sahāyā mṛgāḥ /
ityaprārthitalabhyasarvavibhave doṣo 'yameko vane
duṣprāpārthini yat parārthaghaṭanāvandhyairvṛthā sthīyate

unmajjajjalakuñjarendrarabhasāsphālānubandhoddhataḥ
sarvāḥ parvatakandarodarabhuvaḥ kurvan pratidhvānitāḥ /
uccairuccarati dhvaniḥ śrutipathonmāthī yathāyaṃ tathā
prāyaḥ preṅkhadasaṃkhyaśaṅkhadhavalā veleyamāgachati

kavalitalavaṅgapallakarimakarodūgārisurabhiṇā payasā /
eṣā samudravelā ratnadyutirañjitā bhāti

jihvāsahasradvitayasya madhye naikāpi sā tasya kimasti jihvā /
ekāhirakṣārthamahidviṣe 'dya datto mayātmeti yayā bravīti

ityeṣa bhogipatinā vihitavyavastho yān bhakṣayatyahipatīn patagādhirājaḥ /
yāsyanti yānti ca gatāśca dinairbivṛddhiṃ teṣāmamī tuhinaśailaruco 'sthikūṭāḥ

sarvāśucinidhānasya kṛtaghnasya vināśinaḥ /
śarīrakasyāpi kṛte mūḍhāḥ pāpāni kurvate !

kroḍīkaroti prathamaṃ yadā jātamanityatā /
dhātrīva jananī paścāttadā śokasya kaḥ kramaḥ?

mūḍhāyā muhuraśrusantatimucaḥ kṛtvā pralāpān bahūn
kastrātā tava putraketi kṛpaṇaṃ dikṣu kṣipantyā dṛśam /
aṅke māturavasthitaṃ śiśumimaṃ tyaktvā ghṛṇāmaśnataḥ
cañcurnaiva khagādhipasya hṛdayaṃ vajreṇa manye kṛtam/9 //
yairatyantadayāparairna vihitā vandhyārthināṃ prārthanā
yaiḥ kāruṇyaparigrahānna gaṇitaḥ svārthaḥ parārtha prati /
ye nityaṃ paraduḥkhaduḥkhitadhiyaste sādhavo 'staṃ gatā
mātaḥ ! saṃhara bāṣpavegamadhunā kasyāgrato rudyate?

ārtta kaṇṭhagataprāṇaṃ parityaktaṃ svabandhubhiḥ /
trāye nainaṃ yadi tataḥ kaḥ śarīreṇa me guṇaḥ

asyā vilokya manye putrasnehena viklavatvamidam /
akaruṇahṛdayaḥ karuṇāṃ kurvīta bhujaṅgaśatrurapi

mahāhimastiṣkavibhedamuktaraktacchaṭācarccitacaṇḍacañcuḥ /
kvāsau garutmān kva ca nāma saumyasvabhāvarūpākṛtireṣa sādhuḥ?

mamaitadambārpaya vadhyacihnaṃ prāvṛtya yāvadvinatātmajāya /
putrasya te jīvitarakṣaṇāya svadehamāhārayituṃ dadāmi

viśvāmitraḥ śvamāṃsaṃ śvapaca iva purābhakṣayadyannimittaṃ
nādijaṅgho nijadhne kṛtatadupakṛtiryatkṛte gautamena /
putro 'yaṃ kaśyapasya pratidinamuragānatti tārkṣyo yadarthaṃ
prāṇāṃstāneṣa sādhustṛṇamiva kṛpayā yaḥ parārtha dadāti

jāyante ca mriyante ca mādṛśāḥ kṣudrajantavaḥ /
parārthebaddhakakṣāṇāṃ tvādṛśāmudbhavaḥ kutaḥ?

mriyate mriyamāṇe yā tvayi jīvati jīvati /
tāṃ yadīcchasi jīvantīṃ rakṣātmānaṃ mamāsubhiḥ

cañcaccañcūddhṛtārddha cyutapiśitalavagrāsasaṃvṛddhagarddhai-
rgṛddhairārabdhapakṣadvitayavidhutibhirbaddhasāndrāndhakāre /
vaktroddhāntāḥ patantyaśchamiti śikhiśikhāśreṇayosmin śivānā-
masrasrotasmajasrasru tabahalavasāvāsavisre svananti

pratidinamaśūnyamahikāhāreṇa vināyakāhitaprīti /
śaśidhavalāsthikapālaṃ vapuriva raudraṃ śmaśānamidam

samutpasyāmahe mātaryasyāṃ yasyāṃ gatau vayam /
tasyāṃ tasyāṃ priyasute ! mātā bhūyāstvameva naḥ

vāsoyugamidaṃ raktaṃ prāpte āle samāgatam /
mahatīṃ prītimādhatte parārthe dehamujjhataḥ

tulyāḥ saṃvarttakābhraīḥ pidadhati gaganaṃ paṅktayaḥ pakṣatīnāṃ
tīre vegānilo 'mbhaḥ kṣipati bhuva iva lāvanāyāmburāśeḥ /
kurvan kalpāntaśaṅkāṃ sapadi ca sabhayaṃ vīkṣito digdvipendrai-
rdehodyoto daśāśāḥ kapiśayati muhurdvādaśādityadīptiḥ

na tathā sukhayati manye malayavatī malayacandanarasārdrā /
abhivāñchitārthasiddhatyai vadhyaśileyaṃ yathāśliṣṭā

śayitena māturaṅke visrabdhaṃ śaiśave na tat prāptam /
labdhaṃ sukhaṃ mayāsyā vadhyaśilāyā yadutsaṅge

kṣiptvā bimbaṃ himaṃśorbhayakṛtavalayāṃ saṃmarañcheṣamūrtti
sānandaṃ syandanāśvatrasanavicalite pūṣṇi dṛṣṭo 'grajena /
eṣa prāntāvasajjajjaladharapaṭalaiarāyatībhūtapakṣaḥ
prāpto velāmahīdhraṃ malayamahigrāsagṛdhnuḥ kṣaṇena

saṃrakṣatā pannagamadya puṇyaṃ mayārjitaṃ yatsvaśarīradānāt /
bhave bhave tena mamaivamevaṃ bhūyāt parārthaḥ khalu dehalābhaḥ

asminvadhyaśilātale nipatitaṃ śeṣānahīn rakṣituṃ
nirbhidyāśanidaṇḍacaṇḍatarayā cañcvādhunā vakṣasi /
bhoktuṃ bhoginamuddharāmi tarasā raktāmbaraprāvṛtaṃ
digdhaṃ madbhayadīryyamāṇahṛdayaprasyandinevāsṛjā

āmodānanditālirnipatati kimiyaṃ puspavṛṣṭirnabhastaḥ?
svarge kiṃ vaiṣa cakraṃ mukharayati diśāṃ dundubhīnāṃ ninādaḥ?
āṃ jñātaṃ ! so 'pi manye mama javamarutā kampitaḥ pārijātaḥ
sarvaiḥ saṃvarttakābhrairidamapi rasitaṃ jātasaṃhāraśaṅkaiḥ

nāgānāṃ rakṣitā bhāti gurureṣa yathā mama /
tathā sarpāśinākāṅkṣāṃ vyaktamadyāpaneṣyati