Ratnāvalī · Chapter 4

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(Sanskrit text of 2.47-95 and 3 lost!)
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adharmamanvāyyamapi prāyo rājānujīvibhiḥ /
ācaran stūyate tasmāt kṛcchrādvetti kṣamākṣamam

anyo 'pi tāvadyaḥ kaściddurvacaḥ kṣamamapriyam /
kimu rājā mahābhaumastvaṃ mayā bhikṣuṇā satā

tvatkṛtādeva tu snehājjagatāmanukampayā /
ahameko vadāmi tvāṃ pathyamapyapriyaṃ bhṛśam

satyaṃ ślakṣṇārthavatpathyaṃ śiṣyaḥ kāle 'nukampayā /
vācya ityāha bhagavāṃstadevamabhidhīyase

akrodhe satyavākye ca ślādhyamāno yadi sthitaḥ /
śravyaṃ saṃparigṛṇhīyāt sattoyaṃ snāpyamānavat

tasya me vadato vākyaṃ tvamihāmutra ca kṣamam /
jñātvā kuru hitāyedamātmano jagato 'pi ca

yācakebhyaḥ purā dānāt prāpyārthāṃścenna dāsyasi /
akṛtajñatvalobhābhyāṃ nārthān punaravāpsyasi

iha pathyadanaṃ loke na vahatyabhṛto bhṛtaḥ /
yācakastvabhṛto 'mutra hīnaḥ śataguṇodvahaḥ

udāracittaḥ satataṃ bhavodārakriyārataḥ /
udārakarmaṇaḥ sarvamudāraṃ jāyate phalam

manorathairapi klībairanālīḍhaṃ narādhipaiḥ /
kuru dharmāspadaṃ śrīmatkhyātaṃ ratnatrayāspadam

sāmantarājaromāñcakaraṃ dharmāspadaṃ na yat /
mṛtasyāpyapraśasyatvād rājaṃstadakṛtaṃ varam

atyaudāryādudārāṇāṃ vismayotsāhavardhanam /
utsāhanghaṃ ca mandānāṃ sarvasvenāpi kāraya

utsṛjyāmutra gantavyaṃ sarvasvamavaśena te /
dharme niyuktaṃ yātyeva purastātsarvameva tat

sarvasvaṃ pūrvanṛpaternṛpasya vaśamāgatam /
kiṃ pūrvakasya dharmāya sukhāya yaśase 'pi vā

bhuktādarthādiha sukhaṃ dattātpāratrikaṃ sukham /
abhuktādattanaṣṭatvādduḥkhameva kutaḥ sukham

vinaśyan sacivairdātumasvātantryānna śakyasi /
āpaticchedaniḥsnehairnavarājapriyaiṣibhiḥ

sarvasvenāpyataḥ svasthaḥ śīghraṃ dharmāspadaṃ kuru /
mṛtyupratyayamadhyasthaḥ pravātasthapradīpavat

dharmādhikārā ye cānye pūrvarājapravarvitāḥ /
devadroṇyādayaste 'pi pravartyantāṃ yathāsthitāḥ

ahiṃsakaiḥ śubhācārairvratasthairatithipriyaiḥ /
sarvakṣamairakalahairbhajyeraṃstaiḥ sado(dya)taiḥ

andhavyādhitahīnāṅgadīnānāthavanīpakāḥ /
te 'pyannapānaṃ sāmyena labherannavighaṭṭitāḥ

anarthānāmapi satāṃ dhārmikāṇāmanugrahān /
apyanyarājyasaṃsthānāmanurūpān pravartaya

sarvadharmādhikāreṣu dharmādhikṛtamutthitam /
alubdhaṃ paṇḍitaṃ dharmyaṃ kuru tesāmabādhakam

nītijñān dhārmikān snigdhān śucīn bhaktānakātarān /
kulīnān śīlasaṃpannān kṛtajñān sacivān kuru

akṣudrāṃstyāginaḥ śūrān snigdhān saṃbhoginaḥ sthirān /
kuru nityāpramattāṃśca dhārmikān daṇḍanāyakān

dharmaśīlān śūcīn dakṣān kāryajñān śāstrakovidān /
kṛtavṛttīn samān snigdhān vṛddhānadhikṛtān kuru

pratimāsaṃ ca tebhyastvaṃ sarvamāyavyayaṃ śṛṇu /
śrutvā dharmādhikārādyaṃ kāryaṃ sarvaṃ svayaṃ vada

dharmārthaṃ yadi te rājyaṃ na kīrtyarthaṃ na kāmataḥ /
tataḥ saphalamatyarthamanarthārthamato 'nyathā

parasparāmiṣībhūte loko 'smin prāyaśo nṛpa /
yathā rājyaṃ ca dharmaśca bhavettava tathā śṛṇu

jñānavṛddhāḥ kule jātā nyāyajñāḥ pāpabhīravaḥ /
sametā bahavo nityaṃ santu te kāryadarśinaḥ

daṇḍabandhaprahāradīn kuryuste nyāyato 'pi cet /
kāruṇyārdraḥ sadā bhūtvā tvamanugrahavān bhava

hitāyaiva tvayā cittamunnāmyaṃ sarvadehinām /
kāruṇyātsatataṃ rājaṃstīvrapāpakṛtāmapi

tīvrapāpeṣu hiṃsreṣu kṛpā kāryā viśeṣataḥ /
ta eva hi kṛpāsthānaṃ hatātmāno mahātmanām

pratyahaṃ pañcarātraṃ vā baddhān kṣīṇān vimocaya /
śeṣānapi yathāyogaṃ mā kāṃścit naiva mocaya

yeṣvamokṣaṇacittaṃ te jāyate teṣvasaṃvaraḥ /
tasmādasaṃvarāt pāpamajasramupacīyate

yāvacca na vimucyeraṃstāvatsyuḥ sukhabandhanāḥ /
nāpitasnānapānānnabhaiṣajyavasanānvitāḥ

apātreṣviva putreṣu pātrīkaraṇakāṅkṣayā /
kāruṇyā[ttāḍanaṃ kāryaṃ na dveṣān]nārthalipsayā

vimṛśya samyagvijñāya praduṣṭān ghātakānapi /
ahatvā pīḍayitvā ca kuru nirviṣayān narān

svatantraḥ paśya sarvaṃ ca viṣayaṃ cāracakṣuṣā /
nityāpramattaḥ smṛtimān kuru kāryaṃ ca dhārmikam

pradānamānasatkārairguṇasthān satataṃ bhaja /
udārairanurūpaistu śeṣānapi yathāvidhi

saṃmānasphītakusumaḥ saṃpradānamahāphalaḥ /
rājavṛkṣaḥ kṣamācchāyaḥ sevyate bhṛtyapakṣibhiḥ

tyāgaśīlamayo rājā tejasvī bhavati priyaḥ /
śarkarāmodako yadvadelāmaricakarkaśaḥ

mātsyanyāyaśca te naivaṃ nyāyādrājyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
na cānyāyo na vādharmo dharmaścaivaṃ bhaviṣyati

paralokāttvayā rājyaṃ nānītaṃ nāpi neṣyasi /
dharmāt prāptamato 'syārthe nādharmaṃ kartumarhasi

rājyena bhāṇḍamūlyena duḥkhabhāṇḍaparaṃparām /
rājan yathā nārjayasi prayatnaḥ kriyatāṃ tathā

rājyena bhāṇḍamūlyena rājyabhāṇḍaparaṃparām /
rājan yathā nirviśasi prayatnaḥ kriyatāṃ tathā

caturdvīpamapi prāpya pṛthivīṃ cakravartinaḥ /
śārīraṃ mānasaṃ caiva sukhadvayamidaṃ matam

duḥkhapratikriyāmātraṃ śārīraṃ vedanāsukham /
saṃjñāmayaṃ mānasaṃ tu kevalaṃ kalpanākṛtam

duḥkhapratikriyāmātraṃ kalpanāmātrameva ca /
lokasya sukhasarvasvaṃ vyarthametadato 'rthataḥ

dvīpadeśapurāvāsapradeśasthānavāsasām /
śayyānnapānahastyaśvastrīṇāṃ caikaikabhogyatā

yadā ca yatra cittaṃ syāt tadānena sukhaṃ kila /
śeṣāṇāmamanaskārātteṣāṃ vyarthatvamarthataḥ

viṣayān pañcabhiḥ pañca cakṣurādibhirindriyaiḥ /
na kalpayati cedgaṇhan nāsmātteṣu tadā sukham

jānīte viṣayaṃ yaṃ yaṃ yena yenendriyeṇa ca /
tadā na śeṣaiḥ śeṣāṇi vyarthānyeva yatastadā

indriyairupalabdhasya viṣayasyākṛtiṃ manaḥ /
upalabhya vyatītasya kalpayan manyate sukham

ekamarthaṃ vijānāti yadyapyekamihendriyam /
tadapyarthaṃ vinā vyarthaṃ vyartho 'rtho 'pi ca tadvinā

pratītya mātāpitarau yathoktaḥ putrasaṃbhavaḥ /
cakṣūrūpe pratītyaivamukto vijñānasaṃbhavaḥ

atītānāgatā vyarthā viṣayāḥ sārdhamindriyaiḥ /
tadudvayānatiriktatvād vyarthā ye 'pi ca sāṃpratāḥ

alātacakraṃ gṛṇhāti yathā cakṣurviparyayāt /
tathendriyāṇi gṛṇhanti viṣayān sāṃpratāniva

indriyāṇindriyāerthāśca pañcabhūtamayā matāḥ /
pratisvaṃ bhūtavaiyarthyādeṣāṃ vyarthatvamarthataḥ

nirindhano 'gnirbhūtānāṃ vinirbhāge prasajyate /
saṃparke lakṣaṇābhāvaḥ śeṣeṣvapyeṣa nirṇayaḥ

evaṃ dvidhāpi bhūtānāṃ vyarthatvātsaṃgatirvṛthā /
vyarthatvātsaṃgateścaivaṃ rūpaṃ vyarthamato 'rthataḥ

vijñānavedanāsaṃjñāsaṃskārāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ /
pratyekamātmavaiyarthyadvaiyarthyaṃ paramārthataḥ

sukhābhimāno duḥkhasya pratīkāre yathārthataḥ /
tathā sukhābhimāno 'pi sukhasya pratighātajaḥ

sukhe saṃyogatṛṣṇaivaṃ naiḥsvābhāvyātprahīyate /
duḥkhe viyogatṛṣṇā ca paśyatāṃ muktirityataḥ

kaḥ paśyatīti ceccittaṃ vyahāreṇa kathyate /
na hi caittaṃ vinā cittaṃ vyarthatvānna saheṣyate

vyarthamevaṃ jaganmatvā yāthābhūtyānnirāspadaḥ /
nirvāti nirupādāno nirupādānavanhivat

bodhisattvo 'pi dṛṣṭaivaṃ saṃbodhau niyato mataḥ /
kevalaṃ tasya kāruṇyādā bodherbhavasaṃtatiḥ

bodhisattvasya saṃbhāro mahāyāne tathāgataiḥ /
nirdiṣṭaḥ sa tu saṃmūḍhaiḥ pradviṣṭaścaiva nindyate

guṇadoṣānabhijño vā doṣasaṃjñī guṇeṣu vā /
athavāpi guṇadveṣī mahāyānasya nindakaḥ

paropaghātino doṣān parānugrāhiṇo guṇān /
jñātvocyate guṇadveṣī mahāyānasya nindakaḥ

yatsvārthanirapekṣatvāt parārthaikarasapriyam /
guṇākaraṃ mahāyānaṃ taddviṣī tena dahyate

śrāddho 'pi durgṛhītena dviṣyāt kruddho 'thavetaraḥ /
śrāddho 'pi dagdha ityuktaḥ kā cintā dveṣābandhure

viṣeṇāpi viṣaṃ hanyādyathaivoktaṃ cikitsakaiḥ /
duḥkhenāpyahitaṃ hanyādityukte kiṃ virudhyate

manaḥpūrvaṃgamā dharmā manaḥśreṣṭhā iti śruteḥ /
hitaṃ hitamanāḥ kurvan duḥkhenāpyahitaṃ katham

duḥkhamapyāyatīpathyaṃ kāryaṃ kimu sukhaṃ hitam /
ātmanaśca pareṣāṃ ca dharma eṣā sanātanaḥ

mātrāsukhaparityāgāt paścāccedvipulaṃ sukham /
tyajenmātrāsukhaṃ dhīraḥ saṃpaśyan vipulaṃ sukham

na mṛśyate ca yadyetat kaṭubhaiṣajyadāyinaḥ /
tataścikitsakādyāśca hatā naivaṃ ca yujyate

apathyamapi yaddṛṣṭaṃ tatpathyaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ kvacit /
utsargaścāpavādaśca sarvaśāstreṣu śasyate

karuṇāpūrvakāḥ sarve niṣyandā jñānanirmalāḥ /
uktā yatra mahāyāne kastannindetsacetanaḥ

atyaudāryātigāmbhīryādviṣaṇṇairakṛtātmabhiḥ /
nindyate 'dya mahāyānaṃ mohāt svaparavairibhiḥ

dānaśīlakṣamāvīryadhyānaprajñākṛpātmakam /
mahāyānamatastasmin kasmāddurbhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ

parārtho dānaśīlābhyāṃ kṣāntyā vīryeṇa cātmanaḥ /
dhyānaṃ prajñā ca mokṣāya mahāyānārthasaṃgrahaḥ

parā[tmahita]mokṣārthāḥ saṃkṣepādbuddhaśāsanam /
te ṣaṭpāramitāgarbhāstasmād bauddhamidaṃ vacaḥ

puṇyajñānamayo yatra buddhairbodhermahāpathaḥ /
deśitastanmahāyānamajñānādvai na dṛśyate

khamivācintyaguṇatvādukto 'cintyaguṇo jinaḥ /
mahāyāne yato buddhamāhātmyaṃ kṣamyatāmidam

āryaśāradvatasyāpi śīlamātre 'pyagocaraḥ /
yasmāt tadbuddhamāhātmyamacintyaṃ kiṃ na mṛṣyate

anutpādo mahāyāne paresāṃ śūnyatā kṣayaḥ /
kṣayānutpādayośrcaikyamarthataḥ kṣamyatāṃ yataḥ

śūnyatā buddhamāhātmyamevaṃ yuktyānupaśyatām /
mahāyānetaroktāni na sameyuḥ kathaṃ satām

tathāgatābhisaṃdhyoktānyasukhaṃ jñātumityataḥ /
ekayānatriyānoktādātmā rakṣya upekṣayā

upekṣayā hi nāpuṇyaṃ dvesātpāpaṃ kutaḥ śubham /
mahāyāne yato dveṣo nātmakāmaiḥ kṛto 'rhati

na bodhisattvapraṇidhirna caryāpariṇāmanā /
uktāḥ śrāvakayāne 'smādbodhisattvaḥ kutastataḥ

adhiṣṭhānāni noktāni bodhisattvasya bodhaye /
buddhairanyatpramāṇaṃ ca ko 'sminnarthe jinādhikaḥ

adhiṣṭhānāryasatyārthabodhipakṣopasaṃhitāt /
mārgācchāvakasāmānyādbauddhaṃ kenādhikaṃ phalam

bodhicaryāpratiṣṭhārtha na sūtre bhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ /
bhāṣitaṃ ca mahāyāne grāhyamasmādvicakṣaṇaiḥ

yathaiva vaiyākaraṇo mātṛkāmapi pāṭhayet /
buddho 'vadattathā dharmaṃ vineyānāṃ yathākṣamam

keṣāṃcidavadaddharmaṃ pāpebhyo vinivṛttaye /
keṣāṃcitpuṇyasiddhayarthaṃ keṣāṃcidū dvayaniśritam

dvayāniśritamekeṣāṃ gambhīraṃ bhīrubhīṣaṇam /
śūnyatākaruṇāgarbhamekeṣāṃ bodhisādhanam

iti sadbhirmahāyāne kartavyaḥ pratighakṣayaḥ /
prasādaścādhikaḥ kāryaḥ samyaksaṃbodhisiddhaye

mahāyānaprasādena taduktācaraṇena ca /
prāpyate 'nuttarā bodhiḥ sarvasaukhyāni cāntarā

dānaṃ śīlaṃ kṣamā satyaṃ gṛhasthasya viśeṣataḥ /
dharma uktaḥ kṛpāgarbhaḥ sa sātmīkriyatāṃ dṛḍham

atha lokasya vaidharmyādrājyaṃ dharmeṇa duṣkaram /
tato dharmayaśorthaṃ te pravrajyādhigamaḥ kṣamaḥ