Saundarānanda · Chapter 3

saundarananda mahākāvye "rājavarṇana" nāma dvitīyaḥ sarga samāpta /
tṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ
tathāgata varṇana
tapase tataḥ kapilavāstu hayagajarathaughasaṃkulam /
śrīmadabhayapranuraktajanaṃ sa vihāya niścitamanā vanaṃ yayau

vividhāgamāṃstapasi tāṃśca vividhaniyamāśrayān munīn /
prekṣya sa viṣayatṛṣākṛpaṇānanavasthitaṃ tapa iti nyavartata

atha mokṣavādinamarāḍamupaśamamatiṃ tathodrakam /
tattvakṛtamatirupāsya jahāvayamapyamārga iti mārgakovidaḥ

sa vicārayan jagati kiṃ nu paramamiti taṃ tamāgamam /
niścayamanadhigataḥ parataḥ paramaṃ cacāra tapa eva duṣkaram

atha naiṣa mārga iti vīkṣya tadapi vipulaṃ jahau tapaḥ /
dhyānaviṣayamavagamya paraṃ bubhuje varānnamamṛtattvabuddhaye

sa suvarṇapīnayugabāhurṛṣabhagatirāyatekṣaṇaḥ /
plakṣamavaniruhamabhyagamat paramasya niścayavidherbubhutsayā

upaviśya tatra kṛtabuddhiracaladhṛtiradrirājavat /
mārabalamajayadugramatho bubudhe padaṃ śivamahāryamavyayam

avagamya taṃ ca kṛtakāryamamṛtamanaso divaukasaḥ /
harṣatulamagaman muditā vimukhī tu mārapariṣat pracukṣubhe

sanagā ca bhūḥ pravicacāla hutabahasakhaḥ śivo vavau /
nedurapi ca suradundubhayaḥ pravavarṣa cāmbudharavarjitaṃ nabhaḥ

avabudhya caiva paramārthamajaramanukampayā vibhuḥ /
nityamamṛtamupadarśayituṃ sa varāṇasīparikarāmayāt purīm

atha dharmacakramṛtanābhi dhṛtimatisamādhinemimat /
tatra vinayaniyamāramṛṣirjagato hitāya pariṣadyavartayat

iti duḥkhametadiyamasya samudayalatā pravartikā /
śāntiriyamayamupāya iti pravibhāgaśaḥ paramidaṃ catuṣṭayam

abhidhāya ca triparivartamatulamanivartyamuttamam /
dvādaśaniyatavikalpaṃ ṛṣirvinināya kauṇḍinasagotramāditaḥ

sa hi doṣasāgaramagādhamupadhijalamādhijantukam /
krodhamadabhayataraṅgacalaṃ pratatāra lokamapi ca vyatārayat

sa vinīya kāśiṣu gayeṣu bahujanamatho girivraje /
pitryamapi paramakāruṇiko nagaraṃ yayāvanujighṛkṣayā tadā

viṣayātmakasya hi janasya bahuvividhamārgasevinaḥ /
sūryasadṛśavapurabhyudito vijahāra sūrya iva gautamastamaḥ

abhitastataḥ kapilavāstu paramaśubhavāstusaṃstutam /
vastumatiśuci śivopavanaṃ sa dadarśa niḥspṛhatayā yathā vanam

aparigrahaḥ sa hi babhūva niyatamatirātmanīśvaraḥ /
naikavidhabhayakareṣu kimu svajanasvadeśajanamitravastuṣu

pratipūjayā na sa jaharṣa na ca śucamavajñayāgamat /
niścitamatirasicandanayorna jagāma duḥkhasukhayośca vikriyām

atha pārthivaḥ samupalabhya sutamupagataṃ tathāgatam /
tūrṇamabahuturagānugataḥ sutadarśanotsukatayābhiniryayau

sugatastathāgatamavekṣya narapatimadhīramāśayā /
śeṣamapi ca janamaśrumukhaṃ vininīṣayā gaganamutpapāta ha

sa vicakrame divi bhuvīva punarupaviveśa tasthivān /
niścalamatiraśayiṣṭa punarbahudhābhavat punarabhūttathaikadhā

salile kṣitāviva cacāra jalamiva viveśa medinīm /
megha iva divi vavarṣa punaḥ punarajvalannava ivodito raviḥ

yugapajjvalan jvalanavacca jalamavasṛjaṃśca meghavat /
taptakanakasadṛśaprabhayā sa babhau pradīpta iva sandhyayā ghanaḥ

tamudīkṣya hemamaṇijālavalayinamivotthitaṃ dhvajam /
prītimagamadatulāṃ nṛpatirjanatā natāśca bahumānamabhyayuḥ

atha bhājanīkṛtamavekṣya manujapatimṛddhisaṃpadā /
paurajanamapi ca tatpravaṇaṃ nijagāda dharmavinayaṃ vināyakaḥ

nṛpatistataḥ prathamamāpa phalamamṛtadharmasiddhaye /
dharmamatulamadhigamya munermuṃnaye nanāma sa yato gurāviva

bahavaḥ prasannamanaso 'tha jananamaraṇārtibhīravaḥ /
śākyatanayavṛṣabhāḥ kṛtino vṛṣabhā ivānalabhayāt pravavrajuḥ

vijahustu ye 'pi na gṛhāṇi tanayapitṛmātrapekṣayā /
te 'pi niyamavidhimāmaraṇājjagṛhuśca yuktamanasaśca dadhrire

na jihiṃsa sūkṣmamapi jantumapi paravadhopajīvinaḥ /
kiṃ bata vipulaguṇaḥ kulajaḥ sadayaḥ sadā kimu munerupāsayā

akṛśodyamaḥ kṛśadhano 'pi paraparibhavāsaho 'pi san /
nānyadhanamapahāra tathā bhujagādivānyavibhavāddhi vivyathe

vibhavānvito 'pi taruṇo 'pi viṣayacapalendriyo 'pi san /
naiva ca parayuvatīragamat paramaṃ hi tā dahanato 'pyamanyata

anṛtaṃ jagāda na ca kaścidṛtamapi jajalpa nāpriyam /
ślakṣṇamapi ca na jagāvahitaṃ hitamapyuvāca na ca paiśunāca yat

manasā lulobha na ca jātu paravasuṣu gṛddhamānasaḥ /
kāmasukhamasukhato vimṛśan vijahāra tṛpta iva tatra sajjanaḥ

na parasya kaścidapaghātamapi ca saghṛṇo vyacintayat /
mātṛpitṛsutasuhṛtsadṛśaṃ sa dadarśa tatra hi parasparaṃ janaḥ

niyataṃ bhaviṣyati paratra bhavadapi ca bhūtamapyatho /
karmaphalamapi ca lokagatirniyateti darśanamavāpa sādhu ca

iti karmaṇā daśavidhena paramakuśalena bhūriṇā /
bhraṃśini śithilaguṇo 'pi yuge vijahāra tatra munisaṃśrayājjanaḥ

na ca tatra kaścidupapattisukhamabhilalāṣa tairguṇaiḥ /
sarvamaśivamavagamya bhavaṃ bhavasaṃkṣayāya vavṛte na janmane

akathaṃkathā gṛhiṇa eva paramapariśuddhadṛṣṭayaḥ /
strotasi hi vavṛtire bahavo rajasaṃstanutvamapi cakrire pare

vavṛte 'tra yo 'pi viṣayeṣu vibhavasadṛśeṣu kaścana /
tyāgāvinayaniyamābhirato vijahāra so 'pi na cacāla satpathāt

api ca svato 'pi parato 'pi na bhayamabhavanna daivataḥ /
tatra ca susukhasubhikṣaguṇairjahṛṣuḥ prajāḥ kṛtayuge manoriva

iti muditamanāmayaṃ nirāpat kururaghupūrupuropamaṃ puraṃ tat /
abhavadabhayadaiśike maharṣau viharati tatra śivāya vītarāge