Saundarānanda · Chapter 16

saundarananda mahākāvye "vitarkaprahāṇa" nāma pañcadaśa sarga samāpta /
ṣoḍaśaḥ sargaḥ
āryasatya
evaṃ manodhāraṇayā krameṇa vyapohya kiñcit samupohya kiñcit /
dhyānāni catvāryadhigamya yogī prāpnotyabhijñā niyamena pañca

ṛddhipravekaṃ ca bahuprakāraṃ parasya cetaścaritāvabodham /
atītajanmasmaraṇaṃ ca dīrghaṃ divye viśuddhe śruticakṣuṣī ca

ataḥ paraṃ tattvaparikṣaṇena mano dadhātyāsravasaṃkṣayāya /
tato hi duḥkhaprabhṛtīni samyak catvāri satyāni padānyavaiti

bādhātmakaṃ duḥkhamidaṃ prasaktaṃ duḥkhasya hetuḥ prabhavātmako 'yam /
duḥkhakṣayo niḥsaraṇātmako 'yaṃ trāṇātmako 'yaṃ praśamāya mārgaḥ

ityāryasatyānyavabudhya buddhyā catvāri samyak pratividhya caiva /
sarvāsravān bhāvanayābhibhūya na jāyate śāntimavāpya bhūyaḥ

abodhato hyaprativedhataśca tattvātmakasyāsya catuṣṭasya /
bhavād bhavaṃ yāti na śantimeti saṃsāradolāmadhiruhya lokaḥ

tasmājjarādervyasanasya mūlaṃ samāsato duḥkhamavaihi janma /
sarvauṣadhīnāmiva bhūrbhavāya sarvāpadāṃ kṣetramidaṃ hi janma

yajjanmarūpasya hi sendriyasya duḥkhasya tannaikavidhasya janma /
yaḥ saṃbhavaścāsya samucchrayasya mṛtyośca rogasya ca saṃbhavaḥ saḥ

sadvāpyasadvā viṣamiśramannaṃ yathā vināśāya na dhāraṇāya /
loke tathā tiryaguparyadho vā duḥkhāya sarvaṃ na sukhāya janma

jarādayo naikavidhāḥ prajānāṃ satyāṃ pravṛttau prabhavantyanarthāḥ /
pravātsu ghoreṣvapi māruteṣu na hyaprasūtāstaravaścalanti

ākāśayoniḥ pavano yathā hi yathā śamīgarbhaśayo hutāśaḥ /
āpo yathāntarvasudhāśayāśca duḥkhaṃ tathā cittaśarīrayoniḥ

apāṃ dravatvaṃ kaṭhinatvamurvyā vāyoścalatvaṃ dhruvamauṣṇyamagneḥ /
yathā svabhāvo hi tathā svabhāvo duḥkhaṃ śarīrasya ca cetasaśca

kāye sati vyādhijarādi duḥkhaṃ kṣuttarṣavarṣoṣṇahimādi caiva /
rūpāśrite cetasi sānubandhe śokāratikrodhabhayādi duḥkham

pratyakṣamālokya ca janmaduḥkhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathātītamapīti viddhi /
yathā ca tadduḥkhamidaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathānāgatamapyavehi

bījasvabhāvo hi yatheha dṛṣṭo bhūto 'pi bhavyo 'pi tathānumeyaḥ /
pratyakṣataśca jvalano yathoṣṇo bhūto 'pi bhavyo 'pi tathoṣṇa eva

tannāmarūpasya guṇānurūpaṃ yatraiva nirvṛttirudāravṛtta /
tatraiva duḥkhaṃ na hi tadvimuktaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyatyabhavad bhaved vā

pravṛttiduḥkhasya ca tasya loke tṛṣṇādayo doṣagaṇā nimittam /
naiveśvaro na prakṛtirnaṃ kālo nāpo svabhāvo na vidhiryadṛcchā

jñātavyametena ca kāraṇena lokasya doṣebhya iti pravṛttiḥ /
yasmānmriyante sarajastamaskā na jāyate vītarajastamaskaḥ

icchāviśeṣe sati tatra tatra yānāsanāderbhavati prayogaḥ /
yasmādatastarṣavaśāttathaiva janma prajānāmiti veditavyam

sattvānyabhiṣvaṅgavaśāni dṛṣṭvā svajātiṣu prītiparāṇyatīva /
abhyāsayogādupapāditāni taireva doṣairiti tāni viddhi

krodhapraharṣādibhirāśrayāṇāmutpadyate ceha yathā viśeṣaḥ /
tathaiva janmasvapi naikarūpo nirvartate kleśakṛto viśeṣaḥ

doṣādhike janmani tīvradoṣa utpadyate rāgiṇi tīvrarāgaḥ /
mohādhike mohabalādhikaśca tadalpadoṣe ca tadalpadoṣaḥ

phalaṃ hi yādṛk samavaiti sākṣāt tadāgamād bījamavaityatītam /
avetya bījaprakṛtiṃ ca sākṣādanāgataṃ tatphalamabhyupaiti

doṣakṣayo jātiṣu yāsu yasya vairāgyatastāsu na jāyate saḥ /
doṣāśayastiṣṭhati yasya yatra tasyopapattirvivaśasya tatra

tajjanmano naikavidhasya saumya tṛṣṇādayo hetava ityavetya /
tāṃśchindhi duḥkhād yadi nirmumukṣā kāryakṣayaḥ kāraṇasaṃkṣayāddhi

duḥkhakṣayo hetuparikṣayācca śāntaṃ śivaṃ sākṣikuruṣva dharmaṃ /
tṛṣṇāvirāgaṃ layanaṃ nirodhaṃ sanātanaṃ trāṇamahāryamāryam

yasminna jātirna jarā na mṛtyurna vyādhayo nāpriyasaṃprayogaḥ /
necchāvipanna priyaviprayogaḥ kṣemaṃ padaṃ naiṣṭhikamacyutaṃ tat

dīpo yathā nirvṛtimabhyupeto naivāvaniṃ gacchati nāntarikṣam /
diśaṃ na kāṃcid vidiśaṃ na kāṃcit snehakṣayāt kevalameti śāntim

evaṃ kṛtī nirvṛtimabhyupeto naivāvaniṃ gacchati nāntarikṣam /
diśaṃ na kāṃcid vidiśaṃ na kāṃcit kleśakṣayāt kevalameti śāntim

asyābhyupāyo 'dhigamāya mārgaḥ prajñātrikalpaḥ praśamadvikalpaḥ /
sa bhāvanīyo vidhivad budhena śīle śucau tripramukhe sthitena

vākkarma samyak sahākāyakarma yathāvadājīvanayaśca śuddhaḥ /
idaṃ trayaṃ vṛttavidhau pravṛttaṃ śīlāśrayaṃ karmaparigrahāya

satyeṣu duḥkhādiṣu dṛṣṭirāryā samyagvitarkaśca parākramaśca /
idaṃ trayaṃ jñānavidhau pravṛttaṃ prajñāśrayaṃ kleśaparikṣayāya

nyāyena satyādhigamāya yuktā samyak smṛtiḥ samyagatho samādhiḥ /
idaṃ dvayaṃ yogavidhau pravṛttaṃ śamāśrayaṃ cittaparigrahāya

kleśāṃkurānna pratanoti śīlaṃ bījāṅkurān kāla ivātivṛttaḥ /
śucau hi śīle puruṣasya doṣā manaḥ salajjā iva dharṣayanti

kleśāṃstu viṣkambhayate samādhirvegānivādrirmahato nadīnām /
sthite samādhau hi na dharṣayanti doṣā bhujaṃgā iva mantrabaddhāḥ

prajñā tvaśeṣeṇa nihanti doṣāṃstīradrumān prāvṛṣi nimnageva /
dagdhā yayā na prabhavanti doṣā vajrāgninevānusṛtena vṛkṣāḥ

triskandhametaṃ pravigāhya mārgaṃ praspaṣṭamaṣṭāṅgamahāryamāryam /
duḥkhasya hetūn prajahāti doṣān prāpnoti cātyantaśivaṃ padaṃ tat

asyopacāre dhṛtirārjavaṃ ca hrīrapramādaḥ praviviktatā ca /
alpecchatā tuṣṭirasaṃgatā ca lokapravṛttāvaratiḥ kṣamā ca

yāthātmyato vindati yo hi duḥkhaṃ tasyodbhavaṃ tasya ca yo nirodham /
āryeṇa mārgeṇa sa śāntimeti kalyāṇamitraiḥ saha vartamānaḥ

yo vyādhito vyādhimavaiti samyag vyādhernidānaṃ ca tadauṣadhaṃ ca /
ārogyamāpnoti hi so 'cireṇa mitrairabhijñairupacaryamāṇaḥ

tadvyādhisaṃjñāṃ kuru duḥkhasatye doṣeṣvapi vyādhinidānasaṃjñām /
ārogyaṃjñāṃ ca nirodhasatye bhaiṣajyasaṃjñāmapi mārgasatye

tasmāt pravṛttiṃparigaccha duḥkhaṃ pravartakānapyavagaccha doṣān /
nivṛttimāgaccha ca tannirodhaṃ nivartakaṃ cāpyavagaccha mārgam

śirasyatho vāsasi saṃpradīpte satyāvabodhāya mativicāryā /
dagdhaṃ jagat satyanayaṃ hyadṛṣṭvā pradahyate saṃprati dhakṣyate ca

yadaiva yaḥ paśyati nāmarūpaṃ kṣayīti taddarśanamasya samyak /
samyak ca nirvedamupaiti paśyan nandīkṣayācca kṣayameti rāgaḥ

tayośca nandīrajasoḥ kṣayeṇa samyagvimuktaṃ pravadāmi cetaḥ /
samyagvimuktirmanasaśca tābhyāṃ na cāsya bhūyaḥ karaṇīyamasti

yathāsvabhāvena hi nāmarūpaṃ taddhetumevāstagamaṃ ca tasya /
vijānataḥ pasyata eva cāhaṃ bravīmi samyak kṣayamāsravāṇām

tasmāt paraṃ saumya vidhāya vīryaṃ śīghraṃ ghaṭasvāstravasaṃkṣayāya /
duḥkhānanityāṃśca nirātmakāṃśca dhātūn viśeṣeṇa parīkṣamāṇaḥ

dhātūn hi ṣaḍ bhūsalilānalādīn sāmānyataḥ svena ca lakṣaṇena /
avaiti yo nānyamavaiti tebhyaḥ so 'tyantikaṃ mokṣamavaiti tebhyaḥ

kleśaprahāṇāya ca niścitena kālo 'bhyupāyasśca parīkṣitavyaḥ /
yogo 'pyakāle hyanupāyataśca bhavatyanarthāya na tadguṇāya

ajātavatsāṃ yadi gāṃ duhīta naivāpnuyāt kṣīramakāladohī /
kāle 'pi vā syānna payo labheta mohena śṛṅgād yadi gāṃ duhīta

ārdrācca kāṣṭhājjvalanābhikāmo naiva prayatnādapi vahnimṛcchet /
kāṣṭhācca śuṣkādapi pātanena naivāgnimāpnotyanupāyapūrvam

taddeśakālau vidhivat parīkṣya yogasya mātrāmapi cābhyupāyam /
balābale cātmani saṃpradhārya kāryaḥ prayatno na tu tadviruddhaḥ

pragrāhakaṃ yattu nimittamuktamuddhanyamāne hṛdi tanna sevyam /
evaṃ hi cittaṃ praśama na yāti pravāyunā vahniriveryamāṇaḥ

śamāya yat syānniyataṃ nimittaṃ jātoddhave cetasi tasya kālaḥ /
evaṃ hi cittaṃ praśamaṃ niyacchet pradīpyamāno 'gnirivodakena

śamāvahaṃ yanniyataṃ nimittaṃ sevyaṃ na taccetasi līyamāne /
evaṃ hi bhūyo layameti cittamanīryamāṇo 'gnirivālpasāraḥ

pragrāhakaṃ yanniyataṃ nimittaṃ layaṃ gate cetasi tasya kālaḥ /
kriyāsamarthaṃ hi manastathā syānmandāyamāno 'gnirivendhanena

aupekṣikaṃ nāpi nimittamiṣṭaṃ layaṃ gate cetasi soddhave vā /
evaṃ hi tīvraṃ janayedanarthamupekṣito vyādhirivāturasya

yatsyādupekṣāniyataṃ nimittaṃ sāmyaṃ gate cetasi tasya kālaḥ /
evaṃ hi kṛtyāya bhavetprayogo ratho vidheyāśva iva prayātaḥ

rāgoddhavavyākulite 'pi citte maitropasaṃhāravidhirna kāryaḥ /
rāgātmako muhyati maitrayā hi snehaṃ kaphakṣobha ivopayujya

rāgoddhate cetasi dhairyametya niṣevitavyaṃ tvaśubhaṃ nimittam /
rāgātmako hyevamupaiti śarma kaphātmako rūkṣamivopayujya

vyāpādadoṣeṇa manasyudīrṇe na sevitavyaṃ tvaśubhaṃ nimittam /
dveṣātmakasya hyaśubhā vadhāya pittātmanastīkṣṇa ivopacāraḥ

vyāpādadoṣakṣubhite tu citte sevyā svapakṣopanayena maitrī /
dveṣātmano hi praśamāya maitrī pittātmanaḥ śīta ivopacāraḥ

mohānubaddhe manasaḥ pracāre maitrāśubhā vaiva bhavatyayogaḥ /
tābhyāṃ hi saṃmohamupaiti bhūyo vāyvātmako rūkṣamivopanīya

mohātmikāyāṃ manasaḥ pravṛttau sevyastvidampratyayatāvihāraḥ /
mūḍhe manasyeṣa hi śāntimārgo vāyvātmake snigdha ivopacāraḥ

ulkāmukhasthaṃ hi yathā suvarṇaṃ suvarṇakāro dhamatīha kāle /
kāle pariprokṣayate jalena krameṇa kāle samupekṣate ca

dahet suvarṇaṃ hi dhamannakāle jale kṣipan saṃśameyedakāle /
na cāpi samyak paripākamenaṃ nayedakāle samupekṣamāṇaḥ

saṃpragrahasya praśamasya caiva tathaiva kāle samupekṣaṇasya /
samyaṅ nimittaṃ manasā tvavekṣyaṃ nāśo hi yatno 'pyanupāyapūrvaḥ

ityevamanyāyanivartanaṃ ca nyāyaṃ ca tasmai sugato babhāṣe /
bhūyaśca tattaccaritaṃ viditvā vitarkahānāya viodhīnuvāca

yathā bhiṣak pittakaphānilānāṃ ya eva kopaṃ samupaiti doṣaḥ /
śamāya tasyaiva vidhiṃ vidhatte vyadhatta doṣeṣu tathaiva buddhaḥ

ekena kalpena sacenna hanyāt svabhyastabhāvādasubhān vitarkān /
tato dvitīyaṃ kramāmarabheta na tveva heyo guṇavān prayogaḥ

anādikālopacitātmakatvād balīyasaḥ kleśagaṇasya caiva /
samyak prayogasya ca duṣkaratvācchettuṃ na śakyāḥ sahasā hi doṣāḥ

aṇvyā yathāṇyā vipulāṇiranyā nirvāhyate tadviduṣā nareṇa /
tadvattadevākuśalaṃ nimittaṃ kṣipennimittāntarasevanena

tathāpyathādhyātmanavagrahatvānnaivopaśāmyedaśubho vitarkaḥ /
heyaḥ sa taddoṣaparīkṣaṇena saśvāpado mārga ivādhvagena

yathā kṣudhārto 'pi viśeṣa pṛktaṃ jijīviṣurnecchati bhoktumannam /
tathaiva doṣāvahamityavetya jahāti vidvānaśubhaṃ nimittam

na doṣataḥ paśyati yo hi doṣaṃ kastaṃ tato vārayituṃ samarthaḥ /
guṇaṃ guṇe paśyati yaśca yatra sa vāryamāṇo 'pi tataḥ prayāti

vyapatrapante hi kulaprasūtā manaḥpracārairaśubhaiḥ pravṛtaiḥ /
kaṇṭhe manasvīva yuvā vapuṣmānacākṣuṣairaprayatairviṣaktaiḥ

nirdhūyamānāstvatha leśato 'pi tiṣṭheyurevākuśalā vitarkāḥ /
kāryāntarairadhyayanakriyādyaiḥ sevyo vidhirvismaraṇāya teṣām

svaptavyamapyeva vicakṣaṇena kāyaklamo vāpi niṣevitavyaḥ /
na tveva saṃcintyamasannimittaṃ yatrāvasaktasya bhavedanarthaḥ

yathā hi bhīto niśi taskarebhyo dvāraṃ priyebhyo 'pi na dātumicchet /
prājñastathā saṃharati prayogaṃ samaṃ śubhasyāpyaśubhasya doṣaiḥ

evaṃ prakārairapi yadyupāyairnivāryamāṇā na parāṅmukhāḥ syuḥ /
tato yathāśthūlanivarhaṇena suvarṇadoṣā iva te praheyāḥ

drutaprayāṇaprabhṛtīṃśca tīkṣṇāt kāmaprayogāt parikhidyamānaḥ /
yathā naraḥ saṃśrayate tathaiva prājñena doṣeṣvapi vartitavyam

te cedalabdhapratipakṣabhāvā naivopaśāmyeyurasadvitarkāḥ /
muhūrtamapyaprativadhyamānā gṛhe bhujaṃgā iva nādhivāsyāḥ

dante 'pi dantaṃ praṇidhāya kāmaṃ tālvagramutpīḍya ca jivhayāpi /
cittena cittaṃ parigṛhya cāpi kāryaḥ prayatno na tu te 'nuvṛttāḥ

kimatra citraṃ yadi vītamoho vanaṃ gataḥ svasthamanā na muhyet /
ākṣipyamāṇo hṛdi tannimittairna kṣobhyate yaḥ sa kṛtī sa dhīraḥ

tadāryasatyādhigamāya pūrvaṃ viṃśodhayānena nayena mārgam /
yātrāgataḥ śatruvinigrahārthaṃ rājeva lakṣmīmajitāṃ jigīṣan

etānyaraṇyānyabhitaḥ śivāni yogānukūlānyajaneritāni /
kāyasya kṛtvā pravivekamātraṃ kleśaprahāṇāya bhajasva mārgam

kauṇḍinyanandakṛmilāniruddhāstiṣyopasenau vimalo 'tha rādhaḥ /
bāṣpottarau dhautakimoharājau kātyāyanadravyapilindavatsāḥ

bhaddālibhadrāyaṇasarpadāsasubhūtigodattasujātavatsāḥ /
saṃgrāmajid bhadrajidaśvajicca śroṇaśca śoṇaśca ca koṭikarṇaḥ

kṣemājito nandakanandamātāvupālivāgīśayaśoyaśodāḥ /
mahāvhayo valkalirāṣṭrapālau sudarśanasvāgatamedhikāśca

sa kapphinaḥ kāśyapa auruvilvo mahāmahākāśyapatiṣyanandāḥ /
pūrṇaśca pūrṇaśca sa pūrṇakaśca śonāparāntaśca sa pūrṇa eva

śāradvatīputrasubāhucundāḥ kondeyakāpyabhṛgukuṇṭhadhānāḥ /
saśaivalau revatakauṣṭhilau ca maudgalyagotraśca gavāṃpatiśca

yaṃ vikramaṃ yogavidhāvakurvaṃstameva śīghraṃ vidhivat kuruṣva /
tataḥ padaṃ prāpsyasi tairavāptaṃ sukhāvṛtaistvaṃ niyataṃ yaśaśca

dravyaṃ yathā syat kaṭukaṃ rasena taccopayuktaṃ madhuraṃ vipāke /
tathaiva vīryaṃ kaṭukaṃ śrameṇa tasyārtha siddhyai madhuro vipākaḥ

vīryaṃ paraṃ kāryakṛtau hi mūlaṃ vīryādṛte kācana nāsti siddhiḥ /
udeti vīryādiha sarvasaṃpannirvīryatā cet sakalaśca pāpmā

alabdhasyālābho niyatamupalabdhasya vigamas
tathaivātmāvajñā kṛpaṇamadhikebhyaḥ paribhavaḥ /
tamo nistejastvaṃ śrutiniyamatuṣṭivyuparamo
nṛṇāṃ nirvīryāṇāṃ bhavati vinipātaśca bhavati

nayaṃ śrutvā śakto yadayamabhivṛddhiṃ na labhate
paraṃ dharmaṃ jñātvā yadupari nivāsaṃ na labhate /
gṛhaṃ tyaktvā muktau yadayamupaśāntiṃ na labhate /
nimittaṃ kausīdyaṃ bhavati puruṣasyātra na ripuḥ

anikṣiptotsāho yadi khanati gāṃ vāri labhate /
prasaktaṃ vyāmathnan jvalanamaraṇibhyāṃ janayati /
prayuktā yoge tu dhruvamupalabhante śramaphalaṃ
drutaṃ nityaṃ yāntyo girimapi hi bhindanti saritaḥ

kṛṣṭvā gāṃ paripālya ca śramaśatairaśnoti sasyaśriyaṃ
yatnena pravigāhya sāgarajalaṃ ratnaśriyā krīḍati /
śatrūṇāmavadhūya vīryamiṣubhirbhuṅkte narendraśriyaṃ
tadvīryaṃ kuru śāntaye viniyataṃ vīrye hi sarvarddhayaḥ