Saundarānanda · Chapter 1

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Saundaranandaṃ Mahākāvyam
prathamaḥ sargaḥ
kapilavastu varṇana
gautamaḥ kapilo nāma munirdharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ /
babhūva tapasi śrāntaḥ kākṣīvāniva gautamaḥ

aśiśriyadyaḥ satataṃ dīptaṃ kāśyapavattapaḥ /
āśiśrāya ca tadvṛddhau siddhiṃ kāśyapavat parām

haviḥṣu yaśca svātmārthaṃ gāmadhukṣad vasiṣṭhavat /
tapaḥśiṣṭeṣu ca śiṣyeṣu gāmadhukṣad vasiṣṭhavat

māhātmyāddīrghatapaso yo dvitīya ivābhavat /
tṛtīya iva yaścābhūt kāvyāṅgirasayordhiyā

tasya vistīrṇatapasaḥ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe /
kṣetraṃ cāyatanaṃ caiva tapasāmāśramo 'bhavat

cāruvīruttaruvanaḥ prasnigdhamṛduśādvalaḥ /
havirdhūmavitānena yaḥ sadābhra ivābabhau

mṛdubhiḥ saikataiḥ snigdhaiḥ kesarāstarapāṇḍubhiḥ /
bhūmibhāgairasaṃkīrṇaiḥ sāṅgarāga ivābhavat

śucibhistīrthasaṃkhyātaiḥ pāvanairbhāvanairapi /
bandhumāniva yastasthau sarobhiḥ sasaroruhaiḥ

paryāptaphalapuṣpābhiḥ sarvato vanarājibhiḥ /
śuśubhe vavṛdhe caiva naraḥ sādhanavāniva

nīvāraphalasantuṣṭaiḥ svasthaiḥ śāntairanutsukaiḥ /
ākīrṇo 'pi tapobhṛddhiḥ śūnyaśūnya ivābhavat

agnīnāṃ hūyamānānāṃ śikhināṃ kūjatāmapi /
tīrthānāṃ cābhiṣekeṣu śuśruve yatra niḥsvanaḥ

virejurhariṇā yatra suptā medhyāsu vediṣu /
salājairmādhavīpuṣpairupahārāḥ kṛtā iva

api kṣudramṛgā yatra śāntāśceruḥ samaṃ mṛgaiḥ /
śaraṇyebhyastapasvibhyo vinayaṃ śikṣitā iva

saṃdigdhe 'pyapunarbhāve viruddheṣvāgameṣvapi /
pratyakṣiṇa ivākurvaṃstapo yatra tapodhanāḥ

yatra sma mīyate brahma kaiścit kaiścinna mīyate /
kāle nimīyate somo na cākāle pramīyate

nirapekṣāḥ śarīreṣu dharme yatra svabuddhayaḥ /
saṃhṛṣṭā iva yatnena tāpasāstepire tapaḥ

śrāmyanto munayo yatra svargāyodyuktacetasaḥ /
taporāgeṇa dharmasya vilopamiva cakrire

atha tejasvisadanaṃ tapaḥkṣetraṃ tamāśramam /
kecidikṣvākavo jagmū rājaputrā vivatsavaḥ

suvarṇastambhavarṣmāṇaḥ siṃhoreskā mahābhujāḥ /
pātraṃ śabdasya mahataḥ śriyāṃ ca vinayasya ca

arharūpā hyanarhasya mahātmānaścalātmanaḥ /
prājñāḥ prajñāvimuktasya bhrātṛvyasya yavīyasaḥ

mātṛśulkādupagatāṃ te śriyaṃ [ca] viṣehire /
rarakṣuśca pituḥ satyaṃ yasmācchiśiyire vanam

teṣāṃ munirupādhyāyo gautamaḥ kapilo 'bhavat /
gurugotrādataḥ kautsāste bhavanti sma gautamāḥ

ekapitroryathā bhrātroḥ pṛthagguruparigrahāt /
rāma evābhavad gārgyo vāsubhadro 'pi gautamaḥ

śākavṛkṣapraticchannaṃ vāsaṃ yasmācca cakrire /
tasmādikṣvākuvaṃśyāste bhuvi śākyā iti smṛtāḥ

sa teṣāṃ gautamaścakre svavaṃśasadṛśīḥ kriyāḥ /
munirūrdhvaṃ kumārasya sagarasyeva bhārgavaḥ

kaṇvaḥ śākuntalasyeva bharatasya tarasvinaḥ /
vālmikiriva dhīmāṃśca dhīmatormaithileyayoḥ

tadvanaṃ muninā tena taiśca kṣatriyapuṅgavaiḥ /
śāntāṃ guptāṃ ca yugapad brahmakṣatraśriyaṃ dadhe

athodakalaśaṃ gṛhya teṣāṃ vṛddhicikīrṣayā /
muniḥ sa viyadutpatya tānuvāca nṛpātmajān

yā patet kalaśādasmādakṣayyasalilānmahīm /
dhārā tāmanatikramya māmanveta yathākramam

tataḥ paramamityuktvā śirobhiḥ praṇipatya ca /
rathānāruruhuḥ sarve śīghravāhānalaṃkṛtān

tataḥ sa tairanugataḥ syandanasthairnabhogataḥ /
tadāśramamahīprāntaṃ paricikṣepa vāriṇā

aṣṭāpadamivālikhya nimittaiḥ surabhīkṛtam /
tānuvāca muniḥ sthitvā bhūmipālasutānidam

asmin dhārāparikṣipte nemicinhitalakṣaṇe /
nirmimīdhvaṃ puraṃ yūyaṃ mayi yāte triviṣṭapam

tataḥ kadācitte vīrāstasmin pratigate munau /
babhramuyauṃvanoddāmā gajā iva niraṅkuśā

baddhagodhāṅgulītrāṇā hastaviṣṭhitakārmukāḥ /
śarādhmātamahātūṇā vyāyatābaddhavāsasaḥ

jijñāsamānā nāgeṣu kauśalaṃ śvāpadeṣu ca /
anucakrurvanasthasya dauṣyanterdevakarmaṇaḥ

tān dṛṣṭvā prakṛtiṃ yātān vṛddhānvyāghraśiśūniva /
tāpasāstadvanaṃ hitvā himavantaṃ siṣevire

tatastadāśramasthānaṃ śūnyaṃ taiḥ śūnyacetasaḥ /
paśyanto manyunā taptā vyālā iva niśaśvasuḥ

atha te puṇyakarmāṇaḥ pratyupasthitavṛddhayaḥ /
tatra tajjñairupākhyātānavāpurmahato nidhīn

alaṃ dharmārthakāmānāṃ nikhilānāmavāptaye /
nidhayo naikavidhayo bhūrayaste gatārayaḥ

tatastatpratilambhācca pariṇāmācca karmaṇaḥ /
tasmin vāstuni vāstujñāḥ puraṃ śrīmannyaveśayan

saridvistīrṇaparikhaṃ spaṣṭāñcitamahāpatham /
śailakalpamahāvapraṃ girivrajamivāparam

pāṇḍurāṭṭālasumukhaṃ suvibhaktāntarāpaṇam /
harmyamālāparikṣiptaṃ kukṣiṃ himagireriva

vedavedāṅgaviduṣastasthuṣaḥ ṣaṭsu karmasu /
śāntaye vṛddhaye caiva yatra viprānajījapan

tadbhūmerabhiyoktṛṇāṃ prayuktān vinivṛttaye /
yatra svena prabhāvena bhṛtyadaṇḍānajījapan

caritradhanasampannān salajjān dīrghadarśinaḥ /
arhato 'tiṣṭhipan yatra śūrān dakṣān kuṭumbinaḥ

vyastaistaistairguṇaiyuktān mativāgvikramādibhiḥ /
karmasu pratirupeṣu sacivāṃstānnyayūyujan

vasumadbhiravibhrāntairalaṃvidyairavismitaiḥ /
yad babhāse naraiḥ kīrṇaṃ mandaraḥ kinnarairiva

yatra te hṛṣṭamanasaḥ pauraprīticikīrṣayā /
śrīmantyudyānasaṃjñāni yaśodhāmānyacikaran

śivāḥ puṣkariṇīścaiva paramāgryaguṇāmbhasaḥ /
nājñayā cetanotkarṣāddikṣu sarvāsvacīkhanan

manojñāḥ śrīmatīḥ praṣṭhīḥ pathiṣūpavaneṣu ca /
sabhāḥ kūpavatīścaiva samantāt pratyatiṣṭhipan

hastyaśvarathasaṃkīrṇamasaṃkīrṇamanākulam /
anigūḍhārthivibhavaṃ nigūḍhajñānapauruṣam

sanidhānamivārthānāmādhānamiva tejasām /
niketamiva vidyānāṃ saṃketamiva saṃpadām

vāsavṛkṣaṃ guṇavatāmāśrayaṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇām /
ānartaṃ kṛtaśāstrāṇāmālānaṃ bāhuśālinām

samājairutsavairdāyaiḥ kriyāvidhibhireva ca /
alaṃcakruralaṃvīryāste jagaddhāma tatpuram

yasmādanyāyataste ca kaṃcinnācīkaran karam /
tasmādalpena kālena tattadāpūpuran puram

kapilasya ca tasyarṣestasminnāśramavāstuni /
yasmātte tatpuraṃ cakrustasmāt kapilavāstu tat

kakandasya makandasya kuśāmbasyeva cāśrame /
puryo yathā hi śrūyante tathaiva kapilasya tat

āpuḥ puraṃ tatpuruhūtakalpāste tejasāryeṇa na vismayena /
āpuryaśogandhamataśca śaśvat sutā yayāteriva kīrtimantaḥ

tannāthavṛttairapi rājaputrairarājakaṃ naiva rarāja rāṣṭram /
tārāsahastrairapi dīpyamānairanutthite candra ivāntarīkṣam

yo jyāyānatha vayasā guṇaiśca teṣāṃ bhātṝṇāṃ vṛṣabha ivaujasā vṛṣāṇām /
te tatra priyaguravastamabhyaṣicannādityā daśaśatalocanaṃ divīva

ācāravānvinayavānnayavānkriyāvān dharmāya nendriyasukhāya dhṛtātapatraḥ /
tadbhrātṛbhiḥ parivṛtaḥ sa jugopa rāṣṭram saṃkrandano divamivānusṛto marudbhiḥ