Saundarānanda · Chapter 12

saundarananda mahākāvye "svarga kī hīnatā" nāma ekādaśa sarga samāpta //
dvādaśaḥ sargaḥ
viveka
apsarobhṛtako dharmaṃ carasītyatha coditaḥ /
ānandena tadā nandaḥ paraṃ vrīḍamupāgamat

tasya vrīḍena mahatā pramodo hṛdi nābhavat /
aprāmodyena vimukhaṃ nāvatasthe vrate manaḥ

kāmarāgapradhāno 'pi parihāsasamo 'pi san /
paripākagate hetau na sa tanmamṛṣe vacaḥ

aparīkṣakabhāvācca pūrvaṃ matvā divaṃ dhruvam /
tasmāt kṣeṣṇuṃ pariśrutya bhṛśaṃ saṃvegameyivān

tasya svargānnivavṛte saṃkalpāśvo manorathaḥ /
mahāratha ivonmārgādapramattasya sāratheḥ

svargatarṣānnivṛttaśca sadyaḥ svastha ivābhavat /
mṛṣṭādapathyād virato jijīviṣurivāturaḥ

visasmāra priyāṃ bhāryāmapsarodarśanād yathā /
tathānityatayodvignastatyājāpsaraso 'pi saḥ

mahatāmapi bhūtānāmāvṛttiriti cintayan /
saṃvegācca sarāgo 'pi vītarāga ivābhavat

babhūva sa hi saṃvegaḥ śreyasastasya vṛddhaye /
dhāturedhirivākhyāte paṭhito 'kṣaracintakaiḥ

na tu kāmānmanastasya kenacijjagṛhe dhṛtiḥ /
triṣu kāleṣu sarveṣu nipāto 'stiriva smṛtaḥ

khelagāmī mahābāhurgajendra iva nirmadaḥ /
so 'bhyagacchad guruṃ kāle vivakṣurbhāvamātmanaḥ

praṇamya ca gurau murdhnā bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ /
kṛtvāñjalimuvācedaṃ hriyā kiṃcidavāṅmukhaḥ

apsaraḥ prāptaye yanme bhagavan pratibhūrasi /
nāpsarobhirmamārtho 'sti pratibhūtvaṃ tyajāmyaham

śrutvā hyāvartakaṃ svargaṃ saṃsārastha ca citratām /
na martyeṣu na deveṣu pravṛttirmama rocate

yadi prāpya divaṃ yatnānniyamena damena ca /
avitṛptāḥ patantyante svargāya tyāgine namaḥ

ataśca nikhilaṃ lokaṃ viditvā sacarācaram /
sarvaduḥkhakṣayakare tvaddharme parame rame

tasmād vyāsasamāsābhyāṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi /
yacchrutvā śṛṇvatāṃ śreṣṭha paramaṃ prāpnuyāṃ padam

tatastasyāśayaṃ jñātvā vipakṣāṇindriyāṇi ca /
śreyaścaivāmukhībhūtaṃ nijagāda tathāgataḥ

aho pratyavamarśo 'yaṃ śreyasaste purojavaḥ /
araṇyāṃ mathyamānāyāmagnerdhūma ivotthitaḥ

ciramunmārgavihṛto lolairindriyavājibhiḥ /
avatīrṇo 'si panthānaṃ diṣṭyā dṛṣṭyavimūḍhayā

adya te saphalaṃ janma lābho 'dya sumahāṃstava /
yasya kāmarasajñasya naiṣkramyāyotsukaṃ manaḥ

loke 'sminnālayārāme nivṛttau durlabhā ratiḥ /
vyathante hyapunarbhāvāt prapātādiva bāliśāḥ

duḥkhaṃ na syāt sukhaṃ me syāditi prayatate janaḥ /
atyantaduḥkhoparamaṃ sukhaṃ tacca na budhyate

aribhūteṣvanityeṣu satataṃ duḥkhahetuṣu /
kāmādiṣu jagat saktaṃ na vetti sukhamavyayam

sarvaduḥkhāpahaṃ tattu hastasthamamṛtaṃ tava /
viṣaṃ pītvā yadagadaṃ samaye pātumicchasi

anarhasaṃsārabhayaṃ mānārhaṃ te cikīrṣitam /
rāgāgnistādṛśo yasya dharmonmukha parāṅmukhaḥ

rāgoddāmena manasā sarvathā duṣkarā dhṛtiḥ /
sadoṣaṃ salilaṃ dṛṣṭvā pathineva pipāsunā

īdṛśī nāma buddhiste viruddhā rajasābhavat /
rajasā caṇḍavātena vivasvata iva prabhā

sā jighāṃsustamo hārdaṃ yā saṃprati vijṛmbhate /
tamo naiśaṃ prabhā saurī vinirgīrṇeva meruṇā

yuktarūpamidaṃ caiva śuddhasattvasya cetasaḥ /
yatte syānnaiṣṭhike sūkṣme śreyasi śraddadhānatā

dharmacchandamimaṃ tasmādvivardhayitumarhasi /
sarvadharmā hi dharmajña niyamācchandahetavaḥ

satyāṃ gamanabuddhau hi gamanāya pravartate /
śayyābuddhau ca śayanaṃ sthānabuddhau tathā sthitiḥ

antarbhūmigataṃ hyambhaḥ śraddadhāti naro yadā /
arthiṃtve sati yatnena tadā khanati gāmimām

nārthī yadyagninā vā syācchraddadhyāttaṃ na vāraṇau /
mathnīyānnāraṇiṃ kaścittabhaāve sati mathyate

sasyotpattiṃ yadi na vā śraddadhyāt kārṣakaḥ kṣitau /
arthī sasyena vā na syād bījāni na vaped bhuvi

ataśca hasta ityuktā mayā śraddhā viśeṣataḥ /
yasmād gṛṇhāti saddharmaṃ dāyaṃ hasta yato yathāḥ

prādhānyādindriyamiti sthiratvād balamityataḥ /
guṇadāridrayaśamanād dhanamityabhivarṇitā

rakṣaṇārthena dharmasya tatheṣīketyudāhṛtā /
loke 'smin durlabhatvācca ratnamityabhibhāṣitā

punaśca bījamityuktā nimittaṃ śreyaso yadā /
pāvanārthena pāpasya nadītyabhihitā punaḥ

yasmāddharmasya cotpattau śraddhā kāraṇamuttamam /
mayoktā kāryatastasmāttatra tatra tathā tathā

śraddhāṅkuramimaṃ tasmāt saṃvardhayitumarhasi /
tadvṛddhau vardhate dharmo mūlavṛddhau yathā drumaḥ

vyākulaṃ darśanaṃ yasya durbalo yasya niścayaḥ /
tasya pāriplavā śraddhā na hiṃ kṛtyāya vartate

yāvattattvaṃ na bhavati hi dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ vā tāvacchraddhā na bhavati balasthā sthirā vā /
dṛṣṭe tattve niyamaparibhūtendriyasya śraddhāvṛkṣo bhavati saphalaścāśrayaśca