Saundarānanda · Chapter 10

saundarananda mahākāvye "abhimānanindā" nāma navama sarga samāpta /
daśamaḥ sargaḥ
svargadarśana
śrutvā tataḥ sadvratamutsisṛkṣuṃ bhāryāṃ didṛkṣuṃ bhavanaṃ vivikṣum /
nandaṃ nirānandamapetadhairyamabhyujjihīrṣurmunirājuhāva

taṃ prāptamaprāptavimokṣamārgaṃ papraccha cittaskhalitaṃ sucittaḥ /
sa hrīmate hrīvinato jagāda svaṃ niścayaṃ niścayakovidāya

nandaṃ viditvā sugatastatastaṃ bhāryābhidhāne tamasi bhramantam /
pāṇau gṛhītvā viyadutpapāta malaṃ jale sādhurivojjihīrṣuḥ

kāṣāyavastrau kanakāvadātau virejatustau nabhasi prasanne /
anyonyasaṃśliṣṭavikīrṇapakṣau saraḥprakīrṇāviva cakravākau

tau devadārūttamagandhavantaṃ nadīsaraḥprasravaṇaughavantam /
ājagmatuḥ kāñcanadhātumantaṃ devarṣimantaṃ himavantamāśu

tasmin girau cāraṇāsiddhajuṣṭe śive havirdhūmakṛtottarīye /
agamyapārasya nirāśrayasya tau tasthaturdvīpa ivāmbarasya

śāntendriye tatra munau sthite tu savismayaṃ dikṣu dadarśa nandaḥ /
darīśca kuñjāṃśca vanaukasaśca vibhūṣaṇaṃ rakṣaṇameva cādreḥ

bahvāyate tatra site hi śṛṅge saṃkṣiptabarhaḥ śayito mayūraḥ /
bhuje balasyāyatapīnabāhorvaiḍūryakeyūra ivābabhāse

manaḥśīlādhātuśilāśrayeṇa pītākṛtāṃso virarāja siṃhaḥ /
saṃtaptacāmīkarabhakticitraṃ rūpyāṅgadaṃ śīrṇamivāmbikasya

vyāghraḥ klamavyāyatakhelagāmī lāṅgūlacakreṇa kṛtāpasavyaḥ /
babhau gireḥ prasravaṇa pipāsurditsan pitṛbhyo 'mbha ivāvatīrṇaḥ

calatkadambe himavannitambe tarau pralambe camaro lalambe /
chettuṃ vilagnaṃ na śaśāka bālaṃ kulodgatāṃ prītimivāryavṛttaḥ

suvarṇagaurāśca kirātasaṃghā mayūrapitrojjvalagātralekhāḥ /
śārdūlapātapratimā guhābhyo niṣpeturudgāra ivācalasya

darīcarīṇāmatisundarīṇāṃ manoharaśroṇikucodarīṇām /
vṛndāni rejurdiśi kinnarīṇāṃ puṣpotkacānāmiva vallarīṇām

nagānnagasyopari devadārūnāyāsayantaḥ kapayo viceruḥ /
tebhyaḥ phalaṃ nāpurato 'pajagmurmoghaprasādebhya iveśvarebhyaḥ

tasmāttu yūthādapasāryamāṇāṃ niṣpīḍitālaktakaraktavaktrām /
śākhāmṛgīmekavipannadṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭvā munirnandamidaṃ babhāṣe

kā nanda rūpeṇa ca ceṣṭayā ca saṃpaśyataścārutarā matā te /
eṣā mṛgī vaikavipannadṛṣṭiḥ sa vā jano yatra gatā taveṣṭiḥ

ityevamuktaḥ sugatena nandaḥ kṛtvā smitaṃ kiṃcididaṃ jagāda /
kva cottamastrī bhagavan vadhūste mṛgī nagakleśakarī kva caiṣā

tato munistasya niśamya vākyaṃ hetvantaraṃ kiṃcidavekṣamāṇaḥ /
ālambya nandaṃ prayayau tathaiva krīḍāvanaṃ vajradharasya rājñaḥ

ṛtāvṛtāvākṛtimeka eke kṣaṇe kṣaṇe bibhrati yatra vṛkṣāḥ /
citrāṃ samastāmapi kecidanye ṣaṇṇāmṛtūnāṃ śriyamudvahanti

puṣyanti kecit surabhīrudārā mālāḥ srajaśca granthitā vicitrāḥ /
karṇānukūlānavataṃsakāṃśca pratyarthibhūtāniva kuṇḍalānām

raktāni phullāḥ kamalāni yatra pradīpavṛkṣā iva bhānti vṛkṣāḥ /
praphullanīlotpalarohiṇo 'nye sonmīlitākṣā eva bhānti vṛkṣāḥ

nānāvirāgāṇyatha pāṇḍarāṇi suvarṇabhaktivyavabhāsitāni /
atāntavānyekaghanāni yatra sūkṣmāṇi vāsāṃsi phalanti vṛkṣāḥ

hārān maṇinuttamakuṇḍalāni keyūravaryāṇyatha nūpurāṇi /
evaṃvidhānyābharaṇāni yatra svargānurūpāṇi phalanti vṛkṣāḥ

vaiḍūryanālāni ca kāñcanāni padmāni vajrāṅkurakesarāṇi /
sparśakṣamāṇyuttamagandhavanti rohanti niṣkampatalā nalinyaḥ

yatrāyatāṃścaiva tatāṃśca tāṃstān vādyasya hetūn suṣirān ghanāṃśca /
phalanti vṛkṣā maṇihemacitrāḥ krīḍāsahāyāstridaśālayānām

mandāravṛkṣāṃśca kuśeśayāṃśca puṣpānatān kokanadāṃśca vṛkṣān /
ākramya māhātmyaguṇairvirājan rājāyate yatra sa pārijātaḥ

kṛṣṭe tapaḥśīlahalairakhinnaistriviṣṭapakṣetratale prasūtāḥ /
evaṃvidhā yatra sadānuvṛttā divaukasāṃ bhogavidhānavṛkṣāḥ

manaḥśilābhairvadanairvihaṃgā yatrākṣibhiḥ sphāṭikasaṃnibhaiśca /
śāvaiśca pakṣairabhilohitāntairmāñjiṣṭhakairardhasitaiśca pādaiḥ

citraiḥ suvarṇacchadanaistathānye vaiḍuryanīlairnayanaiḥ prasannaiḥ /
vihaṃgamāḥ śiñjirikābhidhānā rutairmanaḥśrotraharairbhramanti

raktābhiragreṣu ca vallarībhirmadhyeṣu cāmīkarapiñjarābhiḥ /
vaiḍūryavarṇābhirupāntamadhyeṣvalaṃkṛtā yatra khagāścaranti

rociṣṇavo nāma patatriṇo 'nye diptāgnivarṇā jvalitairivāsyaiḥ /
bhramanti dṛṣṭīrvapuṣākṣipantaḥ svanaiḥ śubhairapsaraso harantaḥ

yatreṣṭaceṣṭāḥ satataprahṛṣṭā nirartayo nirjaraso viśokāḥ /
svaiḥ karmabhirhīnaviśiṣṭamadhyāḥ svayaṃprabhāḥ puṇyakṛto ramante

pūrvaṃ tapomūlyaparigraheṇa svargakrayārthaṃ kṛtaniścayānām /
manāṃsi khinnāni tapodhanānāṃ haranti yatrāpsaraso laḍantyaḥ

nityotsavaṃ taṃ ca niśāmya lokaṃ nistandrinidrāratiśokarogam /
nando jarāmṛtyuvaśaṃ sadārtaṃ mene śmaśānapratimaṃ nṛlokam

aindraṃ vanaṃ tacca dadarśa nandaḥ samantato vismayaphulladṛṣṭiḥ /
harṣānvitāścāpsarasaḥ parīyuḥ sagarvamanyonyamavekṣamāṇāḥ

sadā yuvatyo madanaikakāryāḥ sādhāraṇāḥ puṇyakṛtāṃ vihārāḥ /
divyāśca nirdoṣaparigrahāśca tapaḥphalasyāśrayaṇaṃ surāṇām

tāsāṃ jagurdhīramudāttamanyāḥ padmāni kāścillalitaṃ babhañjuḥ /
anyonyaharṣān nanṛtustathānyāścitrāṅgahārāḥ stanabhinnahārāḥ

kāsāṃcidāsāṃ vadanāni rejurvanāntarebhyaścalakuṇḍalāni /
vyāviddhaparṇebhya ivākarebhyaḥ padmāni kāraṇḍavaghaṭṭitāni

tāḥ niḥsṛtāḥ prekṣya vanāntarebhyastaḍitpatākā iva toyadebhyaḥ /
nandasya rāgeṇa tanurvivepe jale cale candramasaḥ prabheva

vapuśca divyaṃ lalitāśca ceṣṭāstataḥ sa tāsāṃ manasā jahāra /
kautūhalāvarjitayā ca dṛṣṭyā saṃśleṣatarṣādiva jātarāgaḥ

sa jātatarṣo 'psarasaḥ pipāsustatprāptaye 'dhiṣṭhitaviklavārtaḥ /
lolendriyāśvena manorathena jehrīyamāṇo na dhṛtiṃ cakāra

yathā manuṣyo malinaṃ hi vāsaḥ kṣāreṇa bhūyo malinīkaroti /
malakṣayārthaṃ na malodbhavārthaṃ rajastathāsmai munirācakarṣa

doṣāṃśca kāyād bhiṣagujjihīrṣurbhūyo yathā kleśayituṃ yateta /
rāgaṃ tathā tasya munirjighāṃsurbhūyastaraṃ rāgamupānināya

dīpaprabhāṃ hanti yathāndhakāre sahasraraśmeruditasya dīptiḥ /
manuṣyaloke dyutimaṅganānāmantardadhātyapsarasāṃ tathā śrīḥ

mahacca rūpaṃ svaṇu hanti rūpaṃ śabdo mahān hanti ca śabdamalpam /
gurvī rujā hanti rujāṃ ca mṛdvīṃ sarvo mahān heturaṇorvadhāya

muneḥ prabhāvācca śaśāka nandastaddarśanaṃ soḍhumasahyamanyaiḥ /
avītarāgasya hi durbalasya mano dahedapsarasāṃ vapuḥśrīḥ

matvā tato nandamudīrṇarāgaṃ bhāryānurodhādapavṛttarāgam /
rāgeṇa rāgaṃ pratihantukāmo munirvirāgo giramityuvāca

etāḥ striyaḥ paśya divaukasastvaṃ nirīkṣya ca brūhi yathārthatattvam /
etāḥ kathaṃ rūpaguṇairmatāste sa vā jano yatra gataṃ manaste

athāpsaraḥsveva niviṣṭadṛṣṭī rāgāgnināntarhṛdaye pradīptaḥ /
sagadgadaṃ kāmaviṣaktacetāḥ kṛtāñjalirvākyamuvāca nandaḥ

haryaṅganāsau muṣitaikadṛṣṭiryadantare syāttava nātha vadhvāḥ /
tadantare 'sau kṛpaṇā vadhūste vapuṣmatīrapsarasaḥ pratītya

āsthā yathā pūrvamabhūnna kācidanyāsu me strīṣu niśāmya bhāryām /
tasyāṃ tataḥsamprati kācidāsthā na me niśāmyaiva hi rūpamāsām

yathā pratapto mṛdunātapena dahyeta kaścin mahatānalena /
rāgeṇa pūrvaṃ mṛdunābhitapto rāgāgninānena tathābhidahye

vāgvāriṇāṃ māṃ pariṣiñca tasmādyāvanna dahye sa ivābjaśatruḥ /
rāgāgniradyaiva hiṃ māṃ didhakṣuḥ kakṣaṃ savṛkṣāgramivotthito 'gniḥ

prasīda sīdāmi vimuñca mā mune vasundharādhairya na dhairyamasti me /
asūn vimokṣyāmi vimuktamānasa prayaccha vā vāgamṛtaṃ mumūrṣave

anarthabhogena vighātadṛṣṭinā pramādadaṃṣṭreṇa tamoviṣāgninā /
ahaṃ hi daṣṭo hṛdi manmathāhinā vidhatsva tasmādagadaṃ mahābhiṣak

anena daṣṭo madanāhināhinā na kaścidātmanyanavasthitaḥ sthitaḥ /
mumoha bodhyorhyacalātmano mano babhūva dhīmāṃśca sa śantanustanuḥ

sthite viśiṣṭe tvayi saṃśraye śraye yathā na yāmīha vasan diśaṃ diśam /
yathā ca labdhvā vyasanakṣayaṃ kṣayaṃ vrajāmi tanme kuru śaṃsataḥ sataḥ

tato jighāṃsurhṛdi tasya tattamastamonudo naktamivotthitaṃ tamaḥ /
maharṣicandro jagatastamonudastamaḥprahīṇo nijagāda gautamaḥ

dhṛtiṃ pariṣvajya vidhūya vikriyāṃ nigṛhya tāvacchrutacetasī śṛṇu /
imā yadi prārthayase tvamaṅganā vidhatsva śuklārthamihottamaṃ tapaḥ

imā hi śakyā na balānna sevayā na saṃpradānena na rūpavattayā /
imā hriyante khalu dharmacaryayā sacet praharṣaścara dharmamādṛtaḥ

ihādhivāso divi daivataiḥ samaṃ vanāni ramyāṇyajarāśca yoṣitaḥ /
idaṃ phalaṃ svasya śubhasya karmaṇo na dattamanyena na cāpyahetutaḥ

kṣitau manuṣyo dhanurādibhiḥ śramaiḥ striyaḥ kadāciddhi labheta vā na vā /
asaṃśayaṃ yattviha dharmacaryayā bhaveyuretā divi puṇyakarmaṇaḥ

tadapramatto niyame samudyato ramasva yadyapsaraso 'bhilipsase /
ahaṃ ca te 'tra pratibhūḥ sthire vrate yathā tvamābhiniyataṃ sameṣyasi

ataḥparaṃ paramamiti vyavasthitaḥ parāṃ dhṛtiṃ paramamunau cakāra saḥ /
tato muniḥ pavana ivāmbarāt patan pragṛhya taṃ punaragamanmahītalam