Saundarānanda · Chapter 5

saundarananda mahākāvye "bhāryāyācitaka" nāma caturtha sarga samāpta /
pañcamaḥ sargaḥ
nandadīkṣā
athāvatīryāśvarathadvipebhyaḥ śākyā yathāsvarddhigṛhītaveṣāḥ /
mahāpaṇebhyo vyavahāriṇaśca mahāmunau bhaktivaśāt praṇemuḥ

kecit praṇamyānuyayurmuhūrttaṃ kecit praṇamyārthavaśena jagmuḥ /
kecit svakeṣvāvasatheṣu tasthuḥ kṛtvāñjalīn vīkṣaṇatatparākṣāḥ

buddhastatastatra narendramārge sroto mahadbhaktimato janasya /
jagāma duḥkhena vigāhamāno jalāgame strota ivāpagāyāḥ

atho mahadbhiḥ pati saṃpatadbhiḥ saṃpūjyamānāya tathāgatāya /
karttuṃ praṇāmaṃ na śaśāka nandastenābhireme tu gurormahimnā

svaṃ cāvasaṅgaṃ pathi nirmumukṣurbhaktiṃ janasyānyamateśva rakṣan /
nandaṃ ca gehābhimukhaṃ jighṛkṣan mārgaṃ tato 'nyaṃ sugataḥ prapede

tato viviktaṃ ca viviktacetāḥ sanmārgavin mārgamabhipratasthe /
gatvāgrataścāgryatamāya tasmai nāndīvimuktāya nanāma nandaḥ

śanairvrajanneva sa gauraveṇa paṭāvṛtāṃso vinatārdhakāyaḥ /
adhonibaddhāñjalirūrdhvanetraḥ sagadgadaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe

prāsādasaṃstho bhagavantamantaḥpraviṣṭamaśrauṣamanugrahāya /
atastvarāvānahamabhyupeto gṛhasya kakṣyāmahato 'bhyasūyan

tatsādhu sāhupriya mattpriyārtham tatrāstu bhikṣūttama bhaikṣakālaḥ /
asau hi madhyaṃ nabhaso yiyāsuḥ kālaṃ pratismārayatīva sūryaḥ

ityevamuktaḥ praṇatena tena snehābhimānonmukhalocanena /
tādṛṅ nimittaṃ sugataścakāra nāhārakṛtyaṃ sa yathā viveda

tataḥ sa kṛtvā munaye praṇāmaṃ gṛhaprayāṇāya matiṃ cakāra /
anugrahārthaṃ sugatastu tasmai pātraṃ dadau puraṣkarapatranetraḥ

tataḥ sa loke dadataḥ phalārthaṃ pātrasya tasyāpratimasya pātram /
jagrāha cāpagrahaṇakṣamābhyāṃ padmopamābhyāṃ prayataḥ karābhyām

parāṅmukhantvanyamanaskamārād vijñāya nandaḥ sugataṃ gatāstham /
hastasthapātro 'pi gṛhaṃ yiyāsuḥ sasāra mārgānmunimīkṣamāṇaḥ

bhāryānurāgeṇa yadā gṛhaṃ sa pātraṃ gṛhītvāpi yiyāsureva /
vimohayāmāsa munistatastaṃ rathyāmukhasyāvaraṇena tasya

nirmokṣabījaṃ hi dadarśa tasya jñānaṃ mṛdu kleśarajaśca tīvram /
kleśānukūlaṃ viṣayātmakaṃ ca nandaṃ yatastaṃ munirācakarṣa

saṃkleśapakṣo dvividhaśca dṛṣṭastathā dvikalpo vyavadānapakṣaḥ /
ātmāśrayo hetubalādhikasya bāhyāśrayaḥ pratyayagauravasya

ayatnato hetubalādhikastu nirmucyate ghaṭṭitamātra eva /
yatnena tu pratyayaneyabuddhirvimokṣamāpnoti parāśrayeṇa

nandaḥ sa ca pratyayaneyacetā yaṃ śiśriye tanmayatāmavāpa /
yasmādimaṃ tatra cakāra yannaṃ taṃ snehapaṅkān munirujjihīrṣan

nandastu duḥkhena viceṣṭamānaḥ śanairagatyā gurumanvagacchat /
bhāryāmukhaṃ vīkṣaṇalolanetraṃ vicintayannārdraviśeṣakaṃ tat

tato munistaṃ priyamālyahāraṃ vasantamāsena kṛtābhihāram /
nināya bhagnapramadāvihāraṃ vidyāvihārābhimataṃ vihāram

dīnaṃ mahākāruṇikastatastaṃ dṛṣṭvā muhūrta karuṇāyamānaḥ /
kareṇa cakrāṅkatalena mūrdhni pasparśa caivedamuvāca cainam

yāvanna hiṃsraḥ samupaiti kālaḥ śamāya tāvat kuru saumya buddhim /
sarvāsvavasthāsviha vartamānaṃ sarvābhisāreṇa nihanti mṛtyuḥ

sādhāraṇāt svapnanibhādasārāllolaṃ manaḥ kāmasukhānniyaccha /
havyairivāgneḥ pavaneritasya lokasya kāmairna hi tṛptirasti

śraddhādhanaṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ dhanebhyaḥ prajñārasasṛptikaro rasebhyaḥ /
pradhānamadhyātmasukhaṃ sukhebhyo 'vidyāratirduḥkhatamāratibhyaḥ

hitasya vaktā pravaraḥ suhṛdbhyo dharmāya khedo guṇavān śramebhyaḥ /
jñānāya kṛtyaṃ paramaṃ kriyābhyaḥ kimindriyāṇāmupagamya dāsyam

tanniścitaṃ bhīlkamaśugviyuktaṃ pareṣvanāyattamahāryamanyaiḥ /
nityaṃ śivaṃ śāntisukhaṃ vṛṇīṣva kimindriyārthārthamanarthamūḍhvā

jarāsamā nāstyamṛjā prajānāṃ vyādheḥ samo nāsti jagatyanarthaḥ /
mṛtyoḥ samaṃ nāsti bhayaṃ pṛthivyāmetattrayaṃ khalvavaśena sevyam

snehena kaścinna samo 'sti pāśaḥ sroto na tṛṣṇāsamamasti hāri /
rāgāgninā nāsti samastathāgnistaccet trayaṃ nāsti sukhaṃ ca te 'sti

avaśyabhāvī priyaviprayogastasmāñca śoko niyataṃ niṣevyaḥ /
śokena conmādamupeyivāṃso rājarṣayo 'nye 'pyavaśā vicelu

prajñāmayaṃ varma badhāna tasmānno kṣāntinighnasya hi śokabāṇāḥ /
mahacca dagdhuṃ bhavakakṣajālaṃ saṃghukṣayālpāgnimivātmatejaḥ

yathauṣadhairhastagataiḥ savidyo na daśyate kaścana pannagena /
tathānapekṣo jitalokamoho na daśyate śokabhujaṃgamena

āsthāya yogaṃ parigamya tattvaṃ na trāsamāgacchati mṛtyukāle /
ābaddhavarmā sudhanuḥ kṛtāsro jigīṣayā śūra ivāhavasthaḥ

ityevamuktaḥ sa tathāgatena sarveṣu bhūteṣvanukampakena /
dhṛṣṭaṃ girāntarhṛdayena sīdaṃstatheti nandaḥ sugataṃ babhāṣe

atha pramādācca tamujjihīrṣan matvāgamasyaiva ca pātrabhūtam /
prabrājayānanda śamāya nandamityabravīnmaitramanā maharṣiḥ

nandaṃ tato 'ntarmanasā rudantamehīti vaidehamunirjagāda /
śanaistatastaṃ samupetya nando na pravrajiṣyāmyahamityuvāca

śrutvātha nandasya manīṣitaṃ tad buddhāya vaidehamuniḥ śaśaṃsa /
saṃśrutya tasmādapi tasya bhāvaṃ mahāmunirnandamuvāca bhūyaḥ

mayyagraje pravrajite 'jitātman bhrātṛṣvanupravrajiteṣu cāsmān /
jñātīṃśca dṛṣṭvā vratino gṛhasthān saṃvinna kiṃ te 'sti na vāsti cetaḥ

rājarṣayaste viditā na nūnaṃ vanāni ye śiśriyire hasantaḥ /
niṣṭhīvya kāmānupaśāntikāmāḥ kāmeṣu naivaṃ kṛpaṇeṣu saktāḥ

bhūyaḥ samālokya gṛheṣu doṣān niśāmya tattyāgakṛtaṃ ca śarma /
naivāsti moktuṃ matirālayaṃ te deśaṃ mumūrṣoriva sopasargam

saṃsārakāntāraparāyaṇasya śive kathaṃ te pathi nārurukṣā /
āropyamāṇasya tameva mārgaṃ bhraṣṭasya sārthādiva sārthikasya

yaḥ sarvato veśmani dahyamāne śayīta mohānna tato vyapeyāt /
kālāgninā vyādhijarāśikhena loke pradīpte sa bhavet pramattaḥ

praṇīyamānaśca yathā vadhāya matto hasecca pralapecca vadhyaḥ /
mṛtyau tathā tiṣṭhati pāśahaste śocyaḥ pramādyan viparitacetāḥ

yadā narendrāśca kuṭumbinaśca vihāya bandhūṃśca parigrahāṃśca /
yayuśca yāsyanti ca yānti caiva priyeṣvanityeṣu kuto 'nurodhaḥ

kiñcinna paśyāmi ratasya yatra tadanyabhāvena bhavenna duḥkham /
tasmāt kvacinna kṣamate prasaktiryadi kṣamastadvigamānna śokaḥ

tatsaumya lolaṃ parigamya lokaṃ māyopamaṃ citramivendrajālam /
priyābhidhānaṃ tyaja mohajālaṃ chettuṃ matiste yadi duḥkhajālam

varaṃ hitodarkamāniṣṭamannaṃ na svādu yat syādahitānubaddham /
yasmādahaṃ tvāṃ viniyojayāmi śive śucau vartmani vipriye 'pi

bālasya dhātrī vinigṛhya loṣṭhaṃ yathoddharatyāsyapuṭapraviṣṭam /
tathojjihīrṣuḥ khalu rāgaśalyaṃ tattvāmavocaṃ paruṣaṃ hitāya

aniṣṭamapyauṣadhamāturāya dadāti vaidyaśca yathā nigṛhya /
tadvanmayoktaṃ pratikūlametattubhyaṃ hitodarkamanugrahāya

tadyāvadeva kṣaṇasaṃnipāto na mṛtyurāgacchati yāvadeva /
yāvadvayo yogavidhau samarthaṃ buddhiṃ kuru śreyasi tāvadeva

ityevamuktaḥ sa vināyakena hitaiṣiṇā kāruṇikena nandaḥ /
kartāsmi sarvaṃ bhagavan vacaste tathā yathājñāpayasītyuvāca

ādāya vaidehamunistatastaṃ nināya saṃśliṣya viceṣṭamānam /
vyayojayaccāśrupariplutākṣaṃ keśaśriyaṃ chatranibhasya mūrdhnaḥ

atho nataṃ tasya mukhaṃ sabāṣpaṃ pravāsyamāneṣu śiroruheṣu /
vakrāgranālaṃ nalinaṃ taḍāge varṣodakaklinnamivābabhāse

nandastatastarukaṣāyaviraktavāsāścintāvaśo navagṛhīta iva dvipendraḥ /
pūrṇaḥ śaśī bahulapakṣagataḥ kṣapānte bālātapena pariṣikta ivāvabhāse